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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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

CONGRATULATING MRS. HAZEL BRADLEY

ON THE MARVELOUS OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, and Metts

     Date Introduced: June 20, 2013

     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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