The Sam Spence Resource

       PROCLAMATION OF  APPRECIATION FOR 

                       SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE 
 
WHEREAS,  GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE 'TITLETOWN' USA; AND 

WHEREAS,  SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF NFL FILMS                     AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MUSCULAR, SWAGGERING SOUND ASSOCIATED 
                 WITH THE FILMS, AND 

WHEREAS,  SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE MUSIC HAD THE SAME ATTENTION TO DETAIL AS 
                 MAJOR PRODUCTIONS FOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS; AND

WHEREAS,  THE MUSIC OF SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE HAS DEFINED AND INSPIRED                   GENERATIONS OF GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS THROUGH HIS USE OF LUSH 
                  ORCHESTRAL SCORES; AND

WHEREAS,  THE MUSIC OF SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE BECAME THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE 
                 PACKERS' GLORY YEARS BY ONLY ENHANCING THE LEGENDS OF LOMBARDI, 
                 STARR, NITSCHKE, HORNUNG, TAYLOR AND MANY OTHERS; AND 

WHEREAS,  GENERATIONS OF GREEN BAY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ACTED OUT THOSE 
                 GRIDIRON EXPLOITS IN THEIR OWN BACK YARDS, OFTEN IN SLOW-MOTION 
                 OFTEN HUMMING THE MUSIC OF SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE IN THEIR HEADS, 
                 AND ALWAYS SCORING TOUCHDOWN AFTER TOUCHDOWN FOR THE HOME 
                 TEAM:

NOW, THEREFORE, 
                 I, JAMES J. SCHMITT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. ON BEHALF OF THE
                 PACKER FANS AROUND THE WORLD, DO HEREBY ISSUE THIS 

           PROCLAMATION OF  APPRECIATION FOR 

                         SAMUEL LLOYD SPENCE 

                 AND EXTEND TO HIM OUR HEARTFELT      THANKS AND APPRECIATION 
                 FOR ALL OF THIS LEGENDARY WORK.

DATED AT GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
THIS 12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2010
                                                                                      

(THE GOLDEN SEAL OF THE
SIGNED: JAMES J. SCHMITT,                                            CITY OF GREEN BAY)
MAYOR