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Part II, Page 1 The Village of North Palm Beach Part II by James Knott (Sunday Brown Wrapper) (PBP) 7-8-84Page 4—S41 pplement to The Post, Sunday, July 8, 1984 lop bished, kitchen equipment installed, ming pool area, dining room facilities and meals served. In January, 1961, no and an expanded parking area. This tice was given of the intention to sell this made a total of $1,430,000. The people entire property, and the village decided voted at a special referendum election, 7 to buy- and develop the area into a re to 1, to purchase and develop the North creation center. Palm Beach Country Club. was set as the rice for The market now called Pant $t,015,000 P ry the existing country club of 145 acres Pride was built early in 1958. This was plus all buildings and equipment. An followed by the J. M. Fields store, now additional ` $415,000 covered the swim Jefferson's. The mall and Sears con - Here Is A List y Of Every Bank Service FirstTThe Big Doesn't Have. • A k ` I 655-8511 Jupiter -Boynton 428-0900 Delray -Boca First Federal Savings of the Palm Beaches "12t struction came in May of 1.971. As the land for the Sears building was being cleared, the bulldozer flushed a family of foxes, last seen racing in a westerly di- rection. 1. Started in 1969, Old Port Cove has proved to be most successful. It is now nearing its final capacity of 1,062 units. After extended negotiations be- tween the State of Florida, Palm Beach County, and the MacArthur Founda- tion, the oceanfront land which lay with- in the Village of North Palm Beach was sold to the county for $23,000,000. 11/2 miles of oceanfront and 345 acres of land include the controversial Air Force Beach. Half the cost was borne by the state, half by the county. It was dedicat- ed on November 7, 1980. -Under the terms of the deed, this prime oceanfront recreation area comes under the jurisdiction of the county and must be kept in a natural state. Some park facilities may be installed, but un- der the general control of a non-profit corporation consisting of representa- tives of Bankers Life, Palm Beach Coun- ty, North Palm Beach, and Nature Con- servancy. North Palm Beach can take pride in a village that was the first in Florida to win the National Association of Home Builders' -award for excellence, a village that still looks new with no depressed neighborhoods, no cheap commercial strips. Real estate values have remained solid. Local government has been clean, public services excellent, and recreation- al facilities superior. It is truly a well planned and successful community. (Appreciation is due Village Historian William Young and his fellow historians for the factual content of this article) *STUART lot 531 WEST PALM BEACH GOLDEN LAKES 5 S.E. Federal Highway Main Office 1950 Golden Lakes Boulevard 228 APPER" 215 S. Olive Avenue 683-9300 *PALM SPRINGS 655-8511 PALM BEACH Ave. & S. Congress *WESTWARD 165 Bradley Place 10 964-2212 2701 Okeechobee Bo evard 655-1485 *LAKE WORTH 683-3133 280 S. County Road Lucerne Avenue *SOUTHERN 655-6446 582-3511 30� Southern Boulevard 833-5523 to Boynton 833 -FUND, Delray to Boca 483-5161 For current rates call toll free: Jupiter struction came in May of 1.971. As the land for the Sears building was being cleared, the bulldozer flushed a family of foxes, last seen racing in a westerly di- rection. 1. Started in 1969, Old Port Cove has proved to be most successful. It is now nearing its final capacity of 1,062 units. After extended negotiations be- tween the State of Florida, Palm Beach County, and the MacArthur Founda- tion, the oceanfront land which lay with- in the Village of North Palm Beach was sold to the county for $23,000,000. 11/2 miles of oceanfront and 345 acres of land include the controversial Air Force Beach. Half the cost was borne by the state, half by the county. It was dedicat- ed on November 7, 1980. -Under the terms of the deed, this prime oceanfront recreation area comes under the jurisdiction of the county and must be kept in a natural state. Some park facilities may be installed, but un- der the general control of a non-profit corporation consisting of representa- tives of Bankers Life, Palm Beach Coun- ty, North Palm Beach, and Nature Con- servancy. North Palm Beach can take pride in a village that was the first in Florida to win the National Association of Home Builders' -award for excellence, a village that still looks new with no depressed neighborhoods, no cheap commercial strips. Real estate values have remained solid. Local government has been clean, public services excellent, and recreation- al facilities superior. It is truly a well planned and successful community. (Appreciation is due Village Historian William Young and his fellow historians for the factual content of this article) *STUART lot 531 DELRAY BEACH 5 S.E. Federal Highway *95 N.E. 5th Avenue APPER" 278-6261 struction came in May of 1.971. As the land for the Sears building was being cleared, the bulldozer flushed a family of foxes, last seen racing in a westerly di- rection. 