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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED August 13, 1991
91-180 ADOPTED August 13, 1991
DEDICATING THE IDA LEE PARK FARMHOUSE IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM
F. RUST, JR.
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Rust, Jr., donated to the Town of Leesburg 138 acres of
land in 1986 for perpetual use as a park; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rust requested the park be named in memory of his deceased grandmother,
Ida Lee; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rust donated to the Town of Leesburg $50,000 in 1991 for the construction
of a picnic pavilion and playground; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rust requested the picnic pavilion be named in memory of his deceased
brother-in-law, William "Billy" Cox; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rust's generosity and kindness has benefited the citizens of Leesburg and the
surrounding area through Ida Lee Park; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that a facility within Ida Lee Park be named in memory of Mr.
William F. Rust, Jr.:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Ida Lee Park farmhouse which serves as offices for the Parks and Recreation Department
is hereby named "The William F. Rust, Jr., Parks and Recreation Administration Building."
PASSED this 13th day of August , 1991.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg