Full Text of HR0017 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the owners and | 4 | | employees of The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company in | 5 | | Jacksonville on the occasion of the bank's 100th anniversary; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company | 8 | | officially opened for business on January 4, 1911; organizers | 9 | | of the Bank were composed of prominent businessmen and farmers | 10 | | in the Morgan County community, who provided the necessary | 11 | | capital of $100,000 for the Bank; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company began | 13 | | operating in temporary quarters at 231 1/2 West State Street in | 14 | | Jacksonville; 11 months later, the Bank moved to 27 South Side | 15 | | Public Square; in January of 1940, the Bank purchased the Ayers | 16 | | National Bank building at 200 West State Street at a | 17 | | foreclosure sale; the Bank's main branch opened its doors at | 18 | | 200 West State Street on July 26, 1941 and has remained there | 19 | | even since; in 1986, the 200 West State Street site was | 20 | | accepted into the National Register of Historic Places by the | 21 | | United States Department of the Interior for being associated | 22 | | with banking longer than any other site in the State of | 23 | | Illinois; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1977, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company | 2 | | opened its West Morton branch, which continues its full-service | 3 | | operations today; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company has | 5 | | consistently been on the cutting edge of customer service; the | 6 | | Bank implemented an electronic banking system in 1959 to | 7 | | facilitate operations; the Bank was also the first to offer | 8 | | home banking services in the State of Illinois in 1992; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company began a | 10 | | Business/Education Partnership with Lincoln Elementary School | 11 | | in November of 1992; the Bank proudly continues this | 12 | | partnership to this day; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company and its | 14 | | employees serve as models of hard work, integrity, and | 15 | | dedication for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the owners and employees of The Farmers State | 20 | | Bank and Trust Company on the occasion of the bank's 100th | 21 | | anniversary and wish them continued success and happiness in |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Joy French Becker, President of The Farmers State | 4 | | Bank and Trust Company, as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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