Galveston, a delight

Galveston is carnival, Mardi Gras, Fiesta rolled into one. Here is a town that is different -- the wide esplanade of Broadway, green with tall palms, flowering oleander, and other tropical plants, runs the length of the island's seawall that protects against the marauding blue waves of the Gulf of Mexico.
All this in spite of the tragedy back in my family, the loss of my grandmother, Alice McCluskey, and three of her little sons to the wind and waves in September 1900. At least 5,000 perished in this tragedy.
One approaches from Houston on a long highway where there are three toll stations. The road mounts a huge hump which the New York Times praised as "an elegantly arched bridge which connects the island of Galveston with the mainland." Actually the rounded hump in the highway is to let boats pass under it into the continuation of Galveston Bay.
There such a short time, we visited the Moody Memorial Methodist Church, attending a memorial service. Here a great pipe organ occupies the entire nave of the church. It reaches to the very high arched ceiling and reproduced heavenly music, especially "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee." The voice of my grandson in this beautiful anthem added to the moment.
Among historical places: the Bishop's Palace, built first by a family and across from the large white St. Mary's Cathedral, the Galvez Hotel, Ashton Villa, the Texas Seaport Museum, and the old Daily News building where the oldest newspaper in Texas is still published.
Food is not exorbitantly priced. Some special places are Benno's Cajun Seafood, Mod Coffee House, Sky Bar, then there are Flagship Pier and the Balinese Room and the Hotel Galvez.
Accomodations are most reasonable as our hotel was only $75 a night.

Daughter of the Island
Just the smell of salt waves when she is crossing the causeway into Galveston brings a smile to Tina Treviño, who grew up there. She is the daughter of Jesse and Raquel Gonzalez, who still live there. Raquel taught Spanish in the Galveston schools for years.
Since Tina married Dr. Alfredo Treviño, eye specialist from Laredo, she has been a voice heard in Laredo. One especially thinks of her as a trustee on the UISD school board. She is also a member of an organization concerned with children's education. She and Alfredo are active members of Christ Church Episcopal.
Tina graduated from Ball High School, and went to Sam Houston College and the University of Houston. After marriage to medical student Alfredo, who was attending the University of Texas Galveston Branch, she obtained her degree from Texas A&M International University.
Tina recalls her childhood when her mother gathered her children in their little red wagon and took them to the beach. There they had a picnic, ate hot dogs, and played in the sand while the waves lapped at the seawall and the huge boulders that protect its base. Later there were many young people on her ski boat having a great time waterskiing. "We teenagers also loved to ride the ferry from Galveston to Bolivar," she said.
One of her school projects was to write the history of important places in Galveston, such as the seawall, the Rosenberg Library, and the Bishop's Palace.
Tina assists her husband in his eye clinic, besides furthering the cause of education.
The Treviño children grew up in Laredo: Jeanne Romo (Rodrigo), who has Ann Catherine; Dr. Beth Treviño, pediatrician in Corpus Christi; and Tony Treviño, with the International Bank of Commerce.

Laredoans write
Elizabeth Walker Quiros recalls when she was very young and attended Nye School in her first five years of schooling. "Mrs. Camp and Ora Lee, her daughter, were my teachers. How I loved them both. They were so good to me and my brother, J. O. Oral Lee would sometimes take me home with her for the weekend. She was not married then, only dating her future husband. I know you will remember her brother, Red Camp, who played the piano though he had never taken a lesson. He later went to the university and majored in music. He had his own band, playing for dances and celebrations. He was the first boy I ever dated. He treated me like a sister.
"In school we would all run to the window to the train pass. Then the first year I taught was at Nye. I was 17 and had only one year of college at Baylor. I made $75 a month and had 32 little six-year-old farm and ranch children. There was a darling little girl, Argentina, who had dark hair and very black eyes. She was so eager to learn. To this day she comes to see me every summer. She writes me once a month and calls me on special holidays, telling me how much I influenced her life. It is wonderful when all these boys and girls remember you."

An ex-Laredoan observes 9/11
"On 9/11," artist Jan Witt writes from San Antonio, "we gathered near the office of our apartment complex where they have flag poles. A new American flag had been hoisted. John was asked to say a prayer. An employee played some patriotic music. The assistant manager said a few words about how fortunate to live in America. All over San Antonio different memorials took place."

Deutsch-Hinojosa
engagement announced
Lisa Deutsch, daughter of Seymon and Linda Deutsch, recently celebrated her birthday in San Antonio at a dinner party hosted by friends. There she announced her engagement to Wayo Hinojosa of Nuevo Laredo. "They have no plans yet," writes her grandmother, Josephine Brand. "Linda and I had a birthday party for her which turned out bigger than I expected. It was also an engagement party. This week the usual goes on: the Birthday Club, the Slam Club, the Martha Washington luncheon."
Arlene Cortez Leomhardt of Kerrville, former Laredoan, invited some of her Martin Class of '51 to a little reunion at her home. Sheila and Chris Glassford attended. Recently Sheila and Annabelle Hall attended a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting in Austin.
Sarita Ligarde Gilbert, who spends much time with relative Nelda Guerrero Drury in San Antonio, talked of the wedding of Dr. Valls recently. The place was packed. Among guests were Anita Martin, Sarita's sister from Laredo, also Amando and Elsa Villarreal, who had just returned from a month touring Europe. With Sarita were Nelda's daughter Elizabeth Newton, and Estela Zamora Kramer, once a Nixon High girls' athletic director.
Prissy DaCamara Hancock visited Annie Bruce Babb at the Meadows, and told of having been to Houston where she babysat with her granddaughter.
Loni Rose, former Laredoan, has gone to Philadelphia, but on her return will be interviewed for LareDOS.
Ruth Fierros, retired English teacher, has returned from a tour of Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky. On this tour with her brother Ernest Coronet and his wife Lucille she especially enjoyed the Smokey Mountains. She is currently seeing to the publication of her memoirs.