International Shrine Hospital Week•
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children and Burns Institutes,
which are dedicated to the total care and treatment of all children
regardless of race or creed, and
WHEREAS, this year marks the 54th Anniversary of the opening of the first such
hospital started by the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, and
WHEREAS, during the past 53 years the Shriners Hospitals have cured or
materially helped more than 165,000 children, and
WHEREAS, the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children and Burns Institutes
deserve the appreciation of every resident in Clermont for their
great humanitarian work,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, Claude E. Smoak, Jr., Mayor of the City of
Clermont, Florida, do hereby proclaim February 24 through March 1,
1975, as
International Shrine Hos ital Week
in Clermont, an ask t at all citizens join me in paying tribute to
the Shrine of North America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed this 17th day of February, 1975.
C%~o
Mayor
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Attest: ~p~=~~~~~~
City Clerk