RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL TO HONOR THE COMMUNITY'S REQUEST TO HONORARILY RENAME RUNYON AVENUE AT DUNBAR STREET TO TUCKAHOE ROAD MILTON R. HOLST WAY.
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WHEREAS, Milton R. Holst, the third of four brothers, was born to Frank and Estelle E. Holst on September 16, 1925, in New York City, and the Holst family later moved to the then Nepperhan (now known as Runyon Heights) section of Yonkers in January 1926; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Holst was educated in the Yonkers Public School system, attending Public School #1, Longfellow Junior High School, and Saunders High School; and
WHEREAS, in 1943, at the age of 18, Mr. Holst was drafted into the United States Navy, serving honorably in the North Pacific and Aleutian Islands aboard the Yard Order 73-Sea Going Tug and the PCS Sub Chaser as a Seaman Special First Class, receiving an Honorable Discharge in May 1946 and, later that year, in November, Mr. Holst married Estelle E. Burrell; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Holst's union was blessed with the birth of their daughter Estelle in 1947, and they relocated to, and lived on, the corner of Runyon Avenue and Potomac Streets where he resided until his death; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Holst dedicated 43 years of service to Phelps Dodge in Yonkers, where he was a valued employee until his retirement; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Holst also returned to his roots in the Boy Scouts by serving as Scout Master of his former Troop #34 in Runyon Heights, leading with distinction from 1950 to 1960, receiving numerous honors, including the prestigious Scout Master Key, which is the highest recognition for a Scout Master; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Holst joined the Runyon Heights Improvement Association in 1954, becoming a Board Member and House Action Chairman, and later serving as President from...
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