Bill Text: TX HR765 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Ken's Man's Shop in Dallas on its 50th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR765 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR765-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 765 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ken's Man's Shop celebrated its 50th anniversary in | ||
| 2014, and this special occasion presents a welcome opportunity to | ||
| take note of this haberdashery's unique place in the Dallas | ||
| business community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After working for five years at another menswear | ||
| store, Ken Helfman opened his own store in Garland on July 30, 1964, | ||
| at the age of 25; specializing at first in English tailored | ||
| clothing, the shop expanded its line to carry men's fashion by such | ||
| designers as Pierre Cardin, Yves St. Laurent, and Oleg Cassini, | ||
| among others; Coach Tom Landry and other members of the front office | ||
| of the Dallas Cowboys began to purchase clothing there, and in 1969, | ||
| Roger Staubach bought his first suit at Ken's; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the next decades, the store's reputation grew, | ||
| and in 1993, it moved to its present location in the Preston Royal | ||
| Shopping Center in Dallas; the following year, Mr. Helfman's son | ||
| Kory joined the business, and today the shop serves both new and | ||
| longtime customers, offering the services of an in-house tailor's | ||
| shop and carrying fine menswear by many contemporary designers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Helfman has been an active volunteer for the | ||
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children since the late 1970s, and | ||
| since 1994, the store has held an annual holiday book and toy drive; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Locally owned businesses are important to the | ||
| prosperity of cities throughout Texas, and Ken's Man's Shop is an | ||
| inspiring example of the success that can be realized by | ||
| hardworking entrepreneurs in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Ken's Man's Shop on its 50th | ||
| anniversary and extend to Ken and Kory Helfman and their staff | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ken's Man's Shop as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Villalba | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 765 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 12, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
