HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3591 RESOLUTION NO. 3591
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
EXTENDING ITS APPRECIATION AND COMMENDATION TO
DR. MARK MEANS JOHNSON
WHEREAS, Mark Means Johnson was born November 11, 1892 in a farmhouse
12 miles from Asotin, Washington; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson started school in Asotin, Washington in a one -room
school building where he attended First and Second grades, walking or riding
a plowhorse three miles to school. In 1901 the family moved to a chicken
ranch near Petaluma, California, and he attended school in Third and Fourth
grades there. His Fifth and Sixth grades were in a La Habra school where the
family had moved to grow onions. Then they moved to Anaheim to raise ducks,
and Mark attended Seventh grade there. In 1908 they moved back to Asotin
where he graduated from Asotin High School in 1912; and
WHEREAS, in 1912 he entered Washington State College in the Veterinary
Department, graduating in 1916 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine; and
WHEREAS, in the Spring of 1918 he entered the Army at Camp Lewis, Washington
where he took his basic training. He was then sent to Camp Fremont, California
and was assigned to the Mobile Veterinary section of the 8th Division. He was
trained to set up field veterinary hospitals wherever the division was sent. In
the Fall of 1918 he went to Camp Mills, Long Island, New York, where he was when
the war ended, November 11, 1918; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson joined the American Legion Post of Long Beach, California
and later became a charter member of the Downey Post 270 when it was organized in
1923. He was elected Post Historian of the new Post; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Johnson was Chairman of the Executive Committee in the early
days of the American Legion Post and he has been a continuous member of the
American Legion for 60 years;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That this City Council extends its appreciation and commendation
to Dr. Mark M. Johnson for 60 years of continuous membership and service to the
American Legion; and
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution
and provide for its presentation to Dr. Mark M. Johnson.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of September, 1978.
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WILLIAM L. GREENE, Mayor
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