83R5432 MGR-F
By: Menendez H.R. No. 140
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to
join the Texas Historical Commission in recognizing the businesses
that have been named as recipients of the Texas Treasure Business
Award; and
WHEREAS, This prestigious award honors companies that have
been in continuous and substantially similar independent operation
in the state for at least 50 years with an uninterrupted employment
history and good standing with the state; and
WHEREAS, Previous winners of this award include Adams
Extract; Big Red, Incorporated; Burford and Ryburn, LLP; Carneiro,
Chumney, and Company; Chacon Autos; Cox Manufacturing; DeWese's Tip
Top Café; Dixie Flag Manufacturing Company; Don Strange of Texas;
DPT Laboratories, LTD; Dury's Gun Shop; Earl Abel's Restaurant;
Ebensberger-Fisher Funeral Home; First State Bank of Burnet;
Firstmark Credit Union; H. E. Butt Grocery Company; Holt CAT; and
Houston Jewelry; and
WHEREAS, Additional previous award winners are Jacala
Mexican Restaurant; Johnson Roofing; J. R. Mooney Galleries of
Fine Art; Kiolbassa Provision Company; Marmon Mok Architecture;
Mills County State Bank; New Braunfels Smokehouse, Incorporated;
Penner's Menswear; the Queen Isabel Inn; R. H. McCrary Hardware;
Roberts Jewelry; the San Angelo Standard-Times; San Antonio Federal
Credit Union; Security Service Federal Credit Union; Stewart Title
Company; Strickland Drugs; Toudouze Market; and Univision,
KWEX-TV; and
WHEREAS, New award winners are the Buckhorn Saloon and
Museum; Frontier Enterprises; Holland Jewelry, Incorporated;
McBride's Guns, Incorporated; Page Southerland Page; and The RK
Group; and
WHEREAS, The success of these exemplary businesses has played
an important role in the growth and progress of our state, and it is
truly fitting that they be recognized for their resilience, their
longevity, and their many outstanding contributions to the
communities they serve; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby commend the recipients of the Texas Treasure
Business Award and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared to commemorate the relaunch of the Texas Treasure Business
Awards program.