Full Text of HR0449 94th General Assembly
HR0449 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, S. Watson Tidball of Greenville will celebrate his | 3 |
| 80th birthday on July 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been and active citizen of Greenville and | 5 |
| Bond County since 1947 when he came from Canada to Greenville | 6 |
| as a student at Greenville College; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Tidball has been involved in the Chamber of | 8 |
| Commerce, Commercial Club, the City Planning Commission, and | 9 |
| has devoted hours of community service to the Bond County | 10 |
| Senior Center, serving as secretary for a number of years; he | 11 |
| has served as Master of Ceremonies for the Bond County Fair | 12 |
| Beauty Pageant, entertained church and civic groups with his | 13 |
| music and comedy routine, and has given travelogues of his many | 14 |
| trips throughout the world; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Bonnie, have been tour guides for | 16 |
| many local citizens on worldwide trips; he is a frequent Master | 17 |
| of Ceremonies at Fair Oaks Nursing Home events and regularly | 18 |
| visits the "elderly" in nursing homes in Greenville; he is a | 19 |
| 1997 recipient of the Gerald Turley Memorial Award given by the | 20 |
| Chamber of Commerce, and he received an honorary Doctorate of | 21 |
| Public Service from Greenville College; he has been involved in | 22 |
| countless other organizations and events too numerous to name; | 23 |
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| WHEREAS, All six of the Tidball children attended Bond | 25 |
| County Community Unit #2 schools from kindergarten through high | 26 |
| school and all graduated from Greenville College; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his work at Greenville College, Dr. | 28 |
| Tidball has worked at the Donnell-Weigand Funeral Home for over | 29 |
| 50 years as their accountant; he provides income tax services | 30 |
| for a number of Greenville residents; he has assisted numerous |
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| elderly, single, and widowed persons in understanding their | 2 |
| financial concerns; he provides "taxi" service for many people | 3 |
| who need rides to the airport as well as to hospitals and | 4 |
| doctor appointments in St. Louis and other cities; and
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| WHEREAS, He is also actively involved in his church; he has | 6 |
| been a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army at Christmas time, | 7 |
| and supported many fund raisers such as the fish fries at St. | 8 |
| Lawrence Catholic Church, the pancake breakfasts for the | 9 |
| Kiwanis, chili suppers for the Boy Scouts, and he made apple | 10 |
| butter for the Hospital Bazaar; he is a regular volunteer at | 11 |
| the office of Illinois State Senator Frank Watson; therefore, | 12 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate Dr. Watson Tidball on the occasion of his 80th | 16 |
| birthday, and we thank him for his numerous contributions to | 17 |
| his community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Dr. Watson as an expression of our respect and | 20 |
| esteem and with best wishes for many more happy birthdays.
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