10-26-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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Office of the Mayor WHEREAS, the Ladies Reading Club of La Porte was founded as the Study Club in 1900, and then, with assistance th from the Ladies Reading Club of Houston, in May 1901, it became the organization celebrating its 120 anniversary this year; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Adella Penfield was the first president of the ten charter members, wives of the original developers of La Porte. The club met weekly in the parlor of The Artesia, the hotel where most of them had lived until their homes were built. Active membership was limited to thirty, who later met in members' homes, and dues were $1.00 per year, and WHEREAS, since 1959, the club has annually awarded a scholarship for excellence to a La Porte High School senior girl. Ladies Reading Club projects have included tutoring La Porte Elementary second graders, establishing and maintaining the Texas Bookshelf at the La Porte Public Library, supporting the L.E.A.R.N. adult literacy program, and donating to the March of Dimes, Salvation Army Christmas stockings, Girls and Boys Harbor, M. D. Anderson hospital, and the La Porte-Bay AreaHeritage Society; and WHEREAS, under the direction of current President Thelma Percoco, the Club meets at the Houston Yacht Club on the third Thursday of the month, from 10-noon, with lunch and a program; and WHEREAS, today we recognize the Ladies Reading Club of La Porte for their contributions to our community and continuing their aim of fostering intellectual and social culture in La Porte for 120 years, and wish them many, many more of the same. I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor, do hereby proclaim October 26, 2020, as NOW, THEREFORE, Ladies Reading Club of La Porte Day th In Witness Whereof: I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, this the 26 day of October, 2020.