Full Text of HR1167 096th General Assembly
HR1167 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 C. Edward Way of | 4 |
| East St. Louis on his retirement from the Brotherhood of | 5 |
| Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Illinois State Legislative | 6 |
| Board; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 15, 1945 in East St. Louis; | 8 |
| he attended East Side High School; he served in the United | 9 |
| States Air Force as an Military Policemen during the Vietnam | 10 |
| War and was honorably discharged in 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, C. Edward Way and his wife, Mary Kay, were married | 12 |
| in September of 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked at ADT from 1968 to 1969, and was a | 14 |
| member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | 15 |
| Local 1; he hired out on the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (GM&O) | 16 |
| Railroad in July of 1969 as a trainman; and in December of 1969 | 17 |
| he went into engine service as a fireman; and
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| WHEREAS, The GM&O merged with the Illinois Central in 1972 | 19 |
| and Ed was promoted to Locomotive Engineer in 1973; and he | 20 |
| served the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 444 as | 21 |
| Secretary-Treasurer in 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, he served as Vice Local Chairman and | 2 |
| Legislative Representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive | 3 |
| Engineers Division 512; in 1996, he served as Local Chairman of | 4 |
| the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Division 512; and from | 5 |
| 1996 to 2010, he served as Chairman of the Brotherhood of | 6 |
| Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Illinois State Legislative | 7 |
| Board; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Way and his wife are the proud parents of | 9 |
| Jason, Scott, Shannon, and Erin; and the doting grandparents of | 10 |
| Zachary, Paige, Marley, Sullivan, Mathias, Dorothy, Mark, | 11 |
| Maiya, Patricia, and Lorelie; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate C. Edward Way on his retirement and wish him the | 15 |
| best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to C. Edward Way as a symbol of our respect and | 18 |
| esteem.
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