CHAPTER 409
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the annual Pushmobile Derby, sponsored by the Delaware Association of Police, is one of the finest organized efforts for the benefit of the youth of our state and provides valuable training in sportsmanship; and
WHEREAS, these competitive races for the youth of Delaware reflect the interest of our police authorities in providing better understanding and good fellowship between themselves and the younger generation; and
WHEREAS, this annual event is statewide in scope, attracting boys and girls from all sections of Delaware; and
WHEREAS, the civic minded organizers of Pushmobile Track, Inc., have shown extreme interest in our youth by building a safe, attractive racing strip and have continued to expand and improve facilities for this annual event for which the public owes them a vote of thanks; and
WHEREAS, the Thirteenth Annual Pushmobile Derby will be held at the Derby Track at Milford Cross Roads, near Newark, Delaware, on Saturday, August 29; now,
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim Saturday, August 29, 1959, as
PUSHMOBILE DERBY DAY IN DELAWARE
Further, I urge Delawareans of all ages to attend the races at Milford Crossroads; to lend encouragement to our youth who compete there; and to let those sponsoring and operating the Pushmobile Derby know how pleased we all are with their efforts in behalf of our young people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, J. Caleb Boggs, Governor of the State of Delaware, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the said State to be hereunto affixed at Dover this twenty-fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-fourth.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor
GEORGE J. SCHULZ, Secretary of State