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1	1	H.C.R. No. 204
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4	4	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, The Tyler Morning Telegraph is celebrating its
6	6	centennial on November 18, 2009; and
7	7	WHEREAS, Part of a long newspaper tradition, the Tyler
8	8	Morning Telegraph is owned by the T. B. Butler Publishing Company,
9	9	Inc., which has been run by the same family for five generations,
10	10	starting on November 18, 1910, when Thomas Booker Butler purchased
11	11	the Tyler Courier-Times, an afternoon newspaper formed in 1906 with
12	12	the consolidation of the Daily Courier, founded in 1877 as a weekly,
13	13	and the Weekly Times; and
14	14	WHEREAS, Mr. Butler, a civic leader, businessman, and
15	15	attorney, served one term as county judge of Smith County and filled
16	16	an unexpired term as judge of the 7th Judicial District Court; he
17	17	made his mark in many aspects of commerce, most notably as the
18	18	founder and president of Guaranty State Bank and as publisher of the
19	19	Courier-Times, where he fostered a pattern of community engagement;
20	20	during his first four years at its helm, the paper successfully
21	21	campaigned for the construction of a modern streetcar system and
22	22	was instrumental in replacing an outmoded ward system with a city
23	23	manager form of government; and
24	24	WHEREAS, On November 14, 1929, Butler Publishing printed the
25	25	first edition of the Tyler Morning Telegraph, which featured
26	26	expanded coverage of East Texas cities, while the Courier-Times
27	27	retained its focus on matters in Tyler; the Sunday paper was renamed
28	28	the Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph; eventually, the nationwide
29	29	shift toward morning newspapers took its toll on the Courier-Times,
30	30	and the company ceased publication of its afternoon newspaper in
31	31	1995; and
32	32	WHEREAS, Through the years, members of the Butler family
33	33	continued to guide Butler Publishing; Mr. Butler's daughter, Sarah
34	34	Butler, was succeeded by her nephew, Calvin Clyde, Jr.; Mr. Clyde's
35	35	son, Nelson Clyde III, began serving as president and publisher in
36	36	1990, while Nelson Clyde IV now serves as associate publisher;
37	37	other family members involved in the paper's management include
38	38	operations manager Andrew Clyde and board member Jim Bothwell; the
39	39	paper's stability and continuity of vision are also represented by
40	40	the remarkable tenures of two directors, W. E. "Buddy" Hendley, the
41	41	business manager and treasurer, and Everett Taylor,
42	42	editor-in-chief, who each joined the organization more than a
43	43	half-century ago; and
44	44	WHEREAS, The company has maintained its culture of quality,
45	45	earning numerous awards in recent years for editorial excellence,
46	46	public service, and philanthropy; in 2005, the Tyler Morning
47	47	Telegraph received a Charles E. Green Award for breaking news from
48	48	the Headliners Foundation of Texas, and it has won numerous
49	49	journalism honors from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors;
50	50	the paper's coverage of the judicial process has been recognized
51	51	multiple times with the Gavel Award from the Texas Bar Association,
52	52	and Baylor University named the Butler Publishing Company the Texas
53	53	Family Business of the Year for 2005 in the large-company division;
54	54	the Better Business Bureau recognized the newspaper with a Torch
55	55	Award for Marketplace Ethics, and in May 2008, the City of Tyler
56	56	selected founder T. B. Butler as the second honoree in Tyler's
57	57	Half-Mile of History; and
58	58	WHEREAS, The enduring success of the T. B. Butler Publishing
59	59	Company offers strong testimony to the business values and
60	60	journalism standards that Thomas Booker Butler established and
61	61	handed down to his descendants, and the 100th anniversary of the
62	62	newspaper provides a fitting opportunity to recognize the history
63	63	of the Butler family and the Tyler Morning Telegraph; now,
64	64	therefore, be it
65	65	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
66	66	hereby congratulate the Tyler Morning Telegraph on the occasion of
67	67	its 100th anniversary and extend best wishes for continued success
68	68	to all those associated with this venerable newspaper; and, be it
69	69	further
70	70	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
71	71	prepared for the Tyler Morning Telegraph as an expression of high
72	72	regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
73	73	Berman
74	74	Flynn
75	75	Merritt
76	76	Hughes
77	77	Hopson
78	78	______________________________ ______________________________
79	79	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
80	80	I certify that H.C.R. No. 204 was adopted by the House on May
81	81	4, 2009, by a non-record vote.
82	82	______________________________
83	83	Chief Clerk of the House
84	84	I certify that H.C.R. No. 204 was adopted by the Senate on May
85	85	11, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
86	86	______________________________
87	87	Secretary of the Senate
88	88	APPROVED: __________________
89	89	Date
90	90	__________________
91	91	Governor