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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the owners and
4 employees of Bound to Stay Bound, Inc., in Jacksonville on the
5 occasion of the company's 90th anniversary in 2010; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Bound to Stay Bound came into existence on January
7 20, 1920, when Lawrence D. Sibert and William Suhy created the
8 New Method Book Bindery, Inc.; within a year of the company's
9 inception, Sibert and Suhy installed power machinery and hired
10 new employees to keep up with the company's robust growth; in
11 1924, the company began buying new books from publishers and
12 re-binding them for use in public libraries and schools; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In 1934, William Suhy retired and sold his
14 interest in the New Method Book Bindery to the Sibert family;
15 in 1937, the late Robert F. Sibert joined the company to help
16 his father manage the business; in August of 1978, the third
17 generation of the Sibert family, Robert L. Sibert, entered the
18 business, eventually becoming President in 1992; and
 
19     WHEREAS, In the spring of 1953, after careful studies of
20 the re-binding and pre-binding businesses, the Sibert family
21 decided to separate the departments; on December 31, 1953, a
22 new corporation, Hertzberg-New Method, Inc., was formed to take

 

 

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1 over the re-binding of 3 companies, New Method in Jacksonville,
2 Monastery Hill Binder in Chicago, and Hertzberg Craftsmen
3 Bindery in Des Moines, Iowa; and
 
4     WHEREAS, In August of 1959, Bound to Stay Bound completed
5 the construction of its present 107,000-square foot facility,
6 which was dedicated on December 3, 1959; 8 additions have been
7 made to the facility, most recently in December of 1995; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Bound to Stay Bound currently employs over 225
9 people and boasts a selection of over 17,000 titles to choose
10 from; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The owners and employees of Bound to Stay Bound
12 serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the
13 people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 congratulate the owners and employees of Bound to Stay Bound,
17 Inc., on the occasion of the company's 90th anniversary and
18 wish them continued success and happiness in the future; and be
19 it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to Bound to Stay Bound President Robert L. Sibert as

 

 

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1 a symbol of our esteem and respect.