Martin Digital History

Golf club meeting, 1956

Item

Title

Golf club meeting, 1956

Description

Group portrait at Martin County Golf and Country Club. Golf portraits hang on the walls behind the group.

Photograph captured by Lee Higbee and published in the Stuart News (19 Jul 1956) with caption "Pence Receives Golf Caddy Cart From Club. Phil Pence, retiring manager of the golf club-house in Port Sewall, grins proudly at a caddy cart presented to him by Martin County Golf and Country Club members at a membership meeting at the club last week. Onlookers for the presentation were (left to right) George Parks, Jr., clubhouse committee chairman; Dr. Paul Thomas, Jr., club director; W. A. Oughterson, who earlier in the day had teamed with his wife to win a two-ball mixed foursome tourney over 24 other couples; Pence; W. B. Tilton, Jr., greens committee head; Ed Higbee, tournament committee chief, and Mrs. Ed Higbee (Jessie), club secretary-treasurer."

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum

Publisher

The Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)

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; 8x10 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

SHM-2026-003-binder2-038
2026.003

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Frederick Lee Higbee (1920-1987), “Golf club meeting, 1956,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/18098.