Pioneer Families to Participate in 90th Anniversary Celebration of Vero Beach
On Friday, October 16, Vero Beach will celebrate its 90th anniversary at a party in historic downtown Vero Beach. The event, chaired by City Clerk Tammy Vock and her committee of local historians, community leaders and business volunteers, will kick-off the activities from the main stage in Pocahontas Park (on the south lawn of the Heritage Center) promptly at 5:30 p.m. Welcoming the gathering crowd with Mayor Sabin Abbell and City Council, will be other local dignitaries and representatives of many Vero Beach pioneer families who have made so many contributions to our community over the past.
In definition, a pioneer is one of those who first enter or settle a region thus opening it for occupation and development by others, i.e. to take part in the beginnings, initiate, guide.
Several of these pioneer family representatives who will speak at the dedication include Marvin Carter, Helen McWilliam Glenn, Alma Lee Loy and Buck Vocelle. The City will recognize, by name, some of the other special families who were so much part of the history of our community....names like Sexton, Tripson, Gifford, Zeuch, Macwilliam, Schumann, Holman, Helseth, Graves,Vocelle, Michael:Carter, Loy/Guy, Redstone, Young, Fletcher, Howard, Maher, Idlette, Schlitt, Wodke, Radinsky, Smith, Hensick, Buettell, Walker, Tippin, Streetman/Hogan, Poppell, Grice, Dubose, Beindorf, Jackson, Kennedy, Thompson, Henderson, Russ, Orth/Clemann, Block, and Whitfield.
Other party activities will include a variety of live entertainment, food vendors, Downtown Friday Beer & Wine Garden, historic booths and antique auto displays. For more information about the event, contact Ms.Vock at 978-4700.
Meet Some of Vero's Beach's Pioneer Families
First Row:Left to Right: Robert MacWilliam, Alex MacWilliam Jr., Helen MacWilliam Glenn, Tony Young, John Tippin, Alice Gaskill, John Schlitt, Jr., Parker Schlitt, Jeff Schlitt, Garrett Helseth
Second Row: Left to Right: seated Ralph Sexton, seated Chris Sexton, Hilde Tripson, Mark Tripson, Gwenda Lee Loy, Alma Lee Loy, Tom Guy, Chris Helseth
Third Row:Left to Right: A. Craig Fletcher, Arlene Fletcher, Elizabeth Graves Bass, Hubie Graves, Mary Anne Maher Skiscim, Wally Skiscim, Bump Holman, Myrtle Holman, Isabelle Buettell Dayton, George Buettell, Kathi Schumann, John Schumann Jr., Marvin Carter, Stan Carter
Fourth Row:Left to Right: Bernice Idlette, Joe Idlette, Jr. Sam Block, Charlie Block
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