Full Text of HR0855 96th General Assembly
HR0855 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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