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Show BY THE MAYOR A Proclamation WHEREAS the men of our armed forces are fighting and dying on the far-flung battlefronts of the world from the steaming jungles of New Guinea to the sunbaked sands of Africa on the sea and in the air; and WHEREAS the success of our forces in preserving a world where men and women may be free depends on the support ana inspiration tney get Irom trie peoples back home; and WHEREAS it is the privilege and duty of every man and woman and child to erve the cause of humanity in every manner possible and to as great extent as possible; and WHEREAS it is the aim of peace-loving people of our nation to contribute in sweat and toil and sacrifice sacrifice of luxuries and comforts to the support of those men who are risking and giving their lives for us; and WHEREAS at the same time our home front must be prepared pre-pared to cope not only with possible attack on our shores but with natural disasters, such as earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, drought, fire, explosion or epidemic; and WHEREAS the American Red Cross is equipped and ready to carry on in our own and every community such indispensable indispens-able welfare programs as public health nursing, and through : the Junior Red Cross in the schools, to act as the medium for service by our young people; and WHEREAS the American Red Cross is able and ready to render protection and relief in case of the aforementioned dis-1 dis-1 asters; ! THEREFORE I, John Gunderson, Mayor of Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant City, in accord with the President of the United States who has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month, do call on all public spirited people of this community to make every effort to support the 1943 Red Cross War Fund. I urge every man I and woman, boy and girl to give their support by contributing through our local chapter to the Red Cross War Fund; and I further proclaim that it is the sense of all of us who are resi- I dents of Mt. Pleasant that our gifts must be larger than ever this year, in order to enable this great national organization of ours to meet whatever demands are made upon it. |