Retirement Dinner for Alvester Woolfolk

 
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR REMARKS BY MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. RETIREMENT DINNER FOR ALVESTER W00LF0LK LABORER'S UNION HALL - LOCAL 7A FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1987 - 7:30 P-M. GOOD EVENING TO MR. & MRS. ALVESTER WOOLFOLK AND FAMILY, LAWRENCE ANDERSON, PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL 20 AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, JOSH WILLIAMS, TOM KING OF AFSCME INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED LABOR LEADERS AND GUESTS. I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH PRIDE AND PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU IN A SALUTE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS I HAVE EVER KNOWN- ALVESTER WOOLFOLK HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT ROLE MODEL FOIL YOUNG BLACK MEN. IN 1956 HE BEGAN WORKING AS A LABORER AND DESPITE DEPLORABLE