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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The  members  of  this  Body  are  honored   to
 recognize  
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significant  milestones in the lives of the people
 of this 
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State; and

 
 
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    WHEREAS, It has come  to  our  attention  that  Mildred Freid, 
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known affectionately as Grandma Lou,  of Skokie recently 
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celebrated the 100th anniversary
 of her birth;  and
 
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    WHEREAS, On her birthday, she renewed her drivers license,  
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and continues to drive just as she has done for the past 50 
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years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid was born in Chicago on June 26, 1904; 
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she grew up on the west and south sides of Chicago; her mother, 
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a widow, worked for $1 a day selling children's dresses, and 
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while life was difficult, they never went without food or a 
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place to live; she  can recall working as a counting-machine 
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operator at the Boston Store for $12 a week from the time she 
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was 14 until she married, but then there wasn't money taken out 
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for taxes or Social Security; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid remembers a time when cookies came in 
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cans and for $5 a week she could vacation with friends and 
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family at her boss's home in Wisconsin; and
 
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    WHEREAS, She married Sam Freid in 1926; after he died in 
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1957, Mildred got her drivers license for the first time;  and 
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she raised their three sons; her North Side Albany Park home 
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was always open to her children's friends, who came over to 
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watch television and listen to the radio; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid can recall having company over and as 
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they watched television, a news bulletin came on to inform them 
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about the bombing of Pearl Harbor; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Her homes have always been open to people who 
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needed a place to stay; several family members have lived under 
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her roof, and she used to rent out a room for $7 a week; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Freid now shares a home with her son; she  has 
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five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; she wakes up 
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every morning, makes the beds in the house, and does her 
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physical therapy exercises while observing the birds nesting 
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outside her kitchen window; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mrs. Mildred Freid on attaining a milestone in her 
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life with her 100th birthday, and we extend to Mrs. Freid our 
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sincere best wishes for the future; and be it

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mildred Freid as a token of our respect and 
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esteem.