The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 2008 Page: 21 of 32
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THE CANADIAN RECORD
COMMUNITY PAGE
THURSDAY S MAY 2DDB
P.E.O. chapter
winds up year
with luncheon
Vonda Robbins and Olivia Sims co-hosted
the April 21st meeting of the Canadian Chap-
ter I P.E.O. held at Robbins' home.
Betty Cooper presented the program on
fun ngles she had written, which were to be
sung at the RE.O. Texas State Convention in
Amarillo on April 25-27. Paula Forrest was
to provide piano accompaniment.
Refreshments of angel food cake with
strawberries and whipped cream topping
were served.
Present were Beth Briant, Kay Brown,
Kelley Cameron, Betty Cooper, Becky Reid,
Amber Harper, Laura Hughs, Grace Isaacs,
Bobbie Jo Ramp, Jane Rivers, Vonda Rob-
bins, Connie Rupprecht, Olivia Sims and
Polly Tubb.
On May 5, Therese Abraham hosted the
P.E.O. meeting with co-hosts, the Entertain-
ment Committee. Connie Rupprecht present-
ed the program on the P.E.O. Texas State
Convention hosted by the Amarillo Area
chapters, including 12 groups in Amarillo,
Canadian, Pampa and Hereford.
The pre-convention dinner at the Big
Texan was planned by Lauren Haley and
Stefanie Meyer. Paula Forrest played piano
for the singing.
Kelley Cameron was a co-chair of the
guards and pages and welcomed attendees
at the airport. Vonda Robbins manned a sales
booth and Bobbie Jo Ramp served as a guard
and welcomed convention-goers at the hotel.
Seventeen people from Canadian attended
the Projects Luncheon.
The salad luncheon ncluded rolls, black
bottom caramel pecan cheesecake and cof-
fee.
Present were Therese Abraham, Hilary
Beedy, Beth Briant, Kay Brown, Kelley
Cameron, Betty Cooper, Becky Reid, Paula
Forrest, Tria Godwin, Amber Harper, Mar-
gie Hufstedler, Ann Isaacs, Grace Isaacs,
Valerie Isaacs, Stefanie Meyer, Bobbie Jo
Ramp, Connie Rupprecht, Sarah Thrasher,
Polly Tubb and Sue Tubb.
The next meeting will be held on Septem-
ber 22nd.
Wolf Creek
HERITAGE
MUSEUM
LIPSCOMB,TEXAS
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Museum Happenings
We made it home on Sunday evening. After
two trips to the Texas Coast, Georgia and I
now know that the Great State of Texas is ex-
tremely large. We also have educated every-
one we met that Texas' top northeast corner
is Lipscomb County, not Texarkana or Dallas.
The state is pretty and green, but summer is
going to be rough if we don't get some rain
from the bottom 52 counties up. The wind is
also bad on the coast all the way home.
Our meeting with other county histor i-
cal commissions was very educational and
we came home with a lot of information. Our
commission received for the second year in a
row the Texas Historical Commission Distin-
guished Service Award for this year's work
with our cemeteries and for our designation
as a Preserve America Designation. We wi ll
be discussing more about the state organiza-
tion and how we are going to reorganize our
commission to position ourselves for grant op-
portunities and state programs. You can ex-
plore all the THC programs at their website.
May and June are going to be exciting for
our summer exhibits and programs. Beside
the wild flower exhibit and the Memorial Day
exhibit, we are setting up an exhibit from the
Scurry County Museum entitled "Creating a
Better Life: The Hispanic Workforce in West
Texas." This exhibit tells of the Hispanic set-
tlers in West Texas. I hope we will be able to
use this exhibit to develop our own for our
early German and Hispanic settlers uti z-
ng our books as starting points. Plan to visit
and give us your comments and opinions on
the idea.
