Full Text of HR1289 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the Village of Fairmont City | 4 | | on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, On February 11, 1914, a petition was filed with | 6 | | St. Clair County to incorporate the Village of Fairmont City, | 7 | | and on March 3, 1914, with a population of over 300, the | 8 | | citizens voted in favor of incorporation; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Shortly after incorporation, ordinances were | 10 | | passed officially creating the village, establishing the | 11 | | municipal offices, and defining the responsibilities of office | 12 | | holders; the first village elections took place in April of | 13 | | 1914, and the budget for 1915 was established at $5,100; the | 14 | | first mayor of Fairmont City was Philip H. Cohn; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1936, Fairmont City Hall was built by the Works | 16 | | Progress Administration; the Mexican-American Society of | 17 | | Fairmont City was organized in 1941 for the purpose of | 18 | | providing assistance and social opportunities to the Mexican | 19 | | community; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The first Bottle Cap Tournament was held in 1972, | 21 | | and in 1989, Rose Lake School was demolished and the Gazebo |
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| 1 | | Park was built; the Veterans Memorial was moved from the Granby | 2 | | Diamond to the new park; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Alex Bregen became Fairmont City's mayor in 1996; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Zinc has long been an important commodity to the | 6 | | people of Fairmont City; the Granby Mining Company from Granby, | 7 | | Missouri built a zinc smelter in the village in 1912; the | 8 | | beginning of World War I, in June of 1914, created a shortage | 9 | | of European zinc and increased the demand for American zinc; | 10 | | the American Zinc Company purchased the Granby Mining Company | 11 | | in 1916; in 1967, the American Zinc Plant closed; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, As of 2010, Fairmont City boasts a population of | 13 | | over 2,600 people and stretches between St. Clair and Madison | 14 | | counties; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Fairmont City will celebrate its | 16 | | founding on October 18, 2014, beginning with a parade to Granby | 17 | | Park, and ending with the activation of the park's new | 18 | | lighting; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we recognize the 100th anniversary of the founding of the |
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| 1 | | Village of Fairmont City; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Fairmont City Mayor Alex Bregen as a symbol of our | 4 | | respect and esteem.
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