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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The small businesses of Texas often enrich the |
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culture of their communities, and for more than 60 years, the Trophy |
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Barber Shop and Styling Salon has been a popular local landmark in |
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Baytown; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1948 by Jimmie Carpenter, the business |
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was originally known as Jimmie's Barber Shop and featured two |
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chairs and haircuts for a dollar; Mr. Carpenter was also an avid |
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hunter, and when his wife forbade him to keep accumulating trophies |
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at home, he started to display them in his barbershop; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1962, Mr. Carpenter renamed the shop Trophy |
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Barber Shop and Styling Salon and moved it to a larger space two |
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doors down from its original location; today, under its current |
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owner, Randall Ashby, the shop boasts eight chairs, five barbers, |
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good prices, and a remarkable collection of trophies; and |
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WHEREAS, Collected during Mr. Carpenter's hunting trips |
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during the 1950s and 1960s, the shop's trophies include a six-foot |
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alligator, a baboon, and the mounted heads of deer, elk, and a Cape |
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buffalo; a 12-foot polar bear stands on its hind legs just inside |
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the door, and the ceiling is lined with 750 sets of antlers; and |
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WHEREAS, This picturesque barbershop has become a |
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longstanding tradition in Baytown, with many of its barbers working |
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there for years, cutting the hair of fifth-generation descendents |
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of the shop's original customers; the shop's fame has spread beyond |
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Baytown, and it has been featured in magazine and newspaper |
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articles and was the subject of an award-winning honors thesis by |
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Lee College student Elizabeth Courtlandt Stockett; and |
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WHEREAS, The unique charm of this small business has |
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delighted residents and visitors to Baytown for more than six |
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decades, and Mr. Ashby and his staff may take great pride in their |
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careful and affectionate stewardship of this beloved Lone Star |
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institution; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Trophy Barber Shop and Styling Salon |
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for its colorful contribution to the heritage of Texas and extend to |
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its owner and staff best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the shop as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Smith of Harris |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 755 was adopted by the House on March |
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19, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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