| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1689 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Since 1971, the Smithville Public Library has served |
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| 6 | 6 | | as a tremendous resource for the city's residents, allowing them |
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| 7 | 7 | | invaluable access to literature, the arts, and a wealth of |
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| 8 | 8 | | information on a wide range of subjects; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The establishment of the library was due in large |
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| 10 | 10 | | measure to the generosity and dedication of Clifton C. Carter and |
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| 11 | 11 | | his wife, Mary Jane Carter; the couple's love of Smithville, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Carter's hometown, inspired them to help found the library in order |
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| 13 | 13 | | to benefit the city's young people; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Clifton Crawford Carter was born in Smithville in |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1918 and played football for Smithville High School, beginning his |
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| 16 | 16 | | lifelong enthusiasm for the Tiger athletic teams; he went on to play |
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| 17 | 17 | | at The University of Texas and also attended Schreiner University; |
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| 18 | 18 | | during World War II, he served his nation as a member of the armed |
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| 19 | 19 | | forces, seeing duty in the European Theater of Operations; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, The former Mary Jane Garrett was born in 1919 in |
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| 21 | 21 | | Kerrville and now lives in Arlington, Virginia; in 1942, she |
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| 22 | 22 | | married Mr. Carter, and the couple raised five children, Kathleen, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Lyndon, Bill, Cindy, and Laurie; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Carter ran a soft drink business in Bryan for a |
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| 25 | 25 | | time and then became Lyndon B. Johnson's administrative assistant |
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| 26 | 26 | | in 1958; he went on to serve as a liaison to the Democratic National |
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| 27 | 27 | | Committee after LBJ became president; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Carter passed away in 1971, the same year that |
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| 29 | 29 | | the Smithville Public Library first opened its doors, but the |
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| 30 | 30 | | institution he and his wife helped establish has remained to become |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vital part of the community; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, With the ever-growing importance of information to |
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| 33 | 33 | | our society, public libraries are more critical than ever; thanks |
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| 34 | 34 | | to the exceptional work of Clifton and Mary Jane Carter, Smithville |
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| 35 | 35 | | has an outstanding library that will continue to enrich the lives of |
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| 36 | 36 | | area citizens long into the future; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby honor Mary Jane Carter and pay tribute to the |
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| 39 | 39 | | memory of Clifton C. Carter for the essential support that the |
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| 40 | 40 | | couple provided in the founding of the Smithville Public Library; |
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| 41 | 41 | | and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for Mrs. Carter as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 44 | 44 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Kleinschmidt |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1689 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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