Full Text of HR0615 95th General Assembly
HR0615 95TH 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 businesses | 4 |
| that have been charter members of the Illinois Retail Merchants | 5 |
| Association all of its first 50 years, as well as David Vite, | 6 |
| President and CEO of IRMA, and his staff as they celebrate the | 7 |
| Association's 50th anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) | 9 |
| is proud to mark a half century of service to the retail | 10 |
| industry and the State of Illinois; in February of 1957 the | 11 |
| Illinois Chain Store Council, the Illinois Retail Federation of | 12 |
| Retail Associations, and the Chicago Retail Merchants | 13 |
| Association joined forces under the collective umbrella of a | 14 |
| new organization known as the Illinois Retail Merchants | 15 |
| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The new group was to maintain a balance between | 17 |
| independent businesses and chains and between upstate and | 18 |
| downstate, while creating an environment in which retailers | 19 |
| could operate efficiently; IRMA represents this balance and | 20 |
| continues to use this spectrum of opinion to fairly represent | 21 |
| the broad interests of food, drug and general merchandise | 22 |
| retailers of all sizes on public policy issues, program | 23 |
| contents, and publications; and
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| WHEREAS, With a presence in both Chicago and Springfield, | 2 |
| IRMA has represented retailing on thousands of legislative | 3 |
| issues at both State and local levels; combining other aspects | 4 |
| of its predecessor organizations, IRMA also developed strong | 5 |
| member service and educational programs; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Since its inception, the Association has offered | 7 |
| opportunities from group insurance to gas and electric buying, | 8 |
| harnessing the collective buying power of merchants across the | 9 |
| State; education programs have included annual public service | 10 |
| campaigns against shoplifting, and seminars from sales | 11 |
| training to Organized Retail Theft; and
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| WHEREAS, The strength of IRMA has rested in the active | 13 |
| interest and participation of its members; the Association | 14 |
| currently represents 23,000 stores of all sizes and merchandise | 15 |
| lines across the State; of these retail companies, 26 have | 16 |
| supported IRMA throughout all of its first 50 years; these | 17 |
| charter retail members are:
Arndt's, Newton; Baum's, Morris; | 18 |
| Black & Co., Decatur; The Brown Drug Company, Quincy; Carson | 19 |
| Pirie Scott; Cooper's Diamond Jewelers, Sycamore; The Fell | 20 |
| Company, Winnetka; George Keller & Sons Co., Quincy; Good's | 21 |
| Furniture House, Inc., Kewanee; Guzzardo's, Inc., Kewanee; | 22 |
| Hams Pharmacy, Arlington Heights; Hendrick's Home Furnishings, | 23 |
| Virden; House of Color, Palm Heights; Jewel-Osco; J.C. Penny; |
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| Kirlin's Hallmark, Quincy; K -Mart; Marshall Fields (Macy's | 2 |
| Co); Quinn's Jewelry, Rochelle; Royalty's, Carthage; | 3 |
| Schwenker-Mougin, Moline; Sears; Simon Jewelers Inc., | 4 |
| Collinsville; Walgreen Co; Watseka Quality Supermarket, | 5 |
| Watseka; and Ziegler's Ace Hardware, Elgin; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Retail Merchants Association will | 7 |
| recognize these charter retail members during its 50th | 8 |
| Anniversary Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 at the Palmer | 9 |
| House Hilton, Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate the businesses that have been charter members of | 13 |
| the Illinois Retail Merchants Association for the entirety of | 14 |
| the Association, and we congratulate David Vite, President and | 15 |
| CEO of IRMA, and his staff on the golden anniversary of the | 16 |
| Illinois Retail Merchants Association; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to David Vite, President and CEO of the Illinois | 19 |
| Retail Merchants Association, as a symbol of our respect and | 20 |
| admiration.
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