Full Text of HR0508 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Maurice Spiegel was born on October 27, 1911 to | 3 | | Russian born Max Spiegel and
Lithuanian born Ida Kaplan; he had | 4 | | an older sister, Tillie
and 5 brothers, Lou, Irv, Frank, Hy, | 5 | | and Bill; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He grew up near Roosevelt and Halsted Streets in | 7 | | Chicago; his family was poor and he started working as a young | 8 | | boy selling newspapers and
putting whatever money he earned | 9 | | under his mother's pillow; he quit high
school when he could | 10 | | not afford the mechanical drawing set for his drafting
course; | 11 | | he then went to work full-time and didnt shop until he was | 12 | | almost 80
years old; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Known as Maurie, he did get his high school G.E.D. | 14 | | and took college courses through the
GI Bill after he left the | 15 | | United States Army; he worked various jobs in the main post | 16 | | office in
downtown Chicago for 27 years and after retiring from | 17 | | that job worked part-time as a messenger for Continental Bank | 18 | | for another 15
years; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army from 1941 to | 20 | | 1945, stationed in Alaska on the
brutally cold island of Atu, | 21 | | the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, From the time he was a young child he was very | 2 | | athletic; he was short but
could really belt a softball; in | 3 | | organized competition he was known for his
home run ability; he | 4 | | was also a good swimmer and once saved a drowning
child's life; | 5 | | living in a somewhat tough neighborhood, Maurie learned to | 6 | | defend
himself and his younger brothers; he got into some | 7 | | fights but claimed he did not
start them, just finished them; | 8 | | he is an unbelievable checkers
player, living up to the name he | 9 | | made for himself as a child, winning
tournaments; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Maurie was married to the late Lucille, and they | 11 | | had one son, Harvey; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Maurice Spiegel on this special occasion and | 15 | | wish him good health and happiness for years to come; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Maurice Spiegel as a symbol of our | 19 | | respect and esteem.
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