Full Text of HJR0079 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson's (1922-2015) service to his | 3 | | community
began in 1941, at the age of 19, as a teacher of | 4 | | seventh and eighth
grades at the Creal Springs School; in 1943, | 5 | | he was drafted into the United States Army; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, After
being discharged at the end of World War II, | 7 | | Clyde Robertson returned to Creal Springs; he immediately | 8 | | resumed his
community service as the first Commander of the | 9 | | Veterans of Foreign Wars in Creal Springs, as
well as by | 10 | | teaching night classes to local veterans; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson worked as a rural mail
carrier for | 12 | | 36 years; he served on the Creal Springs City Council from
1965 | 13 | | to 1969 and later served on the Creal Springs Park Board for | 14 | | many years, where he excelled
in organizing the parade for the | 15 | | annual festival celebrating the founding of the city; he was | 16 | | well-known for the "biggest" parade in the area; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson never missed a Sunday service
at | 18 | | his beloved Creal Springs Methodist Church, where throughout | 19 | | the years he served in all
positions; if you missed a Sunday | 20 | | service, he did not fail to call you with a cheerful "Hope to
| 21 | | see you next Sunday" to let you know you were missed; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Robertson was a great inspiration to | 2 | | everyone, especially since he would not let a
spinal cord | 3 | | injury he suffered in January of 1990, which made him spend | 4 | | most of his time in a wheel chair,
prevent him from continuing | 5 | | his work in the community; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Clyde Robertson Community Service Award was | 7 | | established in 1996 to be given to anyone who could "fill his | 8 | | shoes" in community service within the
City of Creal Springs; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | 13 | | Illinois Route 166 in Creal Springs that runs from White Street | 14 | | to Walnut Street as the "Clyde Robertson Memorial Highway"; and | 15 | | be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 17 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 18 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 19 | | giving notice of the name the "Clyde Robertson Memorial | 20 | | Highway";
and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
| 22 | | presented to the family of Clyde Robertson, the Mayor of
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| 1 | | Springs, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
| 2 | | Transportation.
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