Full Text of HR1270 094th General Assembly
HR1270 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize | 3 |
| significant milestones in the lives of the people of this | 4 |
| State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Senobio Nila of | 6 |
| Aurora is celebrating the 105th anniversary of his birth; and
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| WHEREAS, Senobio Nila was born on May 4, 1901, on a little | 8 |
| ranch called "El Pedregoso" in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, to | 9 |
| Miguel and Dorotea, who worked for the Spanish Governor of | 10 |
| Guanajuato as servants; and
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| WHEREAS, Senobio first came to the U.S. in 1918 at the age | 12 |
| of seventeen; he went to Louisiana looking for work, then on to | 13 |
| Georgia, then to Tennessee, and then to Kentucky; he did | 14 |
| whatever kind of work he could find; and
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| WHEREAS, During a time when he had returned to Mexico, | 16 |
| Senobio fell in love with Santiaga, called Chaga; Santiaga was | 17 |
| born to Nestor and Juana Hernandez on July 29, 1901, in a | 18 |
| little village by the name of Los Sapos, in Leon, Guanajuato, | 19 |
| Mexico; they were married sometime around February of 1923; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Senobio and Santiago later came to the U.S. | 21 |
| together with other family members; Senobio found a job with | 22 |
| the Burlington Railroad at the Reclamation Plant in Eola, | 23 |
| separating parts of trains; the company provided homes for | 24 |
| Senobio and his family by repairing and insulating box cars; | 25 |
| they gave them blankets, water, coal, coal stoves, and beds, | 26 |
| and everything was provided rent-free; the community in the box | 27 |
| cars was called "El Campo" (the Camp); and
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| WHEREAS, Senobio worked with Burlington Railroad through | 29 |
| the Great Depression, never losing a day of work; he retired |
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| from the railroad in 1968 after 45 years; and
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| WHEREAS, At "El Campo", everyone knew each other; it was | 3 |
| like a small community; they had their own Church and Father | 4 |
| Valadez came from Chicago to say Mass on Sundays; the community | 5 |
| even had its own band; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Senobio and his family lived at "El Campo" until | 7 |
| 1936, when the box cars were torn down and Senobio moved his | 8 |
| family into his current home at 1611 Indian Avenue; and
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| WHEREAS, Senobio and his family came to the U.S. because of | 10 |
| the civil unrest in Mexico and to find work; they came to find | 11 |
| a better life for themselves and their families; therefore, be | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate Senobio Nila on the occasion of his 105th | 16 |
| birthday, and we extend to him our sincere best wishes for the | 17 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Senobio Nila as an expression of our respect and | 20 |
| esteem.
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