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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize
3 significant milestones in the lives of the people of this
4 State; and
 
5     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
 
8     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
 
14     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
 
18     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
 
24     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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1 and continues to serve as an election judge; and
 
2     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
 
7     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 and
 
12     WHEREAS, In honor of her 90th birthday, a celebration is
13 planned for Saturday, August 5, 2006; therefore, be it
 
14     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
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to Mrs. Harris as an expression of our respect and
21 esteem.