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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Marguerite Anna Treuthardt Whitehead marked the |
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very special occasion of her 100th birthday on August 15, 2006, and |
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a century's worth of joyful times and meaningful accomplishments is |
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truly cause for celebration; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Georgetown in 1906, the former Miss |
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Treuthardt grew up on a farm alongside the North San Gabriel River; |
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during her junior year of high school, she and her classmates |
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skipped school and took a trip to Austin, where they toured the |
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State Capitol and had a chance visit with Governor Miriam A. "Ma" |
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Ferguson, who told the girls she did not approve of their trousers; |
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after spending the afternoon at Barton Springs, the group returned |
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home to find their adventure would cost the class a Saturday in |
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school; after graduating from Georgetown High School in 1925 and |
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attending Nixon Clay Business School in Austin, she worked in the |
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insurance and banking industries for a number of years and was |
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instrumental in examining the collapse of Central Texas banks |
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following the stock market crash of 1929; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Roy Laughton Whitehead in 1933 and the |
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couple moved to Longview, where Mrs. Whitehead devoted herself to |
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maintaining the family's home and raising their two children, |
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Barbara Ann and Laughton; in the years since then, the family has |
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grown to include Barbara's husband, Donald Joe Kiser, and |
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Laughton's wife, the former Martha Frances Hess, six grandchildren, |
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Donald and his wife, Mary Beth, Sara and her husband, Jerry, Julie |
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and her husband, Malcolm, Roy and his wife, Elizabeth, George and |
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his wife, Dandre, and Anna, and 12 great-grandchildren, Anna, Sara, |
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Jack, Henry, Malcolm, John, Roy, Andrew, Ellen, Anna, Brooks, and |
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Sally, all of whom Mrs. Whitehead is very proud; and |
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WHEREAS, Once an active member of First Presbyterian Church, |
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Mrs. Whitehead continues to study the Bible, and in 2004 and 2005 |
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she devoted herself to reading it through from beginning to end; she |
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is a talented seamstress, proficient in embroidery, sewing, |
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knitting, tatting, crochet, and cross-stitch, and has crocheted |
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more than 100 blankets for Project Linus, a volunteer organization |
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that supplies blankets to premature babies in hospitals; over the |
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years, she has enjoyed gardening, fishing, watching Texas Ranger |
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baseball, and working crossword puzzles, which she continues to |
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complete daily in ink; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted storyteller, Mrs. Whitehead spent New |
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Year's Eve 1999 sharing her memories of the 20th century with her |
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extended family; through all of her many experiences, this gracious |
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lady has brought joy and happiness to the countless people whose |
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lives she has touched, and it is a pleasure to join her loved ones in |
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honoring her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby warmly congratulate Marguerite Anna Treuthardt |
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Whitehead on her 100th birthday and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Whitehead as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Goolsby |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 51 was adopted by the House on March |
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1, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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