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HR 965 - Wright, Charles E.; commend

Bunn, Barbara Jean (74th)

Status Summary	HC:		SC:		FR:	02/07/00	LA:	02/07/00	H - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION commending Mr. Charles E. Wright; and for other purposes.

HR 965                                             LC 22 3915 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending Mr. Charles E. Wright; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 2  WHEREAS, Mr. Charles E. Wright's activities as an adult 
  1- 3  scouter span several councils, and he has been either a 
  1- 4  scoutmaster or an assistant scoutmaster of several different 
  1- 5  troops, an explorer advisor, and a cubmaster, and for the 
  1- 6  past 33 years he has served as District Camping Committee 
  1- 7  and Membership Chairman in the Atlanta Area Council; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, he is an Eagle Scout and has received the 
  1- 9  prestigious Silver Beaver award for distinguished service, 
  1-10  is a Vigil Member of the Order of the Arrow, and  holds the 
  1-11  Wood Badge Beads, the Scouter's Award, the God and Country 
  1-12  Award, and the District Award of Merit, and he has been the 
  1-13  Sustaining Membership Enrollment Chairman, assisted with 
  1-14  Scout shows, been camporee chief on numerous occasions, and 
  1-15  assisted with adult leader training, and he served for 18 
  1-16  consecutive years as Boy Scout Summer Camp Leader for Troop 
  1-17  209 in Conyers; and 
 
  1-18  WHEREAS, Mr. Wright has influenced the lives of hundreds of 
  1-19  Scouts and helped bring along dozens of Eagle Scouts and has 
  1-20  passed on his love of scouting to hundreds of our youth who 
  1-21  have observed his tireless devotion to others, and he has 
  1-22  been a living example of the true meaning of obedience to 
  1-23  the laws of scouting; and 
 
  1-24  WHEREAS, he began scouting at the age of eight and has been 
  1-25  continuously involved with scouting for more than 50 years, 
  1-26  and he continues to serve as Scout Master of Troop 209 of 
  1-27  the First Presbyterian Church of Conyers, where his love and 
  1-28  devotion to the youth of Rockdale County is highly 
  1-29  appreciated and where he is much loved by all scouts, their 
  1-30  parents, and all people whose lives he has touched; and 
 
  1-31  WHEREAS, Mr. Wright and his wife, Alice, have two sons who 
  1-32  attained the rank of Eagle Scout at the age of 13: Captain 
  1-33  Jeffrey Wright, a United States Marine Corps pilot of the 
  1-34  largest helicopter in the world, a CH-53E, and who is listed 
  1-35  as lost at sea on November 4, 1992; and Captain Gregory 
  1-36  Wright, a United States Marine Corps aviator who also flies 
  1-37  the CH-53E helicopter and who recently returned from a 
 
 
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  2- 1  six-month deployment in the Mediterranean, and is currently 
  2- 2  on active duty serving his country. 
 
  2- 3  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  2- 4  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend 
  2- 5  Charles E. Wright. 
 
  2- 6  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  2- 7  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  2- 8  appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. Charles E. 
  2- 9  Wright. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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