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WHEREAS, LOVE, RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE AGED HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BASIC
PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION; AND
WHEREAS, THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE FOR MANY YEARS
CONTRIBUTED TO OUR MORAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING; AND
WHEREAS, FLORIDA, AS A STATE, FEELS A DEEP SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE
GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY ITS SENIOR CITIZENS; AND
WHEREAS, THE SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY,
TO REALIZE THEIR DREAMS, TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A BETTER WORLD IN WHICH TO LIVE; AND
WHEREAS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR OLDER AMERICANS AND THEIR EFFORTS HAVE
RESULTED IN THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF OUR SOCIETY, AT BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL
LEVEL; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE INGENUITY AND INITIATIVE OF SENIOR CITIZENS
THAT THEY HAVE ORGANIZED SEVERAL GREAT ASSOCIATIONS TO MEET THE PROBLEMS OF AGE AND
CHANGE; AND
WHEREAS, WE HOLD THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF OUR SOCIETY IN RESPECT AND AFFECTION;
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WHEREAS, TRADITIONALLY THE NATION HAS OBSERVED SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH DURING MAY
WITH THE SUPPORT OF STATE AND NATIONAL COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN V. TORCASO, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 1985 AS OLDER AMERICANS
MONTH IN WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AND DO URGE ALL RESIDENTS OF WINJERfPRIPGS ~O WORK TOWARD
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