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RESOLUTION NO. 3465
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
REQUESTING THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DESIGN A
SPECIAL STAMP COMMEMORATING THE 75TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
PARADE.
WHRRF.AS, the Tournament of Roses had its simple beginning
in 1889 with the decoration of horses and buggies with flowers in a
New Yea.r' s Day parade; and,
WHEREAS, the Tournament of Roses Parade now attracts hun-
dreds of thousand~ of visitors to Los Angeles County each year to
witness this colorful and dramatic winter-time event; and,
WHEREAS, the wide publicity directed each year by the Tourna-
ment of Roses to its participants strengthens the bonds of friendship,
goodwill and understanding between the City of Pasadena and other
cities, states and nations with entries in the parade; and,
WHEREAS, the eyes and ears of the nation are focused upon
Southern California every New Year's holiday with television audiences
estimated at sixty million persons enjoying the pageantry and excite-
ment of this most spectacular celebration; and,
WHEREAS, on January 1, 1964, the Tournament of Roses will
observe its 75th anniversary, one of the outstanding civic spectacu-
lars of its kind throughout the nation and throughout the world:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Los Angeles recommend that an appropriate stamp be designed by
the Post Office Department of the Federal government to commemorate
this event.
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SECTION 2. That if such a recommendation be accepted,
this stamp be placed on sale in all post offices throughout the
country to direct the attention of people of this nation and the
world to this significant occasion.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution and is hereby directed to send certified copies
hereof to Mr. J. Edward Day, Postmaster General, President John F.
Kennedy, Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, Senator Clair Engle, Congressman
John H. Rousselot, Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand, the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors and the Tournament of Roses Association.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held
on the 6th day of February , 1962, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, C~mphouse, Phillips,
R~ibold and Balser
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this 6th
day of February , 1962.
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