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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY PUTNEY
1 3 A Resolution honoring the town of Shellsburg and its
1 4 surrounding community on the town's sesquicentennial
1 5 anniversary.
1 6 WHEREAS, the town of Shellsburg was surveyed on
1 7 June 16, 1854, the third town to be surveyed in Benton
1 8 County, with the original plat containing 24 lots and
1 9 two streets, Main and Pearl; and
1 10 WHEREAS, the town was purportedly named for John
1 11 Sells, a pioneer of Canton Township, with the town
1 12 folks preferring the name Shellsburg, or alternatively
1 13 was named after Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, by another
1 14 early resident, Jacob Cantonwine; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the town of Shellsburg will celebrate the
1 16 sesquicentennial anniversary of its founding this
1 17 summer, having served during its first 150 years as
1 18 the center of commercial and social life for its town
1 19 population and thriving farming community, providing
1 20 essential police, fire, first response, utility,
1 21 educational, religious, recreational, commercial, and
1 22 government services; and
1 23 WHEREAS, Shellsburg and its surrounding community
1 24 boast several new housing developments; numerous
1 25 businesses, including a prosperous grocery store and a
1 26 grain elevator; a physician's office, health care
1 27 center, and heliport; and five churches in and around
1 28 the town; and
1 29 WHEREAS, one of the most recent and largest
1 30 community development projects completed in Shellsburg
2 1 is the Wildcat Golf Course and Clubhouse which
2 2 includes an 18-hole golf course and a clubhouse
2 3 hosting evening buffets and wedding receptions for
2 4 area residents; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the Shellsburg school system is now part
2 6 of the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District,
2 7 still housing in Shellsburg all of the district's
2 8 fifth graders as well as the kindergarten through
2 9 fourth-grade Shellsburg students in the Shellsburg
2 10 Elementary Building; and
2 11 WHEREAS, on July 16-18, 2004, Shellsburg will
2 12 celebrate its sesquicentennial anniversary with
2 13 musical entertainment; a parade and antique tractor
2 14 pull; bingo; beard, costume, and fire department water
2 15 ball contests; food concessions; a dance; and special
2 16 fireworks; NOW THEREFORE,
2 17 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 18 recognizes and extends its congratulations to the town
2 19 of Shellsburg and its surrounding community on the
2 20 town's sesquicentennial anniversary year and for its
2 21 150 years of service to its citizens and to the State
2 22 of Iowa; and
2 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
2 24 this Resolution be prepared and presented to Mayor Tom
2 25 Busenbark, Ms. Karolynn Roehr, and the citizens of
2 26 Shellsburg and its surrounding community.
2 27 LSB 7025SS 80
2 28 rj/cf/24
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