Bill Text: TX HR36 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 2017 G. B. Bennett School reunion in Buffalo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR36-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 36 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Former students and staff of the G. B. Bennett | ||
| School in Buffalo are gathering together on June 17, 2017, for their | ||
| biennial reunion and banquet; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The G. B. Bennett School traces its roots back to | ||
| July 3, 1939, when the Buffalo Independent School District Board of | ||
| Trustees decided to apply to the Works Progress Administration for | ||
| funds to build a public school for local African American students; | ||
| construction began on a site secured from the Negro Baptist | ||
| Association, and the facility, named in honor of the Reverend G. B. | ||
| Bennett, pastor of New St. Holland Baptist Church, opened its doors | ||
| in 1942; following the integration of Buffalo ISD, the school was | ||
| permanently closed in 1969, after 27 years of operation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 2017 G. B. Bennett School alumni banquet offers | ||
| former Bulldogs a welcome opportunity to reflect on the knowledge | ||
| and skills they acquired as students, as well as on their fond | ||
| memories of Bennett's many extracurricular activities and events, | ||
| which included basketball games, May Day festivities, socials held | ||
| in the auditorium, and plays staged at the beginning and end of each | ||
| school year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Receiving special recognition at this year's | ||
| reunion are the school's five surviving faculty members and staff: | ||
| fifth- and sixth-grade teacher Ralph Cormier; fourth- through | ||
| sixth-grade teacher Margaret Heggins; music teacher Bobbye | ||
| Bullock; homemaking and language arts teacher Birdene Perry; and | ||
| teacher's aide Lillie West; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the nearly three decades that it was open, | ||
| the G. B. Bennett School gave numerous area youth a strong academic | ||
| foundation on which to build, and in so doing, it had a positive and | ||
| lasting impact on the Buffalo community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 2017 G. B. Bennett School | ||
| reunion and extend to all those in attendance sincere best wishes | ||
| for a meaningful and memorable event. | ||
| Ashby | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 36 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
