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Remembering Jack Schwencke (Looking Back - South FL History and the Village of NPB) Volume 2, Issue 3 Looking Back _ • i • -=W=9 t Volume 2, Issue 3 Remembering Jack Schwencke From the office of the Village Historian In 1956, Jack Northlake Properties, Schwencke, with Dick and Lake Park and Bob Ross, and Jay Development. Mr. White, developed and Schwencke operated founded the Village of and sold the North W North Palm Beach. On Palm Beach Country May 9, 2012, Mr. Club, as well as North Schwencke passed Palm Beach Utilities. ' away at the age of 95. He developed the In this issue of the Gemini and Aquarius Looking Back condominiums, along newsletter, we honor with numerous other Jack Schwencke's life, properties. and remember the Village's beginnings. "When all is said and ` done, Jack was a Interestingly, many of decent man, a true 4 Mr. Schwencke's land gentleman, an ethical deals were honored by a business partner, a mere handshake. That loving husband, a alone should tell you fabulous father, a fun what a trustworthy uncle and a devoted man he was. He served grandfather. At one on the Village council time, he was asked, with Albin R. Olsen, the `what were your Village's very first greatest manager. For the accomplishments in following two decades, life?' He named his Above: Jack Schwencke at the he was president of children." —from Jack groundbreaking of the North North Palm Beach Schwencke's obituary. Palm Beach elementary school Properties, and the on February 19, 1958. managing partner of ©Copyright to Rosa Godshall Holden. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author is strictly prohibited. Page 2 Looking Back North Palm Beach Elementary School q r. r� e The groundbreaking for the North Palm Beach Elementary School took place on February 19, 1958. Ten acres were donated by North Palm Beach Properties, Inc., the Ross brothers, Jack Schwencke, and Jay White. In the photograph, left to right: Robert R. Horner, Board of Public Instruction; Ralph Kettler, BPI vice-chairman; Henry O. Earwood, BPI chairman; Elizabeth S. Hand, BPI; Edgar S. Wortman, BPI architect; Howell L. Watkins, superintendent of schools; Alan J. Hunter, contractor; Richard E. Ross, North Palm Beach mayor, with shovel; Jay H. White, North Palm Beach vice- mayor; H.A. Ross, North Palm Beach councilman; Jack Schwencke, councilman; Charles A. Cunningham, councilman; Albin R. Olsen, North Palm Beach village manager. ©Copyright to Rosa Godshall Holden. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author is strictly prohibited. Volume 2, Issue 3 Page 3 Then and Now Left: The 1956 Parade of Homes included seventeen homes that were constructed by fifteen different builders. The Jr— homes- were on the south side of �- Anchorage, west Tom-i of Eastwind f Drive. Here is a present day ri photo taken in ' North Palm Beach, on - Prosperity Farms Road. =x Time flies! ,'`., "�'''; � 3",�c^.".`•:.;-;;'•;.� .tea,. �° ©Copyright to Rosa Godshall Holden. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author is strictly prohibited. North Palm Beach Visit Looking Back on Village Historian the web, and learn more Contact Rosa, the Villa-e Historian: � o.�, about local history: North Palm Beach Public LibrarNr ��pALN��w4 npbhistory.wordpress.com 30 -A-iichora-e Drive North Palm Beach. Florida (5GI) 841-3371 rholden@ villa h e-npb.or- JEFT GUINN V. Books to Check Out �i We have so many wonderful books on Florida history! Check them out in our Florida room, and see , PrirI,sr1,�; rjrXe „�x,wt� e for yourself. Who was here before us? Our Land Explore Prehistoric Peoples of South Florida by William E. McGoun FLA 975.901 McG Before Learn more about the Seminoles . . . . D i* Our Lartid Before We Die: The Proud Story of the We Seminole Negro by Jeff Guinn FLA 975.9004 GUI Hidden Seminoles: Julian Dimoch's Historic Florida Photographs by Jerald T. Milanich & Nina J. Root BEAcH FLA 975.9004 MIL 1893 to 1950 Local History West Palm Beach: 1893 to 1950 by Lynn Drake and Richard Marconi FLA 975.9 DRA ._` History of Juno Beach by Daniel Corbett FLA 975.932 COR ©Copyright to Rosa Godshall Holden. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from the author is strictly prohibited.