GFWC Lake Placid Woman's Club

GFWC Lake Placid Woman's Club The Lake Placid Woman's Club was founded in 1928 by a group of civic-minded women who saw a need for charitable acts within the town of Lake Placid, Fl. S.

The Lake Placid Woman's Club was founded in 1928 by a group of civic-minded women who saw a need for charitable acts within the town of Lake Placid, Florida. Martha Middlebrook was the first President and the names of the forty charter members read like a “Who’s Who” of the pioneers of this small town, located at the south end of the Lake Wales Ridge. Dues for the first year were $1.00. One of the

first projects undertaken by this group of active ladies was to clean up DeVane Park, a plot of land created in the center of a road that formed a circle, with other streets taking off from there. The women dreamed of a rock garden inside the circle, but there were no rocks in Highlands County! Not daunted, the women brought rocks back from vacation trips until, in 1930, W. Sherman donated some coquina rock, and with $50.00 from the club, they made their rock garden.

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10 N Main Ave.
Lake Placid, FL
33852

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