On Mathe Texas Senate gave Butt a special commendation for his contributions to the state. In 1975 his company became the major sponsor of one of the largest college tournaments in the country, the HEB Collegiate Team Tennis Tournament.

Butt also promoted and supported collegiate tennis at the University of Corpus Christi. Published Parks and Recreation's April Ludgate has worn it all, from hoodies to cashmere knits, but what are the outfits that worked best for her April Ludgate had the most intriguing arc on Parks and Rec. He also began developing the HEB Foundation Camp in 1954.īutt supported the building of public tennis courts in Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Donna, Edinburgh, Mission, Mercedes, Laredo, Victoria, Kerrville, Fredericksburg and New Braunfels, often donating land or money. It provided libraries and recreational facilities–swimming pools and tennis courts–to many South Texas communities, particularly in low-income areas. Butt established the HEB Foundation in 1933, one of the earliest philanthropic foundations in Texas. Throughout his life, Butt felt that the things that contributed so much to his own well-being, such as tennis, should be shared with others. When Butt died in 1991, there were 175 stores. During the 1930s, Howard’s business, HEB Grocery, grew to more than 28 stores in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. In 1929 Butt moved the headquarters of his developing grocery business to Harlingen. Although some of the early stores failed, his stores survived the Great Depression and grew by offering low-priced goods. When he returned in 1919, he went to work expanding the grocery business. He graduated valedictorian of Tivy High School in 1914.īutt joined the army during World War I. By age sixteen Butt, the youngest of three boys, began to manage the store. They used salt to kill the grass and hung a net from two posts. Since there were no tennis courts in his hometown, he and a friend cleared a vacant lot to make a court. Butt’s Staple and Fancy Grocery.įrom the time he was a young boy, Butt loved to play outdoors. In order to support the family, Butt’s mother, Florence, borrowed $60 to open a small grocery store. He is best known for founding the HEB supermarkets located throughout Texas.īutt’s father was a pharmacist, who because he suffered from tuberculosis and wanted a drier climate, moved the family to from Tennessee to Kerrville, Texas in 1905. (1895–1991) was born Apin Memphis, Tennessee. “It’s really given Aubrey a chance to show off lots of different colors.”Īpril’s emotional inaccessibility only heightens the flashes of tenderness and sincerity that do slip through, leading us to see her less as a smirking, stereotypical millennial, and more as a full-fledged young woman.Howard Edward Butt Sr. “Somehow, it seemed to make sense that April Ludgate would be tired of only scowling at things, and could fall for a guy who is nothing but upbeat and positive,” Schur said of April’s development. Her emotional repertoire has expanded considerably, thanks in large part to her unlikely romance-and eventual marriage to-goofball Andy Dwyer. But over the last two seasons, in particular, April Ludgate has become a surprisingly three-dimensional character.

Yes, everything April says or does drips with irony, and her vaguely disillusioned attitude may seem to some cooler-than-thou-especially as the rest of her co-workers fall into chaos and frivolity.

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