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~- <br /> <br />YYgEREAS, the last Thursday in the month of November has been, for <br />many year$,proalaimed by tbg suaaessive Presidents of the IInited States a day <br />of Thanksgiving; and, <br />1Y~iEREAS, the Honorable Franklin Delano Rosevelt, President of the <br />IInited States, oontrary to tradition, proolaimed November 23rd as Thanksgiving <br />day for this year; and, <br />~3EREAS, the Honorable ri. Lee O~Daniel, Governor of the State of <br />Te eta, has proolaimed both November 23rd and Nov~amba~'30th of this year as days ~ ' <br />of Thanksgiving; and, <br />1l~HEREAS, the Executive Officers of various cities and oaoauunities <br />throughout this State have proclaimed either one or both of such days as days <br />of Thanksgiving; and, <br />1NHEREAS, it is the consensus of opinion of the City Council of the <br />City of La Porte that there are altogether too few days and periods of Thanks- <br />giving observed a~xl. that at this time the one outstanding thing for which the <br />people of this nation should be thanki~il is that we are not now involved in the <br />present European war and that the time honored traditional Thanksgiving day on <br />the last Thursday of November should be maintained; <br />NONE, THEREFORE, I, Geo. H. Sharp, Mayor of the City of La Porte, <br />Teas, hereby proclaim Thursday, November 30, A. D. 1939,Thankagiving day and <br />declare it a City wide holiday and, further, I here,. now, declare Thursday, <br />November 23, A. D. 1939, a day of solemn Thanksgiving for the pease of this <br />nation and declare it a City wide holiday. <br />I ask the cooperation of the citizens of La Porte, Te~as.s, in the <br />appropriate observance of these two days. <br />Fitness my hand this the 23rd <br />