Full Text of HR0580 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" | 4 | | Milner on the occasion of her 90th birthday on September 3, | 5 | | 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jacqueline Milner was born on September 2, 1927 in | 7 | | Mount Penn, Pennsylvania; her mother named her Shirley Ann, but | 8 | | after one look at her, her father said, "She's no Shirley Ann," | 9 | | and changed her name to Jacqueline Ann, after the not-so-famous | 10 | | actress Jacqueline White; when the hospital changed the name on | 11 | | her birth certificate, they also changed her birth date to | 12 | | September 3, and Jacqueline has been celebrating that day | 13 | | since; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jacqueline Landis began singing with local bands | 15 | | and USO clubs at the age of 15, performing for soldiers in the | 16 | | hotels on the Jersey Shore; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jacqueline Landis graduated from Asbury Park High | 18 | | School in 1945; after graduation, she began working for Charms | 19 | | Candy Company; three years later, in 1948, she was booked as a | 20 | | singer on a popular radio station, where she met her husband, | 21 | | Gene Milner; Gene proposed on Valentine's Day, and they married | 22 | | the following Saturday; they had two sons; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jacqueline Milner, along with her husband and | 2 | | sons, owned several successful radio stations in Michigan, | 3 | | Florida, and Illinois; her career in radio gave her the | 4 | | opportunity to befriend several well-known artists; she was | 5 | | close friends with Louie Armstrong, and Chubby Checker | 6 | | performed at her son's seventh birthday party; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jacqueline Milner spoke at the National | 8 | | Association of Broadcasters in 1974; her speech, "Put A Price | 9 | | On Your Product," was well received; Jacqueline Milner was a | 10 | | pioneer woman broadcaster and sales manager; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate Jacqueline Ann "Jackie" Milner on her 90th | 14 | | birthday on September 3, 2017, and we wish her many more | 15 | | wonderful years; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Jacqueline Milner and her family as an expression | 18 | | of our esteem and respect.
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