Bill Text: TX SR615 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 10, 2013, as Crystal City Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-10 - Reported enrolled [SR615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR615-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Proud residents of Crystal City are gathering in | ||
| Austin on April 10, 2013, to celebrate Crystal City Day at the | ||
| State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Situated in the Winter Garden Region of South | ||
| Texas, Crystal City was laid out in 1905 by two developers, Carl | ||
| F. Groos and E. J. Buckingham, and named for the clear waters of a | ||
| nearby artesian well; by 1908, the town had a post office, a | ||
| school, and a stop on the Uvalde Railway, and in 1928, it was | ||
| named the seat of Zavala County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, | ||
| WHEREAS, During World War II, the Immigration and | ||
| Naturalization Service took over a camp for migratory farm | ||
| workers at Crystal City and used the facility to intern Japanese | ||
| Americans and Axis nationals, many of whom had been residing in | ||
| various South American countries; at its peak, the camp held more | ||
| than 3,300 men, women, and children speaking five different | ||
| languages; the camp was converted to low-cost housing after the | ||
| war; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The rising power of Crystal City's majority | ||
| Hispanic population in the 1960s helped increase their | ||
| representation in city government; in 1967, three Chicano | ||
| students at Crystal City High School founded the Mexican American | ||
| Youth Organization, leading three years later to the founding of | ||
| the Raza Unida Party, which fielded Hispanic candidates for | ||
| statewide office; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Crystal City continues to be a hub for | ||
| farming, ranching, and food processing, with the Del Monte | ||
| Corporation cannery specializing in locally produced spinach and | ||
| carrots; revived in 1982, the Spinach Festival draws 60,000 | ||
| visitors to the town every November with such activities as a | ||
| cook-off, a carnival and parade, and musical performances; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The citizens of Crystal City are working to | ||
| preserve the best of their past while building a future of | ||
| ever-expanding opportunity, and it is indeed a privilege to | ||
| recognize their industry and public spirit; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
| 83rd Legislature, hereby recognize April 10, 2013, as Crystal | ||
| City Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting | ||
| delegation sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable | ||
| stay in Austin. | ||
| Uresti | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 10, 2013. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
