HR0518 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, On May 28, 2005, street signs will be placed in John W. Waddy's honor on 33rd and 35th Streets in Chicago; they will read "John W. Waddy Avenue"; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Waddy currently resides on South Giles Avenue and is one of the oldest residents in the 2nd Ward; and

WHEREAS, He was born January 2, 1910, in Paris, Tennessee, and moved to Chicago to his present address at the age of six with his mother and four brothers; and

WHEREAS, He and his four brothers graduated from Stephen A. Douglas Elementary School and Wendell Phillips High School; he married Pocahontas Dawkins on June 18, 1929, and they had seven children; and

WHEREAS, On April 17, 1944, he was drafted into the U.S. Navy and served his country as a Petty Officer, Third Class; he was honorably discharged on October 30, 1947; and

WHEREAS, He worked as a butcher at Harry's Grocery and Market on 35th Street until he retired in the early 1960s; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate John W. Waddy on this achievement, his commitment to his family, workforce, and country, and for dedicating his entire life to community service, since 1919, to the Gap-Bronzeville area; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to John W. Waddy as an expression of our admiration and esteem.