CHAPTER 471
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, it is a custom in the United States to choose a Miss America on the basis of talent, charm and beauty; and
WHEREAS, a scholarship for the furtherance of Miss America's education is provided; and
WHEREAS, in preparation for this event a Miss Delaware Pageant will be held in Wilmington on May 14 in order to select Delaware's representative in the National Contest in Atlantic City, New Jersey; now
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby designate May 14, 1960 as
MISS DELAWARE DAY
and do bring to the attention of our citizens the fact that on this day one of the outstanding daughters of Delaware will be selected as Miss Delaware for 1960 on the basis of her talent, charm and beauty.
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 tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty 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