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Heritage Highlights The Newsletter of the Heritage Association of San Marcos San Marcos, Hays County, Texas April 2016 President’s Column . . . . Green is the theme for Home Tour ’16 Enjoy Night at the Theater as “Memories of the Square” Premieres April 22 Take a virtual journey through time with 13 long-time San Marcos residents as they recall “Memories of the Square” Friday, April 22, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Price Seniors Center (222 W. San Antonio). Don’t miss this “going to the theater night,” complete with popcorn, candy and soft drinks, as the Oral History Committee presents the premiere screening of their newest video. (Story continued on page 3) “Green up” for the 2016 Tour of Homes Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, from noon until 5 p.m. The Ecological Inspirations and Great Green Features tour is the second installment in a three-year trilogy entitled “Homes Through the Ages.” The tour will feature six houses with environmentally sensitive and green features of all kinds, from interior construction to rainwater collection to water-conscious landscaping. This year’s tour coincides with Main Street's Spring Art and Wine Walk and with an all-over-the downtown music festival called MR Fest. The three events together form a multifaceted San Marcos showcase. The tour departure point will be on the courthouse square (corner of San Antonio and LBJ streets), where tour guests can board buses and limousines to be driven to each home as costumed docents tell stories of the town’s history. (Story continued on page 2) Dear Members, A quarter of the year is already gone, and we have accomplished a lot. However, there is still much to do. Your support and willingness to help out is always appreciated and greatly needed as we get ready for several activities in April and in the months to come. As you may know, our Structure, Function and Bylaws Chair, Ralph T. Davis, passed away in February. I appreciate Gloria Fortin for stepping in to that position on the Board. We also will miss the service of Dorothy Evans, our President-Elect, who resigned from the Board in March due to health reasons. Please contact me if you want to recommend someone or would like to volunteer your services to fill that very important Board position. Please try to attend the P & Z meeting April 12th at City Hall as your support is needed to let the committee know that the Lamar School property, next to the Historical District, should not be re-zoned to allow developers to construct a multi-story complex that would include apartments, a hotel, retail and restaurant space and a parking garage. Finally, please purchase tickets for the Tour of Homes April 30-May 1. If you cannot attend, perhaps you can give the tickets to a friend! The Tour committee is also looking for docents, so please contact Marianne Moore to sign up. Sincerely, Brita Northcutt, Heritage President 2016 Carl Deal Photos (Left) Joel Cliett is one of 13 interviewed for the video. See more historic photos on the HASM website!
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Heritage Highlights The Newsletter of the Heritage Association of San Marcos
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas April 2016
President’s Column . . . .
Green is the theme for Home Tour ’16
Enjoy Night at the Theater as “Memories of the Square” Premieres April 22
Take a virtual journey through time with 13 long-time San Marcos residents as they recall “Memories of the Square” Friday, April 22, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Price Seniors Center (222 W. San Antonio). Don’t miss this “going to the theater night,” complete with popcorn, candy and soft drinks, as the Oral History Committee presents the premiere screening of their newest video. (Story continued on page 3)
“Green up” for the 2016 Tour of Homes Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, from noon until 5 p.m. The Ecological Inspirations and Great Green Features tour is the second installment in a three-year trilogy entitled “Homes Through the Ages.” The tour will feature six houses with environmentally sensitive and green features of all kinds, from interior construction to rainwater collection to water-conscious landscaping. This year’s tour coincides with Main Street's Spring Art and Wine Walk and with an all-over-the downtown music festival called MR Fest. The three events together form a multifaceted San Marcos showcase. The tour departure point will be on the courthouse square (corner of San Antonio and LBJ streets), where tour guests can board buses and limousines to be driven to each home as costumed docents tell stories of the town’s history. (Story continued on page 2)
Dear Members, A quarter of the year is already gone, and we have accomplished a lot. However, there is still much to do. Your support and willingness to help out is always appreciated and greatly needed as we get ready for several activities in April and in the months to come. As you may know, our Structure, Function and Bylaws Chair, Ralph T. Davis, passed away in February. I appreciate Gloria Fortin for stepping in to that position on the Board. We also will miss the service of Dorothy Evans, our President-Elect, who resigned from the Board in March due to health reasons. Please contact me if you want to recommend someone or would like to volunteer your services to fill that very important Board position. Please try to attend the P & Z meeting April 12th at City Hall as your support is needed to let the committee know that the Lamar School property, next to the Historical District, should not be re-zoned to allow developers to construct a multi-story complex that would include apartments, a hotel, retail and restaurant space and a parking garage. Finally, please purchase tickets for the Tour of Homes April 30-May 1. If you cannot attend, perhaps you can give the tickets to a friend! The Tour committee is also looking for docents, so please contact Marianne Moore to sign up. Sincerely, Brita Northcutt, Heritage President 2016
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(Left) Joel Cliett is one of 13 interviewed for the video. See more historic photos on the HASM website!
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Heritage Tree of Honor April 15 Robert E. “Bob” Pulver’s name will be added to the Heritage Tree of Honor plaque at an April 15 ceremony in Veramendi Plaza at 5 p.m. Pulver and his wife, Eleanor, were members of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Marcos, where Bob sang in the choir. He was also a member of the Rotary Club and the Bobcat Club and was a past president of the Texas State Friends of the Fine Arts. He served eight years as assistant professor in Texas State’s Department of Mass Communication, retiring in 1994.
Arbor Day Ceremony March 4 Friends and family paid tribute to Bob Sappington at the 2016 Arbor Day Ceremony March 4, when a tree was dedicated in Sappington’s memory in the Memorial Grove. A past president and patron member of HASM, Sappington was a tireless community volunteer. He was the first president of Friends of the Fine Arts at Texas State, one of the original founders and first presidents of Friends of the Cemetery, member of the Main Street Advisory Board and San Marcos Arts Commission, and a volunteer for more than 25 years for the San Marcos Convention and Visitor Bureau.