1. Started in 1969, Old Port Cove has proved to be most successful. It is now nearing its final capacity of 1,062 units. After extended negotiations be- tween the State of Florida, Palm Beach County, and the MacArthur Founda- tion, the oceanfront land which lay with- in the Village of North Palm Beach was sold to the county for $23,000,000. 11/2 miles of oceanfront and 345 acres of land include the controversial Air Force Beach. Half the cost was borne by the state, half by the county. It was dedicat- ed on November 7, 1980. -Under the terms of the deed, this prime oceanfront recreation area comes under the jurisdiction of the county and must be kept in a natural state. Some park facilities may be installed, but un- der the general control of a non-profit corporation consisting of representa- tives of Bankers Life, Palm Beach Coun- ty, North Palm Beach, and Nature Con- servancy. North Palm Beach can take pride in a village that was the first in Florida to win the National Association of Home Builders' -award for excellence, a village that still looks new with no depressed neighborhoods, no cheap commercial strips. Real estate values have remained solid. Local government has been clean, public services excellent, and recreation- al facilities superior. It is truly a well planned and successful community. (Appreciation is due Village Historian William Young and his fellow historians for the factual content of this article) *STUART lot 531 DELRAY BEACH 5 S.E. Federal Highway *95 N.E. 5th Avenue 286-7300 278-6261 *PALM SPRINGS * 14828 S. Military Trail . Ave. & S. Congress 498-4447 964-2212 BOCA RATON *LAKE WORTH 2400 N. Federal Highway Lucerne Avenue 395-6811 582-3511 *9033 Glades Road 483-5110 to Boynton 833 -FUND, Delray to Boca 483-5161 *LAKE PARK 500 Federal Highway 844-6366 *BOYNTON BEACH 280 N. Congress Avenue 737-5777 *24 -Hour Teller at these locations Supplement to The Post, Sunday, July 8, 1984 SUNDAY BROWN WRAPPER THE' VILLAGE OF NORTH .PALM BEACH Part Il James R. Knott From the very beginning, it was clear that North Palm Beach was to become a unique residential community. Superior planning almost guaranteed it, even before the village was launched. Credit for its success is due to Richard and Herbert Ross, together with John Schwencke and Jay White. They were accomplished builders, having built 5,000 houses between 1950 and -1956 in the West Palm Beach area. They proceeded to buy .the land bordering the Earman Canal and ex- tending north to the Intracoastal from John D. MacArthur. Not included was the strip along the east side of U.S. 1. A master plan was drawn up, and the vil- lage was given a charter on August 13, 1956. Then, a lot of things started: the water and sewage systems, the streets, the village hall. The Earman Canal was widened and deepened. Before the streets were paved, a system of 42 -inch 'Fhe Blue Heron Hotel culverts' was installed to preclude any standing water in the streets. Sidewalks five feet wide were required in the vil- lage. A government was formed, and a council appointed consisting of Charles Cunningham, Richard Ross, Jay White, John Schwencke and J. D. MacArthur. A village manager was hired, Albin Olson, and a chief of Public Safety, Albert Dud - den. Fred Trapnell was general manager of the utilities during their construction and, for 13 years, their operation. The sale of homesites commenced in October of 1956 with a Parade of Homes. This was in conjunction with the Home Builders' Association and includ- ed 15 leading builders. The models were located on the south side of Anchorage, west of Eastwind Drive. It was a success, and by August of 1957 the permit valuations hit $502,930 for that month alone. The Rosses also built houses, but, after com- pleting about 50 of them, decided not to compete with other builders and with- drew from this operation. Meanwhile, dredging operations had started. The North Palm Beach wa- terway had commenced, running north and south, splitting the village roughly in halves with 13 east and west branches, all bulkheaded. Captain Milling was em- ployed for the job, and for over a year his dredge "Admiral" was a familiar sight slowly working its way south. The job was well done. The bridge carrying Lighthouse Drive across the waterway was built. The water system started with the drilling of 11 deep wells and the erection of a water treatment plant west of the village: At the same time, the sewage