HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-095RESOLUTION NO. 7745
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMENDING
MAJOR AND MRS. TOM CISAR.
WHEREAS, on June 18, 1951, Tom Cisar was commissioned
a probationary Lieutenant and appointed to assist the Salvation
Army Officer in Spokane, Washington; and
WHEREAS, in 1952 Tom Cisar was assigned to be in
charge of the Salvation Army's work in Havre, Montana; and
WHEREAS, in 1954 Tom Cisar married Salvation Army
Lieutenant Doreen Goldthwaite; and
WHEREAS, Tom and Doreen Cisar were appointed as a
team for the Salvation Army in Helena, Montana; and
WHEREAS, Tom and Doreen Cisar served the Salvation
Army in Vancouver, Washington; Bremerton, Washington; Glendale,
California; and Santa Ana, California; and
WHEREAS, Tom and Doreen Cisar have served Santa Ana
since 1966; and
WHEREAS, on October 4, 1970, the Santa Ana Salvation
Army Headquarters moved from its 1923 facility to the 26,000
square foot community center located on West Edinger Street in
Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS, under the faithful leadership of Major and
Mrs. Tom Cisar the Santa Ana Salvation Army Corps boasts one of
the most progressive Corps programs in the nation; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Aha Corps Senior Soldiership
Program has grown from 135 to 255 and the Junior program now
boasts 64 soldiers all under the guidance and faithful leader-
ship of Major and Mrs. Tom Cisar; and
WHEREAS, Santa Ana Salvation Army Soldiers are
first among all other Corps in thirteen western states in its
giving to the support of the Army's work in Santa Ana and the
Army's 82 countries and colonies; and
WHEREAS, Major and Mrs. Tom Cisar started in Santa
Ana with a Corps staff of 5 and today boasts a Corps staff of
13 and a youth center serving 800 boys and girls, and an admin-
istrative office which handles problems and physical needs for
over 300,000 people each year; and
WHEREAS, since Major and Mrs. Cisar arrived in
Santa Ana over 1.7 million dollars has been invested in capital
improvements in order that the Army might properly take care of
those in need; and
WHEREAS, after 11 years of faithful service in Santa
Ana, Major and Mrs. Tom Cisar will now serve as Divisional Secretary
in the Salvation Army's Cascade Division with headquarters in
Portland, Oregon.
RESOLUTION NO. 77-95
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Major and Mrs.
Tom Cisar are to be lauded, commended, extolled and honored for
their dedication, sacrifice and unselfishness in the giving of
themselves to better serve the City of Santa Ana and the County
of Orange. Major and Mrs. Tom Cisar have set examples for others
to emulate in their dedication to humanity and the dignity of
man through God's work with the Salvation Army. Major and Mrs.
Tom Cisar will be greatly missed by the citizens and City Council
of Santa Ana as they continue the Army's work in Oregon.
ADOPTED, this 15th
by the following vote:
day of August , 1977
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Yamamoto~ Ward~ 0rtiz~ Evans
NOES,
COUNCILMEN : None
ABSENT,
ATTEST:
flORENCE i. /~I%,LON'f
COUNCILMEN: Bricken, Garthe,
MAYOR
Brandt
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTOKNEY