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HR 619 - Newman, Herbert E.; invite to House

Murphy, Thomas B (18th)

Status Summary	HC:	Rules	SC:		FR:	03/17/99	LA:	03/18/99	H - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION commending Herbert E. Newman and inviting him to appear before the House of Representatives; and for other purposes.

HR 619                                              LC 8 3755 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending Herbert E. Newman and inviting him to appear 
  1- 2  before the House of Representatives; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Herbert E. Newman of Bremen, Georgia, was inducted 
  1- 4  into the Georgia Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame 
  1- 5  on February 20, 1999, in recognition of his impressive 
  1- 6  record spanning five decades; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, Herb Newman first experienced organized softball in 
  1- 8  1946 as he began a career that allowed him to play softball 
  1- 9  or baseball in the town he was in during the summer; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, from the late 1940's through the early 1960's, he 
  1-11  played baseball or fast-pitch softball in Carrollton, 
  1-12  Bremen, Tallapoosa, Temple, and Augusta, Georgia, as well as 
  1-13  in the neighboring states; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, he was instrumental in organizing the first amateur 
  1-15  softball league in Bremen, Georgia, and he was recognized as 
  1-16  one of the best slow pitchers in the area who also had a 
  1-17  fabulous batting average of over .600 each season; and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, Newman and the Ray Sewell team won more than 20 
  1-19  tournaments in the North Georgia area and were contenders 
  1-20  for the A.S.A. State Championship each year; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, he is the first citizen from Haralson County to be 
  1-22  inducted into the A.S.A. Hall of Fame, and his contributions 
  1-23  and achievements in this great American sport deserve 
  1-24  recognition and high praise. 
 
  1-25  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-26  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and 
  1-27  commend Herbert E. Newman on his induction into the A.S.A. 
  1-28  Hall of Fame and invite him to appear before the House of 
  1-29  Representatives at a time to be determined by the Speaker of 
  1-30  the House of Representatives. 
 
  1-31  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-32  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  1-33  appropriate copy of this resolution to Herbert E. Newman. 
 
 
 
 
 
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