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Show PROCLAMATION For Boy Scout Week WHEREAS, February 8, 1954 is the 44th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, chartered by the Congress of the United States as a program for all the boys of America, and WHEREAS, the Boy Scout program has affected the lives of 21,000,000 American boys and men since 1910, and now has an active enrollment of 3,300,000, and WHEREAS, the movement, through its current theme, "Forward on Liberty's Team," seeks to provide a higher quality program for its ever-increasing boy membership, and x WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America is ' a great force for training youth in right character and good citizenship; cit-izenship; j NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul Murphy, Mayor of the City of Roosevelt, in the State of Utah, do hereby proclaim pro-claim the week of February 7th to 13th as "Boy Scout Week," and do urge our citizens to join with the boy membership of this great movement in now honoring the volunteer Scout Leaders, whose unselfish efforts in behalf of boys makes an inestimable contribution to our city. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of the City of Roosevelt to be affixed, this 27th day of January, 1954. (Seal) Signed PAUL MURPHY, Mayor |