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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives
wish to congratulate Pease's Candy, located in | ||||||
| 4 | Springfield, on the
occasion of its 100th anniversary; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In the early 1900s, Martin A. Pease Sr., a watch | ||||||
| 6 | maker
by trade, began making candies out of his Canton, Ohio | ||||||
| 7 | home; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, In 1917, Martin Pease moved to Bloomington and | ||||||
| 9 | shortly
thereafter went into the candy business full time, | ||||||
| 10 | hawking his
homemade caramels and chocolates to moviegoers at | ||||||
| 11 | the Majestic
Theater in Bloomington with his six sons; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, When the Great Depression ravaged the nation, | ||||||
| 13 | Martin Pease
founded two more candy stores owned by his two | ||||||
| 14 | youngest sons, one in
Decatur and one in Springfield, because | ||||||
| 15 | the single store in
Bloomington could not support the whole | ||||||
| 16 | family; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Martin Pease Jr., the youngest son of Martin Pease
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| 18 | Sr., went to extraordinary efforts to keep the candy business | ||||||
| 19 | afloat
during the Great Depression, even eating leftover candy | ||||||
| 20 | for dinner
when sales were slow; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The business was eventually bought by Bob Flesher,
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| 2 | Martin Pease Jr.'s nephew, who continued the proud tradition of | ||||||
| 3 | quality and consistency set fourth my Martin Pease Sr. and | ||||||
| 4 | continued in the family for four generations; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Pease's Candy continues to innovate in the | ||||||
| 6 | marketplace,
partnering with BUNN, a Springfield-based company | ||||||
| 7 | known
worldwide for its commercial and home dispensed beverage | ||||||
| 8 | equipment, to open a store at 2941 Plaza Drive in Springfield; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The original Pease's still operates out of a | ||||||
| 11 | storefront
at 1701 South State Street and has established | ||||||
| 12 | itself as a Springfield staple known throughout the Midwest for | ||||||
| 13 | its chocolates and specialty candies; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, For the past 100 years, Pease's Candy has been a | ||||||
| 15 | proud
part of the Springfield community; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | recognize the 100th anniversary of Pease's Candy, and we wish | ||||||
| 19 | it many more years of success; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to
Pease's Candy as a symbol of our
respect and | ||||||
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| 1 | esteem.
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