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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOPE SERVICE STATION IN

SCITUATE, RHODE ISLAND, AND HONORING ITS OWNER, SAM BROWN

     Introduced By: Representatives Marcello, and Hearn

     Date Introduced: March 10, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Sam Brown, lifelong owner of the Hope Service station in Scituate, and the

entire Scituate community, joyously celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Hope Service Station

on February 23, 2015; and

     WHEREAS, Sam Brown, a dedicated family man married to Maureen, is the father of

two daughters, Gravel Brown and Christine Woodbury, and is the grandfather of two

granddaughters. He opened his service station in 1965, at 1 Hope Avenue, in Scituate and has

watched his business grow from having only two customers, a 105 year old man and his 90 year

old girlfriend, to the present with approximately 2,500 people, most of whom are repeat

customers because they value the reliability, honesty, diligence, friendliness and promptness that

has always been a mainstay of the service Mr. Brown offers everyday at his service station; and

     WHEREAS, Sam Brown has always been a man who values loyalty and giving back to

his community. He has one employee, Joe Pacheco, who has worked for him at his service station

for forty-three years. He has sponsored a Little League team, a men’s softball team, and was

President of the gun club. When Sam was elected to the Scituate Town Council in the 1970s, he

was the top vote getter. As a member of the Town Council for two terms, Sam brought the same

desire to “help people” and “do the right thing” that has imbued his business ethic since the first

day he opened the Hope Service Station; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Mr. Sam Brown on the joyous occasion of the 50th

Anniversary of his business, the Hope Service Station in Scituate, Rhode Island. May the Scituate

community be blessed with many more years of the exemplary service provided daily by his

business; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Sam Brown.

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