0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 31
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           RAYMOND L. KYSAR
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCE OF THE LEGISLATURE UPON THE DEATH OF
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0012|     FORMER SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE RAY ATCHISON.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, Ray Atchison died December 15, 1996; and
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0015|          WHEREAS, he served for twelve years in the legislature in
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0016|     both the house and the senate between 1961 and 1973 and was a
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0017|     member of the San Juan county commission; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, Atchison was also a delegate to the republican
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0019|     national convention in 1964, when Barry Goldwater was
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0020|     nominated; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, he was born in Idaho on September 6, 1911, grew
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0022|     up in Colorado and moved to New Mexico in 1930; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, he graduated from high school in La Veta,
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0024|     Colorado, and he married Iris Nobel of Aztec in 1933; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, he was a Mason and member of the San Juan Lodge
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0001|     25, the Shriners, the Elks and the Scottish Rite Freemasonry
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0002|     Lodge of Santa Fe; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, he started Atchison construction in 1945 from
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0004|     which he retired in the early 1970s; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, he donated time to build football and baseball
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0006|     fields for the Farmington and Aztec community youth; and
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0007|          WHEREAS, his granddaughter, Tammy Price, said that his
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0008|     dedication to his employees made his business a success; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, former legislative finance committee director
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0010|     Marilyn Budke said that he was a very effective member of the
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0011|     house when there were very few republicans serving in those
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0012|     days; and
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0013|          WHEREAS, his son, Lee Atchison, said that his father never
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0014|     lost an election, "which says something for him.  His sense of
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0015|     integrity and his own personal sense of ethics were probably
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0016|     one of his most well-known characteristics."; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, he is survived by his wife, Rachel; a daughter,
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0018|     Janice; a son, Raymond Lee; a brother, Richard Atchison; four
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0019|     grandsons; one granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; three
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0020|     step-children; and two step-grandchildren;
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0021|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0022|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that condolence be extended to the family
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0023|     and friends of Ray Atchison, a loving and devoted New Mexican;
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0024|     and
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0025|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0001|     transmitted to the family of Ray Atchison.
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0002|                                    
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0003|   
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0004|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008|                                                   March 6, 1997
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0009|   
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0010|   Mr. President:
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0011|   
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0012|       Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                      SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 31
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0015|   
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0018|   
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0019|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0024|   __________________________________
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0025|                                Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0004|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0005|   Adopted_______________________
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0006|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0010|                     Date ________________________
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0013|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0014|           Yes:    5
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0015|           No:     0
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0016|                Excused:     Altamirano, Aragon, Gorham
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0017|           Absent: None
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0020|   SJ031RU1
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