FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 VOLUME SIX #9 OCT. 2002 REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July, and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030 Twelfth Street unless otherwise announced. MEETING THIS MONTH: Saturday, October 19 at 9:30 Our speaker will be Mr. J. D. Dickenson. His topic is Finding Institutionalized Ancestors. Hostesses are Clara Malak and Sue Smith. WALKER COUNTY PIONEER, WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY, AND FIRST POLISH FAMILY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMEBER OF OUR SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY.Please send your dues to *Linda Parrish, Treasurer *31 FS Road 214 *New Waverly TX 77358 *936 295-9570 NOTES FROM PRESIDENT JOHNNIE JO: Most of you have seen the Walker County coverlet. An order form is attached to this newsletter. It is a beautiful design and will make a great Christmas gift! Get yours now! GENEALOGY CLASS FOR BEGINNERS Johnnie Jo's genealogy class began in September and is meeting every Thursday evening at the Huntsville Public Library. An additional class may be offered in the spring. Here's an excellent way to get started in genealogy. GENEALOGY HEAVEN IN TEXAS! Thirty-two society members and friends made a bus trip to the Clayton Library in Houston on October 8. Despite some minor hitches, they got a tour of the library and did some research. We will do a trip of this kind again next year on a different day of the week. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS FOR 2001-2003 ARE: President: Johnnie Jo Dickenson 936 295-5551 First Vice President: Clara Malak Second Vice President: Linda Pettitt Corresponding Secretary: Virginia Chastain Recording Secretary: Dixie Bennett Treasurer: Linda Parrish Registrar: Crystal Miller Librarians: Sue Martin Historian: Margie Delbert Archivist: Mary Edwena Vick Newsletter Editor: Beth Williamson 936 295-3170 Ex Officio: Director of the Public Library, Judy Hunter As many of you know, Judy Hunter will be retiring at the end