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North Palm Beach Up For "AII-America City"Award
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NORTH PALM BEACH —
There are at least 729 good
reasons why the Village of
North Palm Beach should
win an "All -America City"
title —one for every resident
who actively worked toward
that goal, Mayor Tom Le-
wis says.
The village has entered the
1967 competition sponsored
jointly by the National Mu-
nicipal League and Look Mag-
azine.
Village Manager Lawrence
J. Robbins said the mayor
nominated the village. and re-
viewed the entry form with
the councilmen.
"We feel we have a good
community, largely because
of the active participation of
so many residents in various
projects," the mayor said.
"We count 729 persons be-
longing to 12 different associ-
ations, societies and commit-
tees who worked hard to make
the Village a better place to
live. And the council feels
they should receive national
recognition."
The mayor said the num-
ber of persons who now are
active in the fields of recre-
ation, beautification and cul-
ture actually may be more
than 729 and he hopes no one
has been missed.
Helping the mayor and vil-
lage manager complete the
entry were Councilmen David
C. Clark, Allan V. Everard,
Herbert A. Watt and Vice -
Mayor Thomas R. Bell.
"Residents have a special
pride in their community and
I'll venture that the majority
of our estimated population
of 9,360 could be included in
any count of civic participa-
tion," the mayor added.
The Village recently cele-
brated its tenth anniversary.
There were 3,720 residents in
1960.
Mayor Tom Lewis
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The entry says it would be
unfair to the "large number
of citizens who were active
in our many programs" to
name three, as suggested by
contest sponsors. It lists these
organizations "whose efforts
are continually making a good
city better with the ultimate
goal a model community."
Country Club Committee,
Art Society, Library Society,
Senior Citizens, Youth Ath-
letic Association, Waterway
Study Committee, Swim As-
sociation, Junior Golf Associ-
ation, Garden Club Recre-
ation Board, Jaycees and the
Tencennial Committee.
Their projects included a
culture center, library, or-
ganized baseball for youth,
clubhouse and facilities for
oldsters, village -wide beauti-
fication, traveling swim team,
planning and construction of
playgrounds, organized recre-
ational activities, traveling
junior golf group, in depth
study of waterways, village
tenth birthday celebration and
recreational facilities bond is-
sue.
These were accomplished,
the entry notes, despite apathy
and lack of ability of the
government to finance facil-
ities wanted by the various
groups.
"Public spirited citizens led
the way in organizing com-
mittees and societies whose
interests were in a variety of
activities," the entry says.
"For the most part the groups
have become permanent or-
ganizations even though the
specific job for which they
were organized has been com-
pleted. as they decided to
continue the building of more
expanded facilities and a high-
er level of activities."
Members of the groups
raised funds for their proj-
ects. Their efforts have result-
ed in considerable public no- _.
tice for the village, the entry
says.
The end result, according
to the entry, is, "one of the
most complete and compre-
hensive programs of recrea-
tion, culture and beautifica-
tion in this area. In most
cases our citizen's groups are
involved in a continuing type
of activity, and as yet their
interest and efforts have not
waned, but have become
stronger."
Eleven communities will
win the "All-merica City"
title. A screening committee
will select 22 Finalists which
will he considered Nov. 12-15
by the All -America Cities
jury at the National Confer-
ence on Government in Mil-
waukee, Wis. Winners will be
announced early in 1968.
Three representatives of
each community in the finals
will elaborate on outstanding
civic achievements in their
areas.
The awards are in their
19th year.