2013-2014 Bill 3844: Chapin Garden Club - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 3844 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, Ballentine, W.J. McLeod, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, 10 Bales, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, 11 G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A. Crawford, 12 K.R. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, 13 Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, 14 Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, 15 Kennedy, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, 16 M.S. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, 17 Norman, H.L. Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Powers Norrell, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, 19 G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, 20 Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29653dg13.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 20, 2013 24 Introduced in the Senate on March 21, 2013 25 Adopted by the General Assembly on March 21, 2013 26 27 Summary: Chapin Garden Club 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 3/20/2013 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 50) 34 3/21/2013 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 16) 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 3/20/2013 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE CHAPIN GARDEN 12 CLUB FOR ITS OUTSTANDING HISTORY AND 13 VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE CHAPIN COMMUNITY AND 14 TO CONGRATULATE MARY LAFOND, CLUB PRESIDENT, 15 AND THE CLUB’S MEMBERS UPON THE OCCASION OF 16 THEIR SEVENTYFIFTH ANNIVERSARY. 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 19 are pleased to learn that the Chapin Garden Club will celebrate its 20 seventyfifth anniversary during a dropin to be held at the Chapin 21 Chamber of Commerce House on April 21, 2013; and 22 23 Whereas, organized in 1938 with Mr. Alvin Frick as its president, 24 the Chapin Garden Club originally focused its efforts on 25 beautifying Chapin and became a Federated Garden Club in 1945; 26 and 27 28 Whereas, as the community’s oldest volunteer organization, it 29 continues its impressive activity to promote the love of gardening, 30 protect the community’s trees and flowers, and encourage civic 31 beauty; and 32 33 Whereas, the Chapin Garden Club maintains the town’s entrance 34 planters, library urns, and Carolina Fence Garden; plants trees 35 around the community; delivers flower arrangements to residents 36 at Generations, the local assistedliving complex; and participates 37 in communitywide projects, such as Community Service Day; and 38 39 Whereas, anyone in the greater Chapin area who has a love of 40 gardening and wants to share that passion with the community is 41 encouraged to join and participate in monthly meetings where

[3844] 2 1 members conduct business and enjoy wonderful gardenrelated 2 programs; and 3 4 Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly appreciates the 5 labor of beauty that the Chapin Garden Club has contributed to the 6 community over the past seventyfive years and congratulates the 7 club’s members for their seventyfive years spent in showcasing the 8 Chapin community. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 11 concurring: 12 13 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 14 resolution, recognize and commend the Chapin Garden Club for its 15 outstanding history and volunteer work in the Chapin community 16 and congratulate Mary LaFond, club president, and the club’s 17 members upon the occasion of their seventyfifth anniversary. 18 19 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 20 Mary LaFond. 21 XX 22

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