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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Bill Moore on the occasion 
4of his 100th birthday on November 15, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bill Moore grew up on a 200-acre farm in Kentucky, 
6the second youngest of nine children; he started school at the 
7age of four and enrolled in college at 15; he received his 
8degree in accounting at the age of 20 and  earned a commission 
9with the United States  Navy, rising to the rank of senior 
10lieutenant in the British West
Indies; after he was discharged 
11following the war, he and wife, Freda, settled in Aurora, where 
12he started an
accounting firm; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Bill Moore joined the Kiwanis Club of Aurora in 
141950; he is still an active member, driving himself to the 
15Prisco Community Center every Tuesday for the weekly
noon 
16meetings; he has been volunteering for the Kiwanis Pancake 
17Breakfast fundraiser ever since the first local breakfast was

18held in 1951; he has participated in the chapter's numerous 
19service projects, which have included everything from handing 
20out
peanuts to building playgrounds; he served as treasurer for 
21five years and on the board of directors; and
  
 
22    WHEREAS, Bill Moore was named
Kiwanian of the Year in 1986; 
 
 
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1in 2012, the Kiwanis Club of Aurora renamed its scholarship for 
2Waubonsee Community College graduates to attend
Aurora 
3University the "G. William "Bill" Moore Scholarship"; that same 
4year, he was named honorary president of the college; he and 
5two other World War II veterans served as a grand marshals in 
6Aurora's 2017 Memorial Day
parade; and
  
 
  
7    WHEREAS, At age of 100, Bill Moore is the oldest member of 
8the Kiwanis Club of Aurora; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
10HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
11congratulate Bill Moore on his 100th birthday, and we wish him 
12many more wonderful years; and be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to Bill Moore as an expression of our esteem and 
15respect.