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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 489

 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of Texas takes pleasure in extending its

 1-4     regards to the Texas Senate Ladies Club, which is celebrating its

 1-5     70th anniversary year; and

 1-6           WHEREAS, The club was founded in 1927, during the

 1-7     40th Legislature, by Mrs. Martha Wood, wife of Senator A. R. Wood,

 1-8     who invited the wives who had accompanied their husbands to Austin

 1-9     to form a club, and Mrs. Wood was elected president; and

1-10           WHEREAS, Every Monday the group met at the Stephen F. Austin

1-11     Hotel in the Sun Room, where they played Auction Bridge; two of

1-12     the women were volunteer hostesses and paid for the prizes and

1-13     refreshments; and

1-14           WHEREAS, Mainly organized as a social group, the members

1-15     of the club wanted to know each other better and to acquaint

1-16     themselves with Austin citizens; and

1-17           WHEREAS, During the 41st Legislature in February, 1930,

1-18     the members of the club drafted their constitution and bylaws

1-19     and designated a nominating committee to fill the offices of the

1-20     club; and

1-21           WHEREAS, The club decided that charter members would be

1-22     all 1927 and 1929 lady Senators and Senators' wives; in addition,

1-23     the club members wanted to give a dinner before the governor's

 2-1     inauguration to honor the governor, the governor-elect, the

 2-2     lieutenant governor, and the lieutenant governor-elect, and their

 2-3     wives, and to introduce the new Senators and their wives; and

 2-4           WHEREAS, Today, the custom of the honorary dinner is repeated

 2-5     the night before the opening day of the legislative session; the

 2-6     current officers of this estimable club are:  Susie Armbrister,

 2-7     president; Jill Brown, vice president; Emma Barrientos, secretary;

 2-8     Pat Haywood, treasurer; Karla Wentworth, parliamentarian; and

 2-9     Marilyn Schwartz, historian; and

2-10           WHEREAS, Honorary members of the club are the spouses of

2-11     the present governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general;

2-12     associate members are women who were members of the Senate or who

2-13     were married to a former senator while he was serving in the

2-14     Senate, and active members are women currently serving in the

2-15     Senate and the wives of those currently serving; now, therefore,

2-16     be it

2-17           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

2-18     75th Legislature, hereby congratulate and commend the Senate

2-19     Ladies Club on its 70th anniversary year; and, be it further

2-20           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the

2-21     club as an expression of the highest regard and esteem of the

2-22     Texas Senate.

2-23                                                              Armbrister

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2-25                                          President of the Senate

2-26                                       I hereby certify that the above

2-27                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

 3-1                                  on April 16, 1997.

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 3-3                                          Secretary of the Senate

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 3-5                                           Member, Texas Senate