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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Alice Elizabeth 
4Dandridge-Turner on the occasion of her 100th birthday on 
5December 25, 2019; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner was born to Berry and Sarah 
7Dandridge on December 25, 1919; as a young child, she attended 
8McKinney Elementary School and was a member of the New Sardis 
9Missionary Baptist Church; she attended Lemoyne College in 
10Memphis, Tennessee and Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee; she 
11graduated cum laude from Wilberforce University in Dayton, Ohio 
12and attended the Chicago Teacher's College; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner settled in Chicago and 
14taught on the West Side; she taught for 40 years, retiring in 
151993; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner is a published poet and 
17sponsored an essay writing contest annually at the elementary 
18school where she taught; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner has a deep and abiding 
20faith and attends Springfield Baptist Church; she is on the 
21Mother's Board and has served as president; she believes in 
 
 
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1religious training and has worked many summers in her church's 
2Vacation Bible School; she is also active with the Missionary 
3Society; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner is a member of the Foster 
5Senior Club, where she is a "Golden Girl"; the group meets once 
6a week to share laughs and play BINGO and take field trips; 
7each year she participates in a fundraiser fashion show; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Alice Dandridge-Turner comes from a line of women 
9who have lived for a century; most notably, her mother lived to 
10be 101, and her grandmother on her father's side lived to be 
11105; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we congratulate Alice Elizabeth Dandridge-Turner on her 100th 
15birthday, and we wish her many more wonderful years; and be it 
16further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to Alice Dandridge-Turner as a symbol of our respect 
19and esteem.