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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Maurice Spiegel was born on October 27, 1911 to | ||||||
| 3 | Russian born Max Spiegel and
Lithuanian born Ida Kaplan; he had | ||||||
| 4 | an older sister, Tillie
and 5 brothers, Lou, Irv, Frank, Hy, | ||||||
| 5 | and Bill; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, He grew up near Roosevelt and Halsted Streets in | ||||||
| 7 | Chicago; his family was poor and he started working as a young | ||||||
| 8 | boy selling newspapers and
putting whatever money he earned | ||||||
| 9 | under his mother's pillow; he quit high
school when he could | ||||||
| 10 | not afford the mechanical drawing set for his drafting
course; | ||||||
| 11 | he then went to work full-time and didnt shop until he was | ||||||
| 12 | almost 80
years old; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Known as Maurie, he did get his high school G.E.D. | ||||||
| 14 | and took college courses through the
GI Bill after he left the | ||||||
| 15 | United States Army; he worked various jobs in the main post | ||||||
| 16 | office in
downtown Chicago for 27 years and after retiring from | ||||||
| 17 | that job worked part-time as a messenger for Continental Bank | ||||||
| 18 | for another 15
years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1941 to | ||||||
| 20 | 1945, stationed in Alaska on the
brutally cold island of Atu, | ||||||
| 21 | the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, From the time he was a young child he was very | ||||||
| 2 | athletic; he was short but
could really belt a softball; in | ||||||
| 3 | organized competition he was known for his
home run ability; he | ||||||
| 4 | was also a good swimmer and once saved a drowning
child's life; | ||||||
| 5 | living in a somewhat tough neighborhood, Maurie learned to | ||||||
| 6 | defend
himself and his younger brothers; he got into some | ||||||
| 7 | fights but claimed he did not
start them, just finished them; | ||||||
| 8 | he is an unbelievable checkers
player, living up to the name he | ||||||
| 9 | made for himself as a child, winning
tournaments; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Maurie was married to the late Lucille, and they | ||||||
| 11 | had one son, Harvey; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we congratulate Maurice Spiegel on this special occasion and | ||||||
| 15 | wish him good health and happiness for years to come; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Maurice Spiegel as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 19 | respect and esteem.
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