Bill Text: TX HR137 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Cruz Pantoja for her decades of service at Wilson Plaza in Corpus Christi.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR137-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 137 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Cruz Pantoja, a valued employee of the historic | ||
| Wilson Plaza in Corpus Christi, has earned the appreciation and | ||
| esteem of many members of her community over the course of her long | ||
| career at a South Texas landmark; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Wilson Plaza had its origins in 1927 as the Nixon | ||
| Building, the first skyscraper to be erected in Corpus Christi; | ||
| that structure was expanded in 1935 with the addition of the "Cotton | ||
| Exchange" annex; in 1947, the complex was purchased by oil and real | ||
| estate financier Sam E. Wilson, and in 1951, he added a 17-story | ||
| office tower with a four-story luxury penthouse, where he lived | ||
| with his wife, Ada; until Mrs. Wilson died in 1977, the tower was | ||
| the center of Corpus Christi's social scene; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Cruz Pantoja is the daughter of Estanislao Valdez | ||
| and Martha Valdez Pinones; her sister, Geneva, was the first member | ||
| of the family to work at Wilson Plaza, and when Geneva moved to | ||
| California in the late 1950s, their other sister, Matilde Zambrano, | ||
| took over her job as an elevator operator; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Pantoja joined her sister as an elevator | ||
| operator at Wilson Plaza in 1966, and apart from a four-year period | ||
| when she was raising her two sons, Christopher and Juan, she has | ||
| worked there ever since; the manually operated elevators were | ||
| replaced with automatic models in 1995, but the two sisters were | ||
| held in such high regard by the building's tenants and management | ||
| that they were asked to stay on; today, Mrs. Pantoja represents the | ||
| plaza as an official greeter and concierge; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Cruz Pantoja is the wife of the late Juan Jose | ||
| Pantoja; in addition to her two sons, Mrs. Pantoja has been blessed | ||
| with a grandson, Joseph; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than five decades, this dedicated, | ||
| hardworking woman has assisted the tenants of, and countless | ||
| visitors to, Wilson Plaza, and through her warmth and friendliness, | ||
| she has brightened the day of all whom she has greeted; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Cruz Pantoja for | ||
| her many years of service at Wilson Plaza and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mrs. Pantoja as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Herrero | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 137 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
