Bill Text: TX HR10 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Robstown Hardware Company.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-26 - Reported enrolled [HR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR10-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 10 |
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WHEREAS, The Robstown Hardware Company, long a mainstay of | ||
the farming and ranching community in South Texas, is celebrating | ||
its 100th anniversary in 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, The company was founded in downtown Robstown by | ||
Edwin Flato as a hardware store, an appliance and furniture | ||
retailer, and a John Deere tractor dealership; managed by company | ||
president Harry Nichols, Robstown Hardware also included an | ||
ambulance service and a funeral home; and | ||
WHEREAS, The business grew and prospered over the next 60 | ||
years, and in 1974 it moved to its present location on Highway 77; | ||
around the same time, it became primarily a John Deere dealership, | ||
selling a line that ranged from riding lawn mowers to ranch tractors | ||
and small construction equipment; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Nichols retired in 1981 after 68 years as | ||
company president, and the dealership was purchased by King Ranch, | ||
Inc.; the company added farm tires and tracks to its inventory in | ||
1995, and today, under the leadership of general manager Andy | ||
Pollard, Robstown Hardware continues to be one of the leading | ||
agricultural equipment dealers in South Texas, with a large staff | ||
of certified technicians who can provide service to tractors and | ||
other equipment in the field; and | ||
WHEREAS, Robstown Hardware has also long been active in the | ||
community as a sponsor of farm and ranch shows, junior livestock | ||
shows, 4-H tractor driving and safety events, and customer | ||
appreciation days; in addition, it has supported the efforts of | ||
county extension programs, funded scholarships, and participated | ||
in the Relay for Life cancer fund-raising events; and | ||
WHEREAS, Locally owned and operated businesses play a vital | ||
role in the economy and culture of Texas, and all those associated | ||
with Robstown Hardware can take great pride in the contributions | ||
the company has made to the surrounding region over the past 100 | ||
years; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate the Robstown | ||
Hardware Company on its centennial and extend to the company's | ||
owners and staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Robstown Hardware Company as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Herrero | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 10 was adopted by the House on July | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||