General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 67
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RESOLUTIONS
MEMORIAL-RALPH WILSON, SR.
H. C. R. No. 20
WHEREAS, Citizens of Temple and the entire State of Texas lost a
most distinguished gentleman with the death, at age 71, of Ralph Wilson,
Sr., on January 31, 1972; and
WHEREAS, A well-known industrialist and philanthropist, Mr. Wilson
was born on April 10, 1901, and was reared on a farm in Putnam County,
Indiana; he moved to California in 1921, where he first applied his talents
and creative genius to the business of supplying ornamental plaster and
concrete interiors to the motion picture industry; he moved to Temple,
Texas, in 1955, with innovative plans to use plastics in the place of plaster
and founded the Ralph Wilson Plastics Co., now known as Dart Industries;
Mr. Wilson has been, since 1955, both chairman of the board of Ralph
Wilson Plastics and chairman of the architectural products division of
Dart Industries; and
WHEREAS, In addition to having achieved unprecedented success in
the business field, Ralph Wilson is widely known in the Temple area for
his unselfish dedication to the youth of the community and his concern
for their future education; he has contributed generously to numerous
scholarship funds at Baylor University, Mary Hardin-Baylor College,
Texas Lutheran College and Temple Junior College and has personally of-
fered words of encouragement and inspiration to those seeking a higher
education; and
WHEREAS, Citizens of Temple have honored this outstanding gentle-
man with numerous awards for his many unselfish deeds: in 1969, he
received the coveted Golden Deeds Award from the Temple Exchange Club,
in recognition of his contributions to the field of education; and
WHEREAS, He is best known in Temple for his untiring efforts in the
position of board director and his financial assistance on behalf of the
Ralph Wilson Boys' Club, named in his honor in 1967; the club is proudly
housed in an impressive $250,000 facility of its own, donated in 1970 by
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson; for their generosity, the Wilsons were presented
with the prestigious National Electrical Manufacturers Association Com-
munity Service Award, given in conjunction with the dedication cere-
monies for the new building; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wilson found time to serve his community in other
capacities-as a Gold Star member of the Junior Fair and Livestock Show,
an honorary member of the Temple Rotary Club, president of the Temple
Country Club, director of the First National Bank, and director of Kings'
Daughters Hospital; the City of Temple and the State of Texas are indeed
proud to have had such an exemplary citizen; and
WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie C. (Sunny) Wilson;
a son, Dr. Ralph Wilson, Jr., of Temple; two daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Mac-
Innich of Lincoln, Massachusetts, and Miss Sue Faith Wilson of Newport
Beach, California; a step-daughter, Mrs. Kay Mixon of Stone Mountain,
Georgia; two stepsons, Charles Fairweather of Amarillo and Ross Fair-
weather of Austin; three brothers, W. H. Wilson, B. N. Wilson of Temple,
and R. S. Wilson of Whittier, California; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Brooks of
Evansville, Indiana, and Mrs. Peggy Naudack of La Mesa, California; 14
grandchildren and one great-grandchild; he will be greatly missed by his
relatives and many friends throughout the state; now, therefore, be it
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/68/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.