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Al moore'! . I
The Village has come a long way in the ' past
25 years, when it -was created by the Ross
Brothers, John ,Schwencke and Jay white.
I am extremely proud of North, balm Beach.
This is nay fourth term of office on the Village
Council, and my second term as Mayor, ,and I
have watched . the Village grove into what I think
is the . finest eoutnmunity in. Northern Palm
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Beach County. It is an extremely weld plannied
community and was chosen 'by the. Unlver lty of
North Carolina for a Community Profile in 1973
because it was -one of the few planned
communities of our size in the U ted ,States.
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North PalmBeach is, and desires to remain, a
residential community offering 'a diversity, of
housing choice, a full range of : municipal
services, commercial development sufficient. t®
satisfy the needs of the resident population, and
a choice of recreational opportunities. The
environment" of . North Palm Beach has been
enhanced through plannih.g , and responsible
municipal management.. These principals will
continue to guide Village growth.
On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary. of
North, Palm Beach, its citizens can take pride in
a Viliag that, has retained its aesth* is image
and has no. depressed neighborhoods. Deal
estate values, have .remained. stable, Our local
government has never been corrupt, our public
services are second to, none, and., we have
outstanding recreational facilities-. It. is -truly, as
our slogan indicates, "'T%o Pest Place to Live
Under the Sun
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C-M-Y KMN— ftkn, wUMAjq
NORTH
PALM BEACH POLICE
OFFICER— "In the fall of 1974, the
first raid on Air Force Beach was a
little bit different than your average
police case. We had had a lot of
previous problems,' and --the raids
weredesigned to stop the nude j
bathift.g. We -thought if we cr acked
dow"n'' -on the nude sun-bathing9 it
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would CUtL'..dqwn,, on crime — there
were lots of auto -;burglaries there —
we all ' went down' - to :the .beach in our
bathing suits wit-b- portable radios and
.made several arrests."
,t,gY enders
John LaCer&
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JOFFB LenCERDA:
"As a foreign ' coiTesponde'nt, I
reported from 52 countries. My wife
Bert, was v. ith me in 30 countries. We
aci-ce that North Palm is one of the
world's finest places. Our only
regret— and one of our outstanding
recollections — is. that we didn't buy
more real estate when we first came.
here .20 years, ago. For instance, we
could have bought for $60,000 the 25
or so acres lying north of the Country
Club across, the.., Intracoastal. gut the
real estate agent .said that as ca friend
he wouldn't recommend.' the purchase
because the..' ground was mostly
swamp and would take a. fortune to
fill. Actually it ''was, and is, one of the
highest areas .m,:,the Village (Gemini,
Everglades and such are there) and
today the land might be worth $60
million.
.LEGGY ENDERS- CHAUMOMAIN
OF. TBIE N.F.B. ANN.T11,TRSARY
COMMTTEE-
"When Tom Lewis was mayor, the..
Garden's Club wrote a letter asking
that the Village be declared a bird
sanctuary. The response from the
Nlillage was that, a charter change was
necessary to do it, Finally, the, Village
appbinted � a, charter revision board
and the voters voted for the new
charter and the bird sanctuary
provision was, included when- it passed
in 1-968. Lewis often kids me abobt the
bird sanctuary issue changing the
charter of the Village., I I
Lt. B.F. Serkeres'.' John Atwater Dolores Walker
LIEUTENANT BRUCE F. SEKEREES
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SAFETYCIFFICER-
"The first bank robbery e, -erl-41his
North -Palm-- Beach --hAppe_ned--�,. ght"d.
noon Jan-uary 20, 1981, and w:e got!,, -.a'
call just a few minutes after it
happened.. The call came, in by alarm
and they told us 4t a
Y 0 was the real
1g... W, e get hund . reds' of false'
alarms. The robbery was at the
Financi-al Federal, Savingsand Loan
office in the T-vvin City Mall. A man
entered the bank and overpowered a
security ;guard 'and took his .revolver.
With the gunm hand, he appro . ached
the tellet9 s vc�dow and demanded
money; he got approxi ' mately. five
thousand dollars and then .left. About
three hours later, the same. person
pulled an arined. robbery of Boca
Raton drug store And the' Boca police
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made an arrest. est, So, from -the time of
our first bank robbery to the arrest
was three hours, and a majority of the
cash and the revolver were recovered.
The perpetuator is now.1n. the Florida
State Prison.
JOHN ATWATER— PUBLIC SAFE-
-ICHIE 'We recently -h' d a thing
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.which .- didn't., really involve pol
ice
work, but a local man's young son was
bitten by a cat and it was a pretty bad
bite.. It got to the point - wher'--e the kid
.was going to. h.-ave,to -;have rabies shots
because the cat couldn't be found. So
we called all the local.radio 'stations
-with a description off the cat, . asking
anyone who,had seen it to let us know.
The. little. boy
was in the - doctor,'s e,officgettingeteadyto begin th shots
when we -got a call -from a lady `who
said. she found - a cat behind a i
restaurant near the office building. in
which .she worked. We picked up- the"
boy and went to Palm' Beach Gardens
and identified the cat, then took it to
be tested and it was found not to have
rabies. We' still -don't inov-v who
actually owned the cat, but it was
returned to the lady who found it,,"', -1
DOLORES WALKER—. C.ITY CLERK, I ,
NORTH PAL M-,BEACH-
``One of the things I will always
recall Will be when we had a ...$325,000
revenue..bondAssu�, all of :which was
purchased by theFirst Ainerican Bank,
to finance the' library and. the.,
two -wing additioq:,to,the Village Hall....,
..'Mayor'Tom Lewis an ;J -had to sign.
325. one -thousand 'doll' bonds. H
dollar o e
.had to sigh them an'd.-I had to attest
them. Needless to Say, our. hands'.
were tired. We 'sort of had to pa
use
between to rest our hands'.
Villkac of Noftb Po. Im Beach
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