A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO
HONORING DOROTHY ROMES FOR HER SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY AND IN CELEBRATION OF HER 80TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, Dorothy Romes was born in 1932 in England Arkansas to Jess and Magnolia Burns Walker and later the family relocated to Little Rock Arkansas where she attended high school and was head Majorette of the Dunbar Marching Band, and WHEREAS, with her husband Rubin Romes Junior they moved to Chicago Illinois where she worked at Cook County Hospital as a Nurse for several years, also starting the Team Council and Girls Scouts in her neighborhood, and
WHEREAS, after they moved to the East Palo Alto area, she began her Community Activist work at Belle Haven school in Menlo Park and throughout San Mateo County working for the Education Nutrition Extension Program where students from Ravenswood High School mentored students during the week at her home, and
WHEREAS, Dorothy also worked for the Resource Center in East Palo Alto, at the Veterans hospital in Menlo Park and served on the Board of Directors of Charles Drew Medical Center, and, as a community activist, she also worked on Incorporation to make East Palo Alto a City, and
WHEREAS, Dorothy has always been a loving and giving person and is a grandmother of twenty-two, great grandmother of twenty two and great-great grandmother of twelve and has family in Arkansas, Los Angeles, Mississippi and Chicago.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Ruben Abrica, Mayor of East Palo Alto, along with the City Council of East Palo Alto do hereby honor and celebrate Dorothy Romes on her 80th Birthday and extend best wishes for many more happy years.
Dated: November 1, 2022
Ruben Abrica, Mayor