The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum from Gatesville, Texas • Page 9

1870 CENTENNIAL EDITION 1970 lite atesialle Mcsitr Th ere's A Friendly Church Near You Worship Regulaily With Family and Friends AND STAR-FORUM JULY 30, 1970 SECTION 2. PAGE 1 GATESVTLLE, TEXAS Kcllcy to Hold Autograph Session After Library Dedication Address Centennial Parade Needs 'Indians' A local Cub Scout offi An autographing session for the author of a book about one of the first white children born in what is now Coryell County will follow dedication ceremonies for Gatesville's new public library at 2 p. m. Sunday. the pss.

WW v. cial has appealed to all Cub Scouts or former Cub Scouts who own Indian costumes to join the centenni-al parade scheduled for next Thursday, Aug. 6. "We are asking the boys to gather, in full Indian costume, at the A and food store parking lot at 5:15 p. m.

the day of the parade," the scout leader explained. "Most all of the Cub Scouts in Gatesville have the Indian costumes and we are relying on them to help us out." Revival Will Open At Liberty Baptist Liberty Baptist Church will open a revival meeting Friday night which will continue through Sunday, Aug. 9, with Rev. G. E.

Bullock of Conroe as the speaker. Services will begin at 7:30 each evening. "Everyone is cordially invited to attend," a church member pointed out. Bond Sales Were $13,435 in June During June there were new purchases of Series and United States savings bonds Titled "George W. Tyler and Some of His Achievements," the book will be autographed by the author, Dayton Kelley, who will also be the main speaker at the dedication ceremonies.

George W. Tyler, the subject of the book, was the son of O. T. Tyler, who was the county's first chief justice or county judge and who is widely recognized as "the father of Coryell County." O. T.

Tyler and his wife, Carolyn Childers Tyler, were the first couple married in what is now Coryell County. Their license was issued at Fort Gates in 1850 when the area was still a part of Bell County and was the first license issued in that county. THEIR SON, George Tyler who was born near Fort Gates in 1851, was later a member of the Texas Legislature and a well-known attorney and historian. He was the author of the monumental "History of Bell County," published DAYTON KELLEY times been named president of the Central Texas Genealogical Society of Waco, selected by the directors of the Waco-Mc-Lennan County Library as chairman of a special committee to plan and put into operation a local history collection at the library, elected to the board of directors and president of the Waco Heritage Society and president of the Waco in 1936 and recently reprinted. amounting to $13,435, according Civil War Round Table.

A charter member of the board of advisors of the Confederate Research Center at Hill Junior College in Hillsboro, he is also a former member of the Texas Civil War Centennial Commission. Craig Breedlove skidded for miles in his jet-powered Spirit of America during a test run in Utah. to Coryell County Chairman Wade Sadler. Sales for the first five months totaled $110,670 or 55 per cent of the county's 1970 goal of $200,000. VISITING IN KINGSLAND Mrs.

L. K. Thomson is spending a few days in Kings-land with Mr. and Mrs. Bill J'' HAVE CHURI" Thomson.

1 I 1 f.fv I Dayton Kelley, the author of the biography of George W. Tyler, is curator of the Texas Collection at Baylor University and is also the author and publisher of several other books. Among these is "A History of Coryell County" by Frank E. Simmons of Oglesby which Kelley has republished. Copies of "George W.

Tyler and Some of His Achievements," "A History of Coryell County" and some of Kelley's other books will be available at the library following the dedication ceremonies and copies may be purchased at that time. Copies of the books may also be purchased at the centennial headquarters and at the library this week and throughout centennial week. Bell County, becamecmator of the Texas Collection at Baylor in September, 1969. Prior to that time, he was director of public relations and head of the journalism department at Mary Hardin-Baylor College in Bel-ton, a post he held for 12 years. He holds a master of journalism degree from the University of Texas and a bachelor of arts from Baylor, Long a local history enthusiast, he has written numerous feature articles and historical sketches for magazines, periodicals and newspapers, including the Dallas Morning News and the Waco Tribune-Herald.

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