Full Text of HR1355 94th General Assembly
HR1355 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
HR1355 |
|
LRB094 20769 HSS 59088 r |
|
| 1 |
| HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize milestone events of | 4 |
| businesses in this State of Illinois; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, During 2006, the Home Telephone Co. of St. Jacob | 6 |
| is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding; and
| 7 |
| WHEREAS, Home Telephone Co. is a family business that has a | 8 |
| long-standing goal to provide the latest high-tech services to | 9 |
| area residents; the company has a history of ensuring that its | 10 |
| customers have the best services possible as soon as possible; | 11 |
| and
| 12 |
| WHEREAS, Home Telephone Co. was formed on July 6, 1906, | 13 |
| when 75 local residents met to expand the service beyond the | 14 |
| single phone available at a local store; the first owners of | 15 |
| Home Telephone Co. were Frank Virgin and his son, Bert, and | 16 |
| Phillip Baer and his son, Harold; the name, Home Telephone Co., | 17 |
| was chosen because the business was operated out of a house; | 18 |
| the first switchboard was located in a room attached to the | 19 |
| east side of Gaffner's Drug Store; and
| 20 |
| WHEREAS, Today, the telephone central office is located at | 21 |
| 501 N. Douglas Street; to join the nationwide convergence to | 22 |
| digital technology, a new central office and business office | 23 |
| was built in 1993; the conversion to digital technology enabled | 24 |
| Home Telephone Co. to become one of the first rural telephone | 25 |
| providers to offer digital calling features and voice mail; and
| 26 |
| WHEREAS, As of 2006, Home Telephone Co. serves over 1,000 | 27 |
| access lines in its 52 square-mile service area; the company | 28 |
| offers advanced services such as high-speed Internet, long | 29 |
| distance, digital cable television, and data storage services; | 30 |
| it still operates as a family business, now in its third |
|
|
|
HR1355 |
- 2 - |
LRB094 20769 HSS 59088 r |
|
| 1 |
| generation; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Richard Schmidt operates Home Telephone Co. with | 3 |
| his four children, Eric, Jason, Justin, and Rachel; Gwen Kunz, | 4 |
| Bill Holman, Brian Kuhl, Terri Burroughs, Bill Flesch, Robert | 5 |
| Butler, and Nic Farley complete the team at Home Telephone Co.; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
| 7 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we recognize the 100th anniversary of the Home Telephone Co.; | 10 |
| and be it further
| 11 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the Home Telephone Co. as an expression of our | 13 |
| esteem and with best wishes for continued success.
|
|