1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 790 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is especially 1-3 proud to recognize the Lena Armstrong Public Library on the grand 1-4 occasion of its 100th anniversary; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Citizens from Belton and the surrounding Central 1-6 Texas area will join together May 12, 1999, to commemorate the 1-7 establishment of the first library organization; and 1-8 WHEREAS, The Woman's Wednesday Club held an "At Home" 1-9 reception in 1899 to encourage the donation of at least one book 1-10 to the existing circulating library; as donations increased, the 1-11 need for a more permanent location became apparent; the Woman's 1-12 Wednesday Club Library was opened in a rented room in the Harris 1-13 and Walker Building; and 1-14 WHEREAS, These innovative women then began envisioning a 1-15 building to house the 1,500 volumes they had amassed; their 1-16 dream became a reality with the generosity of a $10,000 donation 1-17 from Andrew Carnegie; in 1905, the Belton Carnegie Library 1-18 Association was formed and the first public library was built; 1-19 and 1-20 WHEREAS, In 1975, the City of Belton built the present 1-21 library and Miss Lena Armstrong was the librarian; she spent 1-22 well over 50 years building the Belton City Library into a 1-23 major reference library with a nationwide reputation; and 1-24 WHEREAS, As a tribute to the late Miss Armstrong and her 2-1 long-standing dedication to the intellectual well-being of the 2-2 area, the Belton City Council renamed the library in her honor 2-3 in December, 1998; now, therefore, be it 2-4 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-5 76th Legislature, hereby extend congratulations to the citizens 2-6 of Belton on the grand occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 2-7 Lena Armstrong Public Library; and, be it further 2-8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-9 library as a memento of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-10 Fraser 2-11 ______________________________________ 2-12 President of the Senate 2-13 I hereby certify that the above 2-14 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-15 on April 29, 1999. 2-16 ______________________________________ 2-17 Secretary of the Senate 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 Member, Texas Senate