HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1961.04.11 - 19365April 11, 1961
RE3:,...,'LUTION HONORING ORPH C. HOLMES
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS„ Orph C. Holmes retired from public life on February 1, 1961, after
serving Ferndale as City Attorney for 27 years and as one of the City representatives on
the Oakland County Board of Supervisors for 13 years, and
WHEREAS, during all of these years his conduct in public and private life has been
most exemplary and that of a good and faithful public servant dedicated to the welfare of
the community as well as to his fellow man, and
WHEREAS, Orph served six years as a member of the Ways and Means Committee
of the County Board of Supervisors and in this capacity brought, in his inimitable quiet
manner, leadership to the County during a period of explosive expansion and its attendant
problems of providing necessary public facilities, and
WHEREAS, Orph, who started his education at the age of 7 in a one-room school
house, later attended Frankfort High School, Indiana State Normal College and the Detroit
College of Law and taught in the public schools for five years before entering into the
practice of law, and
WHEREAS, he also served his country overseas during World War I as a Second
Lieutenant and continued as an Active Reserve until 1953, and
WHEREAS, Orphis good counsel has not been limited to his City and County but he
has also been recognized throughout the State and Nation as an expert in the field of
municipal law and his advice is sought by many who have problems and questions that only
a man of his outstanding service and long experience as a municipal attorney could aid
in solving.
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Roy F, Goodspeed
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NOW THEREFifE, in grateful recognition of his service and In order that he might
receive the honors due him, we, the members of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors,
have this 11th day of April, A. D. 1961, unanimously adopted this resolution and have
authorized the County Clerk to affix the Seal of the County of Oakland and to present a
certified copy of this resolution to Orph C. Holmes.
Iv1R0 CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Special Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Helen O., Eionner