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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate C. Edward Way of 
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East St. Louis on his retirement from the Brotherhood of 
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Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Illinois State Legislative 
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Board; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was born on March 15, 1945 in East St. Louis; 
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he attended East Side High School; he served in the United 
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States Air Force as an Military Policemen during the Vietnam 
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War and was honorably discharged in 1968; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, C. Edward Way and his wife, Mary Kay, were married 
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in September of 1968; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He worked at ADT from 1968 to 1969, and was a 
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member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 
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Local 1; he hired out on the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (GM&O) 
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Railroad in July of 1969 as a trainman; and in December of 1969 
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he went into engine service as a fireman; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The GM&O merged with the Illinois Central in 1972 
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and Ed was promoted to Locomotive Engineer in 1973; and he 
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served the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 444 as 
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Secretary-Treasurer in 1973; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In 1978, he served as Vice Local Chairman and 
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Legislative Representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 
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Engineers Division 512; in 1996, he served as Local Chairman of 
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the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 512; and from 
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1996 to 2010, he served as Chairman of the Brotherhood of 
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Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Illinois State Legislative 
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Board; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Way and his wife are the proud parents of 
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Jason, Scott, Shannon, and Erin; and the doting grandparents of 
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Zachary, Paige, Marley, Sullivan, Mathias, Dorothy, Mark, 
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Maiya, Patricia, and Lorelie; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate C. Edward Way on his retirement and wish him the 
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best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to C. Edward Way as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.