The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 52, July 1948 - April, 1949 Page: 241
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Texas Collection
Miss Beniti V. McElwer, 2265 Lipscomb, Fort Worth 4, Texas,
wishes to know whether the yellow rose of Texas was a climbing
rose or a sprawling bush. Any identification of the rose will be
appreciated by the office and by Miss McElwer.
The San Antonio Historical Association held a regular meeting
at the Cos House on May 21. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Crowther, and the speaker was Mr. Merrill Bishop, whose sub-
ject was, "Unpublished Heritage in Texas History."
In connection with the centennial of Williamson County which
was celebrated May 1-8, 1948, a fifty-page pamphlet entitled
Williamson County Centennial, 1848-1948 was published. The
greater part of the publication is devoted to the "Early History
of Williamson County" by Rear Admiral William L. Mann,
recently retired from the U. S. Navy medical corps. The account,
which begins with the early Spanish explorers, is especially valu-
able for the information given on place names and for the com-
pilation of material previously not readily available. Articles
entitled "Southwestern University" by Howard Knox and "Cot-
ton Comes to Williamson" by Charles L. Hairston are also in-
cluded.
Mary Jane Gentry, outstanding teacher and Junior Historian
sponsor at San Angelo Junior High School, has been named
exchange teacher to Bargoed, County Glamorgan, Wales, for the
1948-1949 school year.
The Houston Chronicle for July 19, 1948, carried the an-
nouncement that L. W. Kemp, a former president of the Asso-
ciation, had been given signal recognition by being awarded the
medal "De la Reconnaissance Francaise" by the French govern-
ment for his studies on the history of Texas. The award made
special mention of Mr. Kemp's participation in the erection of
the La Salle monument on Matagorda Bay. The decoration is to
be presented formally later in the year at a dinner to be given
by H. J. Job, consular agent of France in Houston.241
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