HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 17-146 Marjorie Park Citizen ProclamationMcCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 17-146
Meeting Date July 27, 2017
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
Proclaim July 28, 2017 as a Very Special Celebration Of Marjorie Helen Park’s 100th Birthday
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July 28, 2017
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Mayor Aymon requested a proclamation to recognize Marjorie Helen Park’s 100th birthday. Marjorie Park has been a member of the community for over 70 years. She was born in Grangeville,
Idaho, and spent her childhood living on the road during the summer and going to school in Nampa. She attended McCall High School her senior year but graduated from Nampa High in 1935.
She moved back to McCall in 1936 to take care of her aging father and worked at the Post Office. This was during the gold mining years and she had to drag bags of gold across the floor
to load shipments to Boise. In 1939 she married Charles D. Bowen moving with him to Warren and Cinnabar as he worked the gold mines, and later to Boise when the mining shut down. After
a couple of years of living in Boise, they moving back to McCall where she worked in the potato industry for years and then for Shavers, where she retired. She loves to fish, dance,
hike, pick huckleberries, and work in her flower garden. Marjorie has served in Job’s Daughters, the 4-H Club, Girl Scouts, and Eastern Star. She travelled abroad in winter and was
married for 63 years.
Attached is Marjorie Helen Park’s 100th birthday proclamation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Proclaim July 28, 2017 as a Very Special Celebration Of Marjorie Helen Park’s 100th Birthday in the City of McCall and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
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