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The West News - Thursday, December 7,2000
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LaGrange...From the year 2001 calendar of the Texas Czech Heritage and
Cultural Center, LaGrange are the Barta boys washing clothes at the family
farm near Ammannsville; oldest sons of Josef J. and Agnes Stavinoha Barta;
circa 1907-09. The calendars go on sale December 6 to benefit the non-profit
Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, Inc. of LaGrange. Photo courtesy
of Donald Cernosek, Holman, Texas. For more information, contact Sandra
Matthijetz, Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, LaGrange, 888-785-
4500 or 979-968-9399.
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DAR group
hears exploits
on WWII event
The Elizabeth Gordon Brad-
ley Chapter, National Society
Daughters ofThe American Revo-
lution met on November 28 at
the Federated Club House for
their monthly meeting.
Mrs. Billy J. Akins, Regent,
presided, called the meeting to
order and lead the Opening
Ritual, with the Pledge of Alle-
giance, American Creed and sing-
ing the Star Spangled Banner,
accompanied by Mrs. Charles J.
Lewandowski, Jr., at the piano.
Mrs. Elmo L. Rose, Chaplain,
gave the invocation.
Mrs. Douglas R. Totten, DAR
Magazine chairman, read the
President General's message.
The National Defense Report was
given by Mrs. Rose, National
Defense chairman.
Mrs. Bowman A. Price, regis-
trar, announced that two appli-
cations had been verified, and
one supplemental had been ap-
proved. Mrs. Elmer G. Cohn,
Treasurer, gave the Treasurer's
report. Mrs. Rex W. Howie,
American Indian Chairman, gave
the Constitution minute. Mrs.
Lewandowski, DAR Museum
Docent and Volunteer Informa-
tion Specialists chairman, gave
her report, as did Mrs. Fred A.
Holland, Insignia chairman.
Mrs. Cohn introduced the
speaker, Mrs. Lola Fisher, from
Marlin. Mrs. Fisher gave an in-
spiring and informative program,
recounting the World War !! ex-
periences of her husband, Leslie,
while he was a crewman on a B-
24 Liberator bomber, named
"Squat and Drop." His plane was
shot down over France in 1944,
but he parachuted to safety and
was hidden from the Germans by
friendly French families. Leslie
Fisher was later liberated by the
forces led by General George
Patton, after 57 days in hiding.
The Fisher family and the French
families, who sheltered Leslie
Fisher, formed a close relation-
ship with the French coming to
Marlin to visit and the Fisher
family visiting in France, near
the location where Leslie Fisher
parachuted from the damaged
plane.
Mrs. Akins announced that
she and her husband, Bill Akins,
attended the marker dedication
ceremony at the new Dallas-Ft.
Worth National Cemetery, which
was sponsored by the Dallas DAR
Regents Council. She also stated
that they had attended other
DAR meetings in Cleburne and
Groesbeck during November.
Mrs. Akins recognized the
guests in attendance, Barbara
Dunkum, Mertelene Smith, Ruth
Girard, Deborah Abernathy,
Betty Tucker and SAR member,
Bill Akins.
Refreshments were provided
by the hostesses, Mrs. Bradsby,
Mrs. Howie, Mrs. James C.
Sorrells, Mrs. Elizabeth Estes
Taylor and Mrs. Delton F. Steed.
The next meeting will be the
annual business meetingin Janu-
ary. For more informat ion, please
call Mrs. Akins at 776-9346.
Letter to the Editor
Book Review
Forever Texas
Edited by Mike Blakely and
Mary Elizabeth Goldman
FOREVER
TEXAS
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Texas is much more then the
28th state to be welcomed into
the Union over 150 years ago. It
is a place that triggers the imagi-
nations of Americans and people
all over the world as much today
as it did when the Spanish ex-
plorers first encountered the
area.
In Forever Texas (Forge Books;
October 20, 2000; $22.95), edi-
tors Mike Blakely and Mary
Elizabeth Goldman capture the
imagination of this beloved land
in an incredible collection of the
writings of some of the most re-
markable Texans who have ever
1 ived-the work of Texans by birth
and of the lucky few who are
Texan by circumstance.
F eatur ing the writings of Gov-
ernor and President hopeful
George W. Bush and the unflag-
ging H. Ross Perot, this amazing
collection brings together histori-
cal writings gathered from no-
table Texans of the past such as
Sam Houston, Davy Crockett,
Stephen F. Austin and Lyndon
Baines Johnson.
From the stories of love and
first journeys, to tales of murder
and war,.these essays convey an
undeniable love of Texas and a
proud legacy for Texans.
Written by beloved authors
like Elmer Kelton and renowned
public figures such as George W.
Bush and Senator Phil Gramm,
Forever Texas explores the many
personalities of the Lone Star
State, telling Texas history the
way those who lived it, wrote it.
Contributors include: George
W. Bush, Elmer Kelton, Phil
Gramm, Dale Evans, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Stephen Austin, Dale
L. Walker, Thomas Fleming,
Ross Perot, Carole Nelson Dou-
glas, Sam Houston and Walter
Cronkite.
In one of the many interesting
tales included in the book, Jory
Sherman writes about his fa-
ther, Keith Edward Sherman,
who was a wildcatter in the late
1930s.
"I was fascinated by the jack-
rabbit my father told me about.
Every night, after my father had
finished work and was alone in
his cabin, he would hear a thump
on the ground outside the door.
When he opened the door, a large
male jackrabbit hopped inside
where it would spend the night
sleeping. It seemed to know that
this was a place safe from coy-
otes and the owls floating over-
head on silent pinions."
Mike Blakely is the author
of several novels of the West,
including Too Long at the Dance
(Forge mm; July 1998) and
Comanche Dawn (Forge mm;
May 1999), and most recently,
Summer of Pearls (Forge hard-
cover; September 2000). When
not at home on his ranch, he
tours the country, performing
music at conventions, in saloons
and at cowboy poetry gatherings.
His newspaper column, "Lone
Star Legacy," has appeared in
more than 30 newspapers. He
lives in Marble Falls, Texas.
Mary Elizabeth Goldman
has been the driving force be-
hind the development and suc-
cess of Republic of Texas Press,
where the focus has been to pub-
lish "reader friendly" literary
works on Texas and Southwest-
ern history. A seventh genera-
tion Texan, Ms. Goldman lives
on her ranch in Bandera County,
Texas, where she now devotes
her fuil-time efforts to writing
projects.
Forever Texas is available
from Forge Books, 175 Fifth Av-
enue, New York, NY 10010, or
your favorite bookstore.
***
He who never made a mistake,
never made a discovery.
—Samuel Smiles
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What a tremendous shock and
surprise I received at the conclu-
si on of the West Chamber of Com-
merce "Christmas in West" last
Friday night in the high school
auditorium. I honestly knew
nothing of the plan to present
me with two awards from the
Chamber of Commerce and the
City of West. When Mayor Russ
Wilsey called ine to the podium I
was truly "flabbergasted." I tried
to speak, but the lump in my
throat prevented any utterance
of any sound.
When I came to the full real-
ization of the moment of the great
honor bestowed upon me, I must
tell the citizens of our great city
that I will be walking on air for
some time. This honor is one I
shall long remember and prize. I
feel a certain degree of explana-
tion is necessary to reveal the
background of several years in
our work on this program. I use
the term "our" instead of "me"
due to the fact that all the years
of work was an amalgamation of
many people and many contrib-
uting groups. There are some
who react to honors by saying,
"Why me?" I am no exception to
that. However, when there are
so very many who have contrib-
uted so very much for so long it
behooves me to think that way.
If my efforts have been support-
ive of the program to introduce
an educational and entertaining
program to the citizens of West,
I can only say that I am grateful
for the opportunity.
There is a saying that - "the
greater the gratitude the shorter
the letter of thanks." If that were
the rule on this occasion, I must
confess that I would have com-
pleted my remarks by now, be-
cause words cannot fully express
the fullness of my appreciation.
Suffice it to say that I shall con-
tinually endeavor to justify your
vote of confidence.
In listening to the remarks
made by Mayor Wilsey, I had
difficulty realizing that some of
the references were to me. That,
as much as the honor itself, and
the standing ovation by an audi-
ence of many I didn't even know,
is what made the occasion so
moving to me. I have been asked,
"How do you do all that you do?"
I said, "It is simply a cooperative
endeavor that is proving success-
ful."
It is difficult to list all those
who were responsible for the
success of the program last Fri-
day, without leaving out many of
those behind the scenes who have
worked diligently from year to
year with little or no recogni-
tion. I simply must give my heart-
felt thanks and appreciation for
the fantastic cooperation from
the schools, churches and citi-
zens of West. It is our continued
cooperation and understanding
of others that wijl continually
cause us to grow.
Jack Felts
West
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, Mrs. Matus' first grade class has
been studying about sharing. They talked about how the Indians and the
Pilgrims shared that first Thanksgiving. The students shared with the class
many things that could be shared with each other. The class came up with
many things they could share-food, friendship, money, toys, clothes, cray-
ons and bikes. The most important thing the class decided on to share with
their family and everyone was Love. "This experience had made the children
of my class think more about each other and those around them," Mrs. Matus
reported. "To celebrate the close of our lesson, we ail brought something to
add to our pot of Sharing Soup. We shared the soup with the cafeteria aides
who watch us at lunch each day. My class would like to thank the Life Skills
class for letting us use their kitchen and helping."_
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
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Knapek, Larry. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 2000, newspaper, December 7, 2000; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth715485/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.