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IlI"SOT)J'T'r ON NO. 27--7Z
A RESOLUTION IN ;{;Si1ilOHY OF HENRY HOYiARD GRIFFIN,
Information hac COTIle to the MeTQbe"" of the City Council
of San Bernardino that Henry Howard Griffin, father of our CHy
Attorney. H. R, Griffin, died in the Cit'.' of Los Angeles, C8.1i-
fornia. at the age of 76 years..
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The deceased was born in London. Ontario. Canada. but
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spent a portion of his youth in the United States nursuing agri-
culture in the States of Iowa and Nebraska. He later returned
to London. Ontario. Canada. and engaged in Railroading on the
Canadian Pacific Hanway. This was in 1902, at which time he
settled in Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan. Through faithful and con-
scientious labor. he finally graduated to the position of enginee
on the Crack train of Canada - The Imperial Limited - which job
he held for thirty long years. piloting hundreds of thousands of
human souls over the matchless prairies of our Neighboring empire -
by no means an inconsiderable performance. In the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers he prided himself on his 40 year nin in
that brotherhood.
His marriage to Alma Finch lasted over fifty long years
to which union were born his son H. R. Griffin. our City Attorney
and Pearl Rutherford of Los Angeles. The widow survives with
his son and daughter and two grandchildren. He was decidedly a
home-loving man.
Besides his membership in the railroad brotherhood. he
was also a respected and active member of the Masonic fraternity.
From the foregoing facts. it is easy to conclude that
Henry Howard Griffin was a pronounced success in life. ~~ile
most of his activities on this earth's plane were carried on 01rt-!
side the borders of this community. the results of his life and
that of his wife. have come to us in the person of his son.
1 Would that all mAn could lAflve as worth~r e memory of service
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well done.
We think it fitting, therefore, that we exnress to our
worthy City Attorney, to the surviving widow and the survivine;
daughter of the late Henry Howard Griffin, our feelin~s of
sympathy and condolences.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved thet we, the Mavor and
Common Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, do
hereby express to the members of the family of Henry Howard
Griffin, our sympathy and condolence and our conviction that he
was a man's man, a genuine husband and a revered father.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a memorial to his faith-
ful performance of duty as engineer, husband and father, that
this resolution be spread unon the minutes and a cony forwarded
by the City Clerk to the members of the decedent's family.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ~esolution was duly
passed and adopted by the Mayor and Common Council o~ the City
of San Bernardino, California, at a regular meeting thereof,
held on the ..20!!' day of November, 1944, by the following vote:
Ayes (J~, RnJu~S~-J~A~~~J:)#A.I-
Noes f)"~1 I A~ent ~~ f) ./
City Clerk.
I hereby approve the foregoing resolution this .;J I ~
day of November, 1944.
he City of San Bernardi o.
Prepared and approved as to form.
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ttorney.
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