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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

friends and opponents alike.

Mr. Hodges was born and grew up in the district he
later represented. He lived all his life in the same
house on the 1200 block West Cross Street.

After attending St. Jerome's Catholic School, night
classes at City College, and the Baltimore Business
College, the young Mr. Hodges followed his father into
the restaurant business.

A sports fan, the Senator earned local recognition
in boxing. In 1931 and 1932, he won the city, state and
South Atlantic competitions as he climbed the rungs of
the Olympic ladder. He met defeat, however, in the
Olympic trials. It was one of the few defeats in his
life.

A World War II veteran, Bip Hodges served on a
minesweeper in the Pacific, reaching the rank of
boatswain's mate.

Bip Hodges helped establish South Baltimore's Albert
J. Clark Post No. 5922 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He also was a member of the Norman J. Melvin Post of the
American Legion, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the
Fraternal Order of Moose.

His wife, the former Alice E. Rothage, died in 1966.

He is survived by five sons and four daughters, to
whom this Body extends its deepest regrets; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That
the deepest regrets of this Body be extended to the
family of our former colleague and friend, Senator Bip
Hodges, on the event of his untimely passing; and be it
further

RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the State of
Maryland send copies of this Resolution to the Hodges
family, 1200 West Cross Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

Approved March 4, 1975.

No. 4
(Senate Joint Resolution 19)