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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Sybil Mervis on receiving |
4 | | the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's |
5 | | annual historical preservation award; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, The Foundation annually recognizes a deserving |
7 | | individual who has made significant contributions to preserve |
8 | | local history; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Sybil Mervis moved to Danville 60 years ago when |
10 | | she married Louis Mervis and has been an integral community |
11 | | volunteer and leader for the last six decades; this recognition |
12 | | highlights her steadfast commitment and outstanding |
13 | | accomplishments regarding historical preservation on the local |
14 | | and family level; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, An author, writer, and memoirist, Sybil Mervis has |
16 | | published several books, articles, and pamphlets on local and |
17 | | family history; her latest book, In the Middle, details her |
18 | | youth growing up in Bloomington; she also penned A Great |
19 | | Depression Courtship, about the early lives and courtship of |
20 | | her parents; she painstakingly researched the histories of the |
21 | | Jewish communities of Danville and Attica, Indiana, which were |
22 | | published in various media, including The Heritage magazine of |
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1 | | the Vermilion County Museum Society, booklets, and a chapter of |
2 | | History of Fountain County, Indiana; researching the history of |
3 | | her family farm's property near Potomac, she wrote What the |
4 | | River Hid, the story of the Meneley Mill on the Middlefork |
5 | | River; she has written multiple pamphlets on family history, as |
6 | | well as a biography of her late mother-in-law, the Life of |
7 | | Martha Mervis; she researched the history of the Danville |
8 | | Public Library, which was published in articles in The |
9 | | Heritage; she also co-wrote two local civic booklets, Know Your |
10 | | City and Danville Digest of Local Government; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, Sybil Mervis is recognized for her contributions |
12 | | in the area of historical preservation, which have been |
13 | | integrated with her decades-long involvement as a tireless |
14 | | advocate for the Danville Public Library, the Vermilion County |
15 | | Museum, and local education; she has devoted many hours of |
16 | | volunteer time and generously supported these areas over the |
17 | | years; therefore, be it
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18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
20 | | congratulate Sybil Mervis on receiving the Illiana |
21 | | Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's annual |
22 | | historical preservation award, and we recognize her |
23 | | contributions to preserving the history of our State; and be it |
24 | | further
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