The Confederate Voice April 2015 Arlington, TX Vol. XVII I Col. Middleton Tate Johnson Camp #1648 Issue # 4 Camp Report Dear Members and friends, our meeting last month was another good one. We had a great program by James Aldeman of the Col. E. W. Taylor camp who spoke on the history of the men who were in the room at Appomattox at the time of Lee's surrender. His research and presentation were excellent and everyone enjoyed learning about the men who were present at such a historic event. This past month several of our members were recognized for their accomplishments. I would like to congratulate the following men: 1. Jim MacNabb for receiving his past Camp Commanders medal. Jim Macnabb served as our commander for 1 and a half years and had to retired due to health issues. He is recovering nicely and we look forward to seeing him back in action. 2. Winfred McRee who recently joined our camp was given a ''Real Grandson" medal and certificate. 3. Michael Haymes has joined the Bonnie Blue Society for his publication of his book. He had written this book several years ago and I don't know why I didn't bring this to his attention earlier. Please note all of the upcoming activities in the next few months. I believe there is an SCV event almost every weekend from now until the Division convention. I encourage you to get involved and attend some of these activities. I assure you that you will have a good time and pick something out that may interest you and join us. I want to thank Wayne Pierce for the work he did over the last several months with our camp newsletter. He had to resign due to health issues but we are fortunate to find a replacement in compatriot Frank Krawiec for taking over the newsletter. Frank like our past 2 editors, has no experience but is willing to step up and assist the camp in providing our members in providing all the news of camp activities and other happenings in the area. I hope to see everyone at our next camp meeting as we again will have a great program by Larry and Pam Wilhoite of the O. M. Roberts camp of Waxahachie who is going to do a program on Confederate flags of Texas. We will also discuss the activities which are coming up in the area. Respectfully, Kyle Sims Col. M. T. Johnson camp #1648 REPORT FROM THE 2ND LT COMMANDER JAMES ALDERMAN FROM THE COL. E.W.TAYLOR CAMP #1777 IN BEDFORD PRESENTED THE MARCH PROGRAM. THE SUBJECT--WITNESSES TO THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX. JAMES IS VERY GOOD AT PRESENTING PROGRAMS AND HE GAVE AN EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 9, 1865. DURING HIS PROGRAM JAMES NAMED EACH PERSON PRESENT IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME OF THE WE WILL HAVE JAMES AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS FOR A PROGRAM ENTITLED "JACK THE APPOMATTOX PROGRAM PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR UPCOMING FIELD TRIP ON SATURDAY APRIL 11 TO THE CIVIL WAR MUSEUM. THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY WILL CONDUCT A 150TH MEMORIAL SERVICE ON THE FRONT LAWN OF THE MUSEUM AT 10:00 AM FOLLOWING THIS SERVICE WE WILL HAVE TIME TO VISIT THE MUSEUM PRIOR TO THE SHOWING OF THE MOVIE "APPOMATTOX" AT 2:00 PM. THE MUSEUM WILL HAVE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COPIES OF LEE'S 9TH GENERAL ORDER ON DISPLAY AS WELL AS SOME OTHER LETTERS SIGNED BY LEE. CINDY HAR- DO NOT FORGET TO GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE R.E. LEE CAMP #239 CONFEDERATE HERITAGE CHARITY BAR-B-QUE TO BE HELD AT 7:00 PM ON APRIL 11 AT THE HAWAIIAN FALLS BANQUET ROOM IN WHITE SETTLEMENT. CONTACT INFORMATION IS Respectfully, Joe Wade 2nd LT Commander 2 2015 Gen. Granbury Parade Jim McNabb Receives Past Camp Commanders Award 3 Winfred McRee receiving his Real Grandson medal. He joined under his grandfather. C. R. McRee who enlisted and mustered into service on 7/1/1861 as a Sergeant into "B" Co. AL 14th Infantry He was surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. Michael Haymes receiving the Bonnie Blue Society certificate for his book ''Born to Blush Unseen". If you write a book or a publication as an SCV member, you qualify for membership in the Bonnie Blue Society. 4 Minutes of the March 2015 Camp Meeting The meeting was brought to order by Comdr. John Oliver. The invocation was given by Chaplin, Gary Jinks. Comdr. Olivier then introduced our guests. All 3 pledges were lead by 2nd Lt., Comdr. Joe Wade. Comdr. Olivier then gave the 1906 charge. 