The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 13

I Golfview: No Taxes, Big Lots Among Pines By BILL ANTILL Post- Times Staff No taxes, spacious lots under zoning laws, no taxes, outdoor living atmosphere among the pines, higher than average percentage of swimming pools, no taxes. Actually, the "no taxes" angle could be a bit overstressed in the first sentence, but Golfview residents certainly find it one of the most advantageous factors for living in the community, Like Councilman Charles F. Coffey says: "WE NEVER had any taxes, don't plan any and don't want any." All councilmen, and residents contacted in a spot survey agree that Golfview living is fun. And the fun-loving spirit carries into regular council meetings. For example, there was the session about a year ago when Councilman Richard S.

Hall, now mayor, facetiously suggested that "Golfview build an auditorium for West Palm Beach." "I believe the motion died for lack of a second," said Hall this week. WEST PALM Beach governing bodies have been talking municipal auditorium since the 1920s, and two straw votes last year and this year resulted in citizens' choosing different locafor the structure. It's still up in the air. Another former mayor, not identified by present council members, was quoted by them As taking a tongue-in-cheek crack at West Palm Beach in connection with annexation. Councilmen said he made the statement that Golfview would be glad to be annexed by West Palm Beach at such time as West Palm Beach annexes Palm Beach.

WHILE ENDOWED with a sense of humor, council members also turn deadly serious about their community. Limited by a no-tax annual budget of approximately $1,000, derived from franchises with two utility firms occupational license fee, council can't go wild than on community improvements. But they explain that streets are paved and maintained by residents themselves, and that the town sponsors community events such as an annual Fourth of July parade and picnic, paid mostly from voluntary contributions. This year the town also presented a huge trophy to Golfview Junior High School in appreciation of the school's being located in 1 the community. Council also authorized two smaller trophies for annual presentation to the ninth grade boy and girl with highest scholastic honors.

COUNCILMEN point with pride to records which disclose that there never has been a "serious accident" in the town, which controls speed almost religiously, and never a serious fire. Four speed bumps on Country Club Road help to enforce the 20 m.p.h. speed limit. Military Park Volunteer Fire Dept. cooperate with residents to keep fire danger at a minimum.

Golfview, chartered June 11, 1937, has grown from several persons to an estimated 155 population, and has expanded from an original 125 acres to one square mile. Some annexation, specifically to the north Belvedere Road at request of landowners, has taken place in the small, residential community. There is only one business in the town limits. That's a service station along Military Trail, the western border. Residents fought county zoning which permits commercial firms along the trail.

NOW THAT the station is in business, Golfview council plans to collect what cigarette tax is available from sales. To the east of the town lies Palm Beach International Airport, and community leaders arranged for a buffer zone so that the municipality will get a strip of the airport should it be sold. Former Mayor Ellis Altman, county Civil Defense director and an early resident of Golfview, said the town was named for the West Palm Beach Municipal Course which once was located east of the community. He said the home of engineer Roy Weber once served as the golf course clubhouse. PROBLEMS are few and far between in Golfview, but there have been zoning squabbles, and the council once went to court to fight a legal battle.

It ended in compromise, said Mayor Hall. Boynton Council May Act Monday On Police Probe BOYNTON BEACH City Saturday night after receiving a department probe. Acting as police commissioner, present and former police officers Boynton Set To Appoint City Manager BOYNTON BEACH A full agenda is on tap when the City Council convenes for its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall. Bids for the new civic center, rejected earlier because all exceeded the $100,000 allotted for the project, are scheduled to be opened.

Other bids to be opened are for an industrial tractor, signal lights at railroad crossings, two two-way radios, storm shutters for the water plant, maintenance of water towers, paving of certain streets and two economy pick up trucks. The council is scheduled to act on a proposed ordinance and five proposed resolutions prepared by City Attorney Gene Moore. The proposed ordinance sets forth the duties of the office of city manager, while one of the proposed resolutions appoints a city manager and sets his salary. City Administrator J. B.

Henderson is expected to be named city manager by a 4-1 vote. He has been opposed on many is sues by former Mayor James J. Mahoney. Another proposed resolution raises the salary of councilmen from $50 to $150 a month and raises the limit on purchases without advertising for bids from $100 to $500. If passed, both suggested changes in the City Charter will be rushed to the Florida Legislature for possible action.

