CelebrateCelebrate 150!150! SanSan Marcos,Marcos, TexasTexas SesquicentennialSesquicentennial 1851-20011851-2001 The Daily Record and The Free Press Page 2A • Celebrate San Marcos 150! • The Daily Record &The Free Press • San Marcos, TX. • March 1, 2001 Thank You, Sponsors*! Sesquicentennial Logo The San Marcos Sesquicentennial Committee would like to thank the following San Marcos, Texas Designed by Samantha Gonzales, corporate, organizations and individual sponsors and donors: age 13 Sesquicentennial Sponsor($5,000+) The surrounding color is purple The City of San Marcos because our school district’s colors are purple and white, and we are a truly royal city. The gold star is the All-San Marcos Sponsor ($1,500) lone star of our great state. The red ribbon represents our community’s attitude Wide-Lite toward drugs: "Just Say No"/ Red Ribbon Week. At the top left is our beautiful river that gives life to our city. Also depicted is the wonderful Playscape in one of River City Sponsors ($1,000) our city’s parks. At the top right is Old Main of SWT, a defining part of our community. Republic of Texas Chilympiad At the lower right is our glorious flag of Texas that we 32nd annual Chilympiad Sept. 14 – 15, 2001, Hays County Civic Center. all revere. At the very bottom are our beloved bluebon- nets that are so much a part of San Marcos in the Saturday night headliner: Robert Earl Keen. Spring. Also, they are our state flower. At the lower left is our newly renovated courthouse, the heart of our San Marcos Daily Record city and county. The Free Press Pennington Funeral Home "Our Town" Sponsors ($500+) San Marcos City Council CenturyTel Mayor - David Chiu Robert C. Cotner Jr. Place 1 - Louis Doiron, Jr Place 2 - Earl Moseley, Jr. Ozona National Bank Place 3 - Jane Hughson Place 4 - Joe B. Cox, Jr. Dr. Gwen K. Smith Place 5 - Paul Mayhew Wells Fargo Bank Place 6 - Martha Castex Tatum City Manager - Larry D. Gilley Sesquicentennial Patron ($150 - $499.99) Deputy City Manager - Laura Huffman The Greater San Marcos Area Seniors Association & Sesquicentennial Committee Grains of Sand Creative Arts Louis Doiron Jr., Co-Chair San Marcos Evening Lions Club Diana Finlay, Co-Chair Hays County Master Gardeners Association Rodney Van Oudekerke, Co-Chair Ellie & Harry Stewart Neddie Castillo John Diaz - Sign Arts Frank Flauto Dr.Elvin Holt Linda Kindred Sesquicentennial Friend ($50 - $149) Harvey Miller American G. I. Forum Women Pat Murdock Ronda Reagan American Legion Post & Auxiliary 144, San Marcos C. Hill Rylander Dr. Gwen K. Smith The Brackenridge Club Ellie Stewart Viola Stillman Springlake Garden Club Virginia Witte Bob & Pat Dentino Janis K. Womack Lisa Morris, Mountain Laurel Garden Club City Staff Representative Celebrate San Marcos 150! • The Daily Record & The Free Press, San Marcos, TX.• March 1, 2001 • Page 3A City of San Marcos - Sesquicentennial Year In Review January 28, 2002 Report to City Council Submitted by Diana Finlay, Chair 2001 Sesquicentennial Commission January, 2001 - City celebrates birthday in full bloom with bration of 150th anniversary with the first Sesquicentennial Logo - designed by 13-year Senior Association Daffodil Days open chili cookoff - as women are welcomed old Samantha Gonzales is unveiled on ban- Viva Cinco de Mayo Celebration recognizes to compete for the first time ever in the ners and flags. City buildings begin flying Sesquicentennial year in San Marcos world's largest cookoff! San Marcos and the flag in year-long salute to founders Chilympiad could adopt the theme, "We've The Daily Record runs the June, 2001 - come a long way, baby...." Sesquicentennial Logo on its banner at the Dedication ceremony for landscape clusters top of each front page for the entire year. of native plants along the entryway to down- October, 2001 - Martin Luther King Festival pays tribute to town San Marcos - Crepe Myrtles are the Cemetery Walk brings crowds to early set- city in birthday celebration centerpiece of this xeriscaped project of the tlers' historic resting places in San Marcos Sesquicentennial Committee and San at three historical cemeteries: The San February, 2001 - Marcos Parks and Recreation Department Marcos Cemetery, San Pedro Cemetery and Celebrate San Marcos! 76 page commemo- Sesquicentennial Committee sells souvenirs San Marcos - Blanco Cemetery rative newspaper brings history to life to at Summer in the Park concerts and Visitors honor 150th birthday - thousands of copies Center. November, 2001 - are distributed through local newspapers, Veterans salute birthday in Veterans Day libraries, city buildings, and schools. July, 2001 - Celebration and Parade. Summerfest shares the stage with the Final plans are made for the Time Capsule March, 2001 - Sesquicentennial Celebration for 4th of July burial and the planting of a founders' tree. Historic Firebell Dedication - Sponsored by Birthday Homecoming Picnic - popular the Heritage Association of San Marcos, the singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix headlines December , 2001 - 1890 firebell is placed in a permanent struc- the show and fireworks make for a grand Sesquicentennial Committee teams with ture at the front door of City Hall. The City finale for the celebration. Sights and Sounds committee to sell sou- Council Chambers were filled with citizens venirs for both groups at the successful holi- welcoming the bell to its new home. day event. Come Back Special - Roy Head and The August, 2001 - Founders Tree - A burr oak is planted in Traits - San Marcos' most famous rock and Sesquicentennial Committee and City honor of William Lindsey, Eli Merriman and roll band performs for local audiences in Council host Cottage Kitchen Luncheon in Edward Burleson across Hopkins Street spite of torrential rains that cancel the Charles S. Cock House. The menu - King from the San Marcos Activity Center Homecoming Celebration in the park. Ranch Chicken, Tossed Salad, Hot Bread The Time Capsule is filled with interesting and assorted desserts - The luncheon was icons and documents with instructions to April, 2001 - deemed a success as we sold out of food. open it in 2051 - during the Bicentennial of Bluebonnet Kite Festival flies birthday Bright lights, good food and colorful festivi- the City of San Marcos kites all over San Marcos in celebration of ties brighten our birthday year at St. John's city's sesquicentennial celebration Fiesta January, 2002 - Dr. Gwen Smith mentions during the final May, 2001 - September, 2001 - Sesquicentennial Committee meeting that Texas Senate honors San Marcos Local students brainstorm ideas for 2002 is the 125th anniversary of the incorpo- Sesquicentennial with Senate Resolution 366, Sesquicentennial time capsule (final list of ration of the City of San Marcos. sponsored by Ken Armbrister and Gonzalo items is attached to this report) Barrientos. Republic of Texas Chilympiad joins in cele- Page 4A • Celebrate San Marcos 150! • The Daily Record &The Free Press • San Marcos, TX. • March 1, 2001 Celebrate 150! Heritage San Marcos Association, City to Sesquicentennial Picnic dedicate historic fire bell Saturday he City of San Marcos and the Heritage Association of San Marcos March 3, 2001 will dedicate a century-old fire bell that called fire fighters and citi- zens for much of the 20th century at a ceremony on Friday, March 2 Festival Stage Tat 11 a.m. at City Hall. The gray 1000-pound cast iron bell, pur- chased by the City of San Marcos around 1890, has been relocated in front of at Old Fish Hatchery Park the present City Hall at 630 E. Hopkins Street. For 58 years, from 1915-1973, the bell rang from a tower above the old City Hall and Fire Station at 224 Guadalupe Street. It Entertainment All Day was taken down in 1973 because of concern for the The fire bell will structural integrity of the tower. be rung to officially 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mayor David Chiu and City Council Members will begin the celebra- accept the dedication of the bell from the Heritage tion year of the FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! Association, which contributed to its restoration and 150th construction of a limestone mount to hold the bell. anniversary of All Ages Welcome! Also participating in the ceremony will be City the founding of San Manager Larry D. Gilley, master of ceremonies, Rodney Marcos in 1851. Van Oudekerke, President of the Heritage Association, Larry D. Gilley Dr. Gwen K. Smith, Heritage Association, Robert Cotner, Past Heritage Association President, and Master of Ceremonies Council Member Earl Moseley. Abundant Life Christian Praise Singers: 10 – 10:30 The bell was restored in 1986 for the Texas Sesquicentennial by Dr. Robert Habengreither, Chairman of the Department of Technology at Southwest Texas SMCISD Ballet Folklorico: 10:40 – 11 a.m. State University. Its recent relocation to City Hall was coordinated by the Final Call for Entries for Baking Contests - 11:00 a.m. City's Parks and Recreation Department in cooperation with the Heritage Association. Hernandez Intermediate Choir: 11– 11: 30 a.m. The ceremony will also include recognition of the San Marcos Fire UMOJA Steppers: 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Department, the past Volunteer Fire Department, and members of the San Daryl Fleming: Story Teller: 11:45 a.m. – 12 noon Marcos Sesquicentennial Committee. u Welcome by Mayor David Chiu Dedication of Beautification Project Ladies and Gentlemen: Sons of the American Revolution Lane Johnson & members of SMHS Choir, 12:30 – 1 p.m. Start your ovens! Cake Walk 1: p.m. The Sesquicentennial Commission for the City of San Marcos is hosting a M.C. Kids from the Mitchell Center: 1 – 1:20 p.m. contest for the best pie, cobbler and cake in the city of San Marcos. Each HalleyAnna Finlay 1:20 – 1:50 p.m. entry must be accompanied by two identical cakes or cobblers or pies, one to be judged for taste, and the other will be auctioned for proceeds to benefit the SMHS Mariachi Band: 2 – 2:45 p.m.