Full Text of HR0035 96th General Assembly
HR0035 96TH 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 congratulate Hugh A. Muir on the | 4 |
| occasion of his 100th birthday on March 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh A. Muir was born on March 2, 1909 at 1216 S. | 6 |
| 3rd Avenue in Maywood; he attended Emerson Elementary School | 7 |
| and Proviso Township High School, where he graduated in 1927; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Hugh A. Muir's first job was with the Jerry F. | 10 |
| Coughlin Meat Market at 10 N. 5th Avenue in Maywood; he became | 11 |
| manager of the Market in 1936, the year he married Natalie | 12 |
| Jacobson, with whom he raised two sons and a daughter; he and | 13 |
| his brother, Henry, eventually acquired the Jerry Coughlin Meat | 14 |
| Market and renamed it the Muir Brothers Meat Market, which they | 15 |
| operated from 1948 to 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh A. Muir was a charter member of the Maywood | 17 |
| Chamber of Commerce, which was established in 1939, and is the | 18 |
| chamber's sole surviving Founding Father; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, During World War II, Hugh A. Muir served as | 20 |
| Assistant Fire Chief of the Maywood Civil Defense Fire | 21 |
| Department; from 1949 to 1977, he served as a Maywood Village |
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| Trustee, during which time he served as Chairman of the Finance | 2 |
| Committee and the Fire Committee; he also served as a member of | 3 |
| the Police Pension Board; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1990, the Village of Maywood renamed Iowa | 5 |
| Street "Hugh Muir Lane" in honor of Mr. Muir and his many | 6 |
| accomplishments; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, Hugh A. Muir received the | 8 |
| Maywood-Broadview Kiwanis Club "Citizen of the Year" Award and | 9 |
| was also named an Honorary Lifetime Board Member of the Maywood | 10 |
| Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's Installation and Awards | 11 |
| Banquet in 1999; in 2001, he was presented the Golden Heritage | 12 |
| Award by Operation Uplift; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Hugh A. Muir has been a lifetime participant in | 14 |
| the Boy Scouts of America and has served as an Assistant | 15 |
| Scoutmaster and member of the Thatcher Woods Council; he is | 16 |
| also a member of the Wesleyan Church in Broadview, the Lions | 17 |
| Club, and the Masonic Fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, In his 100 years of life, Hugh A. Muir has | 19 |
| contributed much to the Village of Maywood through his | 20 |
| activities and his code of ethics; he has inspired countless | 21 |
| others as a beacon of Christianity, an outstanding husband, and | 22 |
| a wonderful father; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Hugh A. Muir on the occasion of his 100th birthday | 4 |
| and wish him many happy and healthy years to come; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Hugh A. Muir as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 |
| respect.
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