2nd Comdr. Joe Wade introduced our speaker, James Alderman, who is the adjutant at Taylor Camp 1777. His program was called “Witness to the Surrender.” The program is about the soldiers that were in the McLean house on April 9, 1865 to witness Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox , Virginia. Kyle Sims announced that four new members have joined our camp. 2nd Lt. Comdr Joe Wade awarded a certificate and a past Comdr. Badge to Jim McNabb, who then gave a short talk about what change really means. The minutes of the February 2015 meeting were approved. A Report from Comdr. John Oliver: The Granbury Parade will be on 3-21-2015. He needs people to ride on his trailer, with his cannon. A member is needed to chair the Cemetery Committee, which can help with historical preservation of various sites in cemeteries in Tarrant County. County funds could be available for a project of this kind for our camp. A real need, at the present, is to take care of the M.T. Johnson gravesite in Arlington, TX. A Report from the Adjunct: 2nd. Lt. Comdr. Joe Wade gave the current report. We currently have 108 members. Last year we had 99. The bank balance is $1,688.91. Last year the balance was $1,714.00. Committee Reports: None 5 Old Business: None New Business: 1. There was a suggestion from the Suggestion Box that we start the meetings at 7:00 p.m. A motion was by Joe Wade and 2nd by Kyle Sims. The motion carried. 2. A new editor is needed for out newsletter. Wayne must step down due to health issues. Upcoming Events: On 6-7-2015, which is Confederate Memorial Day, an event will be held at the gravesite of M.T. Johnson. The site is on Arkansas Lane, East of Cooper St. in Arlington, Texas, On 9-7-15 there will be a Reunion in Temple, Texas. We have 11 votes and need 11 delegates to utilize them. On 4-11-2015 a Field Trip will be planned to the Texas Civil War Museum. Need to meet at Ginger Brown’s at 8:00 a.m., and go to the museum at 9:30 a.m. Show and Tell: Pete Rainone brought a 50 caliber sniper rifle with a scope on it. It has a weight of approximately 60 pounds and was made between the 1850’s and 1860’s. Door Prize Drawing: Three door prizes were given. The winners were, Joe Wade, Wayne Pierce and Charlie Jones. A benediction was given by Chaplin, Gary Jinks and we were dismissed. Respectfully submitted, Bill Johnson 3rd Lt Comdr. 6 Confederate Ancestors of Famous Folk Ken Curtis (July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) was an American singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the long-running CBS western television series Gunsmoke. Although he appeared on Gunsmoke in other roles he first appeared in his iconic role along with his well known mule, Ruth. Though born Curtis Wain Gates in Lamar in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado, Curtis was reared west of there in Las Animas, the seat of Bent County. His father, Dan Gates, was the Bent County sheriff. The family lived above the jail and his mother, Nellie Sneed Gates, cooked for the prisoners. The jail is now located for historical preservation purposes on the grounds of the Bent County courthouse in Las Animas. Curtis played quarterback for his high school football team and attended Colorado College to study Medicine. During World War II, Curtis served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting and combined both careers once he entered films, performing with the popular Sons of the Pioneers from 1949 to 1953 as well as singing with the Tommy Dorsey band. Curtis replaced Frank Sinatra as vocalist for the Dorsey band. He was with the Dorsey band in 1941, prior to Sinatra's departure, and may have served simply as insurance against Sinatra's likely defection. Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra, in 1942. Curtis then joined Shep Fields and His New Music, an all-reeds band that dispensed with a brass section. Columbia Pictures signed Curtis to a contract in 1945. He starred in a series of musical westerns [5] with The Hoosier Hot Shots, playing singing-cowboy romantic leads. For much of 1948, Curtis was a featured singer and host of the long-running country music radio program WWVA Jamboree. Ken Curtis joined the Sons of the Pioneers (the foremost western vocal group in history) as a lead singer from 1949 to 1952. Ken's big hits with the group included "Room Full of Roses" and "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky". Through his first marriage, Curtis was a son-in-law of director John Ford. Curtis teamed with Ford and John Wayne in Rio Grande,The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles, The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, The Alamo and How The West Was Won. Curtis also joined Ford, along with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemmon in the comedy Navy classic Mister Roberts. He was featured in all three of the only films produced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney's C. V. Whitney Pictures: The Searchers (1956); The Missouri Traveler (1958) with Brandon deWilde and Lee Marvin; and The Young Land (1959) with Patrick Wayne and Dennis Hopper. 5 Steps to Danger (1957 film) as FBI Agent Jim Anderson. Curtis also produced two extremely low-budget monster films, The Killer Shrews and The Giant Gila Monster. 