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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
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| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize milestone events in
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| the lives of citizens of the State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Clara Pearl |
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| Davis of Olney will celebrate her 100th birthday on July 21, |
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| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Pearl Davis, as she is known to her friends, was |
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| born on July 21, 1907 in Shelbyville, Missouri; she is the |
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| second of four children born to Henry and Myrtle Hilbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout her life, Pearl Davis has experienced |
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| many memorable events; she reflects warmly on washing kerosene |
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| lamp shades and washing laundry on wash boards as part of her |
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| normal chores; she remembers petticoats made from feed sacks |
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| and Christmas trees decorated with real candles, as well as |
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| playing with dolls with porcelain heads and playing house with |
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| her sister Lillian; she still recalls a time when doctors |
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| performed house calls; she looks back fondly on summer evenings |
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| when friends and neighbors would gather on someone's porch or |
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| yard with an old Victrola and sing along with the music, |
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| sitting between her father's legs and keeping time with the |
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| music; and
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| WHEREAS, After Pearl Davis graduated from high school in |
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| Shelbyville, she enrolled in a teachers training course; she |
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| worked for a minister and baby-sat to support herself while in |
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| training; upon graduation from teachers training she accepted a |
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| position teaching grades one through eight in a one room school |
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| house; and
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| WHEREAS, Pearl Davis met and was courted by her future |
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| husband, William J. Davis, of Shelbyville, Missouri around |
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| 1922; during this time Mr. Davis joined the military; Clara |
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| Pearl Hilbert was united in Holy Matrimony to William (Bill) |
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| Davis on May 15, 1928; from this holy union three sons were |
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| born, Billie Lee, Michael Eugene, and Richard Jesse Davis; and
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| WHEREAS, After their marriage, Mr. Davis was transferred to |
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| Fort Cook, Nebraska, where Pearl joined him; while stationed at |
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| Ft. Cook, Billie Lee and Michael were born; at the start of |
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| World War II, Mr. Davis and his family were transferred to Fort |
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| Ord, California, where Richard was born; the family lived in |
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| many places until Mr. Davis retired from the United States Air |
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| Force, when the family moved to Olney; while living in Olney |
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| the family joined the First United Methodist Church, remaining |
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| there until 1951, when they transferred their church membership |
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| to St. Paul United Methodist Church and began co-teaching |
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| Sunday School classes, a position Pearl still holds today; and
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| WHEREAS, Pearl Davis is regarded by all who know her to be |
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| a loving person and an extremely dedicated Sunday School |
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| teacher; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Clara Pearl Davis on celebrating this momentous |
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| birthday and wish her good health and happiness in the future; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Clara Pearl Davis as a symbol of our esteem and |
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| respect.
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