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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF DR. JOHN T. MCBRIDE ON

FEBRUARY 12TH, 2018

     Introduced By: Representatives Winfield, and Costantino

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Dr. John T. McBride was born in the Olneyville neighborhood of

Providence, Rhode Island on February 12, 1918, son of John and Anne McBride. He attended

Providence schools and graduated from Central High School. He also spent much of his free time

as a youngster at the Olneyville Boy's Club, where he learned to swim and became a lifeguard.

He served on the Civilian Construction Corps as a young man, working on projects in Maine and

Oregon. He later served our nation with honor in the United States Navy during World War II;

and

     WHEREAS, Dr. McBride graduated from the University of Rhode Island, where he also

played basketball, and Georgetown University Dental School. He later opened a dental practice in

Pascoag where he practiced for thirty years. He also practiced dentistry at Zambarano State

Hospital; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. McBride settled in Greenville with his wife Ellen and together they

raised four children, Marlene McBride Fisher, Dr. Jack McBride, Robert McBride, and Kristina

McBride Root. In addition to practicing dentistry and raising his family, Dr. McBride belonged to

the Glocester Country Club, was a Troop Leader with Boy Scout Troop 4, Greenville, and served

on the ski patrol at Pine Top and Ski Valley Ski areas. The McBride family belonged to the

RISKI ski club; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. McBride retired at the age of 70 and in his free time he has enjoyed

skiing, traveling, swimming at the Smithfield YMCA and going to Scarborough and East

Matunuck State Beaches. He continues to be devoted to his children, grandchildren and great-

grandchildren, and to the University of Rhode Island Rams basketball team; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby joyously celebrates the 100th birthday of Dr. John T. McBride;

and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Dr. John T. McBride, Marlene McBride Fisher,

Dr. Jack McBride, Robert McBride and Kristina McBride Root.

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