07-1134Suspension Item
Council File # 07-1134
Green Sheet # 3046551
RESOLUTION
Presented by
OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
1 WHEREAS, Ruby Marie Anderson, the daughter of Peter and Mary Anderson, was born on September 22,
2 1907, in Saint Paul, Minnesota; and,
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4 WHEREAS, Ruby grew up on Saint Paul's East Side, living first at 679 Hawthorne Avenue and later at
5 706 Maryland Avenue, and where she attended Phalen Park Elementary and Johnson High School; and,
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7 WHEREAS, Ruby Anderson was a valued employee of Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
8 where she worked for decades as supervisor of a large secretarial and steno pool; and,
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10 WHEREAS, in 1938 Ruby married the love of her life, Hazold Swanson, at Gustaws Adolphus Lutheran
11 Church — where she has been a life-long member; and,
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13 WHEREAS, Hazold and Ruby Swanson immediately established their new home on Jessamine Avenue
14 where she still lives independently today with the help of nephews and nieces: Buzz & Gerald Anderson,
15 Joanne Renstrom and Lois Bohnen, as well as special neighbors Ron & Marie Crrimm and Alan & Cheryl
16 Kaup; now,
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18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council, in honor of Mrs. Swanson's recent
19 celebration of her first 100 years — and in recognition of this season of Thanksgiving, does hereby profess
20 its profound appreciation for the commitment embodied by this East Side matriarch; and,
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22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council does hereby proclaim that Thursday,
23 December 13, 2007 — also known as St. Lucia Day — be forever known in the City of Saint Paul as Ruby
24 Marie Swanson Day
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Saint Paul Ciry Council does hereby proclaim that Thursday, December 13, 2007 -- also known as St. Lucia Day -- be forever
known in the City of Saint Paul as RUBY MARIE SWANSON DAY
itlations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Gorltrects Must Answe� the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this personffirm possess a skill not nortnally possessed by any
current city employee?
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