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95260-Texian Newsletter THE TEXIAN The Official Publication of The Sons of the Republic of Texas VOL II NUMBER 7 JULY 2009 Lone Star Chapter #58 Fernland Tour 2009 On May the eighth, a Lone Star Chapter SRT work group readied the grounds around the five historic buildings on the forty acre facility known as “Fernland”. One of the buildings is the Chatham family cabin known as “Bear Bend”. Family history relates that it was one Sam Houston’s favorite places to stay for hunting trips. On May ninth, the Lone Star Chapter #58 and Godfrey Educational Association hosted about 90 invited guests, the Texas Army, DRT members and Fernland supporters to the forty acre compound. Dr. Patrick Nolan, Sam Houston Museum director was the keynote speaker and historian for the tour. Entertainment was provided by reenactments of the Texas Army, music by Godfrey Educational Association, spinning wheel demonstration by Jesse Jones, park volunteer Jane Hilton, food services provided by Holcomb and Williams Realtors bar-b-que volunteers along with many other volunteers and reenactors. PRESIDENT GENERAL’S MESSAGE Are we missing something? a meaningful display to generate interest. Have we as a country, have we as a state always just gone about life and It is difficult for us as individuals to business without any concern for the feel that we can do anything meaningful. meaning of the special days? Do we Actually, it is not easy for organizations, care more about “the bottom line” either. It takes all of us and it takes faith than the reason for these special days? in what we are doing. The results may Has it been so long, have we lost our not be seen as brilliantly as a rainbow, heritage? Is a solution within our but we must believe that a seed was grasp? Should we lay over and give planted. Our goal is to plant the trees, up? The interesting point is that there not survey the forest. This we can do as individuals as opportunities arise. L. Vaughn Oliver, KSJ is the same root problem as the membership issues: public activities. We do not need to present ourselves Yes, even Texas has a Fourth of July. People need education and they need cont. on page 2 Arlington has a large parade as do many towns across the state. Sports stadiums will have displays of fireworks with bar- WHAT’S INSIDE b-que, beer, not to mention baseball and President General’s Message ...... 1 New Members ............................. 4 we also watch old patriotic movies. We Fernland Tour 2009 ..................... 1 In and Around ......................... 5-11 seem to have holiday sales, bargain days, Janet’s Journal ............................. 2 In Memoriam ............................. 11 and the only businesses closed is the Texas History Essay Contest ....... 2 Calendar of Events .................... 12 government. Texas Navy Day Celebration ...... 3 cont. from page 1 PRESIDENT GENERAL’S MESSAGE as pushy sales people. It is not necessary to dominate every conversation. We need to be present and consistent. We can mention Texas Holidays and the reasons for them. We can mention the SRT Eagle Scout Certificate at Eagle Scout Boards of Review. We can encourage the SRT High School Essay Scholarship to high school seniors. We can promote the SRT Speakers Bureau to friends in civic organizations. Each of these actions plant seeds. Each of these actions benefit the Organization. All of us doing small tasks is a force to be reckoned with. God Bless Texas! Executive Committee 2009 - 2010 JANET’S JOURNAL email: [email protected] 1717 Eighth Street Bay City, Texas 77414 • The September Quarterly Meeting will be September 11-12, 2009 at Sleep Inn & Suites, 2136 Water Street, Gonzales, TX. Cutoff date is L. Vaughn Oliver, KSJ President General September 1, 2009. Rate is $78 + tax. Tel. number is (830)672-1888; Map: www.sleepinn.com Sam F. Clark, Jr. First Vice President General David Hanover Second Vice President General • Remember: All members that are active service Tom Houston Secretary General personnel your dues are waived. Notify SRT office Bob Steakley Treasurer General by email, postal service or by telephone. Robert Kendall, KSJ Historian General David E. Stone Chaplain General • Please note that any applicants for membership in J. Richard Reese, KSJ Executive Committeeman the SRT must have 3 signatures of recommending Edward A. Heath Executive Committeeman SRT members. It is not necessary if the applicant Janet Hickl Administrative Assistant lives out of state BUT every applicant must affiliate with a chapter. This does not mean that they will have to attend meetings. APPLICATIONS MUST BE TYPED AND NOTARIZED. District Representives 2009 - 2010 • 2006 Yearbooks are available for $25, which includes CD, binder and dividers. NEW **Members can now update their information online and make donations. Got to www.srttexas.org **SRT Coasters and Decals are available for purchase. Cost is $5.41 for Decals and $21.65 for 4 Coasters. Use SRT shirt, cap etc. order form on our website. 