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PROCLAMATION <br />HONORING THE RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB ON <br />ITS CENTENNIAL <br />WHEREAS, in 1919, three men from Cleveland, W.H. Humiston, J.P. Sawyer, and <br />E.E. Strong, founded Riomar, the first club on the Treasure Coast and one of the five oldest <br />in Florida; and <br />WHEREAS, that same year, these men, with their families and friends, built a strong <br />community from the river to the sea consisting of homes, beach pavilion, boating and fishing <br />dock, club- and guest-house, and Vero's first golf course, which was then and remains <br />today, the only seven -hole course on Florida's Atlantic coast; and <br />WHEREAS, over the past one hundred years, the Riomar Country Club has <br />contributed to the welfare of, and through the goodwill and efforts of many members has <br />been an integral part of the development of, Vero Beach and Indian River County; and <br />WHEREAS, for over one hundred years, the Riomar Country Club has been at the <br />center of Old Riomar, providing the foundation for a great neighborhood, which has helped <br />hundreds of families have a wonderful life in Vero Beach. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA congratulates the Riomar Country <br />Club and its past, present, and future members on the occasion of their centennial, and <br />extends its best wishes as the Club enters its second century. <br />Adopted this 15th day of January 2019. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />Bob Solari, Chairman <br />Susan Adams, Vice Chairman <br />Joseph E. Flescher <br />Tim Zorc <br />Peter D. O'Bryan <br />1 <br />