Volume 2, No. 4 Publisher: Karen Thompson, Editor: Valerie Laskowski August, 2012

Dear Fellow Daughters, Calendar of Events: Aug 11, 2012 - District V The Donning Company has been selected to publish our Workshop; Franklin book THE DAUGHTERS: A DOZEN DECADES OF DRT. In this new book we celebrate the complete 121 year  Aug 18, 2012 - District III history of The Daughters. This book is only being sold in Workshop; Texarkana pre-publication sales. Ladies, that means you must order Aug 25, 2012 - District IV it now by mail or at your District Workshop where the Workshop; Longview book committee has a sales table. It will not be for sale next May at the DRT Convention in Beaumont, it will be ready then for delivery  Sep 8, 2012 - District VI to those who have already paid for a copy. Workshop; This book is like nothing you have ever Sep 22, 2012 - District IX seen. This volume will be 10" x 10", 304 Workshop; West Columbia pages of informative text with nearly 450 Sep 29, 2012 - District VII photographs, many never before published. Workshop; Fulton All of the 107 chapters will have a history, and most will have three photographs. Oct 6, 2012 - Districts X & Many of the more than fifty disbanded I Workshop; Odessa chapters will have a history. And all those Oct 13, 2012 - District VIII Administrative Committees, the Alamo, DRT Workshop; Kerrville Library, Republic of Museum, DRT Headquarters, French Legation Museum, and Cradle will have detail histories. And other projects we have had through the years, for instance the San Jacinto Battlefield and Monument. It will all be covered in this publication. Inside this issue: The book will include a complete timeline starting in 1891 up to the President’s Message 1 present. Informative information about our past president general's The Daughters: A Dozen 1 who did so much to establish this organization. Mary Smith Jones Decades of DRT (1819-1907) was the last First Lady of the , as wife of Dr. , the last president of the Republic. And she was our Young Texas 4 first president general of DRT when we were founded in 1891. Mrs. Blanche De Leon 5 Jones depended a lot on her first vice-president Rebecca Jane Gilleland French Legation 6 Fisher (1831-1926). Rebecca Fisher became president general in 1907 when Mary Jones Baby Hawk Hatches 7 died and served DRT for nineteen years. She delivered an oration at HQ’s Staff 7 the unveiling of the monument at Huntsville and helped District IV Workshop 8 Clara Driscoll in saving the Alamo. For years she gave the opening prayer when the Texas legislature convened. She was the only woman Double Medallions 10 elected to the Texas Veterans Association, who of course asked the Member Spotlights 11 Daughters to "Carry On" their work. Her portrait was the first of a woman to be hung in the Senate chamber at the Capitol and when she 3 Generations of DRT 12 died in Austin on March 21, 1926 her body lay in state in the Senate 2013 Convention Info 13 chamber, where funeral services were held. The Senate unanimously Dr. Patrick Cox 14 adopted a resolution in her memory and draped her portrait in mourn- Q&A from the PG 14 (continued on next page) Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 ing cloth. Honorary pallbearers included the two United States senators from Texas and four former governors. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin not far from my family plots. I grew up going to her grave. She is my favorite and I have a cat named "Miss Fisher". This book will make a wonderful gift and every chapter will want to give copies to their local libraries, schools and guest speakers. The book cost $39.95, and the order information is attached. If you don't order a copy you will be sorry! If you need information or have questions, please contact me at: 512-923-0010 or DRT Headquarters at 512-339-1997. My email is: [email protected]. Texas Veterans from Texas Veterans Association Karen Thompson

Two boats, the Eugene and the Charlotte M. Allen, bringing visitors to the San Jacinto battlefield.

Passengers disembark from ships in order to visit the San Jacinto battlefield in 1895. (Boats can be seen in background).

All photos shown here are in the book.

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San Jacinto monument construction begins. Construction begins on the star.

“Crowd shot” from roof at 4-21-1936 dedication of San Jacinto. April 21, 1936: Dedication of the San Jacinto Monument at the famous battlefield.

View from observation floor of San Jacinto Monument. Aerial view of the San Jacinto Monument.

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San Jacinto Monument

Then & Now

Young Texans—Amy Parks Heath Elementary Young Texans is an extra-curricular organi- understanding, but also builds a love for Texas zation for elementary students. Its purpose is and an awareness of the responsibility each to inspire a desire to learn more about Texas’ citizen has to continue the tradition of excel- heritage and future. Young Texans meet after lence. Group sponsors are Barbara Rushing school, and it provides the children an opportu- (DRT member) and her fellow teacher, Babbie nity to participate in innovative, fun, hands-on Blake. The Cedar Mountains Chapter of the activities. This not only builds an historical DRT is an advisory group for the Young Texans.

