Full Text of HR1095 93rd General Assembly
HR1095 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to
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| significant milestones in the lives of the people
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| State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Mildred Freid, | 6 |
| known affectionately as Grandma Lou, of Skokie recently | 7 |
| celebrated the 100th anniversary
of her birth; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, On her birthday, she renewed her drivers license, | 9 |
| and continues to drive just as she has done for the past 50 | 10 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid was born in Chicago on June 26, 1904; | 12 |
| she grew up on the west and south sides of Chicago; her mother, | 13 |
| a widow, worked for $1 a day selling children's dresses, and | 14 |
| while life was difficult, they never went without food or a | 15 |
| place to live; she can recall working as a counting-machine | 16 |
| operator at the Boston Store for $12 a week from the time she | 17 |
| was 14 until she married, but then there wasn't money taken out | 18 |
| for taxes or Social Security; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid remembers a time when cookies came in | 20 |
| cans and for $5 a week she could vacation with friends and | 21 |
| family at her boss's home in Wisconsin; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, She married Sam Freid in 1926; after he died in | 23 |
| 1957, Mildred got her drivers license for the first time; and | 24 |
| she raised their three sons; her North Side Albany Park home | 25 |
| was always open to her children's friends, who came over to | 26 |
| watch television and listen to the radio; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid can recall having company over and as | 28 |
| they watched television, a news bulletin came on to inform them | 29 |
| about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; and |
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| WHEREAS, Her homes have always been open to people who | 2 |
| needed a place to stay; several family members have lived under | 3 |
| her roof, and she used to rent out a room for $7 a week; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid now shares a home with her son; she has | 5 |
| five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; she wakes up | 6 |
| every morning, makes the beds in the house, and does her | 7 |
| physical therapy exercises while observing the birds nesting | 8 |
| outside her kitchen window; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Mrs. Mildred Freid on attaining a milestone in her | 12 |
| life with her 100th birthday, and we extend to Mrs. Freid our | 13 |
| sincere best wishes for the future; and be it
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Mildred Freid as a token of our respect and | 16 |
| esteem.
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