HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-06-27 Peggy Enders (North County News)PEGG-Y
By Susan Thomas
The twenty-fifth anni-
versary celebration of
the villag,e of North
Palm Beach is a time to
look back over the short
history and reflect on
how far the community
has come in a relatively
short time. It is also a
time to look ahead to an
exciting future. In look-
ing to the future we, at
North County News set
out to find and interview
a "crcss section" of
village residents that
would typify the past,
present and future. We
found that each person
represented, in some
way, today, yesterday
and tomorrow.
A perfect example of
"Now", "then" and "yet
to come" is a very busy
homemaker, wife and
mother, Peggy Enders.
Born and raised in
Tampa, Mrs. Enders
moved to North Palm
Beach with her husband
Louis in 1959. She
became a member of the
first beautification com-
mittee when she and 2
others were appointed
by the village council.
Mrs. Enders, a past
president of the Garden
Club, is the only mem-
ber who has continued
an active membership
since 1959. In May she
was presented with the
Blanche Capel Coving-
ton leadership award at
Peggy Enders
the state convention.
The award was based
partially on her securing
$10,000 for a ,,creened in
pavilion and meeting
center at the Mounts
Agriculture Center.
Known for her inter-
est and hard work, Mrs.
Enders has served on
the Planning and Zoning
Board, is currently on
the Planning Commis-
sion, and chairman of
the Village 25th anni-
versary celebration. In
1970 she was presented
with an engraved plaque
for "outstanding devo-
tion to the commun-
ity."
When Northlake
Blvd. was widened in
1965, it was Mrs. Enders
who led the work to
beautify the median
strip, which brought
about a boundary
change between Lake
North County News
Park and North Palm
Beach. A nature lover,
Mrs. Enders pushed to
have the village made a
bird sanctuary. "This,"
she now recalls, "is a
difficult process, actual-
ly needing a charter
revision." Since it was
felt a charter revision
b/ 27/b1
was due anyway, a
committee set about the
task. The committee
included Louis Enders.
It took 9 months, but on
December 10, 1968, the
revised charter was
passed, and North Palm
Beach also became a
bird sanctuary.