R 129

2003 -- S 0997

Enacted 04/02/03

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING APRIL 6, 2003 AS "ANNE M. SYLVIA DAY"

Introduced By: Senator June N. Gibbs

Date Introduced: April 02, 2003

     WHEREAS, April 6, 2003 has been marked as “Anne M. Sylvia Day” in the State of

Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Anne M. Sylvia was born on April 21, 1904 in Fall River, Massachusetts.

She is the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary McLynch; and

     WHEREAS, April 22, 1926 in the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Anne married her

soulmate Myles Cameron Sylvia; and

     WHEREAS, Before the Hurricane of 1938, Anne and Myles owned and operated Anne’s

Cove Restaurant at Sakonnet Point Golf Club, where Anne worked as a Pastry Chef and

Manager; and

     WHEREAS, Living most of her life in the Town of Little Compton, Anne and her

husband Myles raised four wonderful children who proclaim her as being “the best mom ever.”

An extension of that love, Anne has ten grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren; and

     WHEREAS, As Anne celebrates her life of ninety-nine years as the oldest resident of

Little Compton, she becomes the twenty-sixth citizen of the town to own and carry the Boston

Post Cane; and

     WHEREAS, The Boston Post Cane, originating back to August 2, 1909, was awarded to

the oldest “male” citizen in the Town; until 1994 when the Town Council voted to dispense with

tradition and award the “cane” to the oldest living resident; and

     WHEREAS, The Boston Post Cane was manufactured by J.F. Fradley & Co. of New

York, at the time this company was the leading manufacturer of the finest cane in the country.

The stick is carefully selected of Gaboon Ebony from the Congo in Africa, and the head is made

of rolled 14 karat gold; now, therefore, be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes April 6, 2003 as “Anne M. Sylvia Day”; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Anne M. Sylvia.

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