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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the sixtieth |
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| anniversary of the founding of First Bankers Trust Company; and
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| WHEREAS, First Bankers Trust Company was founded in 1946 as |
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| Broadway National Bank; trust powers were awarded to the bank |
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| in 1956, and in 1978, the bank name was changed to First |
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| National Bank & Trust Company, N.A.; and
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| WHEREAS, After the founding of First Bankers Trustshares, |
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| Inc., in 1988, First Bankers Trust Company, N.A., was |
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| officially founded in 1989 under the original charter of |
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| Broadway National Bank; the company has provided banking |
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| services and products for 60 years to the communities of |
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| Quincy, Carthage, Macomb, Mendon, Paloma, and Rushville; and
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| WHEREAS, The trust department has grown from managing small |
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| personal trusts into a trust company with assets under |
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| management and administration nearing $2 billion; First |
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| Bankers Trust Services provides employee benefit services |
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| nationwide with offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and |
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| Quincy; and
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| WHEREAS, First Bankers Trust Company provides quality |
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| financial services to customers and clients through a |
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| knowledgeable and professional staff, resulting in increased |
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| shareholder value; throughout the years, the bank has gone from |
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| 8 staff members to 190; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1998 and 1999, the Chicago Sun-Times named the |
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| bank as "Illinois Best Performing Bank"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |