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Dece her 17, 1970
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h MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION ff •
R BY: LEW L. COY
IN RE: COMMENDATION FOR MERITORIUS SERVICE
DAVID G. GOANS, COMMERCE TOWNSHIP
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, David G. Goons, age 17, of 5624 Tuscola, Commerce
Township at great personal risk, did on Saturday, December 12, 1970, jump
into the icy waters of the Huron River at Paradise Beach to save one Leonard
Brand, age 6, who had fallen through the ice into 6 feet of water while at play;
WHEREAS, because of David G. Goons heroic deed, 6 year old Leonard
Brand was successfully pulled to shore across the ice and saved from drowning;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT , the Oakland County Board of
II Commissioners herewith expresses commendation to David G. Goons for his
heroic deed in saving a human life.
Robert F. Patnales, Chairman
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Alexander C. Perinoff, Vice-Chairman
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Lew L. Coy, County Commissioner
District #27