HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, The year 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of
1-2 Southwest Texas Telephone Company, and this remarkable milestone is
1-3 an event truly worthy of special recognition; and
1-4 WHEREAS, Founded in 1898 by Mr. Street Gilmer to provide
1-5 telephone service between Rocksprings and Kerrville, this company
1-6 today provides service to approximately 3,500 customers; and
1-7 WHEREAS, The area served by Southwest Texas Telephone Company
1-8 covers some 3,600 square miles and includes towns in the following
1-9 counties: Bandera, Edwards, Kinney, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Val
1-10 Verde; and
1-11 WHEREAS, Overcoming challenges unique to rural area telephone
1-12 service, this noteworthy company provides state-of-the-art digital
1-13 switching, fiberoptic transmission facilities, and the most modern
1-14 services; Southwest Texas Telephone Company offers its customers a
1-15 level of service and options on par with those available in
1-16 metropolitan regions of the state; and
1-17 WHEREAS, This company has remained a family-owned business
1-18 since its inception more than a century ago, and as small
1-19 businesses of this caliber are vital to the booming economy of the
1-20 Lone Star State it is important for us to honor Southwest Texas
1-21 Telephone Company; now, therefore, be it
1-22 RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-23 hereby congratulate Southwest Texas Telephone Company on 100 years
1-24 of service to the rural Texas Hill Country and extend to its owners
2-1 and employees sincere best wishes for continued success and
2-2 happiness in the years to come; and, be it further
2-3 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-4 prepared for Southwest Texas Telephone Company as an expression of
2-5 high regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
Turner of Coleman
Gallego
King of Uvalde
Hilderbran
Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso
Alexander Goodman Morrison
Allen Goolsby Mowery
Alvarado Gray Naishtat
Averitt Green Najera
Bailey Greenberg Nixon
Berman Grusendorf Noriega
Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira
Bosse Haggerty Olivo
Brimer Hamric Palmer
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts
Burnam Hawley Puente
Capelo Heflin Ramsay
Carter Hilbert Rangel
Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar
Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas
Christian Hinojosa Ritter
Clark Hochberg Sadler
Coleman Hodge Salinas
Cook Homer Seaman
Corte Hope Shields
Counts Howard Siebert
Crabb Hunter Smith
Craddick Hupp Smithee
Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron
Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar
Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples
Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford
Davis of Dallas Junell Talton
Delisi Keel Telford
Denny Keffer Thompson
Deshotel King of Parker Tillery
Driver King of Uvalde Truitt
Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman
Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris
Dutton Lengefeld Uher
Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte
Eiland Longoria Walker
Elkins Luna West
Ellis McCall Williams
Farabee McClendon Wilson
Farrar McReynolds Wise
Flores Madden Wohlgemuth
Gallego Marchant Wolens
Garcia Maxey Woolley
George Merritt Yarbrough
Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the House on
March 1, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred
in Senate amendments to H.C.R. No. 80 on April 27, 1999, by a
non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the Senate, as
amended, on April 22, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor