Heritage, Volume 17, Number 2, May 1999 Page: 6
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The Spring 1999 issue of Heritage follows
your usual practice of presenting information
in a most delightful manner. I
hope it is widely distributed to churches as
well as historians in Texas.
Please tell the person who writes the
captions for the pictures to read the text of
the article very carefully first! It was jarring
to read of an alter instead of an altar in the
caption on page 9 but it was even more of
a surprise to learn that the church's feature
that was twenty feet high was not the altar
but the pulpit. This was followed by a case
of arboreal mistaken identity on page 15
where a Cedar of Lebanon tree was mentioned,
though the article on the preceding
page states that the tree planted in 1898
was a Jerusalem pine.
Thank you for telling us about the Texas
Jewish History exhibit at the Institute of
Texan Cultures in San Antonio and about
Robert Davis' web site on the Internet. I
liked your choice of quotations for the
boxes accompanying your article on vanishing
Jewish congregations.
We were especially interested to learn
of the painted churches in Central Texas
beyond those listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. Now we're looking
forward to the publication of the report
concerning the recording of the history of
St. David's Episcopal Church. It should be
an excellent guide for our church's history
in another 60 years when we will celebrate
our centennial.
Thank you again for an excellent magazine.
BETTY B. HALL, AUSTIN
THF is proud of Heritage magazine and
endeavors to make it an interesting publication
of the highest standards. Inevitably, though,
there are things that slip by. While this is in no
way an excuse for those sloppy editing mistakes,
we think it is important to note that
Heritage magazine is a one-person operation
and that the editor is responsible for singlehandedly
planning, editing, designing, laying
out, proofreading, producing, and handling
administrative details of the quarterly publication.
The staff has accepted Mrs. Hall's gracious
offer to serve as a volunteer proofreader.I have read the spring edition of Heritage
from cover to cover! What an interesting,
beautiful magazine. We are proud to
be a part of it and very pleased with your
article, "In Search of a Vanishing History".
You did a very good job explaining Bob
Davis' project and views. [We plan to add
the magazine] to our collection at the
American History Center in Austin...and
to have it available at the next meeting of
the Texas Jewish Historical Society in Fort
Worth in April.
Thank you again on behalf of the TJHS.
HELEN WILK, TJHS PRESIDENT
CORPUS CHRISTI
THF member Robert Caldwell Jr. of
Denton shared this letter with us, which he sent
to the Texas Bankers Association after reading
the Spring 1997 issue of Heritage on the
banking industry. This is a good example of
everyday Texans providing information that
enhances the state's historical record!
I am writing this letter in hopes that you
can assist me in identifying the five individuals
shown in the photograph (that)
was published on the back cover of the
Spring 1997 issue of Heritage
magazine...The caption at the bottom of
the picture indicates that it came from your
archives. I hope that there are notations
(on the photograph) which will identify at
least two of the individuals that I cannot
identify and maybe confirm the other three
that I am sure I have identified.
When the magazine came out...and I
went though it cover to cover, there was
something vaguely familiar about the picture
on the back page. What was familiar,
oddly enough, was the tile pattern running
along the bottom of the teller cages...Upon
further examination, I was able to identify
Mr. Barns, Mr. Savage and Mr. Miller for
sure. But when I saw that tile pattern, I
knew immediately that picture was made
in the old Denton County National Bank
building on the southeast corner of the
square in Denton, Texas. I have, as child,
boy, and man been in that bank many,many times. My father worked there from
1913 to about 1931 or 32. The building in
which the picture was taken is still standing.
It has been modernized and worked
over. Even some of the tile is still there.
About a year ago, while the bank building
was being reworked, I went in it and confirmed
my suspicions with regard to the
green and while tile. There is no doubt
about it being the old Denton County
National Bank Building.
I have identified...the second, fourth,
and fifth (from left to right) persons as
R.M. Barns, J.E. "Ed" Savage and Clarence
E. Miller. All three are now deceased. The
first man on the left is unidentified. He may
be Mat Davenport or Dixie Boyd, but no
one is sure. The third man from the left has
been identified as Bob Donald....I hope
that the picture in your archives will positively
identify the #1 and #3 men.
I will appreciate your assistance in identifying
the people mentioned.
ROBERTH. CALDWELLJR., DENTON
In response to his inquiry, Caldwell received
this letter, which he has allowed us to
reprint, from the Bankers Association.
Thank you for your letter regarding the
photograph that appeared on the back cover
of Heritage magazine. It's nice to know that
the...feature was appreciated and studied.
The information you provided about
the photo is much more detailed than anything
we have in our records. The photograph,
as well as many others, was once on
display in the Texas banking museum we
maintained here in our Austin building.
Some years ago, the museum was dismantled,
but we still have the photograph
collection on slides.
The original photographs are maintained
by the library of the Institute for
Texan Cultures... They may be able to help
you obtain further information regarding
the photograph. Their mailing address is
P.O. Box 1226, San Antonio, TX 78294.
Good luck in your search. I wish we had
more of that information in our hands --
much of Texas banking's history remains
untold.
Dawn Duplantier6 HERITAGE 'MAY 1999
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