Although he was but 15 years-old at the time, Roland Hardy became one of the first permanent residents of the Pompano area, when he settled here in 1899 with his family.

Later in life, he could claim several other "firsts."

In 1925 he entered the insurance business, and served as president of Hardy, Sours and Walton Insurance Company, the first such agency in Pompano.

When the Pompano Rotary Club was formed in 1930, Mr. Hardy was elected to serve as its first president.

In addition to the above, Roland Hardy"s civic activities included serving on the county committee for the distribution of federal emergency relief during the early years of the Great Depression, as a member of the local draft board during World War II, as a member of the governing board of the Central and Southern Flood Control District and as a founder and board member of the Pompano Beach Library.

He passed away on February 2, 1963.