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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING MRS. HAZEL BRADLEY | |
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ON THE MARVELOUS OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY | |
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Introduced By: Senators Miller, and Metts | |
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Date Introduced: June 20, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Hazel Bradley was born ten decades ago on July 2nd of 1913. In March of |
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that year, Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States and you |
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could purchase a loaf of bread, two dozen eggs, and a gallon of milk for less than a dollar; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Bradley grew up in Apponaug, a neighborhood in central Warwick. |
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She graduated from Lockwood High School in 1931. She played the violin in the school’s |
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orchestra and was a member of the Warwick Central Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday |
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school and was a member of the Missionary Circle, the Choir, and the Baptist Youth Prayer |
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Union; and |
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WHEREAS, A church picnic began a romance between Hazel and Jesse R. Bradley, Jr., |
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that would lead to marriage and three beautiful children, Jesse Richard Bradley, III, Marie Estelle |
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Bradley, and Cheryl Bradley; and |
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WHEREAS, After her marriage, Mrs. Bradley joined the Olney Street Baptist Church in |
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Providence, where she again taught Sunday school and was a member of the Senior Choir, the |
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Carrie Mabray Circle, the Usher Board, the Deaconess Board, and the Big Sisters; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her family and church, Mrs. Bradley was a teacher’s aide with |
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the Providence school system and was active with numerous organizations over the years, |
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including the East Side Neighborhood Council, Progress for Providence, Committee Women |
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Ward 3, the Apponaug Auxiliary Board, and the Board for the Redevelopment of the East Side |
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for University Heights and Charlesgate; and |
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WHEREAS, Hazel Bradley has been blessed with a large and loving family. In addition |
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to her children, she is the proud grandmother of seven grand children, twelve great grandchildren, |
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and seventeen great-great grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, With a kind and gentle spirit, Hazel Bradley has enriched and inspired the |
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lives of those around her and we are delighted to celebrate her birthday and applaud her myriad |
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accomplishments; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby joins the family and many friends of Mrs. Hazel Bradley in wishing her a very happy 100th |
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Birthday. We moreover wish her good health and much happiness for many years to come; and |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Hazel Bradley. |
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