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95260-Texian Newsletter THE TEXIAN The Official Publication of The Sons of the Republic of Texas VOL II NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 2008 The 12 Stops of San Jacinto Replica Flag The Friends of the Park have asked Friends’ member and Sons of the Republic of Texas member Scott Dunbar to collect this most important flag replica. Mr. Dunbar was chosen be- cause he is also a Knight of the Order of San Jacinto started by then President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston in 1840. First Stop - Because of the importance and symbol this flag represents to the State of Texas the FOP wanted their replica to absorb the emissions that were instilled in the original San Jacinto Flag that now hangs in the Texas State Capitol. Sir Knight Dunbar has taken on this incalculable challenge. He chose to collect the commissioned replica flag on July 26, 2008, which was the 145th Anniversary of the death of General Sam Houston. Along on this first quest was FOP member Marilyn Dunbar and member of the “Texas Dare Devils” Kevin Dunbar. Before the original San Jacinto Flag could savor victory it endured many gloomy days, one was the fall of the Alamo. Now on this the 26th day of July the San Jacinto Flag is displayed proudly in front of the Alamo and viewed by hundreds of curious onlookers. FOP Member Marilyn Dunbar displayed the flag at the long arbor on the south side of the Alamo. The commissioning of this replica flag could not have been possible with out the generous contribution by FOP member Paul Schenck. cont. on page 4 PRESIDENT GENERAL’S MESSAGE condition is that membership in “just around the corner.” Just establishments are on the decline. plugging along seems futile, but All of this causes the generations “high tech changes as we speak.” It after the Baby Boomers to not be also seems out of sight to develop concerned with their ancestors. papers for a presentation, but it might wake us up to think about This change in society translates communicating with others. It might to a change in dealing with our wake us up to realize that we are not membership and potential gathering under a tent at a revival or L. Vaughn Oliver, KSJ members. In addition, we must at a Sunday picnic. It does not mean deal with the communication that our ancestors are any less We must reflect on the changes in evolution as it translates to relevant, but today is totally different. society. These various cultural speaking clearly and plainly in Today we speak of a terabyte, high changes are affecting our membership recruiting, program density displays, and iPods; what will organization. These changes can be presentation, and in a verbal be on the thought waves of summarized into a few statements. human interface. How do we tomorrow? We need to meet these Families are now more scattered than interest the New World with the thoughts. We need to address ever. There is less commitment given Old World ideas? How do we yesterday’s stories with today’s new to society. Families have more translate the past into the future? technology. Our ancestors made the options to pursue. The rises in the cost changes necessary for them, so will of living allow people less to give of This is not a new problem and we. their time and money. Another ideas of a new solution are always God Bless Texas! WHAT’S INSIDE President General’s Message ...... 1 In and Around Texas .......... 3, 8-12 12 Stops of San Jacinto Where Are They .......................... 7 Replica Flag.......................... 1, 4-7 Knight Commander’s Message . 13 Janet’s Journal ............................. 2 Passing of a Knight ................... 13 2009 Supplemental Ancestor In Memoriam ............................. 13 Contest ......................................... 3 New SRT Members .............. 14-15 Editor’s Note ............................... 3 Calendar of Events .................... 16 Executive Committee 2008 - 2009 JANET’S JOURNAL email: [email protected] 1717 Eighth Street Bay City, Texas 77414 • The Quarterly Meeting will be December 5 & 6, 2008 at the Hampton Inn in Victoria. Cut off date is November 21, 2008. Rate is $102. Telephone number is 361-573-9911. L. Vaughn Oliver, KSJ President General • Be thinking about submitting a nomination for the Educator of Sam F. Clark, Jr. First Vice President General the Year Award to be presented at the Annual Meeting in 2009. Dead- David Hanover Second Vice President General line is February 10, 2009. Criteria for the award are available from the Tom Houston Secretary General National office. Bob Steakley Treasurer General Robert Kendall, KSJ Historian General • Nominations from the Chapters for Honorary Membership and Wesley N. Schulze, KSJ Chaplain General Knights of the Order