Bill Text: TX HCR115 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating the city of Mansfield as the Pickle Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR115-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 115 | ||
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| WHEREAS, More than 85 years ago, the city of Mansfield was the | ||
| birthplace of Best Maid Products, a leading manufacturer of pickles | ||
| and other condiments; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The company began in the kitchen of Mildred and | ||
| Jessie Otis Dalton, who lived in a small stone house in Mansfield; | ||
| Mrs. Dalton's homemade pies, mayonnaise, sandwich spread, and | ||
| pickles were popular with the customers in her husband's grocery, | ||
| and in 1926, they founded the Best Maid company; today the company | ||
| is best known for its popular pickles and dressings, selling 50 | ||
| million pickles a year under the Best Maid and Del-Dixi brands; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 2012, Mansfield has celebrated its fame as the | ||
| birthplace of this pickle empire by staging the World's Only Best | ||
| Maid St. Paddy's Pickle Parade and Palooza every March, to coincide | ||
| with St. Patrick's Day; this festive attraction features a parade, | ||
| food vendors, musical performances, and three fun runs, as well as | ||
| pickle-eating and pickle-juice-drinking competitions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Pickle Parade and Palooza highlights the | ||
| community as the home of a distinctive brand of pickles and pickle | ||
| products, and the fun-loving citizens of Mansfield may indeed savor | ||
| their association with this iconic Texas treasure; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate Mansfield as the official Pickle Capital of Texas; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.003(e), Government Code, this designation remains in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is passed. | ||
| Zedler | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 115 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 115 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