AA TripTrip toto TheThe AlamoAlamo

Page 4 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 The First Alamo—Mission San Francisco de Solano On April 28, 2012 I visited the original was the second DRT member to visit this site of the first Alamo which was Mission San historic site. Blanche participated in the 4th Francisco de Solano established in Guerrero, Annual International Watermelon Festival in Coahuila, Mexico in 1700. I am shown with Guerrero, Mexico and also visited the Paseo de Ed Mata, President of Los Bexarenos in San Francia, where Alonso de Leon would have Antonio, and a local historian E. Rodriquez. crossed the Guadalupe for his entradas to This was the first time a member of DRT has Tejas, Spanish Mexico, and also Santa Ana's ever visited the original Alamo site. President campsite along the Guadalupe. Blanch was General Karen R. Thompson left a plaque to accompanied by Victoria's Mayor Armstrong. commemorate this visit in conjunction with Mexican Federal Senator Jesus M. Ramon and Guerrero Mayor Francisco Garcia-Castells. On July 23rd, Blanche De Leon, a DRT member in the James W. Fannin Chapter of Victoria went to Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico, to the Mission San Francisco de Solano site and

Opening Ceremony Guerrero Watermelon Festival

Karen Thompson & Ed Mata

Mayor Armstrong, Garcia leading Mexican cabalgata.

Mission San Bernardo Over 100 riders started the ride from the ranch "La Candelaria" in the how The Alamo would have looked during the 1836 battle Fourth International Watermelon Festival at Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico.

Page 5 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Tbe French Legation Museum

French Legation Committee Members.

Stabilization efforts on the 173 year-old out-door gaming lessons, provide live music French Legation Museum (FLM) House are and food sells via food trucks. The event will be complete with the house reopening for tours. from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm, with live music Children five and under are free. All other from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. FLM is located clients, touring the house, are charged $5.00 at 802 San Marcos Street, Austin, Texas (one per person. External shutters are being revital- block east of IH35 and one block north of ized in stages. Plans are in the works to repaint 7th Street). DRT members are encouraged to the interior. Maintenance and beautification of attend. the 2.5 acre grounds is a continuing effort. The FLM Committee is beginning a new Adopt-a-bed/grounds-section program, which is intended to help fund grounds improvement. Individuals, chapters, and businesses are en- couraged to donate $100 to adopt a ten-by-ten foot area of the grounds. Donors will be recognized for their contribution. Grounds revitalization includes: dead tree and stump removal, retainer wall repair, tree trimming, purchasing new plants, shrubs, trees and mulch, repair or replacement of picket fence, erosion repair, purchasing bistro sets, chairs and benches, terracing, and many other needed items. Please consider adopting a portion of the FLM grounds as a chapter project. Grand Re-Opening: A public Grand Re-Opening of the FLM will be held in conjunction with the Austin area’s Museum Day on September 23, 2012. This event is free to the public. FLM will host free tours of the house, premiere the new one-of-a-kind items (related to the site's history) on sale in the gift shop, offer children's activities, have

Page 6 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Baby Hawk Hatches At Historic House Recently a baby Red-tailed Hawk hatched in a nest on the roof of the historic Pioneer Log House, built in 1936 in Houston and is where the San Jacinto DRT Chapter meets. Simply known as the "Log House" it is located in the busy Medical Center area of Houston, it is an unlikely location for a hawk to roost. The nest was blown down on the roof during a storm, but the parents were able to keep feeding the hatchling hawk rabbits until he fledged. Fortunately rabbits are in abundant supply. Red-tailed Hawks are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Log House location at 1510 Cambridge Street, , Houston, is actu- ally pretty well suited as a protected habitat. George H. Hermann presented the 445 acre park to Houston in 1914 and besides this historic log house it has the , Houston Garden Center, and Houston Museum of Natural Science.

DRT Headquarters Staff

Pictured here are The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Head- quarters two employees: Audrey Tyler and Kelsey Powers. Audrey is the Membership Records Coordinator and Kelsey is the Business Office Coordinator. The DRT Headquarters, located at 510 East Anderson Lane, Austin, TX depends on the two employees to keep everything running. The office is open to DRT members from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information and driving directions, call the office at 512-339-1997.

