CHAPTER 498
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, it is appropriate we honor our fathers with a special day; and
Whereas, the theme for this American Holiday is "Juvenile Integrity Starts In The Home"; and
Whereas, it is the fathers of our land who have made an essential contribution to this great democracy through their teachings and sturdy devotion to liberty and love of freedom; and
Whereas, we respect the father in the home as the good partner in the moulding of tomorrow's citizens, the building of good family life, and the foundation of our future, and teacher of our young in the importance of good ethics, fair play, peace and brotherhood throughout the world:
Now, Therefore, I, Charles L. Terry, Jr., Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 18, 1967, as
FATHER'S DAY
GRANDAD'S TOO
and I call upon all the citizens of this state to observe it in worship and displaying the American Flag and otherwise commemorating the Father in the home, so that every clay in the year may have the blessings that flow from good fatherhood, good citizenship, and a strong family life.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Charles L. Terry, Jr., 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 1st day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninety-first.
(GREAT SEAL)
CHARLES L. TERRY, JR., Governor
Attest: ELISHA C. DUKES, Secretary of State