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Home My WebLink About1960s-1970s clippings related to Herb Wattvcr. r 1:30 ".,7 7 OO NORTH PALM BEACH NEWS FROM 7t.� VILLAGE MANAGER FRANK R. SPENCE At an executive session of the Village Council last week the Village Council agreed to appoint Herbert Watt as Councilman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Herb Gibson until the next regular e- lection in March, 1965. Watt is retired and has been a long time resident at 720 Lighthouse Drive. He is currently Vice -Chairman of the Recreation Commit- tee, active in the Senior Citizens Club and an ar- dent boat fan. Watt will be formally sworn in at the next regular meeting, July 14th. Reappraisal Slated In North Palm Beach NORTH PALM BEACH --- Hunnicutt & Associates repre- sentatives next week will begin ti their complete reappraisal of all )roperty in North Palm Beach, Tax Assessor Herbert A, Watt announced Wednesday The representatives will have identification cards signed by Watt, who urged home owners to check their identification be- fore admitting them. Jaycee News 'N' Notes BY JO H N H. WETTERMA N N The Riviera Beach Jay- cees conducted their first monthly dinner meeting of the year June 6 at C a p t. A l e x's Restaurant. T h e meeting was quite a s u c- cess. Speakers were F rank Foster, national director, and Jack Hardin, past state chairman of the Florida Jaycees. Their talks, cent e red around orientation of new members, proved timely, as guests at this meeting almost matched in number the attendance of the mem- bers. A hearty welcome goes out to new Jaycees James Heslip, David Scar- lett, and Jacques Triplett who joined the ranks at this meeting. Also welcome to Alphonse Roart, asso- ciate member, who re- cently joined. A highlight of the even- ing was presentation. of Jaycee of the Month Awards by Jay Garner, past president. Ed Ludwig re- ceived the award for Jan- uary for promoting the "s mile campaign.' The award for February went to Bernie Hirsch for lead- ership on the Jaycee beach project. Awards for March, April and May were p r e- sented to John Wettermann, "Snag" Holmes and C h uck Waltenburg for their ef- forts in publicity, the Mutt Derby and the seatb e l t drive, respectively. ********* A work party has been called by Bernie Hirsch to clean up the Jaycee Beach in anticipation of the Fourth located on the causeway be- tween Riviera Beach and Singer Island, will be an ideal vantage point for the III - III --I-Mil ------as- ------ 9 ..................... •' hrr,'{fir:{. }\fit.• �.•.•.•:•. :HERBERT WATT N. Palm eh Council Names Watt A Ilember NORTH PALM BEACH Herbert Watt, vice chairman of the village recreation commit- tee, will be sworn in as a councilman at the town Coun- cil's regular meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday. An engineer, he retired from the plant department of the New York Bell Telephone Co. and has lived at 720 Lighthouse Drive. for three years. Ile is active in the Senior Citizens' CIub of North Palm Beach, president of the North :Palm Beach Shuffle- board Club and is an ardent boating fan. He will serve the unexpired term of Herbert Gibson who recently moved away from North Palm Beach. Councilmen at a recent executive meeting agreed to appoint Watt to serve until the next regular elections arch, 1965. FORECAST DECEMBER 1968 PROFILE Herbert A. Watt, a retired New Jersey communications engineer has by no means retired since his move to North Palm Beach 7 years ago. During his third term as Vil- lage Councilman he has willingly served as tax assessor, tax collector, treasurer and acting village manager. Herb and his wife Eleanor (December Artist of the Month) live at 720 Lighthouse Drive and are particularly proud of their three children and seven grand children. Watt Acting Elp NPB Manager NORTH PALM BEACH — Councilman Herbert Watt was named acting village manager here Tuesday by the Village Council until a new manager is appointed. The manager for the past year, Joe J. Essa Jr., has sub- mitted his resignation, effective June 6, to take a position as senior vice-president of West Palm Beach's Central Bank of Palm Beach County. 1 Watt, a retired employe of the New York Telephone Co., has been a councilman for three years. Mrs. Charles McCraney, Les- lie Harrell and Miss Jo Deay were appointed to the Recrea- tion Advisory Board by the Council. Charles E. Tucker, electrical m e m. b e r, and R.M. Bishop, -)lumbing member, were. appoint- ed to the Contractor's Examin- ing Board. Watt Wins Runoff Race At North Palm Beach NORTH PALM BEACH -- Incumbent village Councilman erbert Watt, 66, of 720 Light- house Drive, captured his council seat for the fourth term Tuesday, defeating James Taylor in a runoff elec- tion. Watt, a retired employe of the New York Telephone Co., had 431 votes to Taylor's 267. Sixteen absentee ballots, which would not affect Watt's victory, were to be canvassed by village officials late Tues- day night. The turnout of 698 voters was 15.8 per cent of the vil- lage's 4,404 registered voters. On March 18, Watt received the greatest number of votes on the group against three oth- er candidates. His margin, however, was not the majority needed to beat Taylor, 38, a junior project engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in the first round. A resident of North Palm Beach since 1961, Watt was first appointed to a seat cn council in 1964. In 1965 and 1967, he successfuly kept the, seat and served the village as chairman of the Recreation Advisory Board, tax assessor, tax collector, treasurer and interim village manager. comiel illage Tcthes Over 1)rot Of North Palm Beach CC ORTH PALM BEACH -- j The Village Council Tuesday grabbed up control of the Vil- lage Country Club, but a traffic problem snarled final action on a zoning debate. The council approved first and second readings, and then voted into law, an ordinance that gives the city fiscal control Hof the club effective Nov. 1. The ordinance also creates a seven -man board "to serve at the pleasure of the Village Council" in place of the previ- ious five -man board. It gives the council a final voice in all club personnel matters and requires monthly board meetings and twc annual membership meet- ings. Appointed to the board for two year terms were Harold Berry, Var Heyl and Dr. G. L. Ford; appointed to one year terms were R. F. Jaekel, A. F. Smith, H. E. Lange, and R. M. Taylor. Two members of the previous board -- Jack Schwencke and Hurley Hankey -- were not re- appointed. The council put off until next Tuesday final action on an ordi- nance amendment that would permit a dry storage marina on the bank of the Earman Riv- er. Acting Village Manager Her- bert A. Watt and Building In- spector W. G. Carver were ap- pointed to come up with suitable parking restrictions to be in- cluded in the zoning change. Watt, who is also a council, announced that sealed bids for rear and side -loading (garbage truck) packers would be opened at 10 a.m. Monday. "We hope to have two new garbage trucks on the road within 21 days . of Monday," he said. Council also authorized the city to accept bids for a North The monthly safety report Palm Beach Village employe brought out that there were disability and pension plan eight automobile accidents in which would go into effect Sept. May, but no felonies. There The council approved a reso- were 240 convictions out of 242 lution which would add the vil- traffic violations arrests, it was lage to the proposed county li- !-reported. brary system. Under the pro- posal, the county would increase its financial support of the li- brary. The Village Recreation Direc- tor Warren Murray was author- ized to put the village -owned tennis courts on a reservation basis. Residents will receive priority. Reservations may be made by calling Murray's of- fice. The building inspector's monthly report brought out that the current village population is 2,489 families or 9,122 resi- dents. The May building permit total was $4,385.20. Estimated cost of buildings constructed since the village was incorporat- ed is $52,409,764.26. CHAMBER HONORS CITIES - The Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, at its January Coffee Hour at the Flame Restaurant last week, presented honorary memberships to seven municipalities from West Palm Beach to Jupiter. Here, Chamber president Bill Hasel- mire presents plaques to (from left) Palm Beach Shores Mayor C. J. Wolfe, Riviera Beach Mayor Max Hammer, North Palm Beach Councilman Herbert A. Watt, Lake Park Mayor Frank Kohl, Juno Beach Vice Mayor Laurance Ettari, Palm Beach Gardens Councilman Henry Jewell and Mangonia Park Mayor Roy R. Burnsed. • NORTHERN PALM BEACH CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE HONORS MUNICIPALITIES — The Northern Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, at their January coffee at the Flame Restaurant, presented honorary memberships to the seven municipalities between West Palm Beach and Jupiter. President Bill Haselmire is pictured here presenting the plaques to, from left to right, C. J. Wolfe, mayor, Palm Beacn 3Iiures; iviax u. Hammer, mayor Riviera Beach; Herbert A. Watt, councilman, North Palm Beach; Frank Kohl, mayor, Lake Park; Laurence K. Ettari, vice mayor, Juno Beach; Henry Jewett, councilman, Palm Beach Gar- dens, and Roy R. Burnsed, mayor, Mangonia Park. /97/ ffi8�'eR3➢A3' #2 ice:�3S;. 6 ..,z':�';s,SSs as,'v� sa'Y 4°% Officials Act on Anonymous Idea 'Phil B' Sparks Dinner for Lewis NORTH PALM BEACH — An item in the current Village Newsletter aroused the curiosity of the Outlook, as we presume it did that of many residents. It read: "PERSONAL NOTE TO `PHIL B' FROM COUNCILMAN WATT — Thank you very much for the suggestion contained in your note to me. We have followed through on this suggestion, and we are sorry we couldn't answer you personally to advise you of this." We contacted Councilman Herbert A. Watt who told us, "The letter arrived at Village Hall about February 1, addressed to me. The letter -writer, who signed himself simply 'Phil B' suggested the village hold a public testimonial dinner to honor Tom Lewis, who recently resigned as Village Mayor. The letter was written with a very unsteady hand, indicating either a very