BOARD BILL NO. [12] 56

INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN FREEMAN BOSLEY, SR.

An ordinance authorizing and directing the Street Commissioner to take all necessary actions to honorarily designate the 1500 block of Penrose Avenue as "Pastor Emeritus Charlie Dooley Avenue."

Whereas, Pastor Emeritus Charlie Dooley is a graduate of a Mississippi High School and Jones School for Ministers, St. Louis, Missouri. Rev. Dooley was a licensed and ordained minister and former Pastor of the Revelation Missionary Baptist Church for 39 years. The church is located at 1501 Penrose Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63107; and
Whereas, Rev. Dooley has received recognition and awards when he held several positions within the Progressive Baptist Convention on numerous levels. Rev Dooley was the First Vice President of the Progressive State Convention, President of the State Congress of Christian Education and the President of the District Congress of Christian Education. Rev. Dooley volunteered for several years in Haiti assisting in the building of several schools and churches. Rev. Dooley established the Revelation Missionary Baptist Church in Lauder Hill, Florida.

Whereas, Rev. Dooley worked diligently for 30 years at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft and severed his country for 4 years in the United States Navy

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION ONE. Pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance 68937, the 1500 block of Penrose Avenue shall hereafter be honorarily designated as "Pastor Emeritus Charlie Dooley Avenue." The Director of Streets shall erect an honorary street-name sign at the intersection of Penrose Avenue and Blair Avenue and which sign shall read "Pastor Emeritus Charlie Dooley Avenue."