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The Dallas Journal O c t o b e r 2011 D a l l a s , T e x a s Dallas Genealogical Society Board of Directors 2011 Officers Janet Khashab ................................................................................................... President Sandra Crowley ..................................................................... Executive VP-Fundraising Sandra Crowley ..................................................................... Vice President - Education Ora A. Penn ............................................................................... Vice President - Journal Carl Oehmann .......................................................................Vice-President - Newsletter Gloria Goodwin ................................................................. Vice President - Membership Carolyn Davis ...................................................................................................Secretary David Temple .................................................................................................. Treasurer ......................................................................................................................... Publicity Jean Larson ............................................................................................. Parliamentarian Directors Carol Roark ............................................................................................ Library Liaison Pat and Jimmy Stone ............................................................................................... Sales ........................................................................................................................... Mailing Harmon Adair .............................................................................................. Publications Patrick S. McKinney ................................................................... Volunteer Coordinator Appointees Tony Hanson .................................................................................................Webmaster Barbara A. Ware ................................................................................... IT Administrator Elizabeth Thurmond.......................................................................... Mail Administrator Sandra Crowley ....................................... Federation of Genealogical Societies Delegate The Dallas Journal 2011 Dallas Genealogical Society Editorial Team P. O. Box 12446 Ora A. Penn, Editor Dallas, Texas 75225-0446 Barbara Ann Ware Web Page: http://dallasgenealogy.org Elizabeth Thurmond Email: [email protected] The Dallas Journal Volume LVII October 2011 Table of Contents Officers and Directors ................................................................................. Inside Front Cover Dallas Genealogical Society ......................................................................... Inside Back Cover Call for Papers .......................................................................................................................... 2 Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, Sections 4, 14, 15, 44, and Pires Circle ............................ 3 Barbara A. Ware, Suzan Younger and Carole Ruska The Founding Fathers and Mothers of East Dallas Christian Church ................................. 67 Rose Blatch Business and Professional Women’s Club of Dallas, Inc. Roster 1973-1974 ........................ 75 Barbara A. Ware Obituaries with Dallas Area Connections .............................................................................. 82 Eleanor Evans Borkenhagen and Elizabeth Thurmond Births and Deaths at Eagle Ford, Texas ................................................................................ 89 Barbara A. Ware Crozier Technical High School P.T.A. Executive Board Hospitality Book ........................... 97 Barbara A. Ware DGS Sponsored Events and Programs ................................................................................. 108 Index .................................................................................................................................... 109 The Dallas Journal, 2011 1 Call for Papers The Editorial Board for the Dallas Journal invites submissions to the 2012 issue of The Dallas Journal. All topics in Dallas County history and genealogy are welcome. In addition to works of genealogical research, the Editorial Board also welcomes review articles. Articles are accepted throughout the year. The deadline for the 2012 Journal, including articles and book reviews, is 1 July 2012. Specific guidelines for submissions can be found on the Dallas Genealogical Society website at www.dallasgenealogy.org. The Dallas Journal, 2011 2 Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas Sections 4, 14, 15, 44, and Pires Circle Barbara A. Ware, Suzan Younger and Carole Ruska For several years a number of Citizens of Dallas have realized the urgent necessity of providing, without delay, a spot convenient and outside the corporate limits, in every respect suitable for a first-class cemetery, to be designed and laid off by a thoroughly competent cemetery engineer in the most modern style, and in accordance with the best idea of what a rural or lawn park cemetery should be -- a hallowed and sacred spot that would prove a credit to the promoters, and to the good people of Dallas for generations to come.1 Oakland Cemetery opened in 1892. And yet there are death dates that precede that year. These are re-interments from other cemeteries. Although the original plan called for a very large cemetery, today the smaller cemetery has 40 sections. A map of the cemetery is found on page 66. Some section numbers are repeated in different areas of the cemetery. Some sections contain lots, some contain tiers (rows) and some contain both lots and tiers. Each lot generally is divided into 12 plots, usually two rows of six graves each. Tiers have no standard number of graves. Section Four of Oakland Cemetery has over 1,100 burials. Among those are two mayors, Frank P. Holland (1895-1897) and William M. Holland (1911-1915); George Clapp Greer, one-term state senator and attorney for Magnolia Petroleum Company (later called Mobil Oil Company); and George W. Ware, the founder of Practical Drawing. Section 4 is a section of lots with a tier portion across the cemetery road called ―North Avenue.‖ Finding graves in this section is made difficult because of the original design of the section with a circle in the middle and the fan-like curves that span from ―Stubbs Circle‖ (Section 14) and ―Tower Circle‖ (Section 15) that are adjacent on the northeast and southeast. Section 1 was published in The Dallas Journal, volume LIV (2008); Section 2 in volume LV (2009); and Section 3 in volume LVI (2010). Sections 14 and 15 are the circles near Section 4. Section 14 is divided into six pie-shaped pieces with three rows in each piece. Section 15 is divided into five pie-shaped pieces with three or four rows each. Section 44 is located at the front on the left side of the cemetery. Tiers 1 to 17 have about 44 graves. Tiers 16 to 18, begin at grave number 21 due to the shape of the cemetery. The Pires Circle is actually a triangular shaped space near Sections 2 and 3. The large monument there was placed in honor of Louis Antonio Pires. After his death, Pires’ estate was valued at $1.8 million. Large bequests were given to Southern Methodist University, Buckner’s Orphans’ Home, St. Paul Sanitarium, and the Masonic bodies. The Pires monument is a large columned structure with a domed top built by the architectural firm of Greene, La Roche & Dahl. The monument is taken from the design of the Temple of Hercules at Tivoli, The Dallas Journal, 2011 3 Oakland Cemetery, Sections 4, 14, 15, 44, and Pires Circle located on the Campagnea about forty miles from Rome. The temple is about three-fourths in ruins, but its beauty of architectural design is still traceable. It was built about 300 A.D. and is a circular edifice surrounded by Corinthian columns. The Pires monument has five Corinthian columns, the caps being modified by the use of Texas flora. It is set on a stylobate and is crowned by a marble coping topped with a decorative finial of three dauphines. The entire structure is of white Georgia marble. The outside frieze bears the inscription: ―He husbands best his life, who freely gives it to the public good; he rightly lives who nobly dies.‖ On the inner frieze is inscribed: ―So shall I join the choir invisible whose music is the gladness of the world.‖ 2 Information for the Oakland Cemetery transcription comes from the actual tombstones, interment cards, 3 lot owner cards,4 singles and alpha singles ledger. 5 Notes are included in brackets [ ] for information found in sources other than the tombstone. Many records prior to 1916 were destroyed in a fire in the cemetery office. Caretakers have tried to recreate these records from documents, such as cemetery maps, that remained. For this reason, actual burial location or date may not be accurate for some individuals. There are some notes that say that the burial was ―ca 1896-97,‖ or ―1899 era‖ or similar type note. Early lot purchases were recorded in the Dallas County Deed Book 172. Researchers are encouraged to use a number of sources to document dates. Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) has filmed all of the ledgers and cards, except the current singles ledger. Copies of the GSU microfilms are available in the Texas/Dallas History and Archives section, 7th floor, of the J. Eric Jonsson Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, Texas.