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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 49
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WHEREAS, The 100th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed |
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cause for celebration, and Ethelyn Szad Bell of Bonham marked |
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that special milestone on October 4, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Ethelyn Szad was born in Wallingford, |
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Connecticut, in 1923; in March 1945, she was inducted into the |
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U.S. Army, and she completed the basic training course for army |
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nurses at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; she proudly served during |
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World War II with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in the Philippines and |
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Nagoya, Japan, rising to the rank of second lieutenant before |
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being honorably discharged in the summer of 1946; in recognition |
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of her dedicated service, she received a citation from President |
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Harry S. Truman; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the war, Mrs. Bell was employed at the |
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Veterans Administration Hospital in McKinney; she later |
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distinguished herself in her work as a school nurse at the North |
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Ward and West Ward Elementary Schools in McKinney prior to her |
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retirement; and |
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WHEREAS, On October 16, 1948, she exchanged wedding vows |
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with army veteran Charles Bell and they shared a rewarding |
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marriage spanning more than five and a half decades before |
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Mr. Bell's passing in 2005; in the early years of their marriage, |
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the couple made their home in Prosper, where they raised their |
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two children, Tom and Cindy; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Ethelyn Bell has not |
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only bravely served her nation but has also met the challenges |
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and opportunities of a long life with grace and fortitude, and |
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she is blessed with the deep respect and lasting affection of a |
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host of loved ones; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Ethelyn Szad |
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Bell on the joyous occasion of her 100th birthday and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Bell as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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Hughes |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on October 26, 2023. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |