Bill Text: IN HCR0019 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the 150th anniversary of the town of Kendallville.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-05 - Senator Hershman added as cosponsor [HCR0019 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HCR0019-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ________

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Kendallville.

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Introduced

First Regular Session of the 118th General Assembly (2013)

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION

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        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Kendallville.

    Whereas, William Mitchell of New York settled in Kendallville in 1836 and platted the town in 1849;

    Whereas, Kendallville, incorporated as a town in 1863 and as a city three years later, was named after Amos Kendall, postmaster general of the United States under President Andrew Jackson;

    Whereas, Kendallville serves as an industrial center;

    Whereas, In addition to the production of its famous vanilla and caramels, products manufactured in Kendallville include water pumps, plastics, machine tools, bed springs, machine parts, electrical magnet wire, textbooks, and cereal boxes;

    Whereas, Kendallville has become the largest city in Noble County, with a population of nearly 10,000, and has been home to a number of people prominent in both our state's and nation's history, namely, Arthur Franklin Mapes, author of "Indiana" the official state poem adopted by the General Assembly in 1963 and who was named Indiana State Poet Laureate in 1977; Representative Laurence D. Baker, who was instrumental in adopting the peony as the state flower in 1957; and Dr. Harold C. Urey, a renowned scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1934 and who later took part in the research leading to the production of the atomic bomb, which led to the end of World War II; and

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    Whereas, All these distinct attributes of a region important to Indiana's future deserve recognition and praise, and the concerns of its citizens deserve the full attention of those who endeavor to truly serve all Hoosiers and meet the challenges of the entire state: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:

    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly wishes to pay tribute to the unique contributions of this rich and vital region of our state and wishes to congratulate Kendallville on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding.
    SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Mayor Suzanne Handshoe.