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The Pemberton Journal

Official PublicatiOn Of PembertOn HeigHts neigHbOrHOOd assOciatiOn marcH 2010, VOl iV, issue iii


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March 2009 calendar

03/02........ Texas Independence Day celebratetexas.org

03/04........................ First Thursday firstthursday.info/

03/07.................. Zilker Kite Festivalzilkerkitefestival.com

03/12-21 .......... South by Southwest sxsw.com

03/12-27 ....................Rodeo Austin rodeoaustin.com

03/14............. Daylight Saving Time

03/15-19 ............... UT Spring Break

03/17......................St. Patrick’s Day celticcenter.org

03/27-28 ...... Zilker Garden Festival zilkergarden.org

03/31................ Texas Relays Begins texassports.com

dr. roger WilliaMs house history1604 Gaston Avenue

He was hailed as the father of a brand new science-chemical anthropology-brilliantly expounding that no man is precisely like any other man. But Dr. Roger Williams was already famous as an internationally known biochemist and nutritional scientist. He spent most of his career (1934 -1971) as a teacher and researcher at the University of Texas.

Roger Williams was born in 1893 in India to missionary parents. His formal education culminated in a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1919. Williams became a chemistry professor at U.T. in 1934. In 1940, Williams founded the Biochemical Institute at U.T and served as director for the next 23 years. Dr. Williams discovered, isolated and made possible the synthesis of pantothenic acid, a universal B-vitamin needed by every cell in the human body. He also concentrated folic acid for the first time and gave it its name. During this time, Dr. Williams and his colleagues discovered more new vitamins and their variants than any other research group in the world.

In 1972, Dr. Williams was named the first honorary president of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine, and he served on an 18-member national panel appointed by then President Richard Nixon to study heart disease. Dr. Williams wrote 26 books and almost 300 scientific articles, most on organic chemistry and biochemistry. Many of his books were printed in paperback for mass sales, and many were translated into foreign languages, including Russian and Japanese.

Williams bought the land and built the Colonial Revival house at 1604 Gaston Avenue in 1951. Shortly thereafter, his wife was tragically struck by a train traveling on Mopac.

Phyllis Hobson, a Chicago widow who was an industrial credit manager, crossed Williams’s path in 1953. Phyllis visited Houston to attend a credit management conference for her employer. She sat in an airport limousine next to a “sourpuss Texan” she believed to be a farmer or rancher because of his deep suntan. He asked for her business card, and shortly thereafter, mailed her a copy of one of his erudite articles. Her sourpuss Texas rancher had turned out to be a scientist-professor with a golfing tan. He then turned into her husband for the next 35 years.

Dr. Williams said of Phyllis, “She is the floor manager, business manager, inspirer, news reporter, and prime literary critic” for their family. The Williams’s lived in the Gaston house until their respective deaths...his in 1988, and Phyllis’s in 2002. She day-traded stocks on her PC until she was about 90 years old.

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Dr. Roger Williams in the 1950's

Dr. Roger Williams in the 1950's

Real Estate ............................. 3

Recipe .................................... 4

Vocal Workshop ..................... 4

Nature Watch .....................5-6

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Current owners Ricardo and Thea Wood purchased the house in 2005 from Mrs. Williams’s son after she passed away. They restored the home in the summer of 2006 and moved in with their daughter, Lucy. Their son, Jarrett, came along in 2007. The Woods worked with Suzanne Deaderick and the house became a City of Austin historic landmark in December of 2009.

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Sales information below is according to results listed in Austin’s Multiple Listing Service, provided by Austin Board of REALTORS. The properties all reside within the Pemberton Heights Neighborhood Association’s boundaries as described at the PHNA website: www.pembertonheights.org.

2009 re sales summaryTotal Number of Sales: ....................18Houses Sold: ...................................16Lots Sold: .........................................2Average House List Price: .....$986,953Lowest House Sale Price: ......$492,500Highest House Sale Price: .$1,750,000Average Days On Market: ...............91

historical designationsAccording to the City of Austin’s Historic

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What’s happening in real estate

had 16 homes approved for historical designation in 2009. These homes met the City’s Historic Landmark Designation Criteria and enjoy a 40 to 60 percent abatement on property taxes.

In order to maintain those tax breaks, owners must adhere to restrictions regarding how to maintain the house and mandatory approvals for architectural changes that may alter the home’s structure. Call the AHLC for details.

