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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2009 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING GWENDOLYN VAUGHN ON THE OCCASION OF HER 75TH BIRTHDAY | |
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Introduced By: Representative Gordon D. Fox | |
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Date Introduced: May 12, 2009 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Vaughn was born seven and a half decades ago on May 11th of |
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1934. A loaf of bread cost 8˘, gasoline was 10˘ a gallon, and the country was finally turning the |
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corner on the Great Depression with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt the previous year; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native Rhode Islander, Mrs. Vaughn was raised in Providence and |
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graduated from Central High School. She is the oldest daughter of Gilmore and Dorothy |
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Maynard, and is very happily married to Sammy Vaughn. Together the couple have raised three |
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handsome sons, Vincent, Richard and Michael; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to creating a warm and loving home for her family, Mrs. Vaughn |
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and her husband worked for more than 30 years at Rhode Island Hospital. The couple are also |
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devoted to the community and their church, St. James Baptist Church in Woonsocket; and |
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WHEREAS, Gwendolyn is the heart and soul of her family. She is a gentle and a widely |
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beloved woman, who for the last seventy-five years, has impacted the lives of so many people |
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with her generosity, joyous spirit, and kindness, that all who have been lucky enough to be a part |
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of her extraordinary life, are happy to call her their dearest friend; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby honors Gwendolyn Vaughn on the occasion of her 75th Birthday, |
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and extends its sincerest wishes for her continued happiness and health, and for all the very best |
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that life has to offer; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Gwendolyn Vaughn. |
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