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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives
wish to congratulate Pease's Candy, located in |
| 4 | | Springfield, on the
occasion of its 100th anniversary; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1900s, Martin A. Pease Sr., a watch |
| 6 | | maker
by trade, began making candies out of his Canton, Ohio |
| 7 | | home; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1917, Martin Pease moved to Bloomington and |
| 9 | | shortly
thereafter went into the candy business full time, |
| 10 | | hawking his
homemade caramels and chocolates to moviegoers at |
| 11 | | the Majestic
Theater in Bloomington with his six sons; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, When the Great Depression ravaged the nation, |
| 13 | | Martin Pease
founded two more candy stores owned by his two |
| 14 | | youngest sons, one in
Decatur and one in Springfield, because |
| 15 | | the single store in
Bloomington could not support the whole |
| 16 | | family; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Martin Pease Jr., the youngest son of Martin Pease
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| 18 | | Sr., went to extraordinary efforts to keep the candy business |
| 19 | | afloat
during the Great Depression, even eating leftover candy |
| 20 | | for dinner
when sales were slow; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The business was eventually bought by Bob Flesher,
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| 2 | | Martin Pease Jr.'s nephew, and is now co-owned by Rob Flesher |
| 3 | | and Doug
Anderson, who continue the proud tradition of quality |
| 4 | | and consistency
set forth by Martin Pease, Sr. and continued in |
| 5 | | the family for four
generations; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pease's Candy continues to innovate in the |
| 7 | | marketplace,
partnering with BUNN Gourmet, a Springfield-based |
| 8 | | company known
worldwide for its home and commercial beverage |
| 9 | | products, to jointly
open a store at 2941 Plaza Drive in |
| 10 | | Springfield; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The original Pease's still operates out of a |
| 12 | | storefront
at 1701 South State Street and has established |
| 13 | | itself as a Springfield staple known throughout the Midwest for |
| 14 | | its confections, specialty candies, and chocolate shoes; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, For the past 100 years, Pease's Candy has been a |
| 16 | | proud
part of the Springfield community; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 19 | | recognize the 100th
anniversary of Pease's Candy, and we wish |
| 20 | | it many more years of
success; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |