Bill Text: IL HR0837 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates John H. Wredling on his 100th birthday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0837 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0837-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to congratulate John Hugo Wredling
on the occasion of his 100th birthday; and
WHEREAS, John Wredling was born on March 16, 1914 in Aurora
to Hugo and Alma Johnson; he attended Aurora College, where he
was Freshman class president, a member of the Drama Club,
played football and basketball, and was the Boys Sports
Reporter for The Aurora Borealis; and
WHEREAS, John Wredling taught for 3 years at Lincoln
Elementary school in Aurora before moving to West Virginia; he
married Gladys May Walker in 1942 in Monroe, West Virginia; and
WHEREAS, John Wredling enlisted in the United States Army
Air Forces on November 17, 1942 and was stationed in England as
part of the 482nd Bomb Group and 812th Bomb Squad; the 482nd
Bomb Group, the Pathfinders, were credited as having the first
American B-17 Bomber to release its bombs on the German capital
of Berlin on March 4, 1944; they kept the attack going
relentlessly and at an ever increasing pace despite severe
weather, the need for improvisation under trying conditions,
and determined enemy opposition; and

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WHEREAS, John Wredling returned to the United States in
June of 1945; he worked as the Assistant Superintendent of
Schools in West Aurora from 1950-1958, as the Superintendent of
Schools in St. Charles from 1958-1972, and as Assistant
Superintendent of schools from 1972 to 1977; and
WHEREAS, John Wredling received the Charlemagne Award from
the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce in 1997 for his continuing
history of voluntary service to the community; he has
volunteered with the Boy Scouts, the American Legion, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Rotary Club; and
WHEREAS, Continuing population growth in School District
303 resulted in the opening of the Wredling Middle School in
the Fall of 1995; further growth warranted converting the
original Wredling building into St. Charles North High School
for the Fall of 2000, and Wredling Middle School moved into
another facility; it was named in honor of John Wredling being
Superintendent during a period of rapid growth from 1958 to
1972 and his continued involvement with the St. Charles
community; and
WHEREAS, John Wredling has spent most of his life in the
Fox Valley area and all 3 of his children graduated from St.
Charles School District 303; he will turn 100 on March 16th,
2014; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate John Hugo Wredling on his 100th birthday and
wish him many more happy and healthy years to come; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to John Wredling as an expression of our esteem and
respect.