Full Text of HR0786 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Heath family, the | 4 | | Crawford County Heritage Foundation, the Robinson Area Chamber | 5 | | of Commerce and the City of Robinson on the occasion of the | 6 | | Heath Candy Company's 100th anniversary; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The rich history of Heath Candy started in early | 8 | | 1914, when L.S. Heath was looking for a business for his two | 9 | | elder sons, Bayard and Everett (Skiv); on January 7, 1914, they | 10 | | opened the Heath Brothers Confectionery, where they sold | 11 | | fountain drinks, ice cream, and homemade candies; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Bayard and Skiv continued to expand their | 13 | | confectionary business by introducing new items, which proved | 14 | | to be very popular with their customers; after acquiring a | 15 | | popular "Trail-Toffee" recipe from a Greek candy maker in | 16 | | Champaign, Bayard decided to develop it further; in 1928, after | 17 | | many months of trial and error, the brothers declared their | 18 | | formula for "English Toffee" to be "America's Finest", and | 19 | | dubbed it Heath English Toffee; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1931, the brothers began selling their new | 21 | | confectionary and moved to the dairy industry with their | 22 | | father, but continued their enterprise in a small kitchen they |
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| 1 | | built; the brothers had new delivery order forms printed to | 2 | | include an additional selection, "Heath English Toffee Bars"; | 3 | | when this item was checked, the milk route driver left a box of | 4 | | the delicious candy along with the dairy needs; this simple | 5 | | marketing plan worked and the Heath English Toffee Bars grew in | 6 | | popularity as the market base grew; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1946, the company was incorporated as L.S. | 8 | | Heath and Sons, Inc.; included in the original corporation were | 9 | | L.S. Heath and his 4 sons, along with his daughters, Ruby Heath | 10 | | Dowling and Mary Heath Morris, and the grandchildren living at | 11 | | that time; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Heath family said farewell to the company on | 13 | | January 24, 1989, when L.S. Heath and Sons became a subsidiary | 14 | | of Leaf, Inc.; headquartered in Bannockburn, Leaf's is a | 15 | | subsidiary company of Huhtamaki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland; in | 16 | | January of 1997, Leaf sold their North American operations to | 17 | | Hershey Chocolate, U.S.A. under the leadership of Hershey; | 18 | | currently, the Robinson plant manufacturers a variety of | 19 | | candies, including the original Heath English Toffee Bar; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Heath Candy Company was and still is a vital | 21 | | part of the Robinson community; L.S. and his sons will forever | 22 | | serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the | 23 | | people in Robinson and the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate the Heath Family on the Heath Candy Company's | 4 | | 100th anniversary and recognize and thank those that continue | 5 | | to preserve the history of this great company; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Roger Pethtel, Mayor of Robinson, as a symbol of | 9 | | our esteem and respect.
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