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TEXAS ALMANAC -1943-1944
Centennial of Texas Statehood.In 1936 Texas celebrated the centennial
of its independence which was declared
at Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2,
1836, and won at *he Battle of San Ja-
cinto, April 21 of t.iat year. An event of
almost equal importance in the history
of Texas will be observed in 1945 and
1946 in commemoration of the centennial
of Texas Statehood.
Resolutions unanimously adopted by
the Forty-Seventh Texas Legislature, in
1941, gave official sanction to the observ-
ance of the centenary of admission of
Texas into the United States, and author-
ized the organization of a Statehood
Commission to arouse public interest and
to develop a suggested program and
schedule for a statewide centenmnial ob-
servance to be submitted to a future
session.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has ruled that Dec. 29, 1845, was
the date Texas was admitted. It was on
this date that the newly written State
Constitution was acceped by Congress of
the United States. However, it was not
until Feb. 16, 1846, that the first State
Legislature convened at the call of Pres-
ident Anson Jones who yielded to Gov-
ernor J. Pminckney Henderson. Three days
later, on Feb. 19, the formalities of tran-
sition from nationhood to statehood were
observed with the lowering of the Lone
Star Flag of the Republic of Texas and
the raising of the Stars and Stripes. This
day, Feb. 19, was declared to be Texas
Statehood Day by resolution of the Forty-
Seventh Legislature in 1941.
The resolution adopted by the Forty-
Seventh Legislature designated Centen-
nial of Statehood years to be 1945 and
1946 and proclaimed that the historical
events of that period should be appro-
priately commemorated with all sections
of Texas participating. The momentous
developments within the economic and
social structure of the state during the
last few years will leave Texas and Tex-
ans facing a situation with good and bad
potentialities, as the war closes. The
year, 1946, might easily be the opening of
a new century in more than the passing
of the century milepost.
The development of plans for State-
hood observance will, of course, depend
largely upon the progress of Allied mili-
tary and naval effort during 1943-1945.
Co-operation in the war and postwar
effort has been and will be a major
activity of the Statehood Commpission.
The Texas Centennial of Statehood
Commission is as follows: Chairman, Karl
Hoblitzelle, Majestic Building, Dallas;
Executive Secretary, Paul L. Wakefield,
612 Norwood Building, Austin; Commis-
sioner, A. Garland Adair, Texas State
Memorial Museum University of Texas,
Austin; and W. L. Hodges, Assistant
Executive Secretary, Austin.
Religious Bodies in Texas.
Data below are from the religious census of
the Federal Government in 1936, latest avail-
able (The religious census is taken d"cen-
nially, next date being 1946 ) Data belowprobably are not representative in all in-
stances of strength of churches today, but
they give a relatively accurate picture of the
whole field of religious activities in TexasDenomination-
Adventist Bodies:
Advent Christian Church ......... 4
Church of God (Ore , Ill ) ........ 3
Church of God (Adventists)....... 3
Seventh Day Adventist .......... 67
Assemblies of God, Gen. Coun....... 341
Baptist Bodies
Northern Baptist Convention...... 1
Southern Baptist Conentn ...... 1,606
Negro Baptists . . ........ 2,225
American Baptist Association...... 307
Colored Primtie Baptists....... 54
Free Will Baptists .. .......... 1
National Baptist E angelical Life
and Soul-Sas ing Assembly of the
U S A .. ............. 3
Primitie Baptists ............... 89
Sex en Day Baptists.........r- 1
United American Free-Will Baptist
Church (Colored) 13
Brethren. German Baptist (Dunkers).
Church of the Brethren (Consersa-
ti e Dunkers) .................. 4
Brethren, Plymouth
Ply mouth Brethren II ............. 6
Plymouth Brethren V ............. 1
Christadelphians ........... 15
The Christian and Missionary
Alliance .......... 1
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church...... 9
Church of Christ, Scientist.......... 69
Churches of God
Church of God . ............. 51
Church of God (Anderson, Ind ) .. 25
Church of God (Salem, W Va.)... 3
Church of God (Tomlinson) ....... 26
Church of God in Christ............. 128
Church of the Nazarene ............. 155
Churches of Christ ................ 921
Churches of the Living God:
Church of the Lix ing God, Chris-
tian Workers for Fellowship . 19
Church if the Lising God, "The
Pillar and Ground of Truth".... 86
Churches of the New Jerusalem -
General Convention of the New
Jerusalem !n the U S A ......... 2
Congregational and Christian
Churches ................... 20
Disciples of Christ .............. 338
Eastern Orthodox Churches:
Greek Orthodox Church (Hellenic). 6
Russian Orthodox Church ... 1
Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Ch.. 2
Evangelical and Reformed Church... 59
Evangelical Church ................. 6
Federated Churches ................ 4
Free Christian Zion Church of Christ 5
Friends'
Society of Friends (Orthodox)..... 3
Independent Churches ......... 3
Independent Negro Churches ........ 1
International Church of the Four-
square Gospel..................... 8
Italian Bodies:
The Unorganized Italian Christian
Churches of NA ............... 1
Jewish Congregations ............... 60
Latter-Day Saints:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints 12
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints ........... 10
Lutherans:
American Lutheran Conference:
American Lutheran Church . 203
E angelical Lutheran Augustana
Snod of N A . ... 15
Norwegian Lutheran Church of
America 9
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