of San Jacinto are due November 20, 2008. J. Richard Reese, KSJ Executive Committeeman Edward A. Heath Executive Committeeman • The Topic for the Texas History Essay Contest Award is “The Janet Hickl Administrative Assistant Siege and Battle of the Alamo”. Brochures are available at the Na- tional Office and on our website www.srttexas.org. • Remember: All members who are active service personnel your dues are waived. Notify SRT office by email, postal service or by telephone. District Representives 2008 - 2009 • Please note there are new fees. Life Membership application fees have changed. Junior Membership and Supplementary fees are now $30. Discard any old SRT applications, brochures and applica- tions guidelines. Check the SRT website for a copy of the application or request applications from the National office. • Please note that any applicants for membership in the SRT must have 3 signatures of recommending SRT members. It is not necessary if the applicant lives out of state BUT every applicant must affiliate with a chapter. This does not mean that they will have to attend meet- ings. APPLICATIONS MUST BE TYPED AND NOTARIZED. • 2006 Yearbooks are available for $25, which includes CD, binder and dividers. L-R (back) Stan Stokes, Duane Blair, Randy Pollard, • Dues notices are in the mail. Please Note: Be sure and mail your payment in prior to December 30, 2008 for your chapter to qualify Joe Pyle, (seated) Ken Pfeiffer, David Hanover, and for a rebate check in 2009. This is not a new change but this is in line Bob Steakley with the Constitution and Bylaws. 2 IN AND AROUND TEXAS Member Marriage On Saturday September 13 the members of the John O. Meusebach Chapter #48 helped the marriage of member Jim Runge, and Claryce Williams at the St. James Episcopal Church on the grounds of Ft. McKavett, TX. The reception was followed later at the T9C Ranch in Eldorado. Members and wives who attended were L-R Midge, and Bob Goldsborough - Kay, and Don Clark - Don Taylor, and wife - Ft. McKavett's Parson, - Pat, and Paul Burrier - Sherri, and Delmar Hiller - and Sam Smith. At the end of the service the bride and groom walked under a salute of Sabers and Muskets. 2009 Supplemental Ancestor Contest A “Supplemental Ancestor Contest” will begin January 1, 2009 and end December 31, 2009. This contest is open to all SRT members in good standing. The standard requirements for submitting a supplemental will apply, as found in Section 5.7 of the SRT Bylaws. This contest is only for new supplemental applications submitted and approved during the contest period. Please submit applications at least a couple of months before the last day of December 2009, in order to allow for normal process and review. The President General will present a prize to the winner at the Annual Meeting 2010. SRT is now sanctioned by Microsoft. We can sell a licensed copy of MS Office 2007 Professional Upgrade for $100, which includes one disk, postage and handling. The downside is that this does not include any type of operating manual or Help Desk. An installation write up is included on the disk, but people need to be computer proficient. Computer Requirements Needed: Pentium 4, RAM-1 Gig, Hard Drive-250 Gig (MsO-07 needs up to 600MB space). The upgrade will probable disable all external devices: printers, scanners, etc. so a reinstall may be required. You do no need to upgrade to Vista, Office-07 will work on XP or Vista. It is easy to save down to 97-2003 to share documents with others. Contact Janet. Editor’s note: Good news is we had a lot of very good submissions for this issue. Bad news I couldn’t get them all in. If your article or photos are not in this issue I will try to make sure they make it into the next issue! If you submit a scanned article, please print it out and make sure you can read it. I received several scanned articles (which are handled as pictures) that I could not read. If you sent photos, please include the who, what, when and where. John Baker 3 cont. from page 1 The 12 Stops of San Jacinto Replica Flag Second Stop - After departing the Alamo on its long and historic journey to the flag’s final stop at Monument Hill, it was looking for inspiration. Inspiration was to be found at the gravesite of James Austin Sylvester. Mr. Sylvester came to Texas with Captain Sidney Sherman’s Kentucky Volunteers to fight for Texas Independence. Also Captain Sherman’s Kentucky Volunteers brought with them what was to become the famed San Jacinto Battle flag, which now hangs in the Texas House of Representatives Chamber. Mr. Sylvester not only was a Republic of Texas Veteran and one of Santa Anna’s captors but he served as the color bearer during the Battle of San Jacinto, waving the San Jacinto Flag for all to see.
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