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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 36
BY SENATOR PEACOCK
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club in celebrating its
centennial for one hundred years of common ownership.
WHEREAS, the State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club was charted on June 26, 1913,
and is celebrating its centennial for one hundred years of common ownership; and
WHEREAS, beginning with an initial capital stock of fifteen thousand dollars and
an authorized fifty shares, the State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club has established and
maintained a hunting and fishing park and preserve, and a lake stocked with fish; and
WHEREAS, the club has also constructed and maintained a clubhouse and lodge in
Caddo Parish off U.S. Highway 80 between Greenwood and Waskom, a mere shooting
distance from the state line shared with Texas; and
WHEREAS, since its founding, the club has established other forms of outdoor
recreation and amusement for its members and their families; and
WHEREAS, the original board of directors included J.P. Flournoy, Jno. B. Files, J.S.
Thigpen, George W. Robinson, E.K. Smith, P. Youree, A.N. Sample, Andrew Querbes, Ed
Dickinson, Sam W. Mason, R.B. Cook, and W.C. Evans; and
WHEREAS, the club's first president was Sam W. Mason, the first vice president was
Ed Dickinson, and R. B. Cook served as the first secretary-treasurer; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the original board of directors, the twenty-three original
shareholders included L.C. Blanchard, S.Y. Alexander, W.A. Mabry, J.D. Wilkinson, S.L.
Herold, J.B. Ardis, T.C. Barret, J.M. Foster, F.T. Whited, D.P. Eubank, and S.J. Harman;
and
WHEREAS, in 2013, there are thirty members in good standing, each owning one
share and they are Don Angle, Janet Bergeron, Carter Brill, Paul Davis, Claude DeBeaux Jr.,
Philip Dupree, Tom Flores, William Furrh III, Katherine Hall, Anne Hall, LiLin Hally, Dixie SR NO. 36 ENROLLED
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Henderson, Amiee Hilliard, John Hoffman, Jim Huckabay, Tom Jorden, Lynn Lasiter,
Gerald LeBlanc, Paula O'Neal, Barrow Peacock, Martin Philyaw, Patricia Post, David
Robbins, Bill Robbins III, Tom Scott, John David Stewart, Alec Van Nook, N.H. Wheeless
Jr., Judy Williams, and Charles Wood; and
WHEREAS, the State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club supports the Second
Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the club teaches and promotes conservation, and has reinvested its
income from natural resources into preserving the land for fishing and hunting; and
WHEREAS, the club encourages families to participate in the various forms of
wildlife recreation and to invest in the future of wildlife; and
WHEREAS, the members of the club and their dedication to and protection of our
state's hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching opportunities help to ensure that Louisiana is
and will forever be known as the Sportsman's Paradise.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate the State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club in
celebrating its centennial for one hundred years of common ownership.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
State-Line Fishing and Hunting Club.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE