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RESOLUTION N0. 395$ BY: Messrs. Lawther, Ward,
<br /> Chockley, Fahrenbach,
<br /> Fairgrieve,. Gaydos,
<br /> Gottermeyer.
<br /> A RESOLUTION commending the Honorable William R. Fairgrieve
<br /> for his service as a member of the Lakewood Gity Council.
<br /> WHEREAS, The Honorable 'William R. Fairgrieve became a resi»
<br /> dent of our community in the year 1925, and
<br /> WHEREAS, His enthusiasm and interest in the Gity of his
<br /> choice, and his desire to serve the public, prompted him to seek
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<br /> public service, and
<br /> WHEREAS, Mr. Fairgrieve became a member of the Lakewood City
<br /> Council in 1933 and has served as councilman in the first ward with
<br /> distinction and unselfish devotion ever since, and
<br /> WHEREAS,His sterling qualities of character, leadership and
<br /> ability were promptly recognized by his colleagues in the Lakewood
<br /> City Council, and
<br /> WHEREAS, In recognition of such ability, he was elected
<br /> President of Council and has served in such position from 1942 to
<br /> 1951 and again from 1954 to 1955, and
<br /> WHEREAS, The unselfish, devoted and loyal service of Mr.
<br /> Fairgrieve, not only to constituents of Ward 1, but to the citizens
<br /> of the entire City, will long be remembered, and
<br /> WHEREAS, Mr. Fairgrieve through sheer determination achieved
<br /> one of his csbjectives in public life, to-wit, the erection, comple»
<br /> tion and occupancy of a new municipal departments and administration
<br /> building, and
<br /> WHEREAS, His accomplishments in public office are too numer»
<br /> ous to include in this resolution, but are very liberally spread
<br /> throughout the minutes of the Council meetings held during his
<br /> twenty-seven years of illustrious and outstanding service to the
<br /> City of
<br /> Lakewood, and
<br /> btIHEREAS, By his devotion to duty, and by his willingness to
<br /> give generously of his time to public service, the Honorable William
<br /> R. Fairgrieve can serve as a shining example of loyal public service
<br /> which all can emulate, and
<br /> WHEREAS, Mr. Fairgrieve has been a loyal, devoted husband and
<br /> father, and recently a grandfather, and
<br /> WHEREAS, His colleagues in Council and his multitude of
<br /> friends in the administration wish him well in all his future en»
<br /> deavors, now, therefore, be it
<br /> RESOLVED, That in tribute and respect to the twenty-sexan::
<br /> years of continuous, illustrious and outstanding service to the City
<br /> of Lakewood, and for establishing a shining example of loyal public
<br /> service which all can emulate, and as an expression of the sincerity
<br /> of
<br /> our good wishes for continued health and happiness to the Honorable
<br /> William R. Fairgrieve, and in testimony of the high esteem and af-
<br /> fection in which we hold vux amiable and distinguished colleague,
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