1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1014 1-3 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale was a State Representative from 1-4 Collin County for the Great State of Texas from 1939 to 1940, his 1-5 first term; and 1-6 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale met Miss Carol Gene Moore while 1-7 he was campaigning for the office of State Representative in 1-8 Celina, Collin County, Texas, in 1946; and 1-9 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale simply asked Carol Gene Moore for a 1-10 vote and gave her a card announcing his campaign; and 1-11 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale had attended The University of Texas 1-12 and obtained a degree in public administration and had also attended 1-13 The University of Texas School of Law; and 1-14 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale was a young and dapper 28-year-old 1-15 lawyer restarting his law practice in McKinney, Texas, upon his 1-16 release from active duty with the United States Air Force; and 1-17 WHEREAS, Miss Carol Gene Moore was a beautiful young 1-18 20-year-old Texan and had attended what is now Texas Woman's 1-19 University; and 1-20 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale began to drive the 40 miles from his 1-21 hometown of Farmersville, Texas, to Celina, Texas, on a regular 1-22 basis; and 1-23 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale had the great honor of making 2-1 Miss Carol Gene Moore into Mrs. L. DeWitt Hale, on June 8, 1947; and 2-2 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale and Carol Gene Hale had two children, 2-3 Janet Sue Wilde, who was born on May 6, 1954, and Nancy Carol Hale, 2-4 who was born on November 11, 1961; and 2-5 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale and Carol Gene Hale have three 2-6 grandchildren from their daughter Janet Sue Wilde: 2-7 Brandon DeWitt Wilde, Jennifer Lauren Wilde, and 2-8 Thomas Joseph Wilde; and 2-9 WHEREAS, L. DeWitt Hale served as State Representative from 2-10 Nueces County from 1953 to 1978, which, including his earlier 2-11 service, totaled a period of 26 years; and 2-12 WHEREAS, Carol Gene Hale served as a first grade 2-13 schoolteacher at Sam Houston Elementary School and at Casa Linda 2-14 Elementary School in Corpus Christi for a total of 20 years; and 2-15 WHEREAS, On June 8, 1997, L. DeWitt Hale and Carol Gene Hale 2-16 will have been married for a period of 50 years; now, therefore, 2-17 be it 2-18 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-19 75th Legislature, hereby congratulate L. DeWitt Hale and 2-20 Carol Gene Hale on their 50th wedding anniversary; and, be it 2-21 further 2-22 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas hereby extend 2-23 best wishes for many more years of happiness and marriage to the 2-24 Honorable L. DeWitt Hale and his young wife, Carol Gene Hale. 2-25 Truan 3-1 Armbrister Galloway Ogden 3-2 Barrientos Harris Patterson 3-3 Bivins Haywood Ratliff 3-4 Brown Lindsay Shapiro 3-5 Cain Lucio Shapleigh 3-6 Carona Luna Sibley 3-7 Duncan Madla Wentworth 3-8 Ellis Moncrief West 3-9 Fraser Nelson Whitmire 3-10 Gallegos Nixon Zaffirini 3-11 Bullock, President of the Senate 3-12 ______________________________________ 3-13 President of the Senate 3-14 I hereby certify that the above 3-15 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-16 on June 2, 1997. 3-17 ______________________________________ 3-18 Secretary of the Senate 3-19 ______________________________________ 3-20 Dean of the Senate