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Mrs. Russell E. Michaels
heads North Palm Beach
Garden Club.
Mrs. Russell E. Michaels,
a resident of the state of Flor-
ida for the past five years,
and residing in the Village
of North Palm Beach for the
past three and a half years,
was named president of the
North Palm Beach Garden
Club this past June. Before
coming to Florida with her
husband, Mrs. Michaels was
somewhat dubious about
making her home so far away
from her children and friends
of many year s' standing.
However, she came, and the
first year spent two months
in the north, the next year
six weeks, the next year one
month, and this year only two
weeks. She feels there is
something about Florida that
grows on one — the ideal cli-
mate, something in the sun-
shine not found in the north,
and that, all in all, a restful
spirit prevails in this wonder-
ful sunshine state.
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Says Mrs. Michaels: "I
moved into the village three
and a half years ago and im-
mediately joined the garden
club. Association with the
members of the club is a
great pleasure and inspira-
tion, and has been largely re-
sponsible for my complete ad-
justment to Florida living."
In the Post -Times Tribute
to Women's Clubs, the North
Palm Beach Garden Club was
awarded a silver tray and ci-
tation f o r outstanding
achievements in the past year
in its category. The club was
founded in 1958 by a group
of the residents of the new
village and entered into the
National Federation of Gar-
den Clubs the following
year.
Through the efforts of the
club, the Beautification Com-
mittee of the village was
formed, and two of its mem-
bers are on that committee.
The club is responsible for
the planting of the first island
in the beautification 'of North
Lake Boulevard. The same
two members who are on the
Beautification Committee
also serve on the boulevard
committee.
Other beauty spots in the
village for which the club is
responsible are the landsca-
ping of the village marina,
the shrubbery surrounding
the shuffleboard courts, the
plantings in the village hall,
the Village Christmas Tree,
plants in the village library,
a large permanent tree in the
dining room of the country
club, and a tree planted on
Arbor Day on the grounds of
the elementary school. The
club has contributed many
volumes to the village library
and several members work
as volunteers. A yearly pro-
ject is the trimming at Christ-
mas time of the village hall
and the library.
TENTH BIRTHDAY
The North Palm Beach Garden Club
celebrated their Tenth Birthday by donat-
ing andplanting a ten -year -old Black
Olive tree on the Village Lawn.
Village Manager, Mr. Joe Essa wields
the shovel and left to right: Mayor Tom
Lewis, Mrs. Alfred Fundis, Mrs. Russel
Michaels, Garden Club President; Mrs.
Louis Enders, Recording Secretary; Mrs.
Clifford Smith; Mrs. Arnold Noble, Corre-
sponding Secretary; Mrs. Theodore Sches-
ny, and Vice President Mrs. Howard
Campbell.
An early undertaking was
helping to establish the nurs-
ery at the Habilitation Center
at Lantana by contributing
and delivering plants of all
kinds. Now that the nursery
is a going thing, the club con-
tinues to contribute materials
for the use of the handi-
capped in the various work-
shops.
At Christmas each year the
club member s contribute
gifts for the residents of the
Palm Beach County Home.
This year over a hundred
such gifts were taken to the
home.
A new interest of the club
is the "Like Head Start" pro-
gram at Jupiter. Three bags
of toys were sent this group
recently.
The Garden Club's partici-
pation in the Tencennial Cele-
bration of the Village of
North Palm Beach will con-
tPi-year-
'.1 tree... on the iawn of
village hall.
During the Christmas sea-
son a yearly project is the
contribution of prizes of ten
dollars first prize and five
dollars second prize for the
!most attractively decorated
permanent ouzdoor living
tree.
An accomplishment of
which the club is proud is
the fact that Mrs. Louis En-
ders, club president for the
past two years, is responsible
for the establishment of the
Conservation Teachers Work-
shop conducted by Florida At-
lantic University at Pine Jog
Conservation Center during
the summer, this being the
first year such workshop was
held in South Florida. The
club supports this project by
monetary contribution in the
form of a scholarship for a
participating teacher.
THE FLORIDA
GARDENER
• May -June, 1967
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