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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969 National Community Improvement Award Goes to Village of NPB�' 6Wfi .3F1.'11o3 3)18M o- '.9It If; 2f1t:ifiB ft3' KID National Community Improvement Award GoestoVillage of North Palm Beach North Palm Beach — A distinguished achievement award plaque for an outstanding community improve- ment program was presented Thursday night, February 27th, to the village council by three organizations whc made it possible. Making the presentation Beach community betterment were Mrs. Arnold Noble, effort. Beautification projects president of the North Palm carried out between last April Beach Garden Club; Mrs. Louis 20 and May 4 also counted, Enders, of the North Palm including park improvements Beach Beautification and replanting of median Committee and Mrs. E. W. strips. Winters, leader of Girl Scout Mayor Tom Lewis accepted Troop No. 329. the plaque for the council. The award was earned in a national contest sponsored by the National Clean Up —Paint Up —Fix Up Bureau, in the category for communities with fewer than 25,000 persons. Councilman Herb Watt, the village's Clean Up Chairman for 1968, was given the plaque in Washington earlier in the week by one of the contest judges, Dr. Karl Munson, associate pr ofessor of Parks & Recreation at the University of - lissouri. The occasion was the 11969 Congress on Beautifica- tion, sponsored by the bureau. Bureau officials said that code enforcement figured prominently in the North Palm DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for village beautification program is presented Mayor Tom Lewis (left) for North Palm Beach by three organizations that made it possible represented by: Mrs. Louis Enders of the Beautification Committee; Mrs. Arnold Noble, president, North Palm Beach Garden Club, and Mrs. E. W. Winters, leader of Girl Scout Troop No. 329. Seated is Councilman Herb Watt, who as the community's 1968 Clean Up Chairman, brought the plaque back from Washington for the local pr:sentation cerenfony.