Full Text of HR0575 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Beulah R. Eli-Norago on | 4 | | the occasion of her 100th birthday on September 5, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Beulah Eli-Norago was born in Birmingham, Alabama | 6 | | to Frank and Hattie Bogus on September 5, 1917; she grew up in | 7 | | the segregated south, and at the age of 8, suffered a severe | 8 | | bout of tonsillitis and became the first African American in | 9 | | her community to ride in an ambulance; she enjoyed studying | 10 | | English and playing sports, especially volleyball and | 11 | | basketball, and served as captain of academic and sports teams; | 12 | | she graduated high school in Ishkooda, Alabama in 1934; later | 13 | | that same year, she married Madison Eli; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1935, Beulah Eli-Norago gave birth to the first | 15 | | of her six children, Curtis Lamont Ely; in 1937, after moving | 16 | | to the Englewood community of Chicago, their family grew with | 17 | | the births of Jewel, Madison, Jackie, Michael, and Lionel; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Beulah Eli-Norago's first job in Chicago was at | 19 | | the F.W. Woolworth; in 1965, she worked as an operations and | 20 | | personnel supervisor at the Englewood Urban Progress Center; | 21 | | she retired after 18 years of service to the Englewood | 22 | | community; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, after 34 years of marriage Beulah | 2 | | Eli-Norago's husband, Madison Eli, passed away; in 1974, she | 3 | | married Ernest Norago; he passed away in 2001; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Beulah Eli-Norago became a property owner of | 5 | | several residential buildings in the Englewood community, | 6 | | where she has lived and voted in local, State, and national | 7 | | elections for over 80 years; she continues to serve and support | 8 | | the 65th and Peoria Block Club; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Beulah Eli-Norago has been an active member of New | 10 | | Friendship Missionary Baptist Church for 70 years; therefore, | 11 | | be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | congratulate Beulah R. Eli-Norago on her 100th birthday, and we | 15 | | wish her many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Beulah Eli-Norago as a symbol of our respect and | 18 | | esteem.
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