Bill Text: TX HR767 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the closing of Boathouse Bait in Port O'Connor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR767 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR767-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 767 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Robbie and Marie Hawes have closed their business, | ||
| Boathouse Bait, concluding nearly two decades of service to the | ||
| Port O'Connor fishing community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hawes began working as a shrimper in 1968 at the | ||
| age of 23; in 1996, he and Mrs. Hawes opened Boathouse Bait, selling | ||
| shrimp and croaker to other fishermen as a way to supplement their | ||
| income from shrimping; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the years, the bait shop became the couple's | ||
| full-time business, and in 2006 they built a bigger building with | ||
| four 20-foot-long cement tanks and four large round tanks to hold | ||
| the bait; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Hawes employed a staff to sell the | ||
| bait, but Mr. Hawes himself rose at 2:30 every morning to clean the | ||
| tanks and separate the croaker, and at 4:30, he took his boat, the | ||
| Pusservin, out into the Gulf of Mexico to catch more bait; then, | ||
| before he left work at 9:00 every evening, he checked the pumps and | ||
| cleaned the tanks again; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For nearly two decades, Boathouse Bait has been a | ||
| signature business in Port O'Connor, and Mr. and Mrs. Hawes may | ||
| take great pride in the affection and respect they have earned from | ||
| their many longtime customers as they embark upon the next exciting | ||
| chapter of their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the closing of Boathouse Bait in | ||
| Port O'Connor and extend to Robbie and Marie Hawes sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Hawes as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Morrison | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 767 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 12, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