7 Curtis guest-starred five times on the TV Series Western Have Gun Will Travel. He also guest-starred as circus performer Tim Durant on an episode of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Clumsy Clown", which aired on November 5, 1960. Then he co-starred with Larry Pennell in the 1961–1963 syndicated television series Ripcord, a half-hour adventure show about a skydiving service company. Curtis played the role of Jim Buckley and Pennell was his young disciple Ted McKeever. This series helped generate interest in the sport of parachuting. Curtis remains best known for his role as Festus, the scruffy, cantankerous, illiterate office and jail custodian in Gunsmoke. While Marshal Matt Dillon had a total of five helpers over two decades, Festus held the role the longest (11 years), in 239 episodes, and was the most colorful. Festus was patterned after "Cedar Jack", a man from Curtis' Las Animas childhood. Cedar Jack, who lived about forty miles out of town, made a living cutting cedar fence posts. Curtis observed the many times Jack would come to Las Animas, where he would usually end up drunk and in jail. Festus' character was known, in part, for his nasally, twangy, rural accent which Curtis developed for the role, but which did not reflect Curtis' actual voice. Besides engaging in the usual personal appearances most television stars undertake to promote their program, Curtis also traveled around the country performing a western-themed stage show at fairs, rodeos and other venues when Gunsmoke wasn't in production, and even for some years after the show was canceled. In two episodes of Gunsmoke, Carroll O'Connor was a guest-star; years later Curtis guest-starred as a retired police detective on O'Connor's NBC program In the Heat of the Night. He voiced Nutsy the vulture in Disney's 1973 animated film Robin Hood. A decade later, he returned to television in the short-lived western series The Yellow Rose. Confederate Ancestors of Ken Curtis 1. Great Grandfather - Sebren or Seaborn Sneed - Pvt. Co. ''A'' 17th Ark. Battn.. His widow filed Ark. pension out of Carroll Co. Ark. 2. Great Uncle - Samuel S. Sneed - Pvt. Co. ''A'' 17th Ark. Battn. His widow filed for pension in Carroll Co. Ark. 3. Great Uncle - Wilburn R. Sneed - Pvt in Co. ''A'' 17th Ark. Battn. His widow filed for pension in Carroll Co. Ark. 8 MARCH PROGRAM Larry and Pam Wilhoite Larry Wilhoite holds a BS degree in history from Stephen F. Austin State University and is an avid student of the War Between the States. He is Commander, Texas Society, Military Order of the Stars & Bars; Commander, Col. W. H. Parsons’ Chapter 273, MOS&B in Ennis; Commander of the O. M. Roberts Camp 178, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Waxahachie; and a member of the Order of Southern Cross. Pam Wilhoite, a retired CPA, is immediate past president of Parsons’ Rose #9 in Waxahachie and currently coordinates the Waxahachie Daily Light’s “Spotlight on History” project. She is the recipient of the Varina Howell Davis Award from the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, the Lucy Pickens Award given by the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal from the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Both Larry and Pam are members of a small group of Confederate History lovers who have written and published more than 125 articles in the Sunday editions of the Waxahachie Daily Light which was recently recognized as the best small daily newspaper in Texas. To date the Wilhoites have authored 41 articles - all more than 1000 words in length. Our program is titled “Texans and Their Confederate Flags.” The Wilhoites have worked for over eighteen months to hand craft replicas of ten flags carried by Texans during the War Between the States. During the program, they will display their flags, indicate where and by whom the flags were made, what unit used the flag, and a brief history of the unit’s military service. Details of the flag’s design and construction techniques will be displayed along with many interesting stories and legends. 9 FIELD TRIP SATURDAY, APRIL 11 TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM 760 LOOP 820 NORTH, EXIT 5A CLIFFORD ST. / EXIT 5B SILVER CREEK, 817-246-2323 We will meet for breakfast at 8:00 am at Ginger Brown’s Restaurant 6312 Jacksboro Hwy. We will depart Ginger Brown’s around 9:30 and arrive at the museum about 9:45 am At 10:00 am the United Daughters of the Confederacy will conduct a 150th Memorial Service on the front lawn of the museum. At 2:00 pm the sixty minute documentary film “Appomattox” will be shown in the museum’s theater. Before and after the movie you will have an opportunity to view the new additions to the museum including the coat that Grant wore when Lee surrendered as well as the new wing dedicated to the artillery pieces used in the War between the States. The museum will also have one of only thirteen original copies of Robert E. Lee’s General Order #9, Farewell to the Confederate Troops, issued the day after the surrender on display. This will be a great opportunity to view an original piece of history. If you have never visited the Texas Civil War Museum, this will be a great opportunity for you to view a fantastic collection of Civil War artifacts. Cost for breakfast is dutch treat Cost for the museum is $5.00 per person For additional information call Joe Wade at 817-688-3867 SONS of CONFEDERATE VETERANS Col. Middleton Tate Johnson Camp # 1648 10 11 There will be homemade cookies and swamp water tea after the program. 