Village of NPB Starts Construction on The New Golf Clubhouse and Swimming Pool AT NPBCC (Beacon News) 4-26-62SHOWN.ABOVE, A
CLUBHOUSE, NOW
THE VILLAGE OF
ARTIST'S SKETCH OF THE
UNDER C:ONS'I'RUC:TION, IN
NORTH PALM LEACH
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The
Village Of North Palm Beach
Starts Construction Oft The New
Golf Clubhouse .And Swimming Pool
lm Beach Country Club
At North Pa
Village Manager Albin R.
ditioning Comp any of L a k e
Olson has announced that cons-
W orth, Florida for $22, 738.
truction has started on a country Each of these two contracis
club building and swimming
coiza.ined penalty clauses o n
pool for the Village o f North
completion date of the work.
Palm Beach.
The Hodges contract calls for
During a Village Council
completion within 180 days. A
meeting recently, contracts
penalty of $325. for each day
were signed with the Thomas
over that period will be impo-
A. Hodges Construction Co. of '
sed. The Atlas contract con -
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, i n
tains a lesser penalty clause,
the amo unt of $285, 600. for
Mr. Olson said.
the work to be done.
At a later date, contracts
A second contract has been will be let by the Village o f
signed with the Atlas Air Con-
I North Palm Beach for parking
area paving, landscaping o f
the grounds, furniture, and di-
ning room and k Itchen equip-
ment for the new clubhouse
and the pool area.
This is the first part of a
long-range program planned fcr
the enlargement and be autifi -
cation of recreational facilities
in the Village of North P a 1 rri
Be ach.
The work to be done will
ensure adequate recreational
facilities for the present home-
owners of the Village, and for
the projected population of the
future in the area.
North Palm Beach offers
one of the finest gol f courses in
southeastern Florida. The ad -
dition of a new clubhouse and
an Olympic swimming pool will
interest not only immediate
residents of North Palm Beach,
but those to the north and t o
.the south who have no facilities
of this kind available in their
own communities. Both t h e
golf club and the pool are open
for membership,