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A RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING THE LOSS TO THE CITIZENS OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE CITY OCCASIONED
BY THE DEATH OF MRS. W. ARMSTRONG PRICE.
WHEREAS, MRS. W. ARMSTRONG PRICE, THE FORMER EVELYN WILSON,
HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AND EXPANSION OF ITS PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES OVER A PERIOD OF
MANY YEARS AND
WHEREAS, HER INTERESTS AND WORK HAVE RESULTED IN THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF MANY PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND BEAUTIFICATION
PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING
CORPUS CHRISTI A MORE PLEASANT PLACE FOR ITS CITIZENS AND VISITORS;
AND
WHEREAS, THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF MRS. W. ARMSTRONG PRICE
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINNING OF AWARDS AND HONORS BY CORPUS CHRISTI
AS A SPOT OF BEAUTY AND HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHERS
TO DIVERT THEIR EFFORTS TO THE BEAUTIFICATION OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHEREAS, HER PERSON AND PRESENCE WILL BY HER DEATH ON JULY
21, 1963, BE MISSING FROM THE SCENE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, THE EFFORTS OF
HER INTERESTS AND WORK WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO BE A SOURCE OF
PRIDE AND PLEASURE TO THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AS THE
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO TAKE NOTE
OF THE GREAT LOSS SUFFERED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN THE DEATH
OF MRS. W. ARMSTRONG PRICE AS CORPUS CHRISTI'S NUMBER ONE ADVOCATE OF
BEAUTIFICATION AND IN RECOGNITION OF HER SERVICES HERETOFORE HONORED
BY THE NAMING OF EVELYN PRICE PARK AFTER HER, DOES HEREBY RECALL TO
THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND UNTIRING
EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE
DELIVERED TO THE SURVIVING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN OF MRS. W. ARMSTRONGa,PRICE
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AS AN EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY OF THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE
HUSBAND AND SONS OF MRS. PRICE. ,[�/
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE �` / DAY OF JULY, 1963-
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� , I THE CITY OF CORPUS C ISTI, TEXAS
CITY SECRETARp I
APPROVED AS TO GA FORM TF);fS
��DAY OF , 1963:
CITY A RN E
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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 MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO -
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
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MAYOR FIO-Iem THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOW G VOTE:
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JAMES L. BARNARD �
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON /
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWI G VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD r ^I l
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON J\
M. P. MALDONADO /\
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR. Y