[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E913-E914]
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        CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS

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                           HON. NICK LAMPSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 1998

  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Centennial 
Anniversary of the City of Port Arthur, Texas and request that the 
following Proclamation be made a part of the Congressional Record.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas Arthur E. Stilwell of Rochester, New York founded 
     the City of Port Arthur on the western shoreline of Lake 
     Sabine in 1898, and
       Whereas the City of Port Arthur has grown and developed 
     into a major center of petrochemical manufacturing, shipping, 
     and offshore oil exploration, and
       Whereas the City of Port Arthur has been home to such 
     industrial giants of the 20th Century such as Texaco, Inc., 
     the Gulf Oil Company, Chevron Companies, Fina Oil and 
     Chemical Corporation, Clark Manufacturing Corporation, Star 
     Enterprise, Huntsman Corporation, Equistar Corporation, and
       Whereas the City of Port Arthur has served not only the 
     industrial and consumer needs of the United States and the 
     world, it has also contributed significantly to the defense 
     of the nation in World Wars I and II and other international 
     conflicts by providing men and women as well as ship 
     construction, merchant marine services, and a sea of 
     petroleum products necessary to win those wars, and
       Whereas the City of Port Arthur has been home to some of 
     the most colorful people of the 20th Century including former 
     Texas Governor Allan Shivers, Oscar award winner Leach 
     Rhodes, former President of the American Medical Association 
     Daniel ``Stormy'' Johnson, NFL Coach Jimmy Johnson, rock icon 
     Janis Joplin, abstract expressionist Robert Rauschenberg, 
     motion picture actress from Hollywood's Golden Era Evelyn 
     Keyes, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Lucian Adams, 
     Texas businessman and Presidential appointee Mach Hannah, 
     rhythm and blues great Ivory Joe Hunter, and hundreds more 
     who have contributed not only to life in this community, but 
     persons whose contributions are recognized not only to life 
     in this community, but persons whose contributions are 
     recognized throughout Texas, the nation and around the world.
       Now therefore be it resolved that the City of Port Arthur, 
     a progressive community proud of its multi-cultural heritage 
     of 60,000

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     citizens, is hereby recognized on the occasion of its 100th 
     anniversary.

     

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