Senate Bill 2692

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2692

    By Senator Childers





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  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending the Florida DeMolay

  3         Association for its positive influence on the

  4         lives of young men.

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  6         WHEREAS, DeMolay was started in 1919 in Kansas City,

  7  Missouri, and

  8         WHEREAS, DeMolay International is the largest

  9  fraternity of young men in the world, and

10         WHEREAS, the first DeMolay chapter in Florida was

11  organized in Escambia County in 1922, and

12         WHEREAS, there are currently 26 chartered chapters and

13  5 chapters under letters temporary in this state, and

14         WHEREAS, the Order of DeMolay is an association of

15  young men 13 to 21 years of age, who are seeking to better

16  themselves by learning leadership skills and practicing civic

17  responsibility, and

18         WHEREAS, there are approximately 1,000 DeMolay chapters

19  in the United States, as well as chapters located in seven

20  countries, and

21         WHEREAS, DeMolay alumni include United States Senator

22  Trent Lott, former Governor Rueben Askew, astronauts,

23  professional athletes, chairmen of major corporations, John

24  Wayne, Dan Rather, Williard Scott, Charles Goodnow, Walt

25  Disney, and countless others, NOW, THEREFORE,

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27  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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29         That the Florida DeMolay Association is recognized and

30  commended for its positive influence on the lives of young men

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  1  in this state and for its service to the residents of this

  2  state.

  3         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution,

  4  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

  5  Florida DeMolay Association as a tangible token of the

  6  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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