San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
HISTORIC SOCIETY
MARKS PLACES OF
INTEREST In CITY
Show Where Lee and o.
Henry Lived and 9th
err Places.

The De Zavala chapter of the Texas
Landmarks Association, in response
to letter from the Texas Centennial
Celebration committee, elected Miss
Adina DE Zavala as delegate to rep
resent the association at the election
to be held April -, Mt its meeting
Saturday. They also read the an
nOuncement of the San Antonio
Speech carts Teachers Association.
which is presenting S. ii. Clark of the
University of Chicago in dramatic re-
cital
Mrs. Dechman, chairman of the Ger
man relief committee. reported S26.50
as having been raised for that cause.
Announcement was made of tablets
erected since last meeting as follows !:
On San Fernando cathedral, 'The
first parish church of San Antonio
faces old Constitution plaza or Plaza
de las Yslas. From its tower Col.
Francis Johnson raised the flag of
victory on December IL, 1885, and
Santa Anna flOated the flag of NO
quarter in 1886. This cathedral
marks the center of early San Antonio
life-of zeal or Woe"
On the east side of Main plaza,
near the corner of Market street, is
Il tablets bearing the following in
scription: Here stood tire first court
house, where the Indian massacre OF
1910 occurred. and where the court
was captured in 1872"
At the southeast corner Of Main
plaza and Commerce street another
tablet recites, "Site of Governor Mus
quiz's residence. Here the women and
children. survivors of the Alamo mas
sacre, were brought on March q,
1886"
At Valentine Whites Place, 227
North st. Mary's street. will be found
the following notice, Gen. Robert Z.
Lee lived here"
On the corner of South Alamo and
South Presa streets is the announce
ment, Here lived William Sydney
Porter 90. Henry)."
and Military plazas is the following ::
Here stood the Navarro house." 1t
was made known Mt the meeting that
several other tablets are in the course
of construction and will be placed as
soon as they arc completed.
Plans for raising money were dis
cussed following a proposition from
an out-of-tOwn source. Miss DE "a
vala was appointed as a committee
of one to confer with the representa-
tives of this party and to have the
proposition in definite form and re-
ported back to the chapter.
The De Zavala chapter elected the
following officers for the coming year
Mrs. Sterling c. Robertson, president
Miss Sarah d. Adams. first vice pres
ident: Mrs. NJ. b. Gaenslen, second
vice president; Mrs. L. 4. Vanderhoe-
ven. third vice president: Mrs. s. G.
Tayloe. fourth vice president; Mrs
Ike T. Pryor. fifth vice president;
Mrs. III. B. Alleman. secretary; Mrs.
c. o. O'Neill. corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Nellie Lyle. treasurer, and
Mrs. II. 4. Moss, registrar. The d.
rectors are Mrs. Il. n. Dechmann.
Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain. Mrs. w. l..
Martin. Mrs. John Bulls, Mrs. ]. Fl.
kirkpatrick. Mrs. Elizabeth Maverick.
Mrs. Acknowledgment and Miss Annie
Sullivan.
The following officers were named
for the state association: Miss Adina
De Zavala president; DIR. f. l..
Thomson, first vice president; Mrs.
Adele b. Looscan of Houston, second
vice president; 7. III. Kuykendall of
FL Paso, third vice president; Don A.
Bliss of San Antonio. fourth vice
president; Miss Mary Mitchell of Re-
fugio. fifth vice president; Mrs. r.
G. Shook. secretary: Mrs. Ray Coff-
man. corresponding secretary; Miss
Nellie Lytlc. treasurer Miss s. ID.
Adams. registrar, and Miss De Ia
vala, historian. The directors are
Mrs. ]. A. Walker of Brownwood,
Miss "A. Grob of New Braunfels, Mrs.
NJ. Blatherwick of Center Point, Mrs.
Crouch of Sheffield. Mrs. S. ]. Bay
lor of Uvalde and Mrs. II. b. Minor
and DIR. J. S. Landlord. both of San
Antonio.
Word was brought of the death of
Herman Wagenfehr, husband of one
Of the past officers of the association,
and the meeting adjourned in sympa-
thy.