DRT HQ’s and Museum

Audrey Tyler & Kelsey Powers

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Mary Goodwin District 4 Rep John Tilley Edwards Chapter President Linda 2nd VP General Judy Tannehill reports. O'Hart, receives Certificate of Appreciation from President General Karen Thompson

2nd/4th VPs Judy Tannehill Dr. Betty Edwards Mrs. Van Craddock—speaker Mary Goodwin, Karen Thompson, Judy Tannehill

John Floyd Gilbert Chapter Report from CRT President General Ezekiel Cullen Chapter

John Tilley Edwards Chapter—Hostess “Texas Cake”

Page 8 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Miss Ima Hogg Chapter

Ima Hogg July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975

Known as the First Lady of Texas Philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts One of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th century

Page 9 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Double Medallion Placement Ceremony On May 5, 2012, the Jane Wells Woods Chapter hosted a double medallion placement ceremony at the Comanche Cemetery in Blanco County. First, DRT member Nona M. Hoyer’s ancestor Rev. Arter Crownover was honored with a Veteran’s medallion for his service at San Jacinto. Next, his wife and daughter of Sylvanus Castleman (Nona’s qualifying ances- tor), Levinia Castleman was honored with the Citizen’s medallion as a member of the Old Three Hundred. The ceremony took place at the Comanche Creek Cemetery located on land which Arter took for his service at San Jacinto. The two story house was built by Rev. Crownover in 1854 and is still occupied by Crownover de- scendants. He also built the same house the same year at 1273 N. Flores Street, San Anto- nio, when he was ministering at a Methodist Church in S.A. which later became Travis Park Methodist Church near the St. Anthony Hotel downtown.

Page 10 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Mary Rivenbark Goodwin

Education: Lufkin High School – 1963; Stephen F. Austin State University – 1967 – BS in Home Economics; Sam Houston State University – 1981 – Masters of Library Science

Work History: 1968 – 1980 -Elementary & Secondary school teacher at Lufkin, Pasadena and Central ISDs; 1981 – 2001 -– Librarian, Lufkin High School, Lufkin ISD; 2002 – 2010 – Co-owner, Digital Designs, web design firm

Community: 4-H Adult leader, Region V Texas High School Rodeo Secretary,member of Kurth Memorial Library Board, member of Angelina County Child Welfare Board, member of Daughters of the American Revolution (recording secretary for Anthony Smith Chapter, Lufkin) and Daughters of the Republic of Texas for 8 years (currently serving as Registrar for Mary Hall Mantooth Chapter).

Personal: Married to Gerald Goodwin. (District Attorney for 17 years, Angelina County and retired Senior District Judge) Two daughters, Robin Goodwin Collmorgen (librarian at Hudson Elementary School )and Dr. Wendy Goodwin (pediatric physical and rehabilitation physician at Dallas Childrens Hospital) and 5 perfect grandchildren, Julia, Helena, Thaxton, Sofia and Mira. Interests include genealogy, reading, sewing, and horses (dressage). Riding was my passion until horse fell with me and broke my back and Gerald grounded me!

Effie Claire Cole Lillie—District V Representative Linda Marie Frazier Jackson was born January family moved to Wichita Falls, 22, 1947 to Alma Lea Holder and T. J. Frazier, at the where she was a nurse until Bethania Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas—and is she retired in June of 2010. In the middle child of five. She attended public schools 1993, Linda and her husband in Wichita Falls and graduated from S. H. Rider High started buying houses in their School in 1965. Linda attended North Texas State neighborhood that were up for University and Draughon's Business College where sale, cleaned and started renting she achieved a Degree in Higher Accounting and houses. Business Administration. In 2002, Linda joined the On the 28 of October 1967, she married Billie Rebecca Jane Fisher Chapter of Lonel Jackson in her parent’s living room. They had the Daughters of the Republic two daughters; Elizabeth who is a member of DRT, of Texas. The following year she was elected as and Barbara who died at a young age. Secretary of the Chapter for the 2003-2005 term. In Linda went on to attended George B. Hamilton 2005, Linda was elected Chapter President; where School of Nursing in Olney, Texas and graduated in she continued to serve as chapter president until 1982 as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. She practiced 2011—when she was elected to the Board of nursing at Olney Hamilton Hospital. In 1988, the Management as the District II Representative.

Member Spotlight: Julia Martinez Julia was born at Fort Carson Army Hospital, Colorado while her dad was stationed there. She grew up in Houston and currently resides in The Woodlands, Texas. She is married to Dr. David Hernandez and celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last Christmas. They have three children: Jonathan, Catherine and Daniel; and all are Aggies. Julia is a pediatric dentist and has been in private practice since 1991 with her husband. She is currently volunteering at the polls as a worker for elections. As a member of the San Jacinto DRT Chapter in Houston, Julia states: “I am a proud to be a Daughter of the Republic of Texas!”

