Full Text of HR0232 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the city of Gibson City | 4 | | on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City was founded as a village in 1871 as a | 6 | | mile-square lot, which is now the intersections of IL Routes | 7 | | 9, 47, and 54; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The original land was purchased by Jonathan B. | 9 | | Lott, who built the first home and named the village after his | 10 | | wife, Margaret Gibson; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The village was incorporated in 1872 as Gibson | 12 | | but was later changed to Gibson City; the first trustees of the | 13 | | village of Gibson were J. H. Collier, S. J. LeFevre, Bruce | 14 | | McCormick, and W. T. Kerr, with T.D. Spalding serving as the | 15 | | first mayor; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City is located in Drummer Township, which | 17 | | was created in 1858, the second of 12 townships developed in | 18 | | Ford County; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The first business in Gibson City was a grain | 20 | | office opened by William Moyer, who would later donate $14,000 |
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| 1 | | for a city library, the William Moyer Library, which was built | 2 | | in 1911; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City's businesses were ravished by fires | 4 | | on January 29, 1883, but the town would rebuild and, at that | 5 | | time, add the Burwell Opera House, which was known to be the | 6 | | finest opera house in the State outside of Chicago, boasting a | 7 | | stage, scenery, drop curtains, and gas lighting; this historic | 8 | | building, while currently vacant, still stands with hopes of | 9 | | being occupied again in the future; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Gibson City will celebrate its sesquicentennial | 11 | | anniversary at North Park on May 2, 2021 with fun, food, and | 12 | | music; in addition, the 1971 time capsule will be opened, and a | 13 | | new time capsule will be buried, which will be opened in 2071; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate the city of Gibson City on the 150th | 18 | | anniversary of its founding and wish it many more wonderful | 19 | | years; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Gibson City as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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