North Palm Country Club One of Florida's Finest; Pool largest; diving tower A & HThe Village Of
NORTH P-MIL.LM SE.�CH
Announces The Opening Of The
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2nd
NORTH PALM COUNTRY CLUB ONE OF FLORIDA'S f
40 -Foot DivingTower NEW HOLES MAKE Beautiful New Clubhouse
THE GOLF COURSE
A Dramatic Symbol oursraxoiNG Center Of Social Life
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Spectacular diving tower, white against the blue tropic
sky, is symbolic of the club's modernity.
Pool One
Of Largest
In The United
States
The new swimming pool
at North Palm Beach Coun-
Sir Harry Oakes
try Club is the largest and
deepest L-shaped pool con-
T
Built Course I o
D
structed in the UnitedStates
south of Atlanta.
Only five other outdoor
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pools in the nation equal the
swimming and dining facil-
The late Sir Harry Oakes
ities of the club.
who was murdered myster-
In addition to the main
iously in the Bahamas some
pool sections --one mea-
Years back, created the or-
iginal golf course at North.
suring 169 by 75 feet, the
'75
Palm Beach.
other by 50 feet --there
are three separate child-
It is reported that he
ren's pools.
was not, in the beginning,
readily accepted into Palm
A four -deck diving tower,
almost 40 feet high, dom-
Beach society -- nor into
inates the pool
exclusive golf clubs that
When the pool is in up-
eration, the water is fil-
then existed.
In a huff, he bought the
tered every six hours
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ground, laid out his own
rr;v�rA rr:.nraa and con -
it e p
of its new facilities, the
North Palm Beach Country
Club becomes one of the
finest in Florida.
It is a complete club,
intended for family enjoy-
ment --with a sporting 18 -
hole golf course, an Olym-
pic -size swimming pool,
a complete new clubhouse.
The opening is the cul-
mination of a projectwhich
began January 2, 1962, when
the village purchased the
golf course facilities for
$1,015,000. This original
purchase price included 146
acres of golf course pro-
perty and the old clubhouse
facilities.
Since the time of the golf
course purchase, the vil-
lage government has ex-
pended $400,000 for the new
clubhouse building, pool
facilities, and renovation
of a large section of the
course.
The new clubhouse build-
ing provides a golf shop,
golf locker and shower fac-
ilities, a cocktail lounge,
two dining rooms, shower
and dressing rooms for
pool users, and a pool area
snack bar.
Thomas A. Hodges Con-
struction Co., Inc., was
general contractor for the
work. Kelsey City Land-
scaping Co. had the land-
scaping prime contract.
The swimming pool fac-
ility compares with the fin-
est. Only five other outdoor
pools in the United States
equal the swimming and
dining facilities of the
North Palm Beach Country
Club pool.
The pool meets all Olym-
pic pool specifications. It
is precisely 50 - meters
long; it has a 25 -yard pool
area; and it is equipped
with a 10 -meter high diving
tower.
A patio area measuring
30,000 square feet sur-
rounds the pool. Adjacent
to the pool on the east
side are three children's
wading pools.
The golf course recon-
struction program involved
five new fairways, greens
and tees. Two lakes were
built in the construction
project and a new sprink-
ler system was installed in
the renovated areas.
Adjacent to the clubhouse
building, a 36 -hole putting
green area was built. The
over-all course now mea-
sures 6,453 yards, approx-
imately 200 yards longer
than the previous course.
Also, the golf course im-
provement program result-
ed
esulted in a sportier and some-
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More than 600 members will use this clubhouse for dining, social activities and
enjoyment of golf and swimming. Giant palms give true tropical atmosphere.
Outstanding Food, Service Planned
De t. Heads Experts In Their Fields
P
Experts in their various,
fields will serve as de- f�r
partment heads at North
Palm Beach Country Club.
They will function under"„...
general supervision of Al-
bin R. Olson, village man-
ager, who joined the vil-
lage government in 1956, `
at a time when no homes
ALBIN R. OLSON
Village Manager
had yet been built in North
Palm Beach.
Since then, he has seen
the village expand to 1,444
homes and a population of
5,663. The purchase and
development of the club is
the culmination of his ef-
forts during the past three
MARCEL BERTHAULT
Dining Room Manager
� Asa
SID CLARKE
Golf Course Supt.
Beach from Port Ever-
glades, where he was as-
sistnnt port manager- Pre -
ALMA H. BECK
Pool Manager
BOB HAYES
Golf Professional
cel Berthault. He comes
to North Palm Beach from
_ __________, uison is a pruiessiunai viously he had been the manager of the dining room
the rate of 1,425 gallons still stands, city manager. He was grad- assistant cit manager at in the British Embassy.
per minute. At all times Farmer & Irwin Corpor- uated from Florida Uni- Y gy
the pool water actually is ation, which did the plumb- Golf Town Created Pensacola and Daytona Previouslyhe was the kit -
purer and clearer than the ing, P versity and has a master's Beach. chen manager of the Blair
oints out that 5,704 g
feet of pipe was used in— degree from the univer- The. dining rooms cock- House and the Con res -
average household water. Pie On The Course At g g
- the project, sity s School of Public Ad- tail lounge and pool snack
At the diving end, the P > ministration. will be managed by Mar- (Cont'd on 3d Page
s pool is 17 feet deep; at the In all, the pool capacity N P B Country Club Olson came to North Palm Following)
is 510 0 0 0 gallons plus
W . shallow end, 3 feet 3 inches
deep. 12,000 gallons for the wad- Rebuilding of the back-
ing pools. nine holes at North Palm MEN WHO RUN THE CLUB AND VILLAGE
Beach Country Club has
Swimming Class Has A Workout resulted in creation of 103
®_ building lots on 58 acres. �
"This will truly become -
a golfers' village,” said
Jack Schweneke, general V
j�� manager of NorthlakeProp-
The Finest In Dining � � ��� � erties, developers s the �
``� k tract. "It will be possible
for residents here to drive' si
their own carts directly
from their homes right ,
across the fairway to the
The completion of this modern new facility is the result of teamwork between many firms clubhouse."
and individuals working together and the citizens of the Village of North Palm Beach wish � No lot is smaller than
100 by 130 feet. Twenty -
to acknowledge with appreciation their combined efforts. three lots front on water -
° ways and 53 adjoin the
fairways. . E t.. .
a (Sunpaper Photo) Wherever possible,trees North Palm Beach Village Council and Country Club Advisory Board. Front,
have been preserved for left to right, Vice -Mayor Charles M. Bowman, Mayor Warren P. Tatoul, Council -
natural beauty. The lots are man Louis J. Aiello, Jr., and Councilman Frank J. Hahn. Standing, Advisory Board
• POOL 848-6608 Young swimmers, many of them o f championship exceptionally high for Flo members William Lynch, Harold M. Emlein and Robert C. Scott. Absent were B.
TELEPHONES: PRO SHOP 848-6601 • DINING ROOM 848-6604 calibre, work out in the great Olympic -sized pool. rida tracts. Arnold AdvisoryBoard chairman and Roy Cuthrell.
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