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Florida House of Representatives - 1999 HR 9077
By Representative Posey
1 House Resolution
2 A resolution in recognition of Clyde Hart.
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4 WHEREAS, Clyde Hart was born in Melbourne, Florida, on
5 December 30, 1920, and is most well-known in the State of
6 Florida as the owner of Orlando Speedworld and the New Smyrna
7 Speedway, and
8 WHEREAS, the parents of Clyde Hart, George and Agnus
9 Hart, were pioneer residents in the Orlando area, and
10 WHEREAS, Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane in southeast
11 Orange County are named after the pioneer Hart family, and
12 WHEREAS, after graduating from high school in Orlando
13 in 1939, Clyde Hart went to live with an uncle and aunt in New
14 Smyrna Beach, and
15 WHEREAS, it was in New Smyrna that Clyde Hart began to
16 work cattle from the open range from Seville to Palatka and
17 the southern part of the St. Johns River, and
18 WHEREAS, during a brief period in which he worked for
19 the Florida East Coast Railroad, Clyde Hart married his wife,
20 Victoria "Dolly" Hart, in 1941, before he returned to working
21 cattle again, and
22 WHEREAS, in 1946, Clyde Hart bought 5,000 acres of land
23 from the Florida Farms Service, and
24 WHEREAS, Clyde and Dolly Hart began clearing and
25 draining the land, using the natural byproducts of the
26 property, such as heart cypress, green cypress, and
27 turpentine, to pay for the land, and
28 WHEREAS, with the money generated from these sales,
29 they invested in more land, small business centers, U.S. Post
30 Offices, pari-mutuel harness horse racing tracks, the New
31 Smyrna Speedway, the Orlando Speedworld Oval Track, the
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1 Orlando Speedworld Drag Strip, additional land, and more
2 cattle, and
3 WHEREAS, among Clyde Hart's many accomplishments was
4 his service as one of the supervisors of the New Smyrna/DeLand
5 Drainage District, and
6 WHEREAS, Clyde Hart was instrumental in forming the
7 Volusia County Farm Bureau, served as past president of the
8 Volusia County Cattlemen's Association, and past vice
9 president of the Florida Cattle Association, and
10 WHEREAS, in the early 1960's, Clyde Hart headed a group
11 that influenced the passage of the first pari-mutuel horse
12 racing bill in the Florida Legislature in 20 years, and
13 WHEREAS, Clyde Hart was also instrumental in obtaining
14 the pari-mutuel license for the Pompano Harness Track in
15 Hollywood, Florida, and
16 WHEREAS, on June 25, 1998, Clyde Hart died, and
17 WHEREAS, it is with great sadness and fond remembrance
18 that the citizens of the Central Florida area whose lives were
19 touched by Clyde Hart mark his passing, and
20 WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Florida
21 House of Representatives recognize Clyde Hart for his many
22 contributions to the state and the Central Florida area, NOW,
23 THEREFORE,
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25 Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
26 Florida:
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28 That the House of Representatives of the State of
29 Florida hereby recognizes Clyde Hart for his many
30 contributions to the citizens of the Central Florida area and
31 to the State of Florida.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution
2 be presented to Victoria "Dolly" Hart and Robert L. Hart as a
3 tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.
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