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Show , "At NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK Mayors Cornell Haynie and Willard Johnson sign proclamations for National Family Week to be held on Nov. 21 to Nov. 27. Mayors Sign Proclamation, National Family Week November 21 to 28 Pleasant Grove City Mayor Cornell Haynie and Lindon Mayor Willard Johnson this week signed a proclamation obsignating the week beginning begin-ning on Nov. 21, 1976 as "National Family Week". President Ford authorized and signed the congressional resolution and invited chief officials of local governments, and the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Mayor Haynie stated that a community reflects the attitudes at-titudes and teachings of the individual home; and where commented that we are fortunate for-tunate indeed to reside in an area where the majority of parents attempt to provide their children with a model that is positive and a good example of responsible citizens. He praised those agencys that work diligently to place foster children and would be orphans, in permanent homes, where they may recieve the security and foundation so basic to sue- cess and happiness. The family is threatened today by current trends of abortion and even marriage itself is dwindling in popularity in some areas. Mayor Haynie comments that he is very much opposed to abortion and is disappointed disappoin-ted that any city or state in our nation has laws that legalize abortion. Mayor Johnson feels that youth pattern their lives after the adults they observe and emphasize the need for good example, good relationship and family ties. He explains that love and respect are vital within the home if young people are to show respect to adults and authority in the community. The Lindon leader encouraged en-couraged the members of the community to evaluate their own family situation, stating that citizens should assume the responsibility of caring for the elderly and wherever possible those who have been placed in institutions. The Proclamation and comments of Pres. Ford reads in part. "It is in our families that we learn, develop and practice those attitudes and concepts of right and wrong, of fairness, of charity, and love of country. Neither schools nor the institutions of government can ever replace the American Family in the development of responsible and caring individuals. In recognition of this fundamental fun-damental role of the family in the development and continued con-tinued vitality of our Nation, the Congress has requested that the week of Thanksgiving 1976 be designated as 'National Family Week" (Public Law 94-270, 90 Stat 372) I urge all Americans to observe this week by sharing with their families and friends frien-ds an expression of the bonds between them and a common acknowledgeent that through the extended relationships of the family, we will improve the quality of our lives and increase our Nation's store of peace, progress, hapiness, and individual liberty." President Gerald R. Ford |