It is a pleasure to extend greetings and best wishes on behalf of the people of the City and County of San Francisco to the Cebu Association of California on the occasion of the Sixth Annual Fiesta of Santo Nino de Cebu on January 19, 1974. We also send felicitations and congratulations to the Queen of Cebu, who will receive her traditional crown as part of the festivities.

San Francisco salutes its Filipino-American Community for the many contributions it has made to the culture and atmosphere of our City. The Cebu Association and its founder Sally Famarin have played an important part in fostering the spirit of respect and understanding which exists between the peoples of the Philippine Islands and the United States. May it continue to flourish.

Through your fine organization we send our most cordial greetings to the Governor of the Province of Cebu and to the Mayor of Cebu City on this gala festival occasion.

Joseph Allioto
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Office of the Mayor
San Francisco

Proclamation

WHEREAS, the Fiesta of the Santo Nino de Cebu imparts to every Filipino renewed sense of the values of the traditional Filipino traits of piety, friendship and hospitality, and devotion to the Santo Nino is a means of inspiring the highest values in upholding the sacred heritage of Philippine culture; and

WHEREAS, This yearly event is a festive, significant, celebrated and hallowed tradition, which is deeply woven into the very fabric of the history of Cebu; and

WHEREAS, This fiesta provides a unique and pleasurable opportunity for all San Franciscans to learn about and better appreciate the outstanding contributions made to the City and County of San Francisco by our citizens of Filipino descent; and

WHEREAS, During the First decade of its existence the Filipino Fiesta of the Santo Nino de Cebu, through the tireless efforts of its Founder, President Emeritus and World Emissary, Commissioner Sally B. Famarin, has brought national distinction to Filipino-Americans and has established an example for others to emulate; and

WHEREAS, The Cebu Association of California, Inc., is dedicated to serve Santo Nino for peace and the dignity of man, and fosters the Spirit of respect and understanding which exists between the peoples of the Philippine Islands and the United States; and

WHEREAS, The Association will again observe the Fiesta of the Santo Nino de Cebu in San Francisco next year, and plans to do so every year thereafter;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, George Moscone, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, do hereby proclaim the period of January 12 through 20 1979, as the FIESTA OF THE SANTO NINO DE CEBU WEEK in San Francisco, and do urge all our citizens to participate with their Filipino-American friends and neighbors in observing the events of the Fiesta.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City and County of San Francisco to be affixed this twenty-nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

George R. Moscone
Mayor