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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS,  Clyde Robertson's (1922-2015) service to his 
3community
began in 1941, at the age of 19, as a teacher of 
4seventh and eighth
grades at the Creal Springs School; in 1943, 
5he was drafted into the United States Army; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS,  After
being discharged at the end of World War II, 
7Clyde Robertson returned to Creal Springs; he immediately 
8resumed his
community service as the first Commander of the 
9Veterans of Foreign Wars in Creal Springs, as
well as by 
10teaching night classes to local veterans; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson worked as a rural mail
carrier for 
1236 years; he served on the Creal Springs City Council from
1965 
13to 1969 and later served on the Creal Springs Park Board for 
14many years, where he excelled
in organizing the parade for the 
15annual festival celebrating the founding of the city; he was 
16well-known for the "biggest" parade in the area; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson never missed a Sunday service
at 
18his beloved Creal Springs Methodist Church, where throughout 
19the years he served in all
positions; if you missed a Sunday 
20service, he did not fail to call you with a cheerful "Hope to

21see you next Sunday" to let you know you were missed; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson was a great inspiration to 
2everyone, especially since he would not let a
spinal cord 
3injury he suffered in January of 1990, which made him spend 
4most of his time in a wheel chair,
prevent him from continuing 
5his work in the community; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The Clyde Robertson Community Service Award was 
7established in 1996 to be given to anyone who could "fill his 
8shoes" in community service within the
City of Creal Springs; 
9therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
12SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of 
13Illinois Route 166 in Creal Springs that runs from White Street 
14to Walnut Street as the "Clyde Robertson Memorial Highway"; and 
15be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation

17is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with

18State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs

19giving notice of the name the "Clyde Robertson Memorial 
20Highway";
and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be

22presented to the family of Clyde Robertson, the Mayor of
Creal 
 
 
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1Springs, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of

2Transportation.