H.R. No. 150


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Clarence L. Hardeman of Austin is retiring as postmaster of the Texas House of Representatives Post Office, bringing to a close a distinguished 34-year career; and WHEREAS, Since joining the House Post Office on January 2, 1969, this Smithville native has consistently demonstrated his ability to keep pace with the diverse needs of this fast-paced legislative environment as well as today's changing technology, and he earned a well-deserved promotion in 1991 to House postmaster; and WHEREAS, Mr. Hardeman is a longtime member of the Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church, where he has served in numerous leadership positions; he is also active in many civic organizations in Austin; and WHEREAS, A student of history and the Western frontier, Mr. Hardeman is a member of the Buffalo Soldiers Organization and looks forward to raising cattle and horses in Bastrop County in retirement and enjoying the country life he loves so much; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Clarence L. Hardeman on the special occasion of his retirement from the post office of the Texas House of Representatives and extend to him best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Hardeman as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Hamric Craddick Geren Mercer Allen Giddings Merritt Alonzo Goodman Miller Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso Berman Grusendorf Morrison Bohac Guillen Mowery Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat Branch Haggerty Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira Burnam Hardcastle Olivo Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton Campbell Hartnett Pena Canales Heflin Phillips Capelo Hegar Pickett Casteel Hilderbran Pitts Castro Hill Puente Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla Chisum Hodge Raymond Christian Homer Reyna Coleman Hope Riddle Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez Corte Hughes Rose Crabb Hunter Seaman Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons Denny Keel Stick Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton Dukes King Taylor Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford Dutton Krusee Thompson Edwards Kuempel Truitt Eiland Laney Turner Eissler Laubenberg Uresti Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale Ellis Luna Villarreal Escobar Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 150 was adopted by the House on August 22, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House