I do not know what the Cotton Palace was in 1918. I have a carnival glass fruit bowl that my uncle won for his sister at the Cotton Palace. I think it might have been an amusement park. I found a map in a 1996 Waco phone directory. Cotton Place Park is bordered by Clay, South 12th, Dutton and South 15th. It appears that Burnett. Ross. and Cleveland go to the park and stop at the park then continue on the other side. The tornadoes of 1953 blew down what I believe was the last remaining building of the old Cotton Palace. As a recall it appeared to have been a stage with a tall strucure behind it. When the tornadoes came through town, I think it wass being used as dressing rooms for the swimming pool. When it came down the debris fell into the pool. One of my schoolmates, I think his name was Billie Beatros was killed in the pool. Hope helps. Jonelle Ellis Russell TXMCLENN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > TXMCLENN-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 69 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Cotton Palace--Part of Waco Hi ["ewbranham" <ewbranham@carolina.rr] > #2 The Cookie Sheet Con't...... ["Teresa Parrish" <gparrish@hot.rr.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TXMCLENN-D, send a message to > > TXMCLENN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > TXMCLENN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Cotton Palace--Part of Waco History > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:28:24 -0400 > From: "ewbranham" <ewbranham@carolina.rr.com> > To: TXMCLENN-L@rootsweb.com > > My cousin tells me that our Grandfather did soldiers' laundry in the > big wash pot in the washhouse (later a garage) at their home at 1706 So. > 1st St there in Waco. (For you locals... some of the trees that still grow > there on the west side of the Baylor campus intramural field... there on So > 1st St in the middle of the block... bordered the driveway that led into > that washhouse. The crepe myrtle was at the end of the front porch of the > house where my mother grew up.) > The name of the army facility was Camp McArthur... and I have found > this pic on the web > http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/bin15/imag1477.jpg. (For other > interesting WW I photos see their homesite at > http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/location.htm.) > > > My Mother then living in Rosebud, TX in 1917-18 use to go to the Cotton > > Palace in Waco where many of the military from nearby base(s) attended. > > She met my Father there and they were married in Waco 07DEC1918 and lived > in > > Ft. Worth. > > Just how large was this club and did they have big name bands or what? > > What was the name of the Army Base nearby? > > > > RHarris rh128212@aol.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: The Cookie Sheet Con't...... > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:09:56 -0500 > From: "Teresa Parrish" <gparrish@hot.rr.com> > To: TXMCLENN-L@rootsweb.com > > Friendship Class > St. John's Methodist Church > Waco, Texas > Choice Cookie Recipes > Of The > Friendship Class > St. John's Methodist Church > Waco, Texas > 1948 > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Pg. 12, advertisements (reminder: I am not transcribing the ads word for word due to space so the emails aren't so long. I am mainly trans. what seems to be pertinent, such as location, phone, ownership, etc.) > Truman's > Precision Hair Cut > Done By All Operators > 1533 Herring Ave 1317 N. 15th > Phones 8709-9219 Phone 3633 > > Blossom Shop > Jennie M Alagood, Owner > Roosevelt Hotel Phone 818 > > Horne's Cafe & Bakery > Air Conditioned > We Bake Our Own Cakes & Pies > 503 South 18th St. Phone 2-9130 > > Pg. 13 > Lemon Oatmeal Cookies > (Makes 6 Dozen) > 1 cup shortening 2 cups all-purpose flour > (part butter for flavor) 1/4 teaspoon salt > 1 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder > (firmly packed) 1/2 teaspoon soda > 2 eggs (well beaten) 3/4 cup milk > 1 1/2 tbsp lemon peel 2 1/2 cups Quaker or Mother's > (grated) Oats (uncooked) > > Cream shortening until soft, gradually add sugar, creaming well. Stir in beaten eggs, lemon peel and vanilla, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour once, then measure. Resift with salt, baking powder and soda. Add to creamed mixture, alternately with milk. Then add Quaker of Mother's Oats, mixing well. Drop from a teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a moderate oven (375) for 10-12 minutes. > > 3/4 cup dark corn syrup may be used in place of 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, reducing the milk to 1/2 cup. > -La Rue Samford > > ****************** > Butterscotch Cookies > 1/2 cup shortening 1 tsp. soda > 2 cups brown sugar 1 Tsp. cream tartar > 2 eggs 3 cup pastry flour or > 1/16 tsp. salt 2 1/4 bread flour > 1/2 vanilla nuts and raisins > > Cream shortening with sugar, add beaten eggs and vanilla. Sift flour with soda, salt and cream tartar. Add to first mixture. Form into rolls about 2 inches and wrap in waxed paper. > -La Rue Samford > > {Note: I am trans. these as they are. If something isn't right, then it happened in '41. LOL) > Teresa > G.O.S.P.E.L. - > God Offers Sinful People Eternal Life