Full Text of HR0981 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor Norma Everett on over 50 | 4 | | years as a member of Republican women's clubs; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett grew up in Cyahoga Falls, Ohio, the | 6 | | older sister to a younger brother and sister; she took piano | 7 | | lessons, tap-dancing lessons, learned to play the ukulele, and | 8 | | won a local spelling-bee contest in high school; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett married Tom Everett, who was in the | 10 | | United States Navy and served during World War II; they spent | 11 | | time living in Puerto Rico and the states of Washington, Ohio, | 12 | | Indiana, New York, Nebraska, and eventually Illinois; Norma and | 13 | | her husband had 2 sons, 2 daughters, grandchildren, and a | 14 | | great-granddaughter; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Norma Everett has been working with Republican | 16 | | women's groups since 1963; her family moved to Lombard in the | 17 | | mid-1960s and she became active in the Lombard Republican | 18 | | Women's Club, serving as its President in 1973; she served | 19 | | standing and special committee chairs, as an election judge, | 20 | | and has attended several National Federation of Republican | 21 | | Women and International Federation of Republican Women | 22 | | conventions; she helped write a Pink Elephant Republican |
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| 1 | | Women's Clubs booklet on club issues, served as a Republican | 2 | | booth worker for the DuPage County Fair for many years, and was | 3 | | a DuPage Federation of Republican Women's Club officer and | 4 | | committee person; in 2006, she helped organize the bringing | 5 | | together of 4 clubs (Lombard, Oak Brook, Villa Park, Elmhurst) | 6 | | to become the York Township Republican Women's Organization, | 7 | | and for 5 years she served as the organizations's secretary; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, A surprise party was held for Norma Everett by the | 10 | | York Township Republican Women's Organization at Maxfield's | 11 | | Restaurant in Lombard on March 29, 2014; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we honor Norma Everett on over 50 years as a member of | 15 | | Republican women's clubs and wish her the best in all her | 16 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Norma Everett as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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