CHAPTER 494
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, of all the elements of danger to which humanity is exposed, fire annually inflicts one of the costliest tolls in lives and property damages; and
WHEREAS, much of this death and destruction can often be traced to hasty action or plain carelessness on the part of individuals; and
WHEREAS, many citizens are affected annually either through personal grief, financial loss or increased insurance rates in areas where hazards prevail or lack of proper fire-fighting facilities are found; and
WHEREAS, it is only through co-operation of all our citizens that hazards can be eliminated and future losses in lives and property reduced; and
WHEREAS, such co-operation and participation in a year-round preventative program will make easier the task assumed by our volunteer and professional firemen, who have consistently rendered heroic service in our behalf; now,
THEREFORE, I, J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim the week of October 5 through 11, 1958 as
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
and I urge that every man, woman and child in Delaware accept as a personal responsibility the protection of property and the exercising of caution when dealing with fire, either in the home, out-of-doors or in public places or industrial buildings. Furthermore, I urge all organizations--religious, patriotic, educational, civic, fraternal and professional--to give consideration to sponsorship of Home Fire Safety Programs similar to that now being sponsored nation-wide by the Boy Scouts of America as part of their Safety Good Turn Year.
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 first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and eighty-third.
(GREAT SEAL)
J. CALEB BOGGS, Governor
GEORGE J. SCHULZ, Secretary of State