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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the 150th
4 anniversary of the city of Windsor; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Windsor was established May 16, 1856; the city's
6 birth was the result of the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad
7 building a line through central Illinois; established in the
8 middle of an already bustling agriculture section, the city
9 soon became populated and businesses became numerous; and
 
10     WHEREAS, As of 1883, the city had grown to be home to eight
11 large dry good and grocery establishments, three groceries,
12 three restaurants, two hardware stores, three drug stores, one
13 bakery, three millinery shops, two jewelry establishments, two
14 harness shops, two printing offices, one music store, two
15 livery stables, one undertaker's shop, three blacksmith shops,
16 two wagon shops, two mills, one shoe shop, two barber shops,
17 one meat market, one hotel, one lumber yard, one large grain
18 elevator, one hay press, and two tile factories; and
 
19     WHEREAS, There were four churches and a large brick school,
20 where six teachers were employed; the societies present in the
21 city were the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias,
22 the Knights of Honor, the Good Templars, the Woman's Christian
23 Temperance Union, the Horticultural and Floricultural society,
24 and the Missionary society; there were three resident
25 ministers, five doctors, two dentists, and one lawyer; and
 
26     WHEREAS, Today's city council consists of Mayor Dennis
27 Hostetter and commissioners Terry Kuhl, Jim Trimble, Todd
28 Shafer, and Cary Cole; Linda Voris has served as city clerk for
29 25 years; therefore, be it
 
30     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we recognize the 150th anniversary of the city of Windsor, and
3 we wish all of the residents the very best in the future; and
4 be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the city of Windsor as an expression of our
7 esteem.