Full Text of HR1394 94th General Assembly
HR1394 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 Virginia | 6 |
| Clementine McCutchen Harris of Oak Park is celebrating the 90th | 7 |
| anniversary of her birth; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Clementine McCutchen was born on August | 9 |
| 7, 1916, at Englewood Hospital in Chicago to Clifford John | 10 |
| Edward and Lulu Mae Wilson McCutchen; the family resided on | 11 |
| Chicago's South Side for a time, and then traveled around the | 12 |
| country while Clifford worked as a contract painter and | 13 |
| decorator; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Harris completed her education at McKinley | 15 |
| High School in Chicago and went to work for various places, | 16 |
| including Andes Candies and the Simmons Bedding Company located | 17 |
| in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1941, she married William Harris in Skokie; | 19 |
| five children were born to the couple: Sandra, Gail, Susan, | 20 |
| Mary, and Billy; the family moved to Oak Park in 1950, and | 21 |
| Virginia has continued to live in the house on North Lombard | 22 |
| Avenue ever since; she is the proud grandmother of eleven and | 23 |
| great-grandmother of two; and
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| WHEREAS, She was active in a number of civic groups | 25 |
| including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; while in the Boy | 26 |
| Scout organization, she achieved the rank of Silver Beaver, and | 27 |
| she and Bill were recognized by the Scouts with a Presidential | 28 |
| award; it is believed that they were the first couple in the | 29 |
| Acorn district to receive this recognition; she also | 30 |
| participated in activities at the Women's Exchange in Oak Park |
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| and continues to serve as an election judge; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Harris attends Judson Baptist Church in Oak | 3 |
| Park and has been a nursery attendant there for more than 50 | 4 |
| years; she also works for Oak Park School District 97 as a cook | 5 |
| at Whittier Elementary School, where she has been for | 6 |
| approximately 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, She has many hobbies, but enjoys needlecrafts the | 8 |
| most; she continues to meet with a group of women who make | 9 |
| crafts for many groups, including the church; she enjoys her | 10 |
| family and cooks Sunday dinners for up to 15 of them each week; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, In honor of her 90th birthday, a celebration is | 13 |
| planned for Saturday, August 5, 2006; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 |
| we congratulate Virginia Clementine McCutchen Harris on the | 17 |
| occasion of her 90th birthday, and we extend to her our sincere | 18 |
| best wishes for the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Mrs. Harris as an expression of our respect and | 21 |
| esteem.
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