HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1964.06.22 - 20422Miscellaneous Resolution 4341 June 22, 1964
BY: Mr. Brewer
IN R'.:MEMORIAL FOR DON R. MacDONALD
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Don R. MacDonald, former member of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors,
passed away on May 6, 1964, at the age of 72 after a long illness.
Mr. MacDonald of 2345 Ferndale, Sylvan Lake, came to Pontiac in 1908,
finishing Pontiac Central High School in 1910.
A charter member of the Village of Sylvan Lake, he served as president of the
village for three years.
He was a member of the school board of Daniel Whitfield School, a member of the
West Bloomfield Township Board and justice of the peace of the township.
He served on the Oakland County Board of Supervisors for 16 years, from
November 1948 until 1964. He served on the County Department of Veterans Affairs
from January 1954 until May 1964, was Chairman of the Veterans Committee of the
Board of Supervisors from 1951 to 1964, a member of the Roads and Bridges Committee
in 1952 and was Chairman of the Roads and Bridges Committee from 1953 to 1964. He
also served on the Board of Public Works from June 1957 until May 1958. He was
also a member of the former Township Expense Committee in 1950, now known as the
Local Taxes Committee.
Active in civic affairs, he was a past president of the Pontiac Lions Club and
Past Commander of Cook-Nelson Post No. 20 of the American Legion.
A member of the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce, he also belonged to Elks Lodge
No. 810, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a charter member and past commodore of
the Oakland County Boat Club.
Mr. MacDonald was a member of Pontiac Lodge No. 21, F and AM, the
Consistory, Moslem Shrine and First Presbyterian Church.
He was president of the former Don R. MacDonald, Inc. Tire Company, and
during World War II was named rubber salvage administrator for Oakland County for
the War Production Board.
He leaves his wife, Althea, and a brother, John A., of Pontiac.
Mr. MacDonald was a zealous worker for the betterment of the area and welfare
of his fellow men. No call on his services for a worthy cause ever went unanswered.
His engaging character had won a host of friends and made him a sought after companion
in recreational and sports pursuits, and his passing will be deeply mourned by all who
knew him.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that the foregoing memorial be spread upon the
minutes of this meeting of the Board of Supervisors and that the County Clerk be
, instructed to forward a certified copy thereof to his surviving wife, Althea.
SPECIAL. C:.),M;NAITTEE
Willis M. Brewer, Chairman
Vernon B. Edward Curtis H. Hall