If passed by the Legislature, the amendments will go before the city's voters at a referendum. Other proposed resolutions ratify the sale of $20,000 municipal swimming pool bonds, establish rates for water meter connections and establish a code of conduct for non-Civil ServIce employes. Under old business, councilmen will consider abandonment of a portion of Laurel Hills for park purposes and appointment of an auditor. The city attorney will submit a definition of a night club, as requested at the last council meeting. A public hearing will be held on the Lake Eden Subdivision plat, and several items of correspondence will be heard under new business.

Town Hall Annex Open At Jupiter JUPITER The general public is invited to an "Open House" at the new Jupiter Town Hall addition at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The new furniture has been installed. Shuffleboard courts, picnic tables and benches are being added to the outside recreational area, initiating the new park plan of the council, Mrs. Gail Sorenson, town clerk reported.

There is some speeding, an occasional break-in, but no serious crime in the community, agreed councilmen. Drainage is good. Zoning is strict, with lot frontage minimum set at 100 feet and house frontage at feet, they said. Housing also is limited to onestory. PLANNED projects include a mosquito control spray gadget to supplement the county's program, and possible purchase of a surplus government Jeep with a large mosquito spray unit.

One unique feature of Golfview is Altman's fall-out shelter. Located on his property, the shelter is the only federally-financed fall-out protection unit in the county. The first council in 1937 conisted of Earl McDaniel (who became the initial mayor), F. L. Paddock, George S.

Brockway, I. E. Ferrin and H. E. Motter.

THE TOWN Charter empowers the council to levy an ad valorem tax up to 10 mills, but it just doesn't happen. The charter prohibits issuance of bonds or payment of any salary in excess of one dollar a year. Council doesn't even take the dollar. The board early this year got a kick out of doubling its pay from zero to nothing. Besides Hall and Coffey, the present council consists of L.

L. Ellington, vice mayor; William A. Miller, who doubles as town clerk, and Ed Peters. Coffey serves as, marshal. Assessed valuation is approximately $850,000.

(Next Sunday-Glen Ridge) GOLFVIEW COUNCIL Governing members of the residential community appear perfectly satisfied with the outcome of business at a recent council meeting. The five-man HAS REASON TO BEAM itself during the monthly sessions, include, left to right, Charles Coffey, E. M. Peters, Mayor Richard S. Hall, seated, Leonard Ellington and.

William board, imbued with a sense of humor which shows Miller. Staff Photo by Jim Kelley Martin Post For Brunner STUART Herbert Brunner, 43, Stuart businessman, has been endorsed by the Governor's Advisory Committee for appointment to the District 2 post on the Martin County Commission, and he says he will accept it. 'The appointment will be to fill the unexpired term of the late Marvin H. Rowell, who died of a heart attack after winning Democratic nomination for a second four year term on the commission. A special election will be held Sept.

11 to name a new Democratic candidate. The Republicans had no nominee for the post. councilmen for the most transcript of testimony Mayor J. Willard in what he termed an Quick Foot On Brake Saves Tot STUART A North River Shores woman felt her tires hit something as she began to back out of a parking space. She jammed on her brakes in time to avoid actually running over a one-year-old boy.

Although tire imprints were left on the body of Danny Harden, the tot was reported in "satisfactory" condition following a thorough check-up. The child had escaped from his mother, Mrs. Betty Harden of Monterey Road, as she tered the Post Office with her three children, and was behind the car when Mrs. Paul W. Groth's quick action saved his life.

Post Office Site Is Chosen At Hobe Sound HOBE SOUND The building site for the new post office 1 here will be a 17,760 square foot lot on the west side of Dixie Highway between Apollo and Adonis Avenues, according to plans announced by Postmaster General J. Edward Day. Plans call for the facility to contain 2,954 square feet of floor space. The Post Office Department holds an option on the site. The building will remain under private ownership while leased to the federal government.

Bids will be advertised for by the department and the site option will be transferred to the successful bidder who will purchase the land, construct the building and lease it to the department on a long term basis. "The new building," Day said, "is designed out the Post Office Department's objective of providing newly constructed postal units where they are most urgently needed in the interest of more efficient postal service and improved working conditions for postal employes." part were non-committal in last Saturday's police Pipes had questioned six an attempt to find the cause of dissatisfaction within 1 the department. Councilman John Archie said he has read the approximately 300-page transcript and he will vote at Monday night's council meeting to continue the probe. He said that in his opinion the transcript does show that police dissatisfaction stems from matters other than salary. Councilman James J.

