0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 10
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING JAMES SILVA AND HIS FAMILY FOR
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0012|     THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEVOTION TO NEW MEXICO.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, James Silva and Ella Gonzales Silva opened their
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0015|     business, the Pottery House, selling Indian and southwestern
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0016|     art, in 1933; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, the Pottery House dealt with Indian artifacts
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0018|     dating back to 900 A.D. and Hispanic artifacts; and 
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0019|          WHEREAS, the store gave the Silva family the experience
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0020|     and resources to invest in three nightclubs and the Tiguex
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0021|     theater, which later became the Zia; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, James became a Bernalillo county humanitarian,
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0023|     helping hundreds of people through his stores with credit,
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0024|     donations and co-signatures for needy people and helping Our
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0025|     Lady of Sorrows renovate the church; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, in 1969, James reopened the Pottery House with
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0003|     his daughter Rose, naming it Rose's Pottery House, and after
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0004|     he passed away in 1993, Rose, Antoinette and son, James Jr.,
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0005|     continued the business; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, James' legacy of generosity and accomplishment
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0007|     continues through the achievements of his children and
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0008|     grandchildren; 
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0009|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0010|     OF NEW MEXICO that recognition and congratulations be extended
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0011|     to James Silva and his family for their contributions and
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0012|     devotion to New Mexico; and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0014|     transmitted to the family of James Silva.
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