The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-11-24
"SHOUID AULD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORGOT?"
MIR. and Mrs. Chamberlain Revisit
the Scenes of Their Youth.

the scenes Oh lnelT 1Oulns
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain
and their son, Edmund G., arrived
from San Antonio last night and
have apartments at the New Miller.
Mr.. Chamberlain was born in
Brownsville and this Is his first visit
here in twenty years. Mrs. Chamber
lain spent a part of her girlhood
days in Brownsville and returns to
the city after an absence OF more
than thirty years. In her early
Brownsville days she was Miss Addie
Gillette, her father being DR.. F. B.
Gillette, a surgeon in the army and
for sometime stationed with his regi-
ment at Fort Brown. It was in those
days that Mr.. Chamberlain and Miss
Gillette first met each other and
formed an acquaintance which subse-
Quently resulted in their becoming
man and wife, the marriage taking
place in New York City, where the
bride was born. A short time since
they celebrated the twenty-fifth an
niversary of their wedding at their
home in San Antonio.
Mr. Chamberlain was the son of a
Presbyterian minister, whose memory
will be pleasantly recalled by all old
residents of Brownsville, and who
will also recall that it was this good
man who built the first Protestant
church in this city. The old church
building has long since disappeared,
but Mr. Chamberlain had no difficult
ty in locating the ground on which
it formerly stood, in his drive over
the city this morning, in which he
was accompanied by his wife and
son. They also visited the grave of
Mr.. Chamberlain father and moth
er, who sleep their last sleep in the
Brownsville cemetery. The elder
Chamberlain died here, but his wife
died in New York and her remains
were afterwards removed to this city
city and placed by the side of those
of her husband.
In their drive around the city. Mr..
and Mrs. Chamberlain saw much to
call back the days of auld lang
syne" Some old landmarks had dis
appeared. but others they found al
most unchanged, and with each came
back memories of the far-away past.
Mr.. Chamberlain says he felt a keen
pleasure in pointing out to his son,
the old building in which he attended
school when a boy, for this old build
ing held memories that will be ever
! dear and around which time has
thrown something of a halo for the
man who knew it in the days of his
early boyhood, and where he said his
first Lessons.
They visited old Fort Brown and
perhaps this brought TO Mrs Cham
! berlain memories different from those
that came to her husband. for the old
| Fort had been her home in early
days when she was yet a girl, and
though many changes had taken place
since she was last there, still there
were some familiar places left and
these she dwelt on with feelings no
words can well describe. This has
I been our sentimental day., said Mr.
Chamberlain when he had concluded
the drive, and i don't remember
when l have ever enjoyed day
half so much Among the old
! Brownsville friends recalled by Mr..
and Mrs Chamberlain as being
among those they had not seen for
many years, were the Misses Will
man, Miss Mary Moore, Ben Kowal-
ski, F. Yturria, Martin Hanson, Capt.
Bob Dalzell. Dan Yturria, w. A
Neal, DR.. F. J. Combe, L. Kowalski,
Aug. Celaya, E. H. Goodrich, Jas. a.
Browne and others.
The Chamberlains will spend sew
eral days in the city and Mr.. Cham
berlain will take an auto trip through
the Valley while here and see for
himself if the reports he has heard
of the country's development are as
told. Mr. Chamberlain is a man of
great prominence in the financial
world and at present holds the fol-
lowing Offices: President Texas State
/ Waterways Association; member Ex-
ecutive Council American Bankers
Association; director San Antonio Ma
tional Bank, and vice-president San
Antonio Loan and Trust Company.
He is also ex-president of the Texas
State Bankers Association.