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Show Boy Scout Week Proclaimed By Payor I!. Edwards WHEREAS, Feb. 8, 1951 is the 41st Anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, chartered by the Congress Con-gress of the United States, as a j program for all the boys of America, and WHEREAS, the Boy Scout Program has affected the lives of 17,750,000 American boys and men since 1910, and now has an active enrollment of 2,750,000; and WHEREAS, the Movement is engaged in a Crusade to "Strengthen Liberty" by giving more boys a richer experience and increase its usefulness to the Nation, and WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of America, a great force for training train-ing youth in right character and good citizenship, marks its 41st Anniversary by a nation-wide clothing collection to meet emergency needs abroad, increased in-creased participation in Civil Defense and the promotion of the conservation of the Nation's natural resources; NOW THEREFORE, I. Homer P. Edwards, Mayor of the City of Roosevelt, in the State of Utah, do hereby proclaim the week of February 4th to 12th as Boy Scout Week and urge our citizens to recognize the patriotic pa-triotic volunteer service being rendered to our community by the volunteer Scout Leaders, and to help, in all possible ways to further this wholesome youth program. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto signed my name officially and caused the seal of the city of Roosevelt to be affixed, this 24th day of January, 1951. (Signed) HOMER P. EDWARDS Mayor (SEAL) |