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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
3 pleased to congratulate the Faulstich family of Danville as
4 they celebrate the 75th anniversary of Faulstich Printing; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Fred Faulstich is co-owner of Faulstich Printing
6 Company, and recalls there were once many print shops in
7 Danville and now Faulstich Printing, at 2001 E. Voorhees
8 Street, is one of a few commercial print shops left, as well as
9 the oldest; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Fred Faulstich, his brother, Bill, and their
11 cousin, Con Bateman, continue to run the print shop started by
12 their dad and Bateman's uncle, Paul, in 1932; the shop employs
13 11 full-time workers; for the first 15 years after the shop
14 opened, the elder Faulstich worked in tandem with Ed Tate, and
15 the business was called Tate-Faulstich Printing in the 1930s
16 and 1940s; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mike Bateman, the Faulstich brothers' uncle, was a
18 partner in the family business from 1957 until his death in
19 2004; Con, the late Mike Bateman's son, continues to work at
20 the print shop; Bill Faulstich started working at the print
21 shop in 1959, with Fred joining him in 1960; Peggy Niccum, the
22 office manager, has been a fixture at the shop for 42 years;

 

 

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2     WHEREAS, An "old-fashioned" 1965 Heidelberg press still is
3 used for jobs that entail die-cutting, but an even older
4 hand-fed press has been donated to Kennekuk County Preserve's
5 historic Bunker Hill area; the company uses soy ink, and most
6 of the paper is recycled; the majority of the jobs tackled
7 nowadays include full-color printing, soft and hardbound
8 books, newsletters, trade magazines, and advertising
9 literature. The print shop has equipment that can "saddle
10 stitch" booklets and "perfect bind" paperback books; their
11 customers include local school districts and industries, as
12 well as customers from Champaign-Urbana, the East Coast, and
13 the Southwest; and
 
14     WHEREAS, the staff of Faulstich Printing is to be commended
15 for this anniversary occasion; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 congratulate the staff of Faulstich Printing on the 75th
19 anniversary of the business; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21 presented to Fred and Bill Faulstich and Con Bateman as a
22 symbol of our respect.