Resolution 110125
Recognizing and Congratulating Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100th Birthday.
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“The ayes have it and the resolution is adopted. 3/3/11 - STATED - 2ND READING We will now consider Resolution No. 110125.”
Council President Verna · Stated Meeting, March 3, 2011 · Mar 3, 2011 · official transcript, this passage
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- Feb 17, 2011Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 3, 2011ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL
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..Title Recognizing and Congratulating Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100th Birthday. ..Body WHEREAS, Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan was born on March 16, 1911, in Manassas, Virginia; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is the second daughter of Dr. Leslie Pinckney Hill, the renowned educator, author, poet, dramatist, community leader and first President of Cheyney State University, and Jane Ethel Clark, teacher and counselor at Tuskegee Institute with Booker T. Washington; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan had five sisters, all who preceded her in death, except her older sister, Eleanor Valentine, who is 102 years old; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan graduated from West Chester High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Cheyney State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Columbia University with Masters of Arts degree in 1929, 1933 and 1939 respectively; and WHEREAS, In 1933, Mrs. Hill-Logan began teaching home economics at Frederick Douglass Junior High School and worked as the school dietitian for over 39 years; and WHEREAS, In 1938, Mrs. Hill-Logan married Reverend Thomas W.S. Logan at Saint Simon the Cyrenian Church located in South Philadelphia. The wedding was officiated by Rev. John R. Logan, Jr., brother of the groom; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is a member of Saint Simon's Episcopal church where she served as the President of the St. Michael's Guild and taught summer school at Camp Hope, a camp for colored youth at Cheyney State College; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan is described in her late father's poem, Melrose at Christmas as "Hermione with the Heart of Gold"; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Hill-Logan has achieved many remarkable accomplishments in her life and Philadelphia has benefited greatly from her and her family's work and legacy; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby recognize and congratulate Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan on the occasion of her 100th Birthday. FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Mrs. Hermione Clark Hill-Logan as evidence of the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. ..End