The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1979 Page: 12 of 12
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May 4. 1433
Funeral service* were
daughter. Clady; Ma par-
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Hall; aad graedaaotber.
Mrs Etkol Kemp, all of
held Monday. Sept. 17. la
Sweeaey Baptist Church.
He la survived by a
Those from Ooldtkwalte
who atteaded the fbaoral
were Mr. aad Mrs. Lea
Price aad Mr.
K. D. Price.
Copyright 1874 By
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beauty, bur breeding may
have blunted the impedi
la |g25. Empreaario Gruo*
DeWItt received from the
Texas. He Immediately be-
gat his colonising efforts,
establishing the town of
Oonaaloa before the year woe
out
In 1128. he brought his
wifu, two sous and four
daughters there to live. The
second of these daughters
was Naomi.
We know little of what
Naomi waa like, other than
that ahe waa a member of the
Gonzales district1*'aaosTBh
fluential family. If she lacked
la 1833. William Matbis.
one of Stephen P. Austin's
Old 300. found her attract-
ions overwhelming, aad nak-
ed for her hand.
Her mother. Sarah DeWItt.
planned a wedding that ■
would be Gonzales’ biggest f
and best. She sent east for r
the finest silk money could t
buy. aad tke wedding was
postponed until the precious
material could arrive and be
sewn into Naomi's wedding
dress.
For more than a year there
was happiness In the MatMa
home, proud in ita own right
and heir to DeWItt power.
Then a aon. William, was
born, and happiness would
have grown - except that
Naomi grew steadily weaker,
then quietly died. Her
beautiful dress was returned
to the bereaved mother who
had made it with such high
expectations
Green DeWItt died early in
IS3S. leaving Sarah to pre
side over the hooee from
which Gonxales authority
was expected.
Times were troubled; the
Texans sensed that revdut
ion was certain, but none
knew where or when the first
shot would be fired.
Back in 1831. the govern
The Goldtbwnite Elementary
Band performed at the
intermissions of the opening
Junior High games here Inst
Day Cara Canter Hearing Set For September 24
greater courage has ever
been shown than that of the
32 men from Gonzales who
rode out under their Come
And Take It flag that had
once been Naomi's wedding
dress. They entered the
Alamo on March I. and all
A public hearing
ment had given Gonzales a proposed changes in the
cannon with which to fight state's minimum standards
Indians. Now the American for d*y care centers will be
colonists were distrusted, held Friday. September 24.
and Domingo de Ugartecbea (| q *.m. and 1 p.m. in
wanted It beck Gonzales rool„ 406 of the John h.
would not give It up. They R an Building. 15th and
buried it In George Davis' Cooretl ln Austin,
peach orchard and the word The on,y ,ubgUntlve
wheels, and filled it with Teias Department of Hu-
chains sod scrap metal. man Resources, which is
As they set out to meet the charged with enforcing the
enemy across the Guada- «Undards. received recom-
lupe. Sarah DeWItt came mendations from day care
forward with a flag made of administrators, advisory
quality white ailk. In its groups, and interested indi
center was a black cannon vldual* pointing out the
nud the words “Come And need for more carefully
Take It.” screening persons entering
And so. on October 2. 1835, the child care field,
the little army of Green The proposed standards
De Witt's Gonzales fired the prohibit employment of any
first shot of the Teias
Revolution as Naomi's wed-
ding dress furled in the river
breeze.
San Antonio was taken by
the upstart Tesas Army, and
the rebels settled down to
await Santa Anna's reaction.
It came in February. 5.000
troops commanded by Santa
Anna himself
staff member directly in-
volved in child care who has
been convicted within the
preceding 10 years of; I)
any felony. 2) any misde-
meanor classified as an
offense ngainst the person,
or 3) the violation of any
law enacted to protect
children.
The proposed changes
also require the removal
from direct child care
activities of any employee
indicated for these offenses.
or against whom an official
complaint has been made
Berry
Celebrates
91st
The family of Mr. Charley
Berry and the staff of
m Travis took 155 men Hlllvlew Manor extend an
into the old Alamo mission invitation to nil of Mr.
nod sent Jim Bonham riding Berry’s friends and relative*
for help. to a birthday party
In nil of Texas, only one This occasion will be held
town would reapond; Go#- Saturday. September 22,
tales had started this war. from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., at
and they would tee it ffillview Manor Nursing
through. Out rode 32 men Home. Goldthwaite.
and boys, to death at certain Come and help Mr. Berry
as the rising of the sun In all hit 91st birthday
the history of mankind, no
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20. Thursday. Star,
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courage. '•Oct 12. Richland
Famed though it Is. studied Springs, there. 7:30 p.m
as it has been by historians. *Oct. IB. Thursday. Cher
there are things ascertain abut. bet*. 7:30 p.m.
about the Battle of tk* *Oct. 25. Thursday.
Alamo. Sidney, bore. 7:30 p.m.
One of these things co*. *Nov 2. May. there,
cents the flag under which 7418 p.m.
the Alamo defenders fought. *Nov 4. Moselle, there.
lam favor the red. white 7 00 p m
and free* flag of Coahullo Nov 16. Open
and Tens. Others argue for QmgB
the Mexican tricolor <4 1424, ^
and a few favor the liberty - 7T? *
flag now In the Old Sloan _
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Bridges, G. Frank. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1979, newspaper, September 20, 1979; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1056242/m1/12/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.