12 13 Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games MAY 8, 9, & 10, 2015 The skirl of the Pipes, the cheers of encouragement for the Athletic events, and the swirling of the Highland Dancers reminds all Scots of our rich and glorious heritage. After years of enjoying our Scottish Heritage underneath the blazing Texas sun, we changed the dates to a more "Scot-Friendly" environment. And you responded with a resounding YES with a record-breaking attendance! Obviously, the cooler temperatures of early May are more to your liking. So, we are making this a permanent change. This year, the annual Festival will be held on I hope that you will join us again in 2015, and as always: I bid you all CEUD MILE FAILTE, a 100,000 welcomes. We are pleased to once again have the "Quality Inn at Arlington Highlands" as our official host hotel and festival HQ! 14 150 Years History, Heritage & Honor Confederate Heritage Rally 2015 May 30th in Shreveport, La. If you are Southern, you will be there! Parade line up will start at 11:30am, you should be in place no later that 12:30pm. Starts at 1:00pm. Dear Texas Compatriots, First let me congratulate the Texas Division on your pursuit if an SCV license plate. We all look forward to a just ruling. I hope that you are all aware of the upcoming SCV Sesquicentennial Event/Confederate Heritage Rally that will be held May 30th at 1pm in Shreveport, La. This is the last of these events, but the first one to be held in the Army of Trans-Mississippi! The website and email is at the bottom of this message. Please allow me to make a personal request to my brothers in Texas. We need you ,in large numbers, to turn out for this. The SCV and Confederate Heritage has been in the news a lot lately. This event gives us the chance to show the public that we are still here and still care about our Heritage. We can make a statement that day. Just like in the Red River Campaign of 1864, Louisiana needs their Texas brothers to show up in force and stand with us. Please make your arrangements to be there. Also please get this message out to others. Thanks you for your consideration, and I hope to see you there. Deo Vindice Chuck McMichael Past Commander in Chief Sons of Confederate Veterans. HTTP://CONFEDERATE150.COM/2015.HTML 15 [email protected] 2015 Camp Officers and Staff Commander : John Olivier 1st Lt. Commander: Phillip Hearrean Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (817) 556-0747 (817) 571-3501 2nd Lt. Commander : Joe Wade 3rd Lt. Commander : Bill Johnson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (817) 688-3867 (817) 492-4935 Adjutant: Allen Hearrean Aide-to-Camp: Bill Johnson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (817) 821-8805 (817) 277-0077 Communications Officer: Sergeant-at-Arms: Curtis Race Email: Email: [email protected] (865) 274-8787 Color Sergeant : Jim Anderson Chaplain : Gary Jinks Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (214) 674-6394 (817) 277-0077 Editor: Frank Krawiec Email: [email protected] (940) 641-5480 CHARGE TO THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS “To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish.” Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee Commander-General United Confederate Veterans New Orleans, Louisiana 1906 Remember, it is our duty to see that the true history of the South is preserved and presented to future generations. 16 Upcoming Events April 9 — Camp Meeting April 11 — Confederate Heritage Charity BBQ White Settlement May 8-9 — Chatfield Confederate Symposium May 8-10 — Arlington Scottish Festival May 10 — `150th Anniversary of Battle of Palo Alto Re-enactment The Col. Middleton Tate Johnson Camp #1648 meets the second Thursday of each month at the Division Street Diner, 1800 W. Division St. Arlington, TX 76012 Food is ready by 6:30 PM and the meeting starts at 7:00 PM. The buffet is $15.00 plus tip and is all you can eat. 17 Honoring our Confederate Heroes. Kyle Sims assisted in laying markers with Mike Patterson and the Col. E. W. Taylor camp. Mike Patterson, Dan Hays, and Kyle Sims laying a marker at the McAdams cemetery at Possum Kingdom Lake. 18 19 20 27 19 26 Confederate Decoration Day Ceremony San Antonio 13 6 Monday 12 5 Confederate History Month- Official Texas Sunday 28 San Jacinto Day 21 14 7 Tuesday 29 22 15 8 1 Wednesday Apr-2015 30 23 16 Division St. Diner 7:00 PM 9 2 Thursday 24 17 10 3 Friday 25 18 White Settlement BBQ 8905 Clifford St. White Settlement 11 4 Saturday 20 11 10 31 25 24 Memorial Day 18 17 Confederate MemoBattle of rial Day Palo Alto Re-enactment Arlington Scottish Festival 4 Monday 3 Sunday 26 19 12 5 Tuesday 27 20 13 6 Wednesday May-2015 28 21 Division St. Diner 7:00 PM 14 7 Thursday 9 2 Saturday 29 22 15 Confederate Heritage Rally Shreeveport 30 23 16 Chatfield Symposi- Chatfield Symum posium Arlington Arlington Scottish Festival Scottish Festival 8 1 Friday
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