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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, JIM GREENWOOD, BORN APRIL 18, 1927, IN McKi NNEY,
TEXAS, AND NAMED BY HIS PARENTS JIM DALE GREENWOOD, HAS FOR MORE THAN
A DECADE BEEN A RESPECTED AND VALUABLE CITIZEN OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS;
AND
WHEREAS, HE HAS BEEN STRICKEN DOWN AND SUCCUMBED AS A VICTIM
OF LEUKEMIA ON AUGUST 4, t96l; AND
WHEREAS, HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY -KNOWN YOUNG MEN IN
THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA, A CONFIDANT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS, CIVIC
LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND A FRIEND AND CHEERFUL AC-
QUAINTANCE OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND
WHEREAS, THE LOSS TO THIS COMMUNITY OF THIS VALUABLE CITIZEN
IS ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL AS THE ELECTED REPRESENT-
ATIVES OF THE PEOPLE AND AS SUCH REPRESENTATIVES, DESIRE TO EXPRESS
THE FEELING OF LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY BY HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AND TO EX-
PRESS SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AT THEIR LOSS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
HEREBY RECORDS ITS RECOGNITION OF THE LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY OF ONE OF
ITS MOST VALUABLE CITIZENS, JIM GREENWOOD, AS WELL AS THE PERSONAL
FEELING OF LOSS BY EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE INDI-
VIDUAL CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY BY HIS PASSING; AND RECOGNITION IS
HEREBY GIVEN OF THE VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY IN HIS
CHOSEN FIELD OF ACTIVITY BUT AS A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS
QUICK TO RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, AND DID ON MANY OCCASIONS
RENDER SERVICE IN HIS FIELD FAR GREATER THAN THE CALL OF DUTY. HIS
PRESENCE, HIS COUNSEL AND HIS WILLING SERVICE, HIS CHEERFUL PERSONALITY,
HIS PLEASANT RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, HIS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE
PUBLIC AND ITS CITIZENS WILL IN THE FUTURE BE GREATLY MISSED BUT LONG
REMEMBERED.
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THE PERSONAL SYMPATHY OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMUNITY IS HEREBY EXPRESSED TO THE WIFE AND FAMILY OF JIM GREENWOOD
AND A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE FURNISHED TO THEM BY THE CITY
SECRETARY.
PASSED AND APPROVED THITH DAY of AUGUST, 1961.
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MAYOR
CITY SECRE ARY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM T IS
THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1961:
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CITY TTORNEY
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CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
DAY OF 1 9L
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION-OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE ME&INGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL$ 1', THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
'MAYOR -'�
THE CITY OF CORPUS ISTI,TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BEN F. MCDONALD
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOW NG VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG