Pattison Area Heritage Society

Sept 26th. Next PAHS Meeting

Next "Mystery Guest Event" although isn't a mystery any longer (thanks to Truett Bell's request) for the Pattison Area Heritage Society will be Sept 26th, 2011. The "Mystery Guest Event" will be held at the Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department - Community Room. The event will start at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

The PAHS monthly "Mystery Guest Night" is held on the last Monday of each month with the exception of May and December, which on these particular months there will not be a monthly meeting.

Guest Speaker: None, keep reading the following -

At the next PAHS meeting to be on Sept. 26, 2011, we are going to have a night of historical preservation. 

 

PAHS has purchased two scanners and will scan your old pictures and historical documents at our meeting. Do you have old photographs or documents that are falling apart? We can scan them for you. Do you have pictures that are stuck to the glass in the frames? We can scan them. We can scan old newspapers and splice them together. We can convert all of the above into digital form for perservation. 

You might want to go to Waller County Texas Historical Commission/Society and check out the photos and papers that are shown on their website which were scanned recently.

We are working out the workflow once the photo/document is scanned and will provide people with a cd of their photos and documents for safe keeping. We are not sure if the CD copy will be made available at the meeting night or if the CD disc(s) will be made ready at the next PAHS meeting. Depends on how many people show up with boxes of stuff to scan.

This is a continual work in progress to preserve history as time keep moving forward.

Waller County Texas Historical Commission/Society - New Website

Check out the new Waller County Texas Historical Commission/Society

website http://www.wlrctyhistsoc.org/

Next Guest Speaker - August 29, 2011

Hard Times:  A Pattison Preacher in the Great Depression

We are very pleased to announce our August 2011 PAHS speaker, William "Bill" Carson Hardt. He has a wonderful presentation about the circuit preacher from the 1930's who maintained the congregations of the Fulshear, Brookshire and Pattison Methodist Churches. He is a published author on Texas history and currently volunteers with numerous historical affiliates: President - Texas United Methodist Historical Society, Chair - Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History, Vice-Chair - Austin County Historical Commission and Tour Guide Bellville Historical Society.

Bill's Texas Methodist History Blog

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker : Bill Hardt
Date: Monday Evening - August 29 , 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Please share this meeting information and invite anyone you know that would like to hear about this exciting topic of Texas History pertinent to this community's local area heritage.

Also, check out these photographs that Bill Hardt has shared with the PAHS.

Brookshire Church as it was in the 1930s.

 

Below are also images (interior and exterior) of the Northern German church at Pattison while it was still at Phillipsburg (the building was moved from Phillipsburg to Pattison some time after the Phillipsburg church closed in 1918)  The building was later moved from Pattison and is still in use by the Harper UMC in Monaville.

June Meeting is Canceled

Due to some conflicts such as the local Vacation Bible School evening activities and special meeting for the Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission on Monday, June 27, the monthly meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society is being canceled.

But please plan on attending our next meeting on Monday evening 7/25/11starting at 7pm, as we have a special guest lined up to speak (and she is a returning guest speaker just to add to the curiosity, so show up to see who it will be).

Guest Speaker Night - April 25, 2011

The PAHS monday night meeting, April 25, 2011 will feature Sam Wilson and the Waller County Sheriff's Mounted Posse.

As a 18 yr. old young man, Sam coached a group of grown men into performing horsemen. They performed at various local events and also at the Houston Fat Stock show that was held in the Houston Colosseum.

Sam is also one of the half dozen men that rode on the very first Salt Grass Trail Ride, along with James B. Pattison.

So you are invited to come listen to Sam Wilson talk about the Mounted Posse and the Salt Grass Trail. We will be showing a recently discovered 16mm footage film from 1955 that contains scenes from the Salt Grass Trail riding in Hempstead, Texas and the Waller County Mounted Posse performing at the Fat Stock Show. If you are anyway associated or know someone who was in one or both of these groups, please come out and help identify people within this film's footage.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker : Sam Wilson
Date: Monday Evening -  FApril 25th , 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

 

Next Guest Night - February 28, 2011

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, Feb. 28th at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker (rescheduled from Jan. 2011): Betty Robinson -- VERY interesting woman who grew up in San Felipe, Tx.
Date: Monday Evening -  Feb. 28th, 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - January 31, 2011

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, Jan. 31st at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Betty Robinson -- VERY interesting woman who grew up in San Felipe, Tx.
Date: Monday Evening -  Jan. 31st, 2011
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - Sept 27, 2010

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, Sept 27th at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Sam Houston IV
Date: Monday Evening -  Sept 27, 2010
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

Next Guest Night - Monday, June 28, 2010

Our June meeting will host a colorful character, Corrie Pattison Tatum. Corrie grew up in Pattison and married when she was 18-1/2. She and her husband, John, were stationed all over the country. Then moved back to Houston and raised their family there. A few years ago, they moved back "home". Since Corrie has never been a person to hold something back, expect some good stories.

Mark your calendars and get ready for the next meeting of the Pattison Area Heritage Society on Monday evening, June 28th at 7:00 PM and hear some great stories and history that originated from folks in the Pattison area.

COMPLETE DETAILS:
Pattison Area Heritage Society - "Guest Event"
Speaker: Mrs. Corrie Pattison Tatum
Date: Monday Evening -  June 28th, 2010
Time: Event starts at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM for visiting and networking
Location: Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department

April 2010 - PAHS Meeting Cancelled

The Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department's front driveway is being upgraded to a concrete driveway, and because of this construction the monthly meeting of the PAHS will be cancelled due to the construction of this new driveway.

We are very excited about the wonderful things that are happening with the Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department and their facilities, but having to get everyone to park 1/4 mile or further away and walk navigating the construction of the new driveway, we have chosen to cancel this month's meeting.

By the way, the months of May and December, we don't have meeting either, so we look forward to seeing everyone again in June, the last Monday evening of the month - June 28, 2010. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the presentation begins around 7:00 pm.

See ya then.