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Texas Mayflower Junior Newsletter Fall 2015
Cousins
Catherine Davis names this
Texas Junior Newsletter Cousins
Pictured left is the recipient of a Plimoth Plantation
bear for naming the supplemental Texas Junior
newsletter to the GSMD Junior News. William White
descendant, Catherine Davis was recognized at the
Houston Colony Mayflower Compact Luncheon on
November 22, 2014.
Texas Juniors, this is your newsletter. You will be able to stay up to date on
happenings in your colonies, read about other colonies and receive historical
information about your Pilgrim ancestors. Please email photos and articles
about your activities and … keep sailing!
You have more cousins than you realize! Through your
Pilgrim ancestors, you share genes, and maybe traits, with these notables!
Here are a very few famous Pilgrim descendants whose names you may
recognize:
John Alden - Presidents John Adams, and John Quincy Adams; actress Marilyn
Monroe; artist Louis C. Tiffany; actor Dick Van Dyke; poets William Cullen Bryant and
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Isaac Allerton - Presidents Zachary Taylor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Billington - actor Richard Gere
William Bradford - Julia Child, American Chef, George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak
camera and roll film; actor Clint Eastwood; actor Christopher Reeve; writer Noah
Webster
Peter Browne - Charles Curtis, Vice President under Herbert Hoover
William Brewster - Former Vice President and Governor Nelson Rockefeller; actor and
singer Bing Crosby; actor Richard Gere; actress Katherine Hepburn; actress Ashley Judd
Francis Cooke – Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt; Presidents George H.W. Bush and
George W. Bush; actor Richard Gere
Stephen Hopkins - painter Norman Rockwell
John Howland - Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush; actor Humphrey
Bogart
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Your family may have told you that the General Society of Mayflower Descendants is working
very hard to have the United States Mint issue coins commemorating the 400th Anniversary of
the landing of the Pilgrims. Texas Juniors can help to make this happen by simply writing letters
to your congressmen, asking them to support House Bill 2980 and Senate Bill 1715. The easiest
way is to send them an e-mail. Our General Society of Mayflower Descendants have made it
very easy to contact our legislators, by writing the letters for us.
To open the letter to your Representative: click the link the name “Representative” to the left,
and on the keyboard, key in your Representative’s name, then key in your name and city or
town at the bottom of the letter.
To open the letter to your Senator: click the link the name “Senator” to the left, and on the keyboard, key in your in
your Senator’s name, key in your name and city or town at the bottom of the letter.
To find out the United States Representative for your district, you click the link or put the address in your browser:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Enter your zip code in the box. Your Representative’s name and email
address appear on the screen. Scan your letter and enter your Representative’s email address in the address line. You
are ready to send!
To find out the United States Senator for your district, you may click the link or put the following address in your
browser: http://www.senate.gov/index.htm Enter your zip code in the box. The Senator’s name for your district will
appear on the screen. Scan your letter and enter your Senator’s email address in the address line. You are ready to
send! Click here to track the progress of this bill: H.R. 2980: Mayflower Commemorative Coin Act.
The U.S. Mint only makes two commemorative coins each year and there are other applications for coins. In order
to have a coin to commemorate the year 2020, we need 287 U.S. Congress members and 67 U.S. Senators to sign
on as co-sponsors for our coin. We can do this … Mayflower Juniors Rock!
JUNIOR NEWS
Houston Colony Junior earns
five medals in Nebraska
Jason Sharer was one of four young
swimmers from The Woodlands to
represent Texas at the State Games of
America this summer. He qualified by
winning the freestyle and backstroke
events in his age group at the State Games
of Texas in January. Over 15,000 athletes
in 60 different sports gathered in Lincoln,
Nebraska for the event.
The weekend started off with an
Olympic-style Parade of Athletes by
state. Over 40,000 spectators were
expected. On August 1st, Jason
competed in six events at the
recreational swim meet and won five
medals in his age group. He brought
home one gold medal, three silver medals
and one bronze medal. His gold medal
was in freestyle, where he beat his seed
time by .21 seconds.
If you have any story you would like to read about, just ask and we will do our best to have your story in the spring
newsletter. Send your Junior news and photos to the email address in the lower right hand corner, with your parents’
consent, of course! This is your newsletter … for your news!
1970 coin which commemorated the
350th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing
Jason Sharer is a Pilgrim Peter
Browne descendant.
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Catherine Caprio receives
state scholarship for 2015
Born in Austin, Catherine Prince
Caprio is a descendant of William
Bradford. At the state meeting in
March, she was awarded the Texas
Society of Mayflower Descendants
2015Scholarship. Catherine is a
Junior member of the Central Texas
Mayflower Colony and attends the
meetings with her grandmother,
Betty Prince.