Page 11 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Three Generations of DRT Mary Frances Thompson joined DRT on her Angus cattle with ranches in Stephens, King 5th great grandmother Rebecca Allen, who and Shackleford Counties in Texas. The men in came to Texas as a widow with her daughter Mary’s family are graduates of Tarleton State Minerva Browning, Mary’s 4th great grand- University and cowboys that like to Rodeo. daughter. Rebecca was given grants from the The other new DRT member is Mary’s grand- Republic of Texas in Washington, Montgomery, daughter Shalie Rumage, who lives on a ranch and Erath Counties. She died in Washington in Jacksboro in Jack County with her husband County in 1860. Rebecca descended from Blain and daughter Reese, Mary’s Great Grand- Mary’s father’s side--Jesse Nash Browning. daughter. Mary and her husband Sloan live just on Shalie is starting a business in photography the west edge of Breckenridg. Their residence and her husband Blain Rumage is an officer in serves as Ranch Headquarters, with the feed the Jacksboro National Bank. barn and the roping pen on this acreage. Both Mary’s Granddaughter Kami is going to their son and daughter have homes close by. college and is studying to be in the medical Daughter Kathleen is a new DRT member. field. Kami hopes to join DRT later when her Kathleen and her husband Byron own a studies are completed. business in town. Sloan and son Buck are in the ranching business with Hereford and Black

(L to R): Mary’s great granddaughter Reese Rumage ( to be a member some day); Shalie Rumage – Mary’s granddaughter & new DRT member; Kathleen Baxley – Mary’s daughter & new DRT member; Kami – my granddaughter & a teen and not a member yet; and Mary Frances Thompson.

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Page 13 Volume 2, No. 4 August, 2012 Dr. Patrick Cox to write “forward” for DRT Book Apgar stand by the Alamo stone. Dr. Cox is writing a foreword for the new DRT book THE DAUGHTERS: A DOZEN DECADES OF DRT. Prior to the building of the Tribune Tower, correspondents for the Chicago Tribune brought back rocks and bricks from a variety of historically important sites throughout the world at the request of Colonel McCormick. Many of these reliefs have been incorporated into the lowest levels of the building and are labeled with their location of origin. Stones included in the wall are from such sites as the Trondheim Cathedral, Taj Mahal, Clementine Hall, the Parthenon, Hagia Sophia, Corregidor Dr. Patrick Cox and daughter Lauren Cox Apgar. Island, Palace of Westminster, petrified wood from the Redwood National and State Parks, the In Chicago, Illinois the Tribune Building Great Pyramid, The Alamo, Notre-Dame, Abra- has stones from around the world engraved ham Lincoln's Tomb, the Great Wall of China, to commemorate famous or historic sites. Dr. Independence Hall, Fort Santiago, the Berlin Patrick Cox, of Wimberley, a long-time sup- Wall, Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, and Banteay Srei porter of DRT, and his daughter Lauren Cox among others.

Q & A with President General—Karen R. Thompson

Q. Have the new 2012 Bylaws been sent out? Q. Are "The Forum" emails official? A. Yes, on 8-17-12 they were emailed to all A. Certainly not! From what I have seen they chapter presidents to be shared with the are usually made up of half-truth state- members. The Bylaws will be on our website ments of un-informed people. Do you want soon and when the MOP is finished, the new someone who is too chicken to give their bylaws and MOP will be printed and for sale name telling you information? for those that want a printed version. Q. Is it true our headquarters only has two Q. Where can we review all the motions submit- employees? ted at convention? A. Yes, Kelsey Powers and Audrey Tyler, who A. All 57 motions were sent to the chapter happen to be pictured in this issue of the presidents on 8-16-12. A binder with all the newsletter. They do an outstanding job. Also motions, and the new bylaws is at head- remember we have a part-time accountant quarters for anyone to view. As your Presi- at HQ now, Sam Myers. He is DRT's first dent General I also have them in a binder accountant and worth every penny. that I have at every District Workshop. Q. What happened to Daughters Reflections? Q. Is it true the next First Vice President will A. That printed newsletter was deleted in the also be the President Elect? bylaws passed at convention. Unfortunately, A. Yes, in May 2013 we will elect a President the cost of printing and mailing exceeded General, and the 1st VP will also be the $5,000.00 an issue and email is much faster President Elect and take office as President to produce, economical, and timely, so now I General in May 2015. am doing this monthly newsletter. The next PG will probably choose to do something different.

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