H.C.R. No. 155 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, This year the citizens of Hale Center will celebrate 1-2 a significant milestone in the history of this fine Texas 1-3 community, the 100th anniversary of its founding; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Named for its location in Hale County, the town was 1-5 formed from two rival communities, Hale City and Epworth, both of 1-6 which were settled in 1891 and adjoined the present townsite of 1-7 Hale Center; and 1-8 WHEREAS, For two years, residents of the towns vied with each 1-9 other for supremacy but they eventually grew tired of keeping up 1-10 two towns and decided to unite their communities into one; Hale 1-11 Center was platted on June 16, 1893, buildings were moved from Hale 1-12 City and Epworth to the new town, and the post office of Hale City 1-13 was changed to Hale Center on September 19, 1893; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The advent of the Santa Fe Railroad brought further 1-15 growth to the community in 1909 and it has continued to flourish 1-16 over the years based on its rich agricultural economy; in Hale 1-17 County, more than 400,000 irrigated acres produce cotton, grain 1-18 sorghum, wheat, sunflowers, sugar beets, and table vegetables; and 1-19 WHEREAS, On June 2, 1965, the town was devastated by a 1-20 tornado that destroyed 26 businesses; with characteristic 1-21 determination, citizens of the town pulled together and, within six 1-22 months, had all of the enterprises back in business again; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Today, Hale Center is home to more than 2,000 Texans 1-24 and is the site of such popular tourist attractions as the 2-1 beautiful Bell Park Cacti Garden and the Hale County Farm & Ranch 2-2 Museum; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Blessed with a fine heritage and abundant natural 2-4 resources, Hale Center successfully combines the progressive energy 2-5 of a thriving city with the friendliness and ease of a small town; 2-6 truly a community in which all Texans can take great pride, it is 2-7 indeed deserving of special legislative recognition for its 2-8 exceptional contributions to our state; now, therefore, be it 2-9 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas 2-10 hereby honor the city of Hale Center on the momentous occasion of 2-11 its centennial and commend its citizens for their hard work in 2-12 building one of our state's most outstanding communities; and, be 2-13 it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-15 prepared for the city of Hale Center as an expression of high 2-16 regard by the Legislature of the State of Texas. 2-17 regard by the Legislature of the State of Texas. 2-18 Laney 2-19 H.C.R. No. 155 2-20 Laney Giddings Munoz 2-21 Alexander Glaze Naishtat 2-22 Allen Goodman Nieto 2-23 Alonzo Goolsby Oakley 2-24 Alvarado Granoff Ogden 2-25 Averitt Gray Oliveira 2-26 Bailey Greenberg Park 2-27 Berlanga Grusendorf Parra 3-1 Black Gutierrez Patterson 3-2 Blackwood Haggerty Pitts 3-3 Bomer Hamric Place 3-4 Bosse Harris Price 3-5 Brady Hartnett Puente 3-6 Brimer Heflin Rabuck 3-7 Cain Hernandez Ramsay 3-8 Campbell Hightower Rangel 3-9 Carona Hilbert Raymond 3-10 Carter Hilderbran Rodriguez 3-11 Chisum Hill Romo 3-12 Clemons Hirschi Rudd 3-13 Coleman Hochberg Sadler 3-14 Combs Holzheauser Saunders 3-15 Conley Horn Schechter 3-16 Cook Hudson Seidlits 3-17 Corte Hunter of Taylor Shields 3-18 Counts Hunter of Nueces Siebert 3-19 Crabb Jackson A. Smith of Harris 3-20 Craddick James D. Smith of Harris 3-21 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Smithee 3-22 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Solis 3-23 Culberson Jones of Dallas Stiles 3-24 Danburg Junell Swinford 3-25 Davila Kamel Tallas 3-26 Davis Krusee Talton 3-27 De La Garza Kubiak Telford 4-1 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Tarrant 4-2 Delco Lewis Thompson of Harris 4-3 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Coleman 4-4 Denton Longoria Turner of Harris 4-5 Driver Luna Uher 4-6 Duncan McCall Van de Putte 4-7 Dutton McCoulskey Vowell 4-8 Earley McDonald West 4-9 Eckels Madden Williamson 4-10 Edwards Marchant Willis 4-11 Erickson Martin Wilson 4-12 Finnell Maxey Wolens 4-13 Flores Moffat Yarbrough 4-14 Gallego Moreno Yost 4-15 Gallegos Mowery Zbranek 4-16 H.C.R. No. 155 4-17 _______________________________ _______________________________ 4-18 President of the Senate Speaker of the House 4-19 I certify that H.C.R. No. 155 was adopted by the House on May 4-20 25, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-21 _______________________________ 4-22 Chief Clerk of the House 4-23 I certify that H.C.R. No. 155 was adopted by the Senate on 4-24 May 27, 1993. 4-25 _______________________________ 4-26 Secretary of the Senate 4-27 APPROVED: _____________________ 5-1 Date 5-2 _____________________ 5-3 Governor