Martin Digital History

First organizational meeting of the town of Jupiter Island, Florida, 1953

Item

Title

First organizational meeting of the town of Jupiter Island, Florida, 1953

Description

Town of Jupiter Island officials and advisers are shown at the first organization meeting, 11 May 1953. Published in the Stuart News (14 May 1953) with the caption: "The five members of the Town of Jupiter Island's council stand to receive the oath of office from County Judge A.R. Clonts (far right). The five councilmen are (left to right) S.W. Labrot, Jr., Adolf Urfer, Virgil A. Lewis, Vice-Mayor E.J. Sibley and Mayor Griscom Bettle. Seated are (left background) attorney R.J. Randolph and City Manager Richard Tuggle."

Source

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.

Date

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print; 4.9x4 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

HSMC-2023-012-2-b2-008
2023.012

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “First organizational meeting of the town of Jupiter Island, Florida, 1953,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/1605.