347.2002
RESOLUTION OF SORROW CONCERNING THE DEATH OF
H. RUSSELL HARRIS
RESOLUTION NO.: 347, 2002
INTRODUCED BY: THE ENTIRE TOWN BOARD
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
WHEREAS, the members of the Queensbury Town Board were deeply saddened to hear of
the death of former Queensbury Town Supervisor, H. Russell Harris, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Harris of Ridge Road, Queensbury, held many positions during his life
including that of Queensbury Town Constable and Town Republican Committeeman, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Harris also served as the Town of Queensbury’s Superintendent of Highways
from 1940 - 1946 and during that time he was responsible for extensive improvements and paving of
Queensbury roads during World War II, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Harris then served as Town Supervisor from 1946 – 1958 and during his
tenure, was the impetus behind the establishment of the Town of Queensbury’s Volunteer Fire
Companies and centralization of the one-room school district into the Queensbury Central School, and
WHEREAS, as Town Supervisor, Mr. Harris also oversaw the purchase of the Town of
Queensbury Pine View Cemetery and established the Town’s Cemetery Commission, and
WHEREAS, as a member of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, Mr. Harris was very
involved in the formation of Adirondack Community College and Warren County Airport, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Harris was elected commissioner of the Warren County Social Services
Department from 1959 – 1968 and oversaw the establishment of the Westmount Infirmary, the former
Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Queensbury and the modernization of the Warren County Home in
Warrensburg, and
WHEREAS, H. Russell Harris was also involved in a number of community activities including
the Mohican Grange, serving as a past master and a member from 1917, the Warrensburg Masonic
Lodge, the Queensbury Senior Citizens as a charter member, the Hudson Falls A.A.R.P. and the Glens
Falls Kiwanis Club, and
WHEREAS, H. Russell Harris was a true professional, dedicated, understanding and
conscientious in his role on behalf of this municipality and was a significant asset to this community,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby
expresses its sympathy to the family of H. Russell Harris of Queensbury on his passing.
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GIVEN under the SEAL of the Town of Queensbury this 9 day of September in the year two
thousand two.
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Turner