Full Text of HR1612 95th General Assembly
HR1612 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 owners of The | 4 |
| Swedish Bakery on the occasion of their 80th anniversary as | 5 |
| part of the Andersonville neighborhood and a proud part of | 6 |
| history on Chicago's north side; and
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| WHEREAS, The Swedish Bakery was originally opened to the | 8 |
| Andersonville community by the Johnson family in the 1920s; in | 9 |
| 1940, the bakery was sold to Ernest Carlson; later, in 1964, | 10 |
| the bakery was purchased by Gosta Bjuhr, who hired Marlies | 11 |
| Stanton, The Swedish Bakery's current owner; and
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| WHEREAS, Marlies' passion for baking began at an early age | 13 |
| in her parents' pastry shop in Dusseldorf, Germany; after the | 14 |
| family business suffered untimely destruction during World War | 15 |
| II, Marlies trained to be a professional pastry chef while | 16 |
| still living in Europe; being among so many immigrants to the | 17 |
| United States after the war years, Marlies made her way to | 18 |
| Chicago in 1953, obtaining a job at the legendary Edgewater | 19 |
| Beach Hotel, where she met her husband-to-be, George Stanton; | 20 |
| after leaving the hotel, Marlies became a part of The Swedish | 21 |
| Bakery family; after eight years of working with Gosta Bjuhr, | 22 |
| and upon Gosta's retirement in 1979, Marlies Stanton purchased | 23 |
| The Swedish Bakery; and
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| WHEREAS, Between 1979 and 1991, Marlies' family members | 2 |
| came to work at the bakery, creating a true and genuine family | 3 |
| business; and
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| WHEREAS, The Swedish Bakery's expansion, which began in | 5 |
| 1989, was finally completed in 1992; with the company's new | 6 |
| growth, almost tripling its size to over 6000 square feet, The | 7 |
| Swedish Bakery is one of the largest family-owned bakeries in | 8 |
| Chicago, with a staff that has grown from 19 employees to its | 9 |
| current staff of 55; and
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| WHEREAS, Even though the bakery has prospered and grown, | 11 |
| the Stanton family has kept the bakery true to its neighborhood | 12 |
| sweet shop roots; baked goods still consist of the traditional | 13 |
| Swedish products as well as other European and old-fashioned | 14 |
| American favorites; the Stantons only use the highest quality | 15 |
| ingredients to create the very finest bakery products; | 16 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate the owners of The Swedish Bakery on the company's | 20 |
| 80th year of business serving the Andersonville and Chicago | 21 |
| communities and wish them continued success in the future; and | 22 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the owners of The Swedish Bakery as a symbol of | 3 |
| our esteem and respect.
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