House Resolution 47

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                      BY  SCHICKEL
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the City of Mason City on its
  1  4    sesquicentennial year.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the City of Mason City, first settled in
  1  6 1853, is celebrating its 150th anniversary; and
  1  7    WHEREAS, Mason City is the hometown of Meredith
  1  8 Willson, composer of the Broadway musical "The Music
  1  9 Man", and of his older sister Dixie Willson, writer
  1 10 and poet, is the home of the Music Man Square, and is
  1 11 the host of the annual North Iowa Band Festival; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Mason City is the home to one of the most
  1 13 famous Prairie School residential developments
  1 14 featuring three Frank Lloyd Wright structures
  1 15 including the Park Inn Hotel, the last remaining hotel
  1 16 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the world; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, Mason City is the home of the Charles H.
  1 18 MacNider Art Museum which holds one of the finest
  1 19 American Art collections in the country, and the Mason
  1 20 City Public Library, one of the most beautiful
  1 21 libraries in the country, and is the hometown of Bil
  1 22 Baird, the master puppeteer; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Mason City is the birthplace of Hanford
  1 24 MacNider, a businessman and philanthropist who served
  1 25 as assistant secretary of war, minister to Canada, and
  1 26 is Iowa's most decorated soldier; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, for almost 100 years, Mason City has been
  1 28 a regional center for the production of cement,
  1 29 employing local workers in a variety of locally,
  1 30 nationally, and internationally owned businesses; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, Mason City continues to contribute to the
  2  2 culture, well=being, and prosperity of Iowa, the
  2  3 nation, and the world; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  4    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  5 That the House of Representatives recognizes and
  2  6 extends its congratulations to the City of Mason City
  2  7 on its sesquicentennial anniversary year and for its
  2  8 150 years of service to its citizens and to the State
  2  9 of Iowa; and
  2 10    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  2 11 official copy of this Resolution be prepared and
  2 12 presented to the Honorable Jean Marinos, Mayor of
  2 13 Mason City.
  2 14 LSB 3394HH 80
  2 15 kk/pj/5