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May 20, 1970
Thomas H. 0' Donirghtje
Commissioner, District #11
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Commissioner, District #17
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Comrnissi, er, District #6
BY: Thomas H. O'Donoghue
IN RE: MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR ELWOOD DICKENS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Elwood Dickens, a member of the former Oakland County Board of Supervisors,
passed away on May 13, 1970 at the age of 70 years.
He was the former Royal Oak Township Supervisor and the first Negro trustee
elected to the Royal Oak Township Board during the period when the area that is now
the City of Madison Heights was still part of the Township.
During his administration, Mr. Dickens instituted and received approval for an
urban renewal program. Out of this loan and grant program come paved streets, sewers,
st reet lights, sidewalks, public housing, acquisition and demolition of substandard
houses that were replaced with new housing.
Elwood Dickens became Township Supervisor in December of 1955 and served on
the Oakland County Welfare Board. He also was Township Constable, served as trustee
of the Clinton School District and was the assistant housing director for the federal
government housing project in the Township during the early 1940s.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, four daughters, seven sons, twenty-five
andchildren and two great grandchildren. Three sisters and two brothers also survive.
Elwood Dickens was respected as a great humanitarian in his community and
always rendered assistance to anyone in need. He will long be remembered for his
public service in the interests of his fellow man.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that the foregoing memorial resolution be spread upon the
proceedings of this meeting of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners and that the
County Clerk forward a certified copy, affixed with the County Seal, to his surviving wife
Mary.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE