Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

 

WHEREAS:   Cordley Elementary School has been a neighborhood fixture at 19th and Vermont streets for 100 years; and

 

WHEREAS:   the alumni, faculty, current students and community will come together on Sunday, April 24 from 2-5 p.m. at Cordley Elementary at 1837 Vermont to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school; and

 

WHEREAS:   the community is invited to celebrate this milestone with free interactive displays, historic artifacts from Cordley’s history, a “My Cordley Story” video booth, photo booth, and school tours; and

 

WHEREAS:   the Cordley community will open a 75th anniversary time capsule and seal a 100th anniversary time capsule for opening in the future;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Amyx, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim Sunday, April 24, 2016 as

 

“CORDLEY ELEMENTARY DAY”

 

in the City of Lawrence.

 

                                                                                                         

                                                          Mike Amyx, Mayor

 

                                                          April 19, 2016