Full Text of HR0750 94th General Assembly
HR0750 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Lawrence "Slats" | 4 |
| Trower of Arthur, Illinois on winning the 2005 Humanitarian | 5 |
| Award of the Association of Commerce of Arthur; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawrence Trower was born and raised in Arthur; he | 7 |
| graduated from high school in Arthur on May 20, 1944; he
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| for 10 weeks of Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, California | 9 |
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June 9, 1944; he underwent advanced training at Camp | 10 |
| Pendleton in California
in August 1944; he was shipped overseas | 11 |
| to Maui, Hawaii in November 1944 to serve with the 4th Marine | 12 |
| Division;
he boarded ship on January 1, 1945 for Iwo Jima; he | 13 |
| landed on the third morning, was fed steak and eggs for | 14 |
| breakfast, and then went to war;
he was wounded by a shell on | 15 |
| March 4, 1945 and received the Purple Heart; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Trower married C. Jane Craig on May 20, 1948; | 17 |
| they have been married for 57 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Trower is a charter member of the Arthur Lions | 19 |
| Club; he achieved
32nd Degree Masonry in Danville, Illinois;
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named Lion of the Year for District 1E by the Arthur Lions | 21 |
| Club in 1987; he received the
International President's Award | 22 |
| from the Arthur Lions Club in 1987; he was
named Meldin Jones | 23 |
| Fellow by Lions Club International for dedicated humanitarian | 24 |
| services in 1989;
he received a plaque from the American Legion | 25 |
| as the Most Outstanding Fundraiser in 1989 for selling raffle | 26 |
| tickets and raising money; he received the State Master | 27 |
| Gardener Excellence Award and
the Outstanding Master Gardener | 28 |
| Award from the University of Illinois in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Trower is an elder in the Vine Street | 30 |
| Christian Church;
he has been a member of the Masonic Lodge for | 31 |
| 50 years and a member of the American Legion for 57 years; he |
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| has raised tomatoes for the VFW for 10 years and has used the | 2 |
| money for scholarships to students in Arthur and Lovington;
one | 3 |
| scholarship has been given to Arthur schools every year for 10 | 4 |
| years and three scholarships to Lovington; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Trower has worked with the 5th and 6th grade | 6 |
| students in Arthur; they start in February and have their own | 7 |
| lab and grow their own plants; they plant potatoes, corn, | 8 |
| tomatoes, etc., and they help take care of them in the summer; | 9 |
| every Wednesday the teacher and some of the kids show up and | 10 |
| help keep the lab clean; they also harvest the vegetables;
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| Lawrence gives produce to the food banks and vegetables to the | 12 |
| Tabernacle Church in Sullivan to help 27 families;
he loves | 13 |
| working with the community and the students; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawrence "Slats" and Jane Trower have 3 daughters, | 15 |
| Cheryl Ann (Trower) Jackson (married to Daniel Jackson), Connie | 16 |
| Jo (Trower) Armer (married to John S. Armer), and Cindy Renee | 17 |
| (Trower) Helton (married to Steve Helton); Mr. and Mrs. Trower | 18 |
| have 6 grandchildren: Tamara Sowers, Daniel Scott Jackson, Keri | 19 |
| Elizabeth Jackson, Matthew Lawrence Jackson, Jared John Armer, | 20 |
| and Jodi Michelle Herbord; Mr. and Mrs. Trower have 13 great | 21 |
| grandchildren: Cherode Danielle Sowers, Drew Jeffrey Hopper, | 22 |
| Chase Heston Jackson, Drake Anthony Jackson, Lainey Elizabeth | 23 |
| Jackson, Ridge Daniel Jackson, Cole Matthew Jackson, Elizabeth | 24 |
| Jo Herbord, Judd Michael Sowers, Riley Grace Jackson, Lexi | 25 |
| Elizabeth Sowers, Claire Evelyn Jackson, and Wyatt Paul | 26 |
| Jackson; therefore, be it | 27 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 28 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 29 |
| we congratulate Lawrence "Slats" Trower on winning the 2005 | 30 |
| Humanitarian Award of the Association of Commerce of Arthur, | 31 |
| Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That that a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Lawrence Trower as an expression of our respect | 2 |
| and esteem.
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