Old Home Week Proclamaiton 2009

Mayoral Proclamation

 

Proclamation declaring July 5^th to 11^th, 2009,

 

Preeceville Old Home Week

 

WHEREAS the Town of Preeceville will celebrate its 100th Anniversary in 2012; and

WHEREAS through the efforts of a committed group of volunteers and the participation of those people who have at one time called the Town of Preeceville their home, we intend to celebrate the occasion fittingly; and

WHEREAS in order to encourage community involvement by all Preeceville citizens, past and present, an "Old Home Week" is being planned to bring everyone together for one week each summer over the next three years. And in 2012 celebrate our Centennial.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Garth Harris, Mayor of Preeceville, do hereby proclaim July 5^thto 11th, 2009 as "OLD HOME WEEK" and encourages everyone to participate in a week of nostalgia and celebration.

*Old Home Week is a practice that originated in the United States region of New England similar to a holiday or festival. In its beginning in the 19th-20th century it involved a municipal effort to invite former residents of a village, town, or city - usually individuals who grew up in the municipality as children and moved elsewhere in adulthood - to visit the "Old Home", the parental household and home town*

Our idea is to have events around one week each summer so our former residents and guests can be as busy as they please while checking out what’s new in Town.