Mahoney, who has already expressed opposition to continuing the probe, said he is "still digesting" what he read in the transcript, and could give no indication of his feelings at this time. He said that at a 2 p.m. meeting called 1 by Pipes Saturday, the mayor asked that councilmen not discuss contents of the transcript, but state their feelings at Monday night's meeting. Councilmen could vote to continue the probe, drop the investigation or turn it over to the Civil Board of Appeals, Mahoney Service, Mahoney had said earlier that so far as he is concerned, it's a dead issue, because of a letter signed by 13 policemen stating they were "one hundred per cent behind Swank." Edward T. Swank is police chief.

Councilmen Walter Madsen and Thomas Summers said they could not comment on the transcript as they had not completed reading it. Mayor Pipes, could not be reached for comment Saturday night. Little League Seeks Trip Fund RIVIERA BEACH Wilbur Fernander, recreation director West Riviera Beach, is seeking support to send local little leaguers to the State Little League tournament in St. Petersburg, Aug. 8-10.

Fernander said the West Riviera Beach league is made up of nine teams with the boys ranging from eight to 16 years of age. The trip to St. Petersburg costs $12 per boy, he said. Anyone interested in further information or making a donation may contact Fernander at VI 8-5348 or 848 7901. GUARDSMEN PREPARE TO LEAVE FOR WEST PALM BEACH Packing and crating equipment to send back home are Richard P.

Hanley, right, and James A. Garrett, both of West Palm Beach. They are two members of the 149th QM Petroleum Depot being released from active duty at Ft. Lee, Tuesday. County Leaders Finishing Welcome Plans For Guard Civic, leaders from sever all Palm Beach County communities have only the finishing touches to apply to a gala weekend homecoming observance being arranged for the National 149th QM Petroleum Depot being released from active duty Tuesday.

The Guard unit will be released at Ft. Lee, where it has been stationed for the past 10 Palm Beach The Post-Times SUNDAY MORNING, AUG. 5, 1962 Page 13 Negroes Given Lifeguard In Wake Of Three Deaths FORT PIERCE--In an traordinary meeting Saturday morning, St. Lucie County commissioners voted to authorize, through the Recreation Department, the immediate employment of a Negro lifeguard for Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, the county-owned beach for Negroes. The action followed the Friday drowning of three young people who were using the facilities of this unguarded beach area and a reminder from local Negro citizens that they had asked the commission for this protection back in May, and had been denied.

Woodrow Dukes, director of the Recreation Department, announced Saturday afternoon that he had succeeded in employing a young Negro school teacher, who had conducted the Martin County Recreation Department swimming NEW CHURCH BUILDING NEARING COMPLETION Members of Faith United Presbyterian Church of Palm Springs hope to move into this new building next week. Located at Alemeda Drive, it is the first in a series of buildings planned for the church plant. Rev. R. P.

Heims 'says a vacation Bible school will start at the new building Aug. 13. La Coquille Expansion Starts Soon MANALAPAN La Coquille Club will open for the season soon after mid-December under the same management and personnel as in recent years, but after completion of an expansion program, which will start at once. Ross W. Thompson, who has been chairman of the board of governors and general manager at La Coquille for the past six years under the ownership of Spelman Prentice, will continue in the same capacity under the new ownership, he writes from Prouts Neck, Maine, where he is also manager of the Black Point Inn.

Thompson is to supervise the construction of additional rooms, new main entrance and lobby in the Ocean Room wing, rear. ranging of the cocktail room, enlargement of the dining area and a new living room on the east side of the dining room facing the ocean. Thompson states that the same personnel that has been with him for the past six years is returning. Even though the club will "expand considerably," he emphasizes that "club operation will continue on the high grade plane it has become famous for, with the same excellent cuisine and service." I indicated he will be a candidate. Ed Menninger who lost to Rowell by 31 votes, has announced he will be a candidate, and 1 Ralph Hartman also announced he would run.

This was after the Governor's Committee said it would make no appointment until after the election when Dr. Robert Kuhn, member of the committee, refused to accept the interim appointment. State Rep. William R. Scott, who is in Tallahassee, telephoned Dr.

Kuhn Friday to tell him the place is to be offered to Brunner if he will accept. Dr. Kuhn made the annoucement. Brunner said Saturday he has no official word from the governor. months, and personnel of the group will be feted at welcome home parties to be held Aug.

11 at Belle Glade and Aug. 12 at West Palm Beach. 10 At Belle Glade, where two pipeline platoons of the depot are headquartered, some 30 Guardsmen will be guests at an event being arranged by the communities of Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay and Clewiston. At the Belle Glade Armory, a brief program will precede a barbecue being prepared for an estimated 2,000 people. Here in West Palm Beach the homecoming ceremony will be held at 4 p.m.

next Sunday at the National Guard on Lake Avenue, where Armory, 149th will hear a welcome home address by State Rep. Jerry Thomas. Serving as master of ceremonies for the local program will be Col. Oliver W. Hartwell (ret), honorary commander of the Post of West Palm Beach.

