[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E453]
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            PROCLAMATION HONORING MRS. AMANDA FRAZER DAWSON

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                         HON. VICTOR O. FRAZER

                         of the virgin islands

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 26, 1996

  Mr. FRAZER. Mr. Speaker, I insert the following for the Record:

                             A Proclamation

       Whereas, Ms. Amanda Blyden was born on April 7, 1906 in 
     Tortola in a little Village of Cane Garden Bay to Celina and 
     George Blyden;
       Whereas, Ms. Blyden moved to St. Thomas in the early 1900s;
       Whereas, she attends Christ Church Methodist in the Market 
     Square where she has remained an active member for over fifty 
     years;
       Whereas, Ms. Blyden married Mr. Albert Frazer on December 
     16, 1925;
       Whereas, she had ten children, seven are presently alive 
     and active in their communities;
       Whereas, she is a proud grandmother and great grandmother 
     to over fifty children;
       Therefore, be it resolved on this the seventh day of April 
     1996, I, Victor O. Frazer, Member of Congress, join with 
     family and friends to honor a great woman as she celebrates 
     her ninetieth birthday.

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