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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Rabbi Sidney Wolf has been an outstanding civic and
religious leader in Corpus Christi for 50 years; and
WHEREAS, his many accomplishments include leadership roles in the
Community Council, USO Council, the Cosmos Club, the American Red Cross
(Nueces County Chapter), Suicide Prevention/Crisis Service, LaRetama Library,
Travelers' Aid, Family Service Bureau, and the Hearth Nursing Home; and
WHEREAS, Rabbi Sidney Wolf's contributions in the area of serious
music reflect his background as a music student in theory, harmony, organ and
piano at the Cincinnati Conservatory, and his understanding and appreciation
of music was instrumental in the organization of the local Symphony Society;
and his music appreciation course, "Perceiving Music", taught at Del Mar
College and Corpus Christi State University in the 1970s and 1980s, educated
scores of local citizens about the joys and history of symphonic music which
resulted in a greater appreciation of music throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, Rabbi Sidney Wolf in 1936 was instrumental in instituting
with the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal, the joint Thanksgiving
service for the Corpus Christi community in which people of all faiths gather
to celebrate Thanksgiving. While serving as rabbi at the Temple Beth El, he
served as chaplain at the Naval Air Station, assisting scores of young men
during wartime with their personal and social concerns; and his scholarly
teaching about religion throughout the community has promoted religious',
awareness and goodwill in an extraordinary way; and
WHEREAS, although retired from the pulpit, Rabbi Sidney Wolf's
influence and goodwill continue to be felt in the community:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, hereby expresses its deepest appreciation and gratitude and that of
the citizens of Corpus Christi to Rabbi Sidney Wolf for his many years of
outstanding service and dedication to the citizens of the City of Corpus
Christi and surrounding community.
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SECTION 2. That the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi
is hereby instructed to provide a copy of this resolution to Rabbi Sidney
Wolf.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need to
express the City's appreciation to Rabbi Sidney Wolf, such finding of an
emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to
consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular
meetings so that this resolution is passed and shall take effect upon first
reading as an emergency measure this the 10th day of November, 1982.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED: 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1982
lji:Bru e Aycock, City Attorney
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, T as
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, 1982
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
MAYOR
THE CITOF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the fol l ing vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner ,
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
' Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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