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B. C. WHITEHILL
Senator B. C. Whitehill of the Twenty-eighth Senatorial District, passed away January 8, 1945, the opening day of the Fifty-first General Assembly, while in Des Moines in the performance of his duty as a legislator.
Senator Whitehill was a veteran lawmaker, having served many years in the Iowa Senate, and his colleagues in the Senate had shown their appreciation and esteem by selecting him as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, which office he would have filled but for his passing.
In his passing the state has lost a faithful and efficient servant and statesman and each member of the Senate has lost a valued and esteemed friend and co-worker.
Be It Therefore Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-first General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That we extend to the widow and family of the deceased our heartfelt sympathy in their loss and bereavement, and
Be It Further Resolved, That this resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary of the Senate transmit to Mrs. B. C. Whitehill a copy of such Journal and a regularly engrossed copy of this resolution.
Be It Further Resolved, That the President of the Senate appoint a committee of three to represent the Senate at the funeral services, and,
Be It Further Resolved, That the President of the Senate appoint six members of the Senate to act as honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Senator Whitehill.
A. J. SHAW,
LEO ELTHON,
J. BERG,
Committee.