Clermont Garden Club Week City of CCermont
ProcCamation
'W3-fERE.2LS, the Clermont Garden Club was organized in 1948 under the
leadership of "Mimi" Newald Maynard, who was serving as Director of District VII
of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. Mrs. N. E. Smith served as the first club
president and the club was initially comprised of three circles; and
WHEREAS, the Clermont Garden Club is affiliated with and active in the
National Council of State Garden Clubs, The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs,
Deep South Region and District VII; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Clermont Garden Club are to stimulate a
knowledge and love of gardening and the artistic use of plant material; to aid in
the protection of natural resources; to foster, encourage, promote and develop
civic beautification in the City of Clermont and on public highways and roads
entering Clermont; and to make available to all persons of all ages information on
general gardening,
NOW, T'..1-1-EREJ'ORE, I, Gail L. Ash, Mayor of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida, do hereby proclaim the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015 as
Clermont Garden Club Week
IN WITNESS 1N3-IEREO,f, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the City of Clermont to be affixed this 9th day of May, two thousand
fifteen.
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Gail L. Ash, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tracy Ackroyd, MMC
City Clerk