Full Text of HR0992 94th General Assembly
HR0992 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in | 4 |
| the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Agnes Dale (Manning) Smith was born on April 2, | 6 |
| 1906, in Willow Hill to Elisha and Mary E. (Crail) Manning; | 7 |
| after her mother died when she was 8, she joined the household | 8 |
| of foster parents, Paul B. and Emily Harper; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, On October 16, 1930, she married Victor L. Smith | 10 |
| and together they had a daughter, Emily Carol; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith graduated from Robinson High School as | 12 |
| part of the class of 1925; she ranked third in her class out of | 13 |
| 72 students; she was vice president of her senior class and on | 14 |
| the staff of News 'N' Everything, the student newspaper; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, In 1967, she graduated from Vincennes University | 16 |
| with an Associate in Science degree; she later went to Eastern | 17 |
| Illinois University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts | 18 |
| degree in 1984; she also studied at Trinity College in Dublin, | 19 |
| Ireland, in 1969; at American University in Washington, D.C., | 20 |
| and at 4 other Midwestern locations, including Lincoln Trail | 21 |
| College in Robinson; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith began her career at Argus Printing | 23 |
| House, which was founded by Paul Harper's father, George W.; | 24 |
| she joined the office following high school as a bookkeeper and | 25 |
| society editor; in 1945, she and her husband became co-owners | 26 |
| of the Argus Printing House, upon the retirement of Paul | 27 |
| Harper; the Smiths retired in 1986, when their daughter and | 28 |
| son-in-law took over operations of the paper; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith has been very active in her community; |
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| she has been a member of many organizations including the | 2 |
| Robinson Woman's Club; Robinson Minerva Club; Crawford County | 3 |
| Republican Women; Pre-School Mothers Club in 1935; Delta Theta | 4 |
| Tau Sorority; James Halstead, Sr., Chapter NSDAR; and Chapter | 5 |
| I.G.P.E.O.; and
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| WHEREAS, She has been given many awards for her service, | 7 |
| including Good Citizenship, Dale Carnegie Crawford County | 8 |
| Alumni; Distinguished Citizen for 1987, Robinson Chamber of | 9 |
| Commerce; and the Robinson High School Alumni of the Year 2003; | 10 |
| in addition, she has been honored by the Pre-School Mothers on | 11 |
| the 55th anniversary, 1991, and the RHS Alumni Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith has had some very unique and | 13 |
| interesting experiences in her life; while in Ireland, she was | 14 |
| able to take a side trip to Wales to witness the investiture of | 15 |
| Prince Charles, heir to the British throne; accompanied by her | 16 |
| husband, who was the State chairman for 13 years, she attended | 17 |
| four Republican National Conventions; she was appointed as the | 18 |
| Volunteer Service Director by Mayor Crebs during World War II | 19 |
| and was called to Chicago 3 times to attend conferences; she | 20 |
| was the delegate at the 1930 Delta Theta Tau philanthropic | 21 |
| sorority convention, where she was elected national vice | 22 |
| president; and she served 2 years as the Division VI Director | 23 |
| for the Illinois Daughters of the Revolution; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 26 |
| we congratulate Agnes Dale Smith on the occasion of her 100th | 27 |
| birthday and wish her many more happy years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to Agnes Dale Smith as an expression of our esteem | 30 |
| and with our heartfelt best wishes.
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