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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The El Dorado Social Club is celebrating the 100th |
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anniversary of its founding at the Stafford Centre on February 7, |
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2025; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed organization traces its roots to 1925, |
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when a group of students at the old Colored High School on West |
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Dallas Avenue in Houston was studying literature under the tutelage |
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of Viola Webber Colvin; in that class, they read the poem |
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"El Dorado" by American author Edgar Allan Poe and were so |
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impressed by the story of the mythical city that they set about |
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organizing a club with the same ideals it expressed; and |
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WHEREAS, Joe Parker was appointed the club's first president, |
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and its charter members selected the motto "Searching for |
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El Dorado" to encapsulate their vision for the club and for |
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themselves; the colors blue and gold were chosen to be its official |
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colors, representing their commitment to integrity, their |
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collective loyalty to the ideal of El Dorado, and their desire to |
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lead lives of value to the community; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1931, the club was restructured into a men's |
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organization, and an auxiliary group called the Eldorettes was |
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formed for the wives of club members; today, the group continues to |
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preserve the legacy of its founders and to uphold the principles on |
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which the organization was built, with each member dedicating |
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himself to the poem's proposition that he must "Ride, boldly ride, |
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over the Mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow, in |
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search of El Dorado"; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past century, the El Dorado Social Club has |
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had a meaningful impact on both its members and the broader |
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community, and it is truly a pleasure to join in marking this |
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special milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the El Dorado Social Club on the occasion |
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of its 100th anniversary and extend to all those associated with |
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this notable organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the El Dorado Social Club as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Dutton |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 168 was adopted by the House on |
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February 5, 2025, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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