"Rockdale, my hometown, is Texas' heart and significant part of its soul," George Sessions Perry wrote in his book, Texas: A World Unto Itself. Perry wrote with lifelong affection about his hometown, first as a novelist and later as a magazine journalist. He describes the pioneers of Rockdale as typical of restless Southerners who hitched their wagons and moved to Texas after the Civil War. . . . Clay Coppedge . . .
Showing posts with label Belton. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
1881 :: Entertainment at Mundine Hotel
Dallas Morning News. Rockdale, August 13. -- Quite an enjoyable entertainment at the Mundine Hotel last night was given by the young gentlemen. Old Bender, Johnny Austin and old Burch seem to have migrated from Rockdale. A thanksgiving proclamation will probably be issued. Your correspondent does not know whether they went to Temple, Belton, or Valley Mills, or Cisco, but our loss has probably been the gain of some one of them. Weekly Democratic Statesman, Austin, Texas, August 18, 1881
Thursday, May 14, 2015
1895 :: Cornerstone of New City Hall
Rockdale, Milam Co., Tex., May 13. -- The laying of the cornerstone of the new city hall occurred this afternoon under the auspices of Rockdale lodge 414, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. The address was by District Deputy Grand Master L.W. Albertson, mayor of Belton. Dallas Morning News, May 14, 1895
Thursday, March 28, 2013
1945 :: Death of W P Perry
Wallis Pope Perry, 46, of 111 North Bishop, office manager of the Southwest Tablet Manufacturing Company, died at his office Tuesday after a heart stroke. Perry was born in Belton and reared in Rockdale. He came to Dallas in 1932 from San Antonio. Surviving him are his wife; a son, Wallis P. Perry Jr.; a daughter, Mary Michael Perry, of Dallas; stepmother, Mrs. Ira Perry Sr., Boerne, Kendall County; a brother, E.W. Perry, Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Allen Banks, Houston. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the chapel of the Poole Funeral Home, 437 West Jefferson, with the Rev. Thomas F. Gallaher officiating. Another service and burial will be in Boerne Friday. Dallas Morning News, March 28, 1945
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Milam County Ex-Confederates
The Galveston Daily News, (Houston, TX)
Tuesday, October 14, 1890; Issue 168; col D.
Ex-Confederates
The Old Soldiers of Milam County Organize —
A Call for State Organization
Cameron, Tex. Oct. 13. -- The ex-confederate soldiers of Milam county effected permanent organization here to-day. Over 400 names were enrolled. By invitation, Judge X.B. Saunders of Belton delivered an address, which was greeted with cheers.
The following resolutions were adopted and proper provision in the charter and constitution made to carry the objects to success:
Resolved, that it is the sense of this association that the ex-confederate soldiers residing in Texas should effect an old soldiers' state organization, the same to be composed of camps or associations of the several counties of the state, and we therefore call upon every camp or county ex-confederate association in Texas to enlist as a regiment in this association, that the ex-confederates of Texas may possess the power to move as a disciplined army toward the accomplishment of the task of caring for those of us who are needy; of providing aid to the indigent widows and orphans of the confederate dead; of preserving and maintaining the sentiment and fraternity born of a common affection for a common cause, and the hardships and dangers shared in the march, the bivouac and the battlefield, and of making an authentic history of the war between the states, that we may transmit to posterity the causes which stripped our allegiance and affection from the flag of the union and intertwined it with the destiny o the flag of the stars and bars.
The following resolution, directed against the histories now taught in the schools of the county, passed:
Resolved, that a committee be appointed whose duty it shall be to guard the historical literature taught in our schools against all encroachments calculated to misrepresent the part taken by the confederate government in defense of the rights of the people.
All county associations of ex-confederates in the state are requested to correspond with N.H. Tracy, Rockdale, Tex., with the view of effecting a state organization.
Tuesday, October 14, 1890; Issue 168; col D.
Ex-Confederates
The Old Soldiers of Milam County Organize —
A Call for State Organization
Cameron, Tex. Oct. 13. -- The ex-confederate soldiers of Milam county effected permanent organization here to-day. Over 400 names were enrolled. By invitation, Judge X.B. Saunders of Belton delivered an address, which was greeted with cheers.
The following resolutions were adopted and proper provision in the charter and constitution made to carry the objects to success:
Resolved, that it is the sense of this association that the ex-confederate soldiers residing in Texas should effect an old soldiers' state organization, the same to be composed of camps or associations of the several counties of the state, and we therefore call upon every camp or county ex-confederate association in Texas to enlist as a regiment in this association, that the ex-confederates of Texas may possess the power to move as a disciplined army toward the accomplishment of the task of caring for those of us who are needy; of providing aid to the indigent widows and orphans of the confederate dead; of preserving and maintaining the sentiment and fraternity born of a common affection for a common cause, and the hardships and dangers shared in the march, the bivouac and the battlefield, and of making an authentic history of the war between the states, that we may transmit to posterity the causes which stripped our allegiance and affection from the flag of the union and intertwined it with the destiny o the flag of the stars and bars.
The following resolution, directed against the histories now taught in the schools of the county, passed:
Resolved, that a committee be appointed whose duty it shall be to guard the historical literature taught in our schools against all encroachments calculated to misrepresent the part taken by the confederate government in defense of the rights of the people.
All county associations of ex-confederates in the state are requested to correspond with N.H. Tracy, Rockdale, Tex., with the view of effecting a state organization.
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