young or very old person. There was no return address, and my wife and I scoured the telephone book in an effort to identify and locate `Phil B,' but to no avail." Watt told of the letter's impact: "We got our heads together ti and started planning for a testimonial dinner to honor Tom. It was decided the event could not be open to the public, due to the large number of residents who would want to attend, and the lack of suitable facilities to accommodate such a large crowd. We decided on a dinner in Tom's honor, to which Village officials • would be invited." The testimonial dinner was held Saturday night, February 13, ?: at the NPB Country Club, attended by 96 persons. Tom Lewis was presented with various gifts and a plaque, commemorating his years of service to the village. ;: Councilman Watt said the mysterious "Phil B" has not ' contacted him since arrival of the letter. PHIL B -- Whoever you are, wherever you are --- the Village has honored its mayor. 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THE YELLOW SUBMARINE? — No, the yellow fire engine, just purchased by the Village of North Palm Beach. The $28,000 machine, capable of pumping 1,000 gallons per minute, is the newest addition to the rapidly -expanding Village Hall complex. Painted a very bright yellow recommended by the National Safety Council, the fire engine incorpo- rates all the latest advancements in fire - Staff Photo by Robert K. Oglesby fighting apparatus. The supplier, Atlan- tic Fire Apparatus of Fort Lauderdale, says that North Palm Beach is the first community in the state to use the newly - recommended color for visibility at night. From left, are Village manager Larry Robbins, Councilman Herb Watt and Public Safety Director Herber" Kohl. `Monument' Entrance Signs NORTH PALM BEACH — The village plans to do some- thing about its "monument" entrance signs before they be- come tombstones, Councilman Herbert Watt said yesterday. "The present signs definitely are traffic hazards," he said. "You have to nose your car out into U.S. 1 so you can see oncoming traffic." Building Department official Charles O'Meilia is study- ing proposals of John Hardwicke, a sign company sales executive and village resident, to revamp four sets of signs. Hardwicke proposes cutting down on their height and replacing concrete blocks with open grillwork which would allow drivers to see the highway. rY a< /97'o Heart Attack Fells Herb Watt NORTH PALM BEACH — Councilman Herb Watt suffered a mild heart attack last Thurs- day while on vacation in New Jersey, Village manager Frank R. Spence reported. Watt is in the point Pleasant Hospital at Point Pleasant N. J. He will remain in the hospital about two weeks and convalesce about two additional weeks at the home of a daughter before returning here, Spence said. Watt on NPB Council NORTH PALM BEACH — Former Councilman Herbert A. Watt is back on the Village Council. Watt, who served as a councilman from 1964 to 1971, won a Village Council vote last night to fill the seat vacated when Mery McIntyre resigned to run for County Commission. The council nominated three oth- ers for th e seat McIntyre, Don Cole and Tom McGill — voted once, and again in a three-way runoff for their preferences. McIntyre, who was elected as a councilman in 1975 and who served as acting mayor this year from July until September, was not included in the runoff. HERB WATT THANKS YOU the voters of North Palm Beach for your support. I will continue to serve the village to the best of my ability. Paid Pd. Advt'g. 7 rN. Palm Beach iPicks Herbert Matt NORTH PALM BEACH — Herbert A. Watt, who served seven years on the Village Council, was appointed to the council last night to fill the vacancy created by former Mayor Ronald Heraty's resignation. Watt will hold office until Sept. 7, when a special election is scheduled to fill the unexpired term. The new councilman will serve two years. Watts was elected following a Councilman V. A. Marks' nomina- tion of Sally Venzara, a member of the Planning and Zoning Board. When the nomination did not receive a second, Councilman Al Moore nominated Watts. He was elected unanimously. Watts said he was "happy to be able to serve the community again." Watts said he has no plans to seek election to the office in September. Other candidates for the appoint- ment were Betty French and Lawrence Dallen, both Planning and Zoning Board members, Marianna Roberts of Harbor Lights Road and Thomas McGill, a former member of the charter board. Councilman H. WauReturns NORTH PALM BEACH— Herbert Watt was appointed last Wednesday to serve as interim council member, until a permanent replacement is elected on Sept. 7. "1 think primarily, I'll be able to help with the budgeting for next year. Council had been looking for someone who was familiar with the procedures." Watt previously served as councilman from July 1964 to March, 1972. However, Watt stresses that he will not be a candidate for permanent office. "I'm 73 years old, and I think I'm entitled to a little peace and quiet. I served my time. "Now it's time for somebody else to handle the village's business." � \.i