If you’re interested in pursuing historical designation, read the full list of initial criteria that qualifies you for application at http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/development/downloads/historic_landmark.pdf.

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Vocal Workshop

Austin Harmony Chorus, a Chapter of Sweet Adelines Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, will conduct a four-session Vocal Harmony Workshop. The sessions will begin on Monday, March 22 and continue each Monday evening through April 12, 2010. The chorus meets on Mondays at 7:00 PM in the Choir Room of the United Methodist Church, FM 1626 and Manchaca Road. For more information, call Erica at 512.517.8088 and check out their website at www. austinharmony.org.

The chorus director, Nancy Bourell recently completed her Director Certification. Under her direction Austin Harmony Chorus finished in third place at the Region 10 competition in 2009.

Broccoli Casseroleingredients

1 package frozen broccoli • 1 cup cooked rice ½ cup chopped celery • ½ cup chopped onion 1 small jar Cheese Whiz • 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of mushroom soup

directions Place rice in greased casserole dish. Saute onions and celery. Cook broccoli until crispy tender. Combine vegetables, soups, and cheese. Pour over rice. Bake at 375° until bubbly.

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Recipe of the Month



nature WatchSpiny Splendor

Texas Prickly Pear (Photo: Melody Lytle)

Often described as unusual and unique, cacti are a family

of plants native only to the Americas, and due to its wide

variety of habitats, Texas has the most diverse cactus population of any

state. In the hill country, cacti are abundant and some species are among the early bloomers that characterize the arrival of spring. While all cacti are succulents, not all succulents are cacti. Anatomically speaking, cacti consist of tubercles, areoles, leaves, spines, glochids, and flowers. Tubercles refer to enlarged, nipple-shaped structures on the surface of the cactus. When running in vertical lines or aligned spirally along a stem, tubercles form ribs which can aid in species identification and add strength and stability to the body of the cactus. Each tubercle bears an areole, which is a highly specialized structure that can give rise to leaves, spines, flowers, fruits, or other stems. While cacti do not appear

to have typical flat, green leaves, most have tiny ones, which reduce the surface area through which cacti lose water. Spines are modified leaves and can vary in number, arrangement, size, and shape. Prickly pears, or Opuntia, are the only family of cacti that have glochids, much shorter and thinner spines that dislodge easily and are difficult to remove from the skin. Perhaps the most stunning feature of cacti is the strikingly beautiful flowers they produce. In proportion to the plant, the flower is generally quite large and can appear in every color except blue. Unlike other flowers, cactus flowers are ‘inside out’, hollow tubes where the ovary is located beneath all other parts of the flower. Maturing from this floral ovary is the cactus fruit, which contains the seeds. These fruits are eaten by several species of

Lace Cactus (Photo : Melody Lytle)

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Grooved Nipple Cactus (Photo : Melody Lytle)

Tasajillo (Photo: Robert C. Duncan)

animals and birds, thereby ensuring distribution the seeds and propagation of the species. By f a r t h e m o s t

common cactus in central Texas is the Texas prickly

pear (Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri). A relatively large,

sprawling plant, this cactus has green to blue-green pads, mostly yellow spines, and almost circular areoles. Brilliant yellow blooms appear in March through June, opening in the morning and afternoon, and sometimes closing at night. There are several species of prickly pear in Texas, and collectively they are the state plant of Texas. Also called Christmas cholla and pencil cactus, Tasajillo (Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) is a low shrub with pencil-sized branched stems. Its spines are gray tipped with yellow, growing out of broadly elliptical areoles. Small, pale green to yellowish-green blooms appear in March and continue through August, opening in late afternoon and closing at night.

nature Watch - (Continued from Page 5) With all but one protruding central spine forming a star at the

areole, the Grooved nipple cactus (Coryphantha sulcata) is also known as the finger cactus and the pineapple cactus. Often seen in growing in clumps, its gray spines contrast with its green globular shape, and it blooms at the apex with a golden yellow flower and bright red center from April through May. Identified by radial spines in longitudinal rows along its columnar body, the Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) is prolific and probably one of the best known cacti in our area. Elliptical to linear areoles at the base of the spines are close enough together to cause the spines to overlap and mimic fine lace. Its bright pink to magenta flowers appears in April and June, but only last for a day. While they can vary greatly in size and general appearance, cacti have played an important role in ancient civilizations. Tenochtitlan, the earlier name of Mexico City, means ‘place of the sacred cactus.’ Images of this family of plants occur in many forms


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