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04-16-01 |
| Photograph of the Alamo taken in the 1890's when a group from Aubrey made the trip to San Antonio |
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The Cherokee tribe had a very good meeting this past Saturday in Aubrey. Attending this meeting was the chief of the Cherokee tribe of the entire State of Texas. One of the Cherokee Nation of Texas’s goals is for the tribe to be officially recognized by the federal government as one of the Native American tribes that is still active in the State of Texas. The Cherokee alphabet was invented and mastered by the Cherokee Chief Sequogh and the present Texas Nation Chief Hicks. He explained to us on Saturday how the remains of this important leader were discovered and are located on a ranch in what is now Eagle Pass, Texas. I promised the Oak Grove news from the August 20, 1920 Aubrey Argus. Grandma Turner of Denton visited her son, D.A. Turner. Miss Zina Plummer spent the week-end with homefolks of Pilot Point. Mr. and Mrs. George Elmore and son Leonard, and J.P. Elmore of Pilot Point visited with Mrs. J.H. Martin on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bothwell of Parvin were here. Miss Vera Yarbrough of Mustang was the guest of Misses Sarah and Gertrude Harbert. Rogers Killingsworth of Little Elm was here. Miss Lola Martin, Alton Turner and Milton Tipps attended the chivari at Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Frady’s, at New Hope Saturday night. A very delightful time was enjoyed by 61 members of the younger set, Friday night when Misses Lola Martin and Zina Plummer entertained with a party. The jolly company entered heartily into a delightful series of games. Together with music, which furnished amusement for the evening. Among those present were Misses Edith Killingsworth, Mary and Sue Stover, Ruby Allen, Inez Watson, Beatrice and Pearl Davis, Messrs. Rogers Killingsworth, Mart Stover, Leonard Davis, Ab Reynolds, Chas. Allen, Jim Martin, and Mr. and Mrs. Bunn Stallings, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Weaver, from Little Elm, Misses Ethel Wilkinson and Ruth Key, Earl Gray and Clyde Wilinson, of May, Beatrice and Verma Nix, Dellas Norris, Eva Conklin, Messrs. Hoyle Pitts, Bott Dennis, Roscoe Conklin, Henry and Virgil Norris, Harve and Rupert Button, Bill and Arthur Nix and Louis Argo, from Lloyd; Misses Edith Smith and Vivian Chamabers, Perman Smith and Lee Miller of New Hope, Arvil Pope of Argyle and others were present. John Harbert was in Celina Recently. Mrs. Alma Fuqua is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Smith at New Hope. Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Redding visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Blackwell at Denton. Mrs. Myrtle Tubbs and children of Little Elm visited her sister, Mrs. J.H. Martin. W.W. Thompson visited home folks at Cooper. Misses Verma Nix of Lloyd and Ethel Wilkinson of May were guests of Miss Lois Martin. Milton Tipps, Alton Turner, and Newt Wardlow were in Denton. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner of New Hope visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Turner. C.T. Hodges was in Denton, Monday. The photo is of the Alamo during the 1890's when a group of people from Aubrey made the trip. Take note of the shell marks that still existed in the building during the time they made the trip. Many Choctaws are buried in a cemetery south of San Antonio. |
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