2009-2010 TEXAS HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST Topic: “The Battle of Coleto and the Goliad Massacre”. Contest deadline: Must be postmarked on or before January Front row (l-r) 31, 2010. Duane Blair, Kenneth Pfeiffer and Stan Stokes Rules and criteria may be obtained at www.srttexas.org or Back row (l-r) contact the Sons of the Republic of Texas. Joe Pyle, Bob Steakley and Randy Pollard not present Bob Schuhmann 2 SRT to Honor Commander of the Texas Navy - Sept. 19 Hurrican Ike postponement to make way for renewed ceremony On Saturday, September 19, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., The tradition on the heels of a modern day hurricane. Sons of the Republic of Texas (SRT) will honor the sec- ond commander of the Texas Navy, Commodore Henry ABOUT FOUNDERS MEMORIAL CEMETERY Livingston Thompson, at the historic Founders Memorial Designated as an historic cemetery by the Texas Cemetery, in Houston, as part of the SRT’s official obser- Historical Commission in 2007, Founders Memorial vance of Texian Navy Day. The Texas Navy Association Cemetery is a long-forgotten jewel of a cemetery in the will also participate by laying a wreath to honor Thomp- shadows of the skyscrapers of downtown Houston. The son and the entire Republic of Texas cemetery is the final resting Navy. At the time the Texian went to place of one of the founders of the City of Houston, John Kirby press, the SRT Texas Navy Commit- Allen, 31 veterans of the Battle tee had no announcement regarding of San Jacinto, a signer of the the keynote speaker, but this year’s Texas Declaration of ceremony promises to be special since Independence, and many other it has been two years in the making. early leaders of the Republic of Commodore Thompson was Texas. Most of the burials occurred in the 1800’s, although named commander of the Texas Navy a few are dated in the twentieth in the days after the victory at San century, the most recent being Jacinto. The climate and vast terrain 1949. The cemetery was badly of South Texas may have given the neglected for many years. As a young republic some sense of secu- result, many of those reportedly rity from another invasion by the interred no longer have grave markers. In 1936, when the city Mexican army, but in the Gulf, the took back control of the Mexican Navy continually blockaded cemetery, the State of Texas Texas’ ports. It was in this climate that erected individual monuments Commodore Thompson devised an commemorating the service of 26 audacious plan to project force out- of those individuals. side Texas’ territorial waters and raid FURTHER INFORMATION Mexican ports to force the Mexican Navy to defend Mexico rather than Founders Memorial allowing it to blockade Texas’ ports. Cemetery is located at 1217 West At the time, this plan was highly con- Dallas Street in Houston at the troversial, but now historians agree intersection of Valentine Street. The cemetery is located in the this put the world on notice that the middle of the historic “Freedman’s Town.” Due to very Texas Navy was a potent force despite having its tiny fleet. narrow streets in the neighborhood, there is very limited The landfall of Hurricane Ike in Galveston on Sep- parking. The City of Houston is giving the SRT a permit tember 13, 2008 caused the postponement of last year’s to allow parking on West Dallas Street in what is normally observance of Texian Navy Day, and it interrupted the a no parking zone; however, people are encouraged to SRT’s new tradition of celebrating Texian Navy Day— carpool where possible. Further parking instructions and other details about the Texas Navy and this year’s established by act of the Texas Legislature as the third celebration of Texian Navy Day may be found on the SRT Saturday of September. website (http://www.srttexas.org). It is fitting that the SRT renew its observance of Texian Navy Day on the heels of a hurricane since the fleet com- You will not want to miss this momentous tribute to manded by Commodore Thompson was ultimately de- Commodore Thompson and the entire Republic of Texas stroyed by one of the most destructive hurricanes in his- Navy. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. For additional information, contact SRT Texas Navy tory. Just as the second Texas Navy was established on Committee Chairman David Hanover the heels of a hurricane, the SRT proudly will renew its ([email protected]). 3 NEW SRT MEMBERS Name Chapter Ancestor Hometown Kenneth Lee Cochrum, Sr. 1 William Ponton Houston TX Travis Michael Cochrum 1 William Ponton Orlando FL Kenneth Lee Cochrum, Jr.
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