Catherine has loved animals from her earliest years and is now
studying Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University. She has
volunteered at the Humane Society, apprenticed with a local
veterinarian, was active in her high school FFA organization,
raised two pigs, is an equestrian, loves drama, was a Girl Scout
and experienced Venture Scouting which included a "Northern
Tier" canoeing trip into Canada in 2014. Catherine was
president of the Multicultural Anime Club, gaining cultural
understanding of Japan and studied Spanish for eight
years. During high school, she found time to crochet, take
commercial cooking lessons, surf, paint, target shoot, and play
the piano. This outstanding student maintained a ranking of
third in her 2015 senior class of 434.
Fulbright awarded to a Central Texas Mayflower Junior Crawford Hunt
Crawford Hunt graduated in 2015 in the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas. She
majored in both liberal arts and linguistics and was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study the
Mayan language in Mexico. She began her fellowship in August and will reside in San Cristobal de las
Casas in Chiapas. Crawford is fluent in both Spanish and French. She spent one spring semester taking
a full course load in Buenos Aires and a summer at the Sorbonne in Paris. She made the Dean's list
each semester at the Texas and she won the Plan II award for creative writing where her Plan II Thesis
was entitled “Mapping Austin’s No Kill Network.” In 2010 Crawford graduated magna cum laude from
the Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida where she was President of her class and a
member of the student council.
William White Descendant
Austin Davis receives the
Houston Colony
scholarship Austin Davis received the
Houston Colony $1620
scholarship at the April 2015
meeting. He is the son of
Meredith Townsend and Nat
Davis. Austin has been a Junior
member for more than ten years.
While a student at Klein High School, he excelled in
academics and athletics, pitching for the baseball team. He
was a pitcher for an extra-curricular elite team which
advanced to the first round of national playoffs. Austin is
now a pitcher for the Alvin Community College Dolphins.
Pilgrim terms for you to use … loblolly: hot oatmeal
Elizabeth Anne
Mayfield is
Dallas-Fort
Worth
Scholarship
Recipient
Elizabeth is a 2015
graduate of Parish
Episcopal School in Dallas. During time there, she enjoyed
participating and holding leadership positions on the Parish
Rosettes Drill/Dance Team, her church’s youth group, the
Academy of Global Studies, and the non-profit organization Rays
of Light. She is very excited to be attending Clemson University
in the fall to pursue a major in Genetics and a potential future in
the medical field! She would like to thank the DFW Colony of
the Society for Mayflower Descendants for awarding her such a
generous scholarship.
Naughts (Os) and Crosses (Xs): Tic Tac Toe
Crawford Hunt is a Central
Texas Colony Junior.
Catherine Caprio is 2015
Texas Scholarship recipient
Austin Davis receives his scholarship certificate
from Charles Prince
Elizabeth is pictured with her parents Andrea and Jeff Mayfield at
the 2015 spring luncheon.
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TEXAS SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION The Texas Society of Mayflower Descendants award two scholarships to qualifying high school seniors
graduating in 2016. The first place recipient will receive a $3,000 scholarship and the second place recipient will
receive a $1,000 scholarship. The scholarship recipients must have a Texas Junior Mayflower membership
number or have a parent or grandparent who is currently in good standing with the Texas Society of Mayflower
Descendants. Visit the Texas Society of Mayflower Descendants web site for more information and application. For more information, contact Richard Smith, Scholarship Chairman: [email protected]
http://texasmayflower.com/documents/2016Scholarship-State.pdf
Dallas-Fort Worth Colony Scholarship for 2016 will be in the amount of $1,000.00 and will be given
to the recipient during the Spring Colony meeting held on April 16, 2016. Student applicants must be the child,
grandchild or family member of a Mayflower descendant who belongs to the D/FW Colony. For complete
information, visit it the Dallas-Fort Worth web site for the scholarship application link.
The DFW scholarship student application is due by April 1, 2016, to the Scholarship Committee:
Jean deSchweinitz
4108 Greenway Ct.
Colleyville, TX 76034
http://texasmayflower.com/colonies/dfw/colonyscholarship.html?colony=DFW&colonyname=DFW
Houston Colony Scholarship for 2016 in the amount of $1620 will be awared to a graduating high
school senior who will be accepted for enrollment. The award will assist the student’s payment for tuition and
books. Complete information and application materials may be found at the Houston Colony web site.
The entire application and scholarship materials must be submitted in one envelope and postmarked by
December 31
All items requested should be sent to the following Houston Society of Mayflower Descendants Scholarship
Chairman:
Charles Prince
Houston Society of Mayflower Descendants
14815 Mesa Vista Dr.
Houston, TX 77083-1434
[email protected] http://texasmayflower.com/colonies/houston/colonyscho
larship.html?colony=Houston&colonyname=Houston
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Mayflower Juniors Rock ! Texas Juniors give a
gift to all attendees at the fall luncheons in Texas. At your
luncheon, you may be asked to help pass buttons to
everyone in attendance. The will be used to bring
awareness to how important Texas Juniors are to the
future of our colonies, state society and the General
Society of Mayflower Descendants. The column on the
right has information about your luncheon date, time and
place. Pledges to the American, Texas and Mayflower
flags are below to help you prepare you for the
opening of your colony meeting.
Make plans to be at your Colony
luncheon as a
Texas Junior Member
November 7 - Central Texas will have
its Compact Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at
the Hilton Garden Inn, Highway 183
and Duval in Austin.
November 14 - Waco Colony meets at
11:30 a.m. in the home of Governor
Ann Harder
November 14 - West Texas Colony will
meet from 1:00 until 4:00 at the
Greentree Country Club in Midland.
November 14 - Tyler County will meet
at the Hamilton West Condo
Clubhouse at 11:00 a.m.
November 21 - Corpus Christi Colony
meets.
November 21 - DFW Colony meets at
the Texas Star Gold Course and
Conference Center.
November 21 - Pilgrim Festival at the
First Congregational Church in
Houston. 10840 Beinhorn, 10:00 – 4:00
November 21 - San Antonio Colony
luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Gazebo
Restaurant at Los Patios.
November 22 - Houston Colony
Compact Luncheon at Braeburn
Country Club at noon.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America
I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Pledge to the Texas Flag
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state
under God, one and indivisible.
Salute to the Mayflower Flag As descendants of the Pilgrims, we honor and salute this the
Mayflower Flag.
The Pilgrim Pledge In the name of God, Amen. I pledge myself to hold aloft the lamps of
civil and religious liberty lighted by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, to
recall and cherish the sacrifices and struggles made by them for the
common good, to study their lives, deeds, faith, courage, and character,
and to draw inspiration there from, to emulate their spirit to be loyal to
the Flag and institutions of the country whose founding was so greatly
aided by their work and wisdom, to do everything within my power to
deserve and preserve the heritage, and at all times and in all ways to
profit by their Pilgrim example.
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Things Juniors should know … Would you like to be known for having designed the Texas Mayflower Junior tee shirt? Start planning! All you will need is an idea sketched onto paper, then the layout will be done by a tee shirt company in Texas. A Texas Mayflower Junior designed the logo for the Pilgrim William White Society! In the next issue, we will feature the logo that he submitted and a photo of this talented designer who is eleven years old! The lovo must relate to our Pilgrim ancestors, the Mayflower, cousins or Pllymouth Colony. Send your logo sketch to: [email protected] The deadline for you to submit your tee shirt logo ideas is March 1, 2016, the same deadline as our “Hit Me with a Brick” Composition Competition!
Houston Colony Juniors will be helping the less fortunate by having a food drive at the Compact Luncheon on November 22. If you would like to participate, please bring a non-perishable food item and come ready to help pack boxes to be delivered to the Houston Food Bank.
WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 2020? Check the web site for the countdown! “The Plymouth400 Anniversary will highlight the cultural contributions
and American traditions…that significantly shaped the building of America...America’s story of
exploration, innovation, self-governance, religious
freedom, and thanksgiving;..that continue today as
cornerstones of our nation.” http://www.plymouth400inc.org/events
PLYMOUTH INTERNATIONAL CHORUS
In July, students from Plymouth, Massachusetts public schools, traveled to the United Kingdom to serve as musical ambassadors. This is part of the Plymouth International Chorus (PIC) music education
program in preparation for the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival in Plymouth in the year 2020.
Before you print this newsletter, click the insignia above for the performance of the beautifully combined choruses from Plymouth, England and Plymouth, Massachusetts on Jul 10, 2015.
Texas Juniors will have their own web site very soon. It is not quite finished but available online, thanks to web master Marilyn Conger. Her web building son, Kevin, has worked on this from Washington D.C.! When completed, you will be able to find information about your Pilgrim ancestors, games, the GSMD recommended book list and information to help you learn about your ancestry. You may want to visit it now and watch us grow! It is available at the Houston Colony web site or you may type in: http://texasmayflower.com/colonies/houston/juniors/home/?colony=Houston&colonyname=Houston
Click the insignia above for a
performance by the Plymouth
International Chorus
In Plymouth, England, the Plymouth, Massachusetts choral group stands where the Pilgrims last stood before boarding the Mayflower in 1620.
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Your Pilgrim ancestor spent 66 days on the small wooden ship
named the Mayflower. Now you can draw one yourself!
