Full Text of HR0595 94th General Assembly
HR0595 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The official Sesquicentennial Celebration of the | 3 |
| City of Grayville will take place on August 31, 2005 through | 4 |
| September 4, 2005; Grayville was officially chartered in the | 5 |
| year of 1855 by the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Grayville's location on Interstate 64 along the | 7 |
| Wabash River makes it a unique portal to the natural beauty and | 8 |
| history of southeastern Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Grayville, population 1,800, is located on the | 10 |
| White and Edwards County line, at the mouth of Bonpas Creek on | 11 |
| the old channel of the Wabash River; the town's origin dates | 12 |
| back to 1810, when Thomas Gray, a Virginian, founded the | 13 |
| settlement of Bonpas, located near present-day Grayville; and
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| WHEREAS, Grayville sprang up around the trading post of | 15 |
| James Gray and Robert Walden, founded in 1830, as the tiny | 16 |
| settlements of Bonpas, Oxford, and Florence grew together; the | 17 |
| town is actually named for its first storekeeper; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the years, Grayville has proved to be a land | 19 |
| of opportunity, inhabited by friendly and hard-working people; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, The town flourished as a transportation center, | 22 |
| first by riverboat and later by railroad, with substantial | 23 |
| lumbering and milling interests; and
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| WHEREAS, Grayville later became known as the "Hub of the | 25 |
| Tri-State Oil Basin" following the oil boom of the 1930s and | 26 |
| 1940s, boasting a number of oil field businesses; and
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| WHEREAS, Grayville citizens have always been quick to | 28 |
| perform their patriotic duties, counting among many notables |
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| the likes of Rear Admiral James M. Helm, hero of the | 2 |
| Spanish-American War; and
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| WHEREAS, The people of Grayville have proven a hardy and | 4 |
| resilient lot, enduring depressions and wartime along with the | 5 |
| rest of the nation, in addition to local calamities and | 6 |
| economic setbacks; and
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| WHEREAS, Among these same people, hope and optimism flow in | 8 |
| abundant supply as they continuously strive for community | 9 |
| improvement and to better the lot of their fellow man; and
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| WHEREAS, In the words of the late sage Herschel Groff, | 11 |
| "Everybody has a friend in Grayville"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we congratulate the City of Grayville on the occasion of its | 15 |
| Sesquicentennial Celebration; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the City of Grayville.
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