Yes, it is almost June and Lovella is plan-
ning her Bridal Exhibit. Anyone who is cel-
ebrating their 50th anniversary and would
like to exhibit their dress and wedding pho-
tos, call us. W7e also need decade dresses es-
pecially the 70s, 80s, and 90s. This exhibit is
always fun.
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now on display at the
City Drug Soda Fountain
224 Main Street * Canadian, TX
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Historical Musings
This week we recognize and celebrate
Cinco de Mayo.
Mexico declared its independence from
mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of Sep-
tember, 1810, so why do we think that the 5th
of May is Mexican Independence Day? It took
11 years before the first Spanish sold iers were
told and forced to leave Mexico and 52 years
before 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the
French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at
Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City
on the morning of May 5,1862.
The French had landed in Mexico (along
with Spanish and English troops) five months
earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican
debts from the newly elected government of
democratic President (and Indian) Benito
Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly
made deals and left. The French, however,
had different ideas.
Under Emperor Napoleon III, who de-
tested the United States, the French came
to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince
with them to rule the new Mexican empire.
His name was Maximilian; his wife, Caro-
lota. Napoleon's French Army had not been
defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico
with the finest modern equipment and with
a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The
French were not afraid of anyone, especially
since the United States was embroiled in its
own Civil War.
The French Army left the port of Vera
Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the
French assumed that the Mexicans would give
up should their capital fall to the enemy—as
European countries traditionally did.
Under the command of Texas-born Gen-
eral Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the
command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be
Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexi-
cans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dra-
goons led the enemy columns. The Mexican
Army was less stylish.
General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to
take h is cavalry, the best in the world, out to the
French flanks. In response, the French did a
most stupid thing—they sent their cavalry off
to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to
butcher them. The remaining French infan-
try charged the Mexican defenders through
sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through
hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred
up by Indians armed only with machetes.
When the battle was over, many French
were killed or wounded and their cavalry was
being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles
away. The Mexicans had won a great victory
that kept Napoleon III from supplying the
confederate rebels for another year, allowing
the United States to build the greatest army
the world had ever seen. This grand army
smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg
ust 14 months after the battle of Puebla, es-
sentially ending the Civil War.
Union forces were then rushed to the Tex-
as/Mexican border under General Phil Sheri ■
dan, who made sure that the Mexicans got
all the weapons and ammunition they need
to expel the French. American soldiers were
discharged with their uniforms and rifles
f they promised to join the Mexican Army
to fight the French. The American Legion
of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in
Mexico City.
It might be a historical stretch to credit
the survival of the United States to those
brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army
twice as large in 1862. But who knows?
Ingratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed
the border after Pearl Harbor to join the LT.S.
Armed Forces. The American Consulates are
flooded this day with phone calls from Mexi-
cans trying to join up and fight in the Persian
Gulf War. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such
a party—a party that celebrates freedom and
liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans
and Americans have fought shoulder to shoul-
der to protect, ever since the 5th of May 1862.
This article is fromVivacincodemayo.org.
Lipscomb County History Question:
another puzzle to be solved. We found an
article undated that reports that F.C. Gex
of L ipscomb was in the Caylor Hospital suf-
fering from internal njuries from a fall with
his horse. He was being treated by Dr. A.W.
Dawson in Canadian. Unfortunately, he suc-
cumbed to his injuries. The article reports
that he was among Lipscomb County's most
progressive ranchers having lived on the
home place about ten miles northwest of
Lipscomb five years, having come from Mis-
souri. We think this occurred in the 1930s.
We cannot locate a burial site in Lipscomb
or Hemphill Counties or death records. Help
us learn about this man and his family. Who
were the Gex?
Enjoy the week and I hope you celebrated
Cinco de Mayo and learn how it is part of our
Texas Heritage and History.
CaCC today for tfiat perfect
At other's Day gift!
Corsages - including orchids, roses, ejc.
• Fresh bouquets
• Blooming plants
• Green plants
• Wide variety of great
gifts for Mom
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Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 2008, newspaper, May 8, 2008; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252703/m1/21/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.