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79R17589 MAM-D

By:  Puente                                                       H.R. No. 1883



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Jean Dale Manes of San Antonio is celebrating a 
special event in her life, her 85th birthday, on June 12, 2005; and
	WHEREAS, Born in 1920 in the town of Blanco, Mrs. Manes 
graduated from Blanco High School and attended The University of 
Texas at Austin, where she majored in music; her talent extended to 
various instruments, including piano, violin, and saxophone, and 
she was a regular member of the university orchestra; and
	WHEREAS, While attending school, this "Blue Bonnet Belle" met 
her future husband, Charles V. Manes, whom she married in 1940 at 
her family's home in Blanco; while her husband served overseas 
during World War II and the Korean War, Mrs. Manes assisted her 
parents in the production of the Blanco County News; she later moved 
to Madrid, where Mr. Manes was on military assignment, and she was 
elected head of the Protestant Women of the Chapel for Spain and 
Morocco; in 1967, she moved with her husband to Dallas and worked as 
a tour director for student trips to Europe and the Middle East; and
	WHEREAS, Today, the devoted couple live in San Antonio and 
enjoy a close relationship with their three children, eight 
grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren; and
	WHEREAS, From riding her favorite stallion, Diamond, into 
Blanco as a girl to directing tours to exotic locales as an adult, 
Jean Dale Manes has more than eight decades of wonderful memories to 
cherish, and she continues to brighten the lives of all who know 
her; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Jean Dale Manes on the memorable 
occasion of her 85th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes 
for continued happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mrs. Manes as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.