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House Bill 9209




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9209

        By Representative Meek






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution paying tribute to Wallace Chester,

  3         Sr.

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  5         WHEREAS, Wallace Chester, Sr., a retired Dade County

  6  School educator and one of his community's most beloved

  7  residents, was born in Fort Myers, and

  8         WHEREAS, after serving his country in the United States

  9  Navy during World War II, Mr. Chester enrolled at Florida

10  A & M University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in

11  education and, later, a master's degree and where he met his

12  future wife, Beulah, whom he would marry in 1956, and

13         WHEREAS, Mr. Chester distinguished himself as an

14  educator during an exemplary 33-year career, during which he

15  carried out his goal of using the education he had received to

16  teach and encourage his students to achieve, and

17         WHEREAS, serving as a visiting teacher for the Dade

18  County School Board during the last 15 years of his career,

19  Mr. Chester visited truants' homes to determine why they were

20  not in school and often issued money vouchers for eyeglasses,

21  shoes, or other special needs, and

22         WHEREAS, Mr. Chester worked in the night education

23  program for the Dorsey Skills Center in Liberty City,

24  preparing students for GED completion, served as a volunteer

25  encouraging participation in the Jackson Memorial Hospital

26  organ donor program, and was a member of the Shriners Kazah

27  Temple No. 149 and a member of the New Way Fellowship Praise

28  and Worship Center, and

29         WHEREAS, Wallace Chester, Sr., will long be remembered

30  for his contributions to education and his service to his

31  community, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9209

    572-139A-97






  1  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  2  Florida:

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  4         That the House of Representatives hereby pauses in its

  5  deliberations to pay tribute to Wallace Chester, Sr.

  6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  7  be presented to Beulah Chester as a tangible token of the

  8  sentiments expressed herein.

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