Full Text of HR0686 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Margaret "Margie" McClain | 4 | | and her remarkable life as an advertising representative, a | 5 | | Marine and journalist during World War II, a college student, a | 6 | | mother, and a painter; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Margie McClain was drawn to journalism at an early | 8 | | age; she once interviewed Amelia Earhart after a school | 9 | | assembly, eight months before the famous pilot vanished; on | 10 | | another occasion, popular violinist Dave Rubinoff offered to | 11 | | let her play his $100,000 Stradivarius violin during an | 12 | | after-assembly interview; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After high school, a love for advertising found | 14 | | her working first as a copy writer and then as the advertising | 15 | | manager at Halbach Schroeder; when a Marine Corps recruiter | 16 | | came in to run some ads to encourage young women to join the | 17 | | Marine Corps Women's Reserve, the ad she wrote was so good that | 18 | | she enlisted; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Stationed in Quantico, Virginia, she became a | 20 | | combat correspondent and interviewed dignitaries and reported | 21 | | the stories of Marines returning home from battle; many of her | 22 | | stories were picked up by the Associated Press, United Press, |
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| 1 | | and the Washington Post; she interviewed the secretary of the | 2 | | interior and Winston Churchill's nephew; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, After serving in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve | 4 | | for two years, she took advantage of the GI Bill and enrolled | 5 | | at Quincy College; she had dreams of becoming an advertising | 6 | | representative on Fifth Avenue in New York City; however, in | 7 | | college, she met Elmo McClain; they married on December 26, | 8 | | 1946 and had eight children; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Margie McClain taught at St. Peter Grade School | 10 | | for 14 years, and also took time to focus on her family; she | 11 | | has 24 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Seven years ago, Margie McClain transformed the | 13 | | back room of her home into a studio and took up oil painting; | 14 | | her most prized work is a highly-detailed portrait of her | 15 | | mother; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Margie McClain has a deep love for her country; | 17 | | she participated in an Honor Flight with her oldest son, Mike, | 18 | | in Washington D.C., and she was named marshal of Quincy's 2017 | 19 | | Veterans Parade; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | recognize Margie McClain, whose love of family, spirit of | 2 | | adventure, and dedication to lifelong learning is an | 3 | | inspiration to the people of Illinois; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to Margie McClain as an expression of our esteem and | 6 | | respect.
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