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Show PROCLAMATION! i WHEREAS, it Is customary to net aside a day commemorating com-memorating the lives of those who have preceded us; anil WHEREAS, in commemoration Hie memory of those departed it is customary to visit anil H-niifify the shrines of their final resting place by placing on their graves I wreaths of flowers; and I WHEREAS, because of the early season and climate in St. George City most of the flowers lloom prior to the regular day ordinarily set aside for this purjxme, and In j order to have these beautiful flowers available it Is deslr-! deslr-! able that Decoration Day e commemorated at nn early date in St. George City; NOW. THEREFORE, In view of the premise and by ! virtue of the authority vested In me as Mayor of St. George City, I do hereby declare and priM-lalm Saturday, the. 17th day of May, 1911, as Decoration Day for the City . of St. George City, and do rail upon the citizens to observe and respect the traditions of this day. DATED this 7th day of May, 1941. D. C. W ATSON", Mayor St. George City, T'tah. |