LVHA  monthly meetings:
Next meeting:

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008
GVEC Community Room
7:00PM

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
GVEC CoMMUNITY ROOM
7:00PM

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
GVEC Community room
7:00 PM

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
7PM in the GVEC
Community Room
13849 US Hwy 87
La Vernia

Program:
William Drue Scull
and his descendents
by Walter Scull
 

January 8, 2008
7PM at the GVEC
Community Room

December 4, 2007
7PM at the GVEC Community Room

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
7PM
New Location - GVEC Community Room
Highway 87 in La VErnia
"Show and Tell"
The public is invited to bring items of
local historical interest
The public is always welcome!


tuesday, October 2, 2007  7PM
La Vernia United Methodist Church
Historic Prayer Chapel
210 Bluebonnet
across from the High School Stadium
Program:
The Life of Amanda Scull in La Vernia during the 19th century
by her great grandson,
Walter Scull
followed by light refreshments OUtside,
weather permitting


PAST MEETINGS:
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
~Show & Tell~

Tuesday, April 3, 2007
7:00PM at

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
7:ooPM at
Brahan Masonic Lodge
Installation of
Officers 2007 - 2008

Special Opportunity
Meeting:
Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007
"Tracking the Trace from Maps
to the Ground"
Victoria Scism, Texas Anthropologist
will provide her program
about the
Chihuahua Trail in texas
 

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
7:00 PM at
Brahan Masonic Lodge
139 Bluebonnet (FM 775)
1 blk south of hwy 87
Christmas meeting!
At this meeting, we will have
projects available for adoption
such as researching historical
sites in lavernia, transcribing
census records, etc.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
7:00PM at
Brahan Masonic Lodge
139 Bluebonnet (Fm 775)
1 Blk South of Hwy 87

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Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006
at 7:00PM at
Brahan Masonic Lodge
139 Bluebonnet (FM 775)
One Block South of Hwy 87
"Show & Tell" night!
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Tues., September 5, 2006
at 7:00 pm at
brahan masonic lodge
139 bluebonnet (FM 775)
one block south of
hwy 87
Two LVISD students whose History Fair project
went to the National Level in Washington D.C.,
presented their documentary,
"signs of change - a stand for beauty"
about lady bird johnson's commitment to
the 1965 beautification act
support our local
History fair students!
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The LVHA does not meet
during June, July & August
(Summer break)
the next monthly meeting is
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006
However, the museum is
open and it's cool inside!

Past meetings have included
the following speakers and programs:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Speaker:  Mel Schroeder
Coordinator for the Dec. 2
Battle of La Vernia
WWII Reenactment

Tuesday, April 4, 2006
at 7:00pm in the
Brahan Masonic lodge
following the brief business
meeting, refreshments were
served at the La Vernia
heritage museum
anyone interested in the
history of La Vernia is welcome!

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Installation of Officers
planning for battle of lavernia
Important
updates on upcoming events

February 7, 2006
Election of Officers

Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Important Note:
For this meeting only, we met in
the la vernia heritage museum
at Hwy 87 and FM 775,
instead of brahan lodge.
Our speaker was Dr. Gregory Haag,
former President of the Art History Music And
Theatre Association (AHMATA) in
Camp Wood/Barksdale, Texas. 
That organization is currently building a
$500,000 facility in a community
of less than 1000 people. 
 His inspiring program was,
"How to Make Your Museum Grow, Grow, Grow!" 
 

Tuesday, December 6, 2005:
Christmas meeting -
See the custom video made for us,
about us, and starring us,
featuring the history of the
LVHA since 2002!!

Tuesday, November 1, 2005:

The speaker will be Nancy Clarke,
Director of the
Sam Fore, Jr. Wilson County Public Library
"Searching Wilson County Records"
 Clarke, a Stockdale native, has a
Master of Library Science from
the Texas Women's University.
 She has been an avid genealogist since 1972.
  She has lived near Houston where
she served as a librarian,
an abstractor for public records
and a legal assistant. 
She now lives in her 100 year old family home
in Stockdale. 
 She has recently joined the
Wilson County library
and says, "I am enjoying
being back in Wilson County. 
I love the people and the library here." 

April 5, 2005
Melanie Goeth Tiemann presents
"My Lineage to Historic Whitehall (Polley Mansion)"
A descendant of J. B. Polley, Tiemann will
share stories, photos and memorabilia
 from many generations of her famous family.
Part Two will be presented on
May 3, 2005
Plans for the first public museum
in La Vernia will be discussed.

Dr. David Hannah Houston and Harriet Roxana Polley

 March 1, 2005
a planning meeting for the Suttles Pottery
Texas State Historical Marker
Dedication Ceremony on March 5 at 2PM

February 1, 2005
"Suttles Pottery 101"
recognizing and understanding Suttles Pottery,
Susan Richter & Elaine Stephens

January 4, 2005
Allen & Regina Kosub,
"Lavernia's First Settlers"
watch for this article in Issue #3
of Lavernia Legacies!

December 7, 2004
Marjorie Burnett,
"Dowsing for Unmarked Graves"
locating unmarked graves using
'witching' rods!

Recently featured on
 Texas Country Reporter,
this author and professional genealogist (center),
 taught us how to determine if an unmarked grave holds a
man, woman, male or female! 

November 2, 2004

Bob Ierien and Wilson County Historical Commission Chairman,
Gene Maeckel, look at Suttles Pottery pieces
 on exhibit at the meeting. 
The business meeting included reports on
 Mueller Bridge, Suttles Pottery, and
Lavernia Legacies

October 5, 2004
Allen and Regina Kosub,
"Murder of the Lavernia Postmaster"
 Story to be published in an
upcoming issue of Lavernia Legacies!

September 7, 2004
Hugh Hemphill, Manager

Texas Transportation Museum
visit their outstanding website today!

November 4, 2003
Andrew Wortham
performing,
"It's debatable - Uncle Tom's Cabin, sparking the
debate between Abolitionist responsibilities
vs. States rights"

October 7, 2003
Jesse Brummer's film
"La Vernia - Through the eyes that lived it"

September 2, 2003
Annual Kickoff Meeting

-break for summer-

May 6, 2003
Elaine Stephens
"The Histories and Mysteries of the
Suttles Potteries
 in La Vernia"

April 1, 2003
Nora McMillan
"The Spanish Era in Texas;
 Legal Rights of Women"

March 4, 2003
Election of Officers
Planning and business

February 4, 2003
Alton Marckwardt
"Three Rivers Glass - the History
 and Collection"

January 7, 2003
Shirley Grammer
"The Lay Hotel"
and
Allen & Regina Kosub
"1860s - Mapping Wilson County"

December 3, 2002
Christmas Party &
"Show & Tell" with
member's historical collections

November 5, 2002
Ray Martinez
President of Former Texas Rangers Assn. and
Rudy and Connie Rodriguez
Texas Ranger's grave site researchers

October 1, 2002
Allen and Regina Kosub
"How La Vernia Got Her Name"

September 3, 2002
Frank Faulkner
Manager of the Texana Genealogy Dept.
 of the San Antonio Public Library
"Historical Research vs Genealogical Research"

-break for summer-

April 2, 2002
Allen & Regina Kosub
"The Martinez Creek Watershed;
"La Vernia - Where the Old South Met the Wild West"

March 19, 2002
a meeting to form the association

Thanks for your interest in our meetings and speakers!