Palm Beach Daily News
More than a year ago, the coronavirus pandemic forced houses of worship in town to cancel in-person gatherings, many of which were replaced with virtual events.
That is slowly changing. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement that fully vaccinated people can now gather with other individuals without masks, some Palm Beach temples and churches are slowly relaxing COVID-19 restrictions.
“After the CDC removed restrictions for fully vaccinated people, we sent an email to our members saying that after the second vaccine, they could attend indoor service without a mask,” said Palm Beach Synagogue Rabbi Moshe Scheiner.
Apr 8, 2021
PALM BEACH, Fla. John F. Thomas, 76, was called home to his heavenly Father on Easter Day, April 4, 2021, after a 19-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born in Boston and raised in Youngstown, the son of Dr. John H. Thomas and Flora Thomas. He attended Syracuse University, where he earned a BA and then an MBA in marketing and finance. He was also a devoted member and lifelong supporter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.
At Syracuse, he met his wife, then Barbara St. Clair, to whom he was married 48 years and fathered two children, Molly and Brenner. Their loving partnership took them from Syracuse to Florida, where he began his long tenure at Paine Webber / UBS in Palm Beach. During his more than three decades there, Thomas was given every promotion available to an investment executive, achieving the title of senior vice president, Investments in 1987. In 1992, he was named to PaineWebber’s Focus List Committee, an internal advisory group that consisted of 13
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M.M. Cloutier
Special to the Daily News
When a U.S. president arrived in Palm Beach a century ago, there was no Air Force One or flashing-lights motorcades.
A houseboat, on a leisurely paced journey down the east coast of Florida, pulled up to a dock just north of today’s Flagler Memorial Bridge.
In early 1921, Warren G. Harding soon to be sworn in as the nation’s 29th president came ashore, glad-handing near a sprawling yellow hotel that had helped turn Palm Beach into a resort town.
“The news spread like wildfire and everyone crowded around to have a peep at our coming greatest man,” an observer noted.