By:  Barrientos                                        S.R. No. 190
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great
    1-3  pleasure in recognizing 13 outstanding residents of the
    1-4  Rebekah Baines Johnson Retirement Center who are over 90 years
    1-5  of age; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, These remarkable women have shown courage and
    1-7  commitment to life and are exemplary role models for younger
    1-8  generations; through good times and bad, they have been women of
    1-9  vision who have exhibited great strength of character and who have
   1-10  faced life's difficulties with resilience and good humor; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, The Rebekah Baines Johnson Retirement Center is
   1-12  hosting a special Valentine's Party on February 14, 1995, to honor
   1-13  these special citizens who have embraced life and all it offers
   1-14  with enjoyment and contentment; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Elsa B. Germer was born on October 30, 1903, in
   1-16  New Braunfels, Texas, and has lived in the Rebekah Baines Johnson
   1-17  Retirement Center since 1980; she has travelled extensively all
   1-18  over the world; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, The devoted mother of three children, Elsa worked
   1-20  as a telephone operator at Bergstrom Air Force Base; an avid bowler
   1-21  who maintains a score of 124, she still bowls twice a week; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, It is fitting that the Texas Senate honor this
   1-23  distinguished citizen for her many contributions over her long and
    2-1  fruitful life; now, therefore, be it
    2-2        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-3  74th Legislature, hereby recognize Elsa B. Germer as an honored
    2-4  citizen of her community and her state; and, be it further
    2-5        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her
    2-6  as an expression of the high esteem of the Texas Senate.
    2-7                               ______________________________________
    2-8                                       President of the Senate
    2-9                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-10                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-11                               on February 13, 1995.
   2-12                               ______________________________________
   2-13                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-14                               ______________________________________
   2-15                                        Member, Texas Senate