The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-21
pioneer Assoela,ion Of Dallas ooun,y,
10 tho Editor Of tho Dallas Herald

Pioneer Assoeiaiion ~ Dallas Couniy,
10 the Editor Of the Dallas Herald
II " proposed that the surviving plo-
neers Of Dallas county meet aud form
themselves into u social organization
10 be known ~ the 0l'lOneer Ass0Gla-
lion of Dallas county, for tho purpose
Of annual reunions NJ such places as
may, from year 10 year, be agreed
upon,
such associations elsewhere have
happy effect, They revive old friend
ships bring together old fathers aud
mothers, once nGlghbrOs on the savage
frontier aud rarely meeting since
population has Increased They exert
u powerful aud eleyatIng influence on
the young, fiAten their affections on
their own county, aud IN every respect
" tends 10 encourage virtue and good
conduct Ia all moral and social a.
poets they exert u similar influence 10
That 40 hopefully spreading among the
patrons Of husbandry,
Two or three questions arise. First,
what period OF residence shall be en-.
Araced In the original membership
Three periods nre almost equally mp.
prOprlate, t0'wlti The annexation Of
ToXas, perfected February 10, lsiO,
lhe creation Of Dallas county by the
law Of March 30, 1910, mud the first
election In the county, July 10, lSi0.
II N believed the last named date, tho
first action Of the people themselves,
should be adopted IN the birthday OF
Tho county, IL admits n greater num-
Der than either Of the other dntea, be-
Sides II occurs In midsummer when
old people can more safely aud pleas
nnty turn out than In February or
March.
Secondly who should DO members ?
II IL suggested that every surviving
citizen of Dallas county, now resident,
male or female, who resided In II be-
fore or on the day of its birth, July 10,
1916, should bo mombe, of the assO-
citation, Thus, II child born here July
IL, 1910, say Twenty-Five years ago,
would he entitled TO membership.
The constitution, when fran cd, can
provide for the perpetuatlOn of the 80
ciety indefinitely after our old fathers
and mothers shall have passed away,
by some appropriate clause, as, far In
stance, allowing membership after II
given residence In the county. To
meet special cases that would necossn-
rily arise, honorary memberships could
be provided
An annual reunion, with u barbecue
In the county, first in one neighbour
hood, then In another, would gladden.
the hearts Of our old people and give
pleasure to all.
II is proposed, therefore, that the old
pioneers of Dallas county meet first on
their twenty-ninth anniversary,
DIN Tuesday, July 10, 1873, nt II A. NJ,
at the court house in Dallas, to organ
lie the association.
AS the writer is not one of their
number, but only moved 10y respect
for their character and II desire to pro-
mote all good works in our community,
IL is not amiss to repeat some of the old |
family names, and urge full attend
nnce of the survivors, viz: Bryan,
McComas, Beeman, Coombes,
Griffin, Taylor, Witt, Weatherlord, |
Sloan, Cochran, Thomas, Collins, Pat
terson, John G. Mccoy, Harwood, |
Browder, Baird, Carter, Webb, Taught, |
keenan,, West, Overton, Dixon Prig-
more, Monaghan, Jackson, Glover,
Lavender Bennett, Badgley, Coats,
Hord Reed, Horton, Hart, Cole Con-
over, Jenkins, Stodden, Pre- Witt, Brew
ton, ELAN, Lumley, Narboe, Hustled,
Traughber, Leonard, Riley, Dye, Cock
rell, Nanny, Ray, Anderson, Bledsoe,
Couch, Popplemell, Fortner, Chenault,
Loring, Smith, Daniels, Hunter, Man
ming and James, all names more or
less familiar to the people of to-day,
commanding the respect of the later
as much as they did that of each
other in their first struggles in our then
country.
Rest assured that we. later day, will
rejoice Mt your annual reunions and in
woke blessings on the organization.
Remember the day and the hour,
which, by the way, is also the ami
versary of the last bloody battle with
the Indians east of the Trinity, where
our flag was borne by Albert Sidney
Johnson, President Burnett, Rusk, Bur :
eson, Kaufman, Douglas, Mcleod, ,
Landrum and other worthy chiefs, ,
while i'm the ranks were such young
men MS John IL. Reagan and many
'thers, since distinguished in our state.
ONE FOR MANY. ,