13130-A RESOLUTION 13130-A
The members of the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, duly gathered and assembled this day in regular session,
paused in their proceedings to solemnly observe with the Almighty
God, King of Kings, in His infinite wisdom, who saw proper• to take
from their midst and his beloved community, the person of FRANK DEVIN,
their esteemed and respected friend, fellow-citizen, and generous
benefactor and philanthropist.
The said members of the said City Council of the Citykof
Miami Beach, Florida, invoked from the gathered assemblage in the
Chambers of the City Council to prayer, and to honor the memory of
the said FRANK DEVIN, and they did, thereupon
RESOLVE, that the members of the City Council of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby express their profound sorrow over
the death of their friend, fellow-citizen and philanthropist,
FRANK DEVIN; and/
RESOLVE, that in the death of the said FRANK DEVIN, the
entire City of Miami Beach, its residents, inhabitants and citizens,
lament the close of the said FRANK DEVIN'S long and unequalled record
of self-sacrifice and service to this community, and his altruism
beyond measure to the poor, the needy, and the friendless in this
community; and
RESOLVE, that the host and the numberless acts of his
altruism and philanthropy can, of necessity, be only briefly
chronicled. He did, among other contributions to his community,
serve with ' distinction as a member of the Miami Beach Planning
Commission; he was the greatest single benefactor to that noble
organization dedicated to the service of their fellow-men,
"SAVE OUR SENIORS, " affectionately known to all as "S .O.S . " ; he
made donations of goods, necessities and needful items of furniture
to the elderly; he was the noble embodiment of that ethic in the
Talmud which advises us that the greatest form of charity is that
in which the recipient does not know from whom his benefit came,
and in which the donor seeks only to remain anonymous; he was a
man beloved by all; he was no-one ' s object of ill-will or animosity;
his life will be an eternal living chapter in this City ' s history; and
RESOLVE, that this testimonial of respect to FRANK DEVIN be
spread upon the Minutes of our City Council, and that a copy thereof
be furnished by the City Clerk to his bereaved family with our tender,
profound sympathy in their affliction, and pray that they find assuage-
ment of their grief in the thought and reflection that the said
FRANK DEVIN fulfilled a most honorable career with a glorious and
unsullied name.
The above and foregoing Resolution was moved by Councilman
HERBERT MAGNES, and Vice-Mayor LEONARD WEINSTEIN amended said Motion
so as to provide that the foregoing Resolution was jointly moved by
each member of the City Council, including the Mayor, to wit: Mayor
Jay Dormer, Vice-Mayor Leonard Weinstein, Councilman Norman Ciment,
Councilman Robert Goodman, Councilman Jerome Greene, councilman Herbert
Magnes, and Councilman D. Lee Powell.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of Octo, 1970.
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