Officers Brita Northcutt
President
Dorothy Evans
President-Elect
Michele Breihan
Treasurer
Linda Coker
Secretary
Directors Ellie Stewart
Historian/Archivist
Jerry Sebek
Steward of
Properties
Louise Ernst
Heritage Guild
Jean Mooney
Riverwalk Park
Naomi Narvaiz
Membership
Cathy Dillon
Home Tour
Sherrill Baebler
Communications
Gloria Fortin
Structure, Function
and Bylaws
Laura Hughes
Merriman Cabin
Lee Festervan
Immediate Past
President
Robert Cotner
Nancy Scott
Jacque Allbright
Wayne Kraemer
Directors-at-large
Kent Cox
Virginia Moore
Lifetime Directors
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Family and friends of Bob Sappington join members of the Riverwalk Park Committee during the annual Arbor Day Ceremony in March.
Riverwalk Park Committee Hosts Two Spring Events
Home Tour, continued from page 1 Longtime HASM members will be excited to see 2 Belvin Street gems opened for the first time in many years: the Kone-Yarborough and Joseph Earnest houses. Tickets for the tour are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the tour. Presale tickets can be purchased online through the Spring Art and Wine Walk website at https://smtxwinewalk.com. Tickets will also be sold at the Chamber and Main Street offices, the Price Center, and during Cottage Kitchen luncheons in April. Day-of-event tickets can be purchased at the tour departure site on the square.
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Proceeds from the tour will benefit preservation and promotion of our San Marcos historic districts. Visit the Heritage website for more information on the tour, including links and photos! To volunteer as a docent and receive a discounted ticket, contact Marianne Moore at [email protected].
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Cottage Kitchen Friday
Luncheon Schedule
April 15 Women of 1st Lutheran Church April 22 McCoy’s Building Supply April 29 SMHS Culinary May 6 Central Texas Medical Center May 13 TBA May 20 TBA May 27 Closed for Memorial Day June 3 SM Convention & Visitor Bureau
City Cemetery Tales &
Tours Date Changed
Please note the date change for the City Cemetery Tales and Tours, which will be Oct. 22, 2016. Traditionally, this event is held the third Saturday in October, but due to conflicts with other area cemetery events, the date has been moved to Oct. 22. Sponsorships will be offered soon; check our website in a few weeks for more info or contact Linda Coker for details at [email protected].
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Heritage members can join our cast of stars, including Shirley Rogers, Bill Pennington, Nicci Harrison, Beth Morrisset, Charles Waldrip, H.C. Kyle III, Joel Cliett, Ross King, Jane Latham, Terry Serur, John Serur, Nova Festervan and Lee Festervan for an entertaining 75-minute film about the Courthouse Square and all the downtown businesses that have come and gone over the years. Admission is free and DVD’s will be available for sale after the showing for $20 (cash preferred). The Membership Committee will be on hand to recruit new members to Heritage, so invite guests to come along.
Thank you to each of you who have renewed your HASM Membership for 2016 and a warm welcome to our newest members! I'd like to encourage each of you to invite any family, neighbors or business associates interested in our community’s history and traditions to join HASM and participate in the wonderful events through the year. On April 22, we are joining the Oral History Committee at the premiere of “Memories of the Square” documentary and hope to see each of you there so mark your calendars now! Cordially, Naomi Narvaiz, Membership Chair
Add these new members to your directories:
Cathy and David Dunham, 1235 Belvin, 210.862.5050
Ann Stout, 1011 Wonder World Drive #607, 512.781.3998
Victoria D. Brown, 1920 Corporate Drive #203, 512.754.9352
Victor and Judy Felan, 501 Scott Street, 210.422.7489
Greater San Marcos Youth Council, P.O. Box 1455, 512.754.0500
“Memories of the Square” video, continued from page 1
Proclamation declares April 21 as Edward Burleson Day
Heritage members will join other local groups April 5 at City Hall for the reading of a proclamation declaring April 21, the 180th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, as General Edward Burleson Day. A new plaque was installed at City Hall next to the bust of Gen. Burleson, which previously had no identifying information about the local hero of early Texas history. On San Jacinto Day, Texas flags will surround the square and the Sons of the Republic of Texas will raise the flags at City Hall.
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What’s inside . . .
2016 Tour of Homes Preview
Oral History Theater Night
President’s Column
Riverwalk Park News
Tales & Tours Date Change
From the Membership Chair
Cottage Kitchen Luncheons
Gen. Edward Burleson Day
Calendar
April 15 Tree of Honor Dedication Ceremony in Veramendi Park, 5 p.m.
April 21 San Jacinto Day and Gen. Edward Burleson Day in San Marcos
April 22 “Memories of the Square” video screening at Price Seniors Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
April 29 Wine & Art Walk, 5:30-8:30 p.m., starts at Courthouse Lawn
April 30-May 1 Tour of Homes: “Ecological Inspirations and Great Green Features,” noon to 5 p.m.
August 28 Fall Membership Drive Kick-off: “Sundaes in the Park” (more info to come . . . )
October 15 Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Dinner (time and place TBA)
Planning and Zoning Meeting April 12
On the agenda for the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Tuesday, April 12 (6 p.m. at City Hall) is a motion to change the zoning designation of the old Lamar School area, located at the corner of Hutchison and Moore streets. The zoning change to “mixed use” would pave the way for a proposed Lindsey Hill Development project, slated to include a 5-story apartment and hotel complex with hundreds of units, along with retail businesses and a 400-car parking garage. Those concerned about the impact of this development on the historic district are encouraged to attend the meeting. More information is available at www.smhistorymatters.com.
