Full Text of HR0720 93rd General Assembly
HR0720 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Hugh A. Muir of Maywood on | 4 |
| the occasion of his 95th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Muir was born in Maywood on March 2, 1909; he | 6 |
| graduated from Proviso Township High School in 1927; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Muir held his first job as a butcher at Jerry | 8 |
| F. Coughlin Meat Market and soon became manager; he and his | 9 |
| brother, Henry, purchased the Meat Market in 1950 and operated | 10 |
| the business until 1975; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He served as Assistant Fire Chief of the Maywood | 12 |
| Civil Defense Fire Department during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, He signed the original charter of the Maywood | 14 |
| Chamber of Commerce in 1939 and is the Chamber's sole surviving | 15 |
| founding father; he served as Village Trustee for 28 years, | 16 |
| during which time he was Chairman of the Finance Committee and | 17 |
| Chairman of the Fire Committee; he was honored by the Village | 18 |
| of Maywood by renaming Iowa Street as Hugh A. Muir Lane in 1990 | 19 |
| and being named an Honorary Lifetime Director of the Maywood | 20 |
| Chamber of Commerce Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Muir was featured on the cover of the 60th | 22 |
| Anniversary "Diamond Jubilee Year" edition of the 1999 Maywood | 23 |
| Community Guide; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh Muir has been honored to receive a | 25 |
| Commendation from Congressman Henry J. Hyde, the | 26 |
| Maywood-Broadview Kiwanis Club Citizen of the Year Award, the | 27 |
| Person of the Year Award at the Chamber's Annual Installation & | 28 |
| Awards Banquet, and the Golden Heritage Award from Operation | 29 |
| Uplift; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Muir has been a lifetime participant of the | 2 |
| Boy Scouts, having served as Assistant Scoutmaster, and board | 3 |
| member of the Thatcher-Woods Area Council; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of organizations such as the | 5 |
| Illinois Municipal and Proviso Leagues; the National League of | 6 |
| Cities; the Police Pension Board; the Masonic Fraternity; the | 7 |
| Maywood Fire Department; he was named honorary member of the | 8 |
| Maywood Bataan Day Organization, and is still an active member | 9 |
| of the Maywood Alliance for Better Government since its | 10 |
| inception in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition, he has been a member of the Maywood | 12 |
| Lions Club since 1936, with 68 years of perfect attendance, | 13 |
| having served as President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Board | 14 |
| Member; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate Hugh A. Muir on the occasion of his 95th birthday; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Hugh A. Muir as an expression of our respect and | 21 |
| esteem.
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