Full Text of HR0073 95th General Assembly
HR0073 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to | 4 |
| the family and friends of Charlotte T. Reid of Aurora, the | 5 |
| mother of our colleague State Representative Patricia Reid | 6 |
| Lindner, who passed away on January 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was born in Kankakee on September | 8 |
| 27, 1913; her parents were Edward and Ethel (Stith) Thompson; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid attended the Aurora public | 11 |
| schools, and spent two years at Illinois College in | 12 |
| Jacksonville; she received honorary degrees from John Marshall | 13 |
| Law School in Chicago, Illinois College, and Aurora University; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid studied voice in Chicago under | 16 |
| Louise Gilbert and was a featured vocalist on the NBC radio | 17 |
| show, Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, singing under her | 18 |
| professional name, Annette King; she also sang on Club Matinee | 19 |
| and Sunday Dinner at Aunt Fannie's, both NBC radio shows; and
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| WHEREAS, After the death of her husband, Aurora attorney | 21 |
| Frank Reid Jr., in 1962, Charlotte Reid was chosen to replace |
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| him on the ballot as the nominee for the 15th Congressional | 2 |
| District Representative seat; she won the seat and was | 3 |
| re-elected four times; while in Congress she served on the | 4 |
| Appropriations Committee, Interior and Insular Affairs | 5 |
| Committee, Public Works Committee, House Republican Policy | 6 |
| Committee, and the Standards of Office and Conduct Committee; | 7 |
| in 1964 she addressed the Republican National Convention in San | 8 |
| Francisco and in 1968 addressed the Republican National | 9 |
| Convention in Miami; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was a friend to President Kennedy, | 11 |
| President Johnson, and President Nixon; she served in Congress | 12 |
| with future President Gerald Ford and also remained friends | 13 |
| with him throughout the years; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was appointed to the Federal | 15 |
| Communications Commission (F.C.C.) by then President Nixon | 16 |
| during her fifth term in Washington; she served as the | 17 |
| commissioner of defense and was placed in charge of following | 18 |
| developments in the field of emergency preparedness and defense | 19 |
| mobilization, serving until 1976; after leaving the Commission | 20 |
| she was elected to several boards of directors, including | 21 |
| Motorola and Mid-Atlantic Bank in New Jersey; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1982 former Secretary of Defense Casper | 23 |
| Weinberger appointed Mrs. Reid to serve on the Board of Defense |
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| Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; President Ronald | 2 |
| Reagan appointed her to serve on the Presidential Task Force on | 3 |
| International Private Enterprise; and she served on the Board | 4 |
| of Governors of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid enjoyed music, politics, and golf; | 7 |
| she played golf for many years and loved watching golf | 8 |
| tournaments, sometimes making a friendly wager on the outcome; | 9 |
| she would watch television programs that dealt with local, | 10 |
| national, and international issues, and enjoyed watching old | 11 |
| musicals; and she would spend summers at her home in Frankfort, | 12 |
| Michigan, where a constant stream of friends came to visit; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, She was helped the last few years in Aurora by her | 14 |
| dear neighbors, Perline Hayden and Beth Standish; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid was preceded in death by her | 16 |
| husband, Frank Reid Jr., and her son, Edward T. Reid; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Reid will be remembered and loved by her | 18 |
| daughters, State Representative Patricia (George) Reid Lindner | 19 |
| and Susan (Todd) Lewis; her son, Frank Reid; her grandchildren, | 20 |
| Tom (Stacy) Reid, Mike (Pepi) Linder, Jon (Karen) Lindner, | 21 |
| Brooks (Blueberry) Lindner, Courtney (Leather) Lindner Storrs, | 22 |
| Frank Reid, Stacy (Bill) Reid Tsozrapos, and Jonathon Lewis; |
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| and her thirteen great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of | 5 |
| Charlotte Reid at this time of loss; may they find comfort and | 6 |
| peace; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Charlotte Reid as a symbol of our | 9 |
| sympathy and deepest respect.
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