Hartwell, local postmaster, organized the National Guard here following World War II and many of the returning members of the 149th served under Col. Hartwell in the 211th Inf. Regt. Also taking part in the program will be Hal Allen, editorin-chief of The Palm Beach Post- Times, who will also have a message for the returning troopers. The invocation and benediction will be given by the Rev.

Ryan L. Wood, pastor of Memorial Presbyterian Church and a member of the Army Reserve. Gardner Mason, commander of Palm Beach Post 12, American Legion, will direct posting of the colors, a ceremony which will include color guards from Post 12, DAV Chapter 42, VFW Post 2007, VFW Post 7672, World War I veterans and the 1047th Transportation Co. which is a part of the 160th Transportation commanded by Lt. Col.

Enoch W. Hunt. The 160th has its headquarters here and will become parent command for the 149th when it is released to state control. Honored guests for the ceremony will include County Commission Chairman Lake Lytal, Mayor C. Ben Holleman, and representative from State Guard headquarters at St.

Augustineeither Maj. Gen. Henry McMillan or his assistant, Brig. Gen. Ralph Cooper.

Brunner is a native of Lovedale, near Marianna, and moved with his family to Stuart when he was five years old. He was educated in local schools and was a star grid player at Martin County High School. He served five years in the Army during World War II, emerging as a captain in the Quartermaster Corps after three and one-half years overseas. He has owned two pharmacies here, worked in the contracting business, and owns several commercial rental buildings. He is now associated with his sister, Mrs.

Karl Krueger, and her two sons in Krueger Flower Farms Inc. He is president of a new corporation which is building a new A supermarket and is a director in a local bank. He and his wife, the former Dorothy Clements, have three sons and two daughters, They are members of the First Baptist Church and own a home in Hildabrad Park. program in Stuart this summer, to act as a full-time lifeguard until Aug. 19.

On this date, Dukes said, he would have another qualified man to guard the beachfront until September, normal closing time for the county beaches. The new guard will begin his duties this morning. The bodies of Lonnie Melvin, 20, and Mattie Chandler, 17, two of the drowning victims, were found Friday. Late Saturday evening, the body of J. C.

Adams, 23, the third victim, had not been recovered, and the search by St. Lucie County sheriff's deputies and the Coast Guard was continuing. Boat Handling Course Slated An eight-lesson basic seamanship and small boat handling course to be held from 8 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday for four weeks will start Sept. 6 with a 7:30 p.m.

registration at First Federal Savings and Loan Lake Park. Sponsor is Flotilla 51, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Riviera Beach. Minimum eligibility age is 12. To Give Talks An estimate of the Cuban situation under the Communists will be discussed by three Cuban refugee physicians at the meeting of the Rotary Club of West Palm Beach at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Hotel George Washington.

They are Enrique A. Baradat, L. Isern and G. Palacio, all associated with the Palm Beach County Health Department. Cash Sought To Get University Classes RIVIERA BEACH The ber of Commerce is accepting cash donations to finance vanced education planned here by the University of Florida.

So far, $600 has been obtained from Community Federal Savings and Loan Association and its board of directors. Chamber Manager Mack Yankiver said the chamber would seek $4,300 to pay for rent and furnishings of the quarters at Bazaar International. The chamber is cooperating with the university and the Institute for Continuing University Studies in setting up the program. Courses will be made available to enable engineers and others to obtain advanced degrees, Yankiver indicated. The chamber manager stressed the importance of having college classes here, and said he believes Pearcy Renamed CLEWISTON Douglas G.

Pearcy, past commander of Post 4185 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars here, has been renamed chairman of the Voice of Democracy program for the Department of Florida by Commander James M. Hiles of Dunedin. public support will influence the university to schedule other classes here for undergraduate work. "Business leaders and the general public can encourage the university to do this by making contributions to the educational fund," he said. Mary J.

Steele Dies In Crash Mrs. Mary Jane Steele, 39, of Lake Worth and Manitou Island, died Friday afternoon in an automobile accident in Marshall, Mich. She was driving from Manitou Island to a boys' camp at Angola, to pick up her two sons, Paul and Howard, to take them back to Canada when the accident occurred. She was a member of the Lake Osborne Presbyterian Church, Lake Worth. Survivors also include her husband, Ralph her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Guy Shadinger of Miami, and a daughter, Mary Amanda. Funeral arrangements will be announced..