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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A 100th birthday is truly cause for celebration, and |
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James Howard Frasher Sr. of Georgetown is reaching that impressive |
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milestone on March 28, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Gardner, Colorado, in 1919, Jim Frasher |
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enrolled at Colorado A&M University in 1936 to study engineering, |
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but he left school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor to |
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enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces; during World War II, he served |
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as an engineering officer with the 351st Bomb Group in England, |
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where he helped keep the group's 1,358 aircraft flying during heavy |
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bombing campaigns over Europe, and in 1945, he volunteered to help |
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evacuate survivors of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in |
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Austria; he was honorably discharged at the rank of captain and |
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earned a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, Mr. Frasher joined the |
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National Geophysical Company as a surveyor, and while working in |
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Utah, he met Venna Singleton, whom he married in 1946; he worked in |
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Calgary, Alberta, before joining the company's home office in |
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Dallas in 1952 as chief of operations, and he went on to become vice |
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president for operations; he became executive vice president of |
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Teledyne Exploration Company in 1967 and president two years later, |
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and he cofounded the International Association of Geophysical |
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Contractors; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Frasher retired in 1986, and he and his wife |
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settled in Georgetown in 1997; Mrs. Frasher passed away in 2001, |
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after 54 years of marriage, and today Mr. Frasher takes pride in a |
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devoted family that includes three children, James, Linda, and |
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Barbara, four grandchildren, Jennifer, James, Tisha Kay, and |
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Trevor, and five great-grandchildren, Mackenzie, Sadie, Penny, |
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Brigg, and Jaxson; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Jim Frasher has not |
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only bravely served his nation but has also met the challenges and |
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opportunities of a long life with grace and fortitude, and on his |
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special day, he is blessed with the deep respect and lasting |
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affection of a host of loved ones; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate James Howard Frasher Sr. on the |
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joyous occasion of his 100th birthday and extend to him 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 Mr. Frasher as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |