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A RESOLUTION `
EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
IN THE PASSING OF WILLIAM P. WITT, RETIRED DIRECTOR OF
'THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH 33 YEARS
OF SERVICE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, William P. "Bill" Witt, past Director of the Park and
Recreation Department of the City of Corpus Christi for 30 years, having
retired in December of 1974, was on December 22, 1978, called to his eternal
rest; and
WHEREAS, Bill Witt was a loyal and dedicated municipal employee,
having devoted 37 years of public service with four different cities, Corpus
Christi being the most fortunate in having him for three decades; and
WHEREAS,Bill Witt chose as his major ambition the field of
recreation which he enjoyed so much from the beginning of his high school
days in Weslaco, Texas, and where he excelled in athletics, a field he
.pursued at The University of Texas, where he graduated in 1937 with a
degree in Physical Education. It was the City of Lubbock, Texas that
first recognized his talent and entrusted him with the post of Recreation
Superintendent. His zeal for growth and development took him to Lamesa
and then to San Antonio where he served two years. Corpus Christi became
his next preferred home where he became the City's Director of Recreation
activities from 1941 to 1942, but being a loyal citizen of his country, he
entered the Special Services as a naval officer in the recreation field at
the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, then to Cornell University and
later to the N.A.S. in Washington, D.C. In 1943, he was assigned to the
Eighth Naval District in New Orleans where he directed their recreation
program. Upon retirement from the Navy, in 1945, as a Lieutenant Commander,
he returned to Corpus Christi and to the position of Recreation Superintendent,
and when the Park and Recreation Departments merged, he became the Director
of the newly created Department; and
WHEREAS, Bill Witt was a dedicated and capable person, noted for
his outstanding accomplishments in the field of recreation, and his excellence
in this area resulted in the remarkable growth of recreation development
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in Corpus Christi during his tenure and he was recognized by the Texas
Recreation and Park Society for his leadership and as a'result he served
in various offices, including President in 1947-1948 and again in 1963-1964;
and
WHEREAS, the passing of this dedicated, loyal municipal employee
and upright citizen of our community is a great loss to his many friends and
loved ones in whose hearts his deeds and his exemplary conduct will always
remain alive:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
That in grateful recognition of his numerous friends and those
who loved him, his accomplishments and acts of loyalty and responsibility
he displayed in his lifetime be recalled, and that the citizens of this
community join in mourning the loss of this prominent citizen.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day of January, 1979.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
3rd DAY OF JANUARY, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
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Assistant Attorney
MAYOR /
THE CITY 'CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
n'3 day of
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
, 19 OR
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing 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, 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.
. The Charter rule was
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE(CITY Or/CORPUS HRISTI, TEXAS
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Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
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