Bill Text: TX HR146 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Honoring Holland Jewelry on its receipt of a Texas Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-23 - Reported enrolled [HR146 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR146-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Honoring Holland Jewelry on its receipt of a Texas Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-23 - Reported enrolled [HR146 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR146-Introduced.html
83R4866 BK-D | ||
By: Darby | H.R. No. 146 |
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WHEREAS, Holland Jewelry of San Angelo is receiving a Texas | ||
Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission on | ||
January 23, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Treasure Business Award recognizes | ||
businesses that have provided employment opportunities and | ||
supported the state's economy for at least 50 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Holland's was founded by Chase Holland in 1918 and | ||
has been in continuous operation ever since; near the end of the | ||
Great Depression, Mr. Holland introduced handmade Western jewelry | ||
and belt buckles, including a silver spur tie clip designed to pay | ||
tribute to those who had "won their spurs"; one such clip was | ||
presented to President Franklin Roosevelt by a local newspaper | ||
publisher; and | ||
WHEREAS, After World War II, Mr. Holland's son, Chase | ||
Holland, Jr., joined him in operating the business; their | ||
partnership lasted nearly a quarter-century, before Chase Holland, | ||
Sr., passed away in 1960; Chase Holland, Jr., worked alongside his | ||
wife, Virginia, until his untimely death in 1968, after which she | ||
led the company with the assistance of George McCormack, who had | ||
served the operation as store manager; and | ||
WHEREAS, The historic business is now run by Bill Holland and | ||
Chase Holland III, sons of the late Chase and Virginia Holland, and | ||
Brant Horner; along with offering an array of fine jewelry, | ||
Holland's continues to produce a selection of Western pieces | ||
reflecting the frontier roots of its home in San Angelo; and | ||
WHEREAS, Family owned and operated for nearly a century, | ||
Holland Jewelry has earned a prominent place among the state's | ||
historic businesses, staying true to its original vision while | ||
evolving with the times, and it is indeed deserving of this | ||
prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Holland Jewelry on its receipt of a Texas | ||
Treasure Business Award and congratulate the Holland family and all | ||
those associated with the company for their contributions to its | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Holland Jewelry as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |