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The TexianThe Official Publication of The Sons of the Republic of Texas
VOL Viii nUMBeR 3 OcTOBeR 2015
PResidenT GeneRaL’s MessaGe
Robert Kendall, KSJ
Contact us at:
SRT Office: www.srttexas.org Email: [email protected] Eighth Street, Bay City, TX 77414Phone: (979) 245-6644 Fax: (979) 244-3819
1717 Eighth StreetBay City, TX 77414
RETuRn SERviCE REquESTEd
Gentlemen, the laziness and the heat of summer are passing. With this, the chapters of the SRT are revving back up to full force.
The fall season started off with
What’s InsIdeTexas Navy Day ........................1, 3President General’s Message ....1, 3Janet’s Korner ...............................2National Meeting ..........................3
the third quarter meeting in Belton. Many thanks to Mike Belcher, and the members of the George W. Tyler Chapter. Their help in setting up the hospitality room, along with the Hospitality Committee members, was appreciated. Also, thanks for coordinating the whole weekend. The Friday night dinner at The
Oxbow restaurant was very enjoy-able. The walk back to the hotel did wonders for everyone.
The Saturday morning meeting went smoothly. The reports from all the committees show that the SRT is going strong and growing. From the June quarterly meeting till
2015 QUaRTeRLy MeeTinGdec. 4-5, 2015 Hampton inn & Suites, 7006 navarro, victoria, TX 77904; (361) 573-9911, Room Rate $99 + tax, 1 King or 2 queen cut off date november 18, 2015; Please identify yourself as SRT.
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Greetings:it’s the best time of the year to be living in this Great State. The weather is becoming much nicer, and there are all sorts of festivals and fall events everywhere. i hope you are able to take advantage of as many as you can.
Speaking of events, we just celebrated Texian navy day last Saturday, the 19th. There was a nice turnout with a lot of special folks in attendance. The musical prelude was done by the deer Park High School Orchestra. i was pleased to welcome all guests including our MC, Mr. Bob Steakley, KSJ, and First vice President General of the SRT. He introduced our guest speaker, dr. Jesus Francisco de la Teja, who gave an informative talk about our early Texas navy. Proclamations were read from both the Mayor of deer Park and the Mayor of Houston.
Many thanks to Mike Wilson, President of the Lone Star Chapter, who did a fine job as our bugler and thanks to the Lone Star volunteers.
Thanks also to Mr. david Whitaker, President of the Sam Houston Chapter, for acknowledging the Sailors of the uSS San Jacinto for outstanding service, and to Mr. Scotty Patrick, President General, San Jacinto descen-dants; Bill Turner, President, Texas navy Association, along with Bob Steakley, KSJ, who laid the Memorial Wreath in honor of those who served in the 1st and 2nd Texas navy. As always, Mr. Tom Green, KSJ, did a fine job leading the SRT Color Guard.
Chapter News ............................4, 5In Memoriam ................................4New SRT Members ...................6, 7Calendar of Events ........................7
Texian naVy day
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Calendar of events2015 Quarterly Meetings
dec. 4-5, 2015 Hampton inn & Suites, 7006 navarro, victoria, TX 77904; (361) 573-9911, Room Rate $99 + tax, 1 King or 2 queen cut off date november 18, 2015; Please identify yourself as SRT.
2016 annual Meetingsapril 8-10 Hilton Waco, 113 S. university Parks drive, Waco, TX 76701; (254) 754-8484 or (254) 752-7761; Room Rate $139 + tax, queen/queen; Room Rate $129 + tax, King; cut off date January 13, 2016. Please identify yourself as SRT.
2015 sRT eventsMarch 2 Texas independence dayMarch 6 Fall of the AlamoMarch 27 Goliad MassacreApril 21 San Jacinto daySeptember 19 Texian navy day on the Battleship TexasOctober 2 Battle of Gonzalesnovember 3 Stephen F. Austin’s Birthday (Father of Texas)
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Janet’s KornerBy: Janet Knox
Administrative Assistantemail: [email protected]
1717 Eighth Street Bay City, Texas 77414
(979) 245-6644
• The next quarterly meeting will be december 4-5, 2015, Hampton inn & Suite, 7006 n. navarro victoria, TX 77904; (361)573-9911; Room Rate $99. + Tax. 1 King or 2 queens; Cut-off date november 18, 2015; Please identify yourself a SRT. Presidio La Bahia to follow in Goliad at 2:00 p. m.
• dues notices will be in the mail soon. Be sure and mail your payment, or go to our website to pay. Your dues are late after december 31, 2015. i know your chapter is looking forward to getting their rebate this year. So, look for your dues notice soon and pay now!
• The Topic for the Texas History Essay Contest is: “The Battle of San Jacinto and Texas independence.” Brochures are available at the national office (979) 245-6644 or email: [email protected] .
• Be thinking about submitting a nomination for Educator of the Year Award to be presented at the Annual Meeting in 2016. deadline is February 12, 2016. Please mail to the national office. The criteria for the award is available from the national office or on the website on the “ Members only” tab under SRT Policies.
• nominations for the chapters for Honorary Membership and The Knights of the Order of San Jacinto are due november 6, 2015.
• do not forget to make your reservation for the 2016 Annual Meeting nOW! information is on the last page of this “Texian.”
i would like to thank you for the articles and pictures you are sending for your newsletter; they have been GREAT. i need YOuR help with articles and pictures. if your chapter has or will be celebrating any events PLEASE email me at: [email protected]. i will be submitting the January issue for publication; the deadline for submissions is december 11, 2015
new sRT MeMBeRs
name chapter ancestor hometown
execUTiVe cOMMiTTee2015 - 2016
disTRicT RePResenTaTiVes2015 - 2016
danny Jerrel Rich 29 Mark Washington dikes Combine, TX
William Bennett Lynch 35 Arron Fulton Boyce The Woodlands, TX
Calvin Roy Harrison 37 Joseph Fowler Round Rock, TX
Luther Wayne Toungate 37 Meredith Ephriam Toungate Georgetown, TX
William Martin Pryor, Jr. 38 Lydia Allen Stewart Allcorn Katy, TX
Justin Erick Collins 39 Hugh Lee Braly San Angelo, TX
Shelley Lynn norton 39 James Stephens San Angelo, TX
Raymond Martinez 40 Jose Pacheco Pleasanton, TX
Patric Carey Pike 47 Joshua Wright Young Hopkins, Mi
James d.C. Barrall 48 Richard von/de Cloudt Santa Monica, CA
Ronald don Sutton 48 William B. Bridge (r) s Fredericksburg, TX
Thomas Ray Allen 50 Jacob Albert Jung Kempner, TX
Kason John Krueger 50 Heinrich voges Lockhart, TX
Charles Ray Rogers 50 John T. Booth new Braunfels, TX
James Edward dodson 58 Samuel S. Lewis Cleveland, TX
John Randall Foster 58 Henry Brantley Spring, TX
Christopher Matthew Hamilton 58 John A Windle Flint, TX
Matthew Christopher Thering 58 Andrew Hamil Spring, TX
Left to right front row:David Stone, Chaplain General; Edward Heath, Second Vice President General; Robert Kendall, KSJ, President General; Bob Steakley, KSJ, First Vice President General; William D. Power, Secretary General.
Left to right back row:David Hanover, KSJ, PPG, Executive Committeeman;L. Clay Fisher, Executive Committeeman; KennethPfeiffer, Treasurer General, Randy Pollard, HistorianGeneral.
Left to right front row: Arthur Evans, Gulf Coast District; George Nelson, Brazos Valley District; William D. Power, North East District; Bob Steakley, KSJ, Frontier District.(Not pictured: John Knox, Post Oak District)
Left to right back row:Tim Gibson, North Central District; John Meredith, Lone Star District; Jim Massingill, Heart of TexasDistrict; Ronald W. Brown, San Jacinto District.
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new sRT MeMBeRs
name chapter ancestor hometown
Jack dean Compton John Hilyard Tackitt Laredo, TX
Steven Ray Grammer Joseph H Ferguson Mansfield, TX
Richard david Hockensmith William Harper Spillers Angelis Oaks, CA
Travis Mitchell Hockensmith William H. Spillers Cottonwood, TX
John Patrick Smallwood quinn Shadrach denson Houston, TX
Robert Lee umphres, Jr. Kinchen William davis Kemah, TX
davis Mitchell denton vashti Gibbs Belton, TX
Edward Byron Long 8 Thomas Watts Frisco, TX
Jerry Lee Tabor 8 Joseph Pride Burleson San Angelo, TX
Barry dean Caraway 12 William Peppers Buchanan dam, TX
W.T. Boyd Chambers 12 Gordon C. Jennings Florence, TX
Richard Foley Santamaria 12 Col. John H. Moore dripping Springs, TX
Jason Eugene Scott 12 Abner Kuykendall Tucson, AZ
Laurance Earl Sumners 12 James norman Smith Lufkin, TX
Guy duke Tarlton, Jr. 12 Thomas Anthony Moore Austin, TX
Peyton Ellsworth Cook 19 John Forbes Southern Pines, nC
Clayton Jerrel Rich 29 Mark Washington dikes Combine, TX
PResidenT GeneRaL’s MessaGecont. from pg. 1
the September quarterly meeting the membership has increased another 41 members. Ed Heath, who is chair-man of the SRT O’Conner Spanish Texas document and Book Collection, brought three posters from the col-lection. The posters have been copied and laminated. Ed will have three different posters at the next meeting. These posters help a lot in understanding the Spanish-Texas history.
i would like to thank the five Past President General’s who attended the meeting. They are PPG Sir Knight david Hanover, PPG Sir Knight Sam Clark, PPG Sir Knight Leonard Cloud, PPG Sir Knight Scott dunbar, and PPG Sir Knight Joe Ginn. The experience, love, and understanding of the SRT the PPG’s, along with other living PPG’s, is tremendous. if you have the chance to sit down with one of these gentlemen, do so. Ask ques-tions and listen. You will learn a lot about the history of the SRT and Texas.
Congratulations, to the Texian navy day Committee for having a fine ceremony on September 19th, 2015. Thanks to dr. Frank de la Teja for his speech on “The Texas navy in the Yucatan Revolt”. Also thanks to david Whitaker, President of the Sam Houston Chapter, for honoring the sailors from the uSS San Jacinto with the “Enlisted Sailor of the Year” award. This award has been given to the sailors for many years.
To the Ephraim M. daggett Chapter, Congratulations on your 2nd annual chapter award to the sailors of the uSS Ft. Worth.
Finally, to all members of the SRT, keep up the good work that all of you are doing in presenting and promoting the history of this great state of Texas and The Sons of the Republic of Texas.
Robert KendallPresident GeneralThe Sons of the Republic of Texas
Texian naVy day
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After Mr. Joe R. davidson, KSJ, the Chaplain of the San Jacinto Chapter, gave the benediction; many of us had a nice lunch at the Monument inn.
Curt Osborne, PresidentSan Jacinto Chapter #1
naTiOnaL MeeTinG 2016
Waco will be the host for the SRT’s 94th Annual national meeting. Set for April 8-10, 2016, the gathering will
take place at the Hilton, located at 113 S. university Parks drive, Waco, Texas. The hotel is currently holding
a block of 74 rooms at a nightly rate of $129. + tax for King and $139. + tax for queen/queen, reservation cut-
off date is January 13, 2016. The number for reservations is; (254) 754-8484. Please state, when making your
reservation, you are a member of the SRT.
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name chapter hometown
In Memoriam
Robert Lee Giesecke 6 Alvin, TX
John Robert Wilmeth 40 San Antonio, TX
Austin Runnels Bryan 6 San Antonio, TX
Sherrill daniel Shelton 40 San Antonio, TX
The Sons of the Republic of Texas celebrated the 180th anniversary of the first shots of the Texas Revolution on October 2nd 2015. Pictured are Jim Massingill, district Representative; Ken Pfeiffer, Treasurer General; Jimmy Peet, Alamo Chapter; Ed Heath, 2nd vice President Gener-al; Robert Kendall President General; dick Weitzel, Alamo Chapter President; Al davis, Alamo Chapter. not pictured Tommy Cox, Alamo Chapter and John Meredith, Lone Star Chapter. At the event, near the site of the famous “Come and Take it” confrontation between the Mexican Army detachment sent from San Antonio to retrieve a cannon and the citizens of the Gonzales area, Alamo Chapter President dick Weitzel presented numerous certificates to the orga-nizers of the event and a check for $1,000 for the produc-tion and installation of an interpretive panel (one of four) at the site near Cost, Texas. Also recognized were the Alamo Chapter members and citizens of Gonzales who participated in the production of a medal, designed by Jason Chall, Alamo Chapter ( descendant of John McCoy whose sons fought at the Alamo and San Jacinto). The medal memorializes the “immortal 32” from Gonzales who answered W.B. Travis’ call for reinforcements in 1836.
“cOMe and TaKe iT”
From Sept. 19 through Sept. 30, in the City of Fort Worth, various organizations showed their support for our naval men and women assigned to the city’s name sake, the uSS Fort Worth. September is the 3rd anniversary of this ship’s life in the service of the uS navy. The Ephraim M. daggett Chapter, Fort Worth, of The Sons of the Republic of Texas sponsored a breakfast on Monday, September 21, 2015, honoring three Sailors of the Year selected by the Ship’s Officers.
Also making presentations was the Admiral Chester W. nimitz Squadron of the Texas navy Association. Both organizations had gift presentations to make to each of the three Sailors of the Year. The Congressional mem-ber leading the efforts in the naming of the high tech naval fighting ship after the City of Fort Worth was Texas Congressional Member, Kay Granger, former mayor of Fort Worth. She gave the keynote address for the occa-sion.
Supportive citizens from both organizations and some from the general population gathered for breakfast and awards at the Woodhaven Country Club, Fort Worth, on Monday, September 21, 2015.
FORT wORTh saiLORs
2015 Texian naVy day RePORT: The Texian navy day Celebration sponsored by The Sons of the Republic of Texas was again held aboard the uSS Texas Battleship located near the San Jacinto Monument to a nice crowd of compatriots. The Color Guard was led by Tom Green, KSJ, and the St. Thomas Episcopal School Pipe Band assisted. The deer Park High School Orchestra played the opening music to start the occasion. invocation was given by Joe R. davidson, KSJ. Curt Osborne gave a welcoming speech and made proper introductions then turned the celebration over to the Master of Ceremonies, Bob Steakley, KSJ. One of the first items of business when the Sam Houston Chapter was formed in 1987 was to initiate the “Out-standing Sailors of the Year Award.” The winners this year are Chief Cherise T. Chase of the virgin islands and the runner-up Chief Keaton R. Bragan of Ft. Worth, Texas. These are two great American compatriots and our Chapter is very proud to be associated with them. The winner received $1000.00 from us and the runner-up re-ceived $500.00. Short excerpts were read from their biographies. it is amazing the talent these two sailors have. After the principal speaker, dr. Jesus Francisco de La Teja from Southwest Texas State university of San Mar-cos, Texas, completed his speech, the ceremony was closed with Lone Star volunteers, followed by the Bene-diction. The Colors were then retired. david G. Whitaker, PresidentSam Houston Chapter 38, SRTSeptember 19, 2015
MeMBeRs OF The aLaMO
Members of the Alamo Chapter commemorate the 173rd anniversary of the “Battle of Salado”. Pictured are Ed Heath, Ken Pfeiffer, Chris Lancaster, Jimmy Peet, Jim Massingill, George Harcourt, dick Weitzel, Jason Chall, and Al davis, Present but not pictured was norm Cooper. As engraved on the marker, the 1842 battle near San Antonio turned back the last major military invasion of Mexican forces into the Republic of Texas.
