Full Text of HR0543 94th General Assembly
HR0543 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Gays is celebrating its 150th | 3 |
| anniversary in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village was once known as Summit; railroad | 5 |
| officials named it that because it was the highest point on the | 6 |
| Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad between Terre Haute, | 7 |
| Indiana, and St. Louis, Missouri; the railroad was responsible | 8 |
| for much of the community growth; in 1881, the name was changed | 9 |
| due to postal service confusion in mail delivery; there were | 10 |
| two towns in Illinois named Summit, so the name of Gays was | 11 |
| selected; and
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| WHEREAS, The first residence in the area and a store with a | 13 |
| small stock of goods was built by L. Waters in 1855; other | 14 |
| people built homes and, by 1869, two more stores with general | 15 |
| merchandise were located in Gays; in 1867, a school was under | 16 |
| construction and a Methodist and Christian church were added; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, The Gays Mutual Telephone Company was | 19 |
| incorporated in 1904; in 1905, the Village was officially | 20 |
| organized and an election was held with 26 votes cast for town | 21 |
| officials; a bank was started, but was liquidated as a result | 22 |
| of the bank moratorium in 1934; a fire in 1912 razed six | 23 |
| buildings and dwellings near the business district; because | 24 |
| there was no fire department, a bucket brigade was formed to | 25 |
| control the flames; and
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| WHEREAS, Since its beginning, the Village of Gays has had | 27 |
| restaurants, grocery stores, shoe repair shops, tile and brick | 28 |
| yards, meat markets, blacksmithing and wagon making, hardware | 29 |
| stores, feed mills, a cream station, garages, a filling | 30 |
| station, beauty shops, radio repairs shops, a bulk plant, and | 31 |
| bottle gas retail; in its early days, there was a succession of |
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| several doctors; the Village also has a two-story outhouse, and | 2 |
| visitors from all over come just to see the novelty; and
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| WHEREAS, To its credit today, the Village has a new City | 4 |
| Building, post office, and fire department; two churches and | 5 |
| Heritage Christian School add to the community; there is also | 6 |
| an elevator, a used car dealer, and a couple of beauty shops; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| we honor and recognize the Village of Gays and its residents on | 11 |
| the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding and | 12 |
| express our sincerest best wishes for the future; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the Village of Gays as an expression of our | 16 |
| admiration and esteem.
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