Full Text of HR0837 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate John Hugo Wredling | 4 | | on the occasion of his 100th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling was born on March 16, 1914 in Aurora | 6 | | to Hugo and Alma Johnson; he attended Aurora College, where he | 7 | | was Freshman class president, a member of the Drama Club, | 8 | | played football and basketball, and was the Boys Sports | 9 | | Reporter for The Aurora Borealis; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling taught for 3 years at Lincoln | 11 | | Elementary school in Aurora before moving to West Virginia; he | 12 | | married Gladys May Walker in 1942 in Monroe, West Virginia; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling enlisted in the United States Army | 14 | | Air Forces on November 17, 1942 and was stationed in England as | 15 | | part of the 482nd Bomb Group and 812th Bomb Squad; the 482nd | 16 | | Bomb Group, the Pathfinders, were credited as having the first | 17 | | American B-17 Bomber to release its bombs on the German capital | 18 | | of Berlin on March 4, 1944; they kept the attack going | 19 | | relentlessly and at an ever increasing pace despite severe | 20 | | weather, the need for improvisation under trying conditions, | 21 | | and determined enemy opposition; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling returned to the United States in | 2 | | June of 1945; he worked as the Assistant Superintendent of | 3 | | Schools in West Aurora from 1950-1958, as the Superintendent of | 4 | | Schools in St. Charles from 1958-1972, and as Assistant | 5 | | Superintendent of schools from 1972 to 1977; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling received the Charlemagne Award from | 7 | | the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce in 1997 for his continuing | 8 | | history of voluntary service to the community; he has | 9 | | volunteered with the Boy Scouts, the American Legion, the | 10 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Rotary Club; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Continuing population growth in School District | 12 | | 303 resulted in the opening of the Wredling Middle School in | 13 | | the Fall of 1995; further growth warranted converting the | 14 | | original Wredling building into St. Charles North High School | 15 | | for the Fall of 2000, and Wredling Middle School moved into | 16 | | another facility; it was named in honor of John Wredling being | 17 | | Superintendent during a period of rapid growth from 1958 to | 18 | | 1972 and his continued involvement with the St. Charles | 19 | | community; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, John Wredling has spent most of his life in the | 21 | | Fox Valley area and all 3 of his children graduated from St. | 22 | | Charles School District 303; he will turn 100 on March 16th, | 23 | | 2014; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate John Hugo Wredling on his 100th birthday and | 4 | | wish him many more happy and healthy years to come; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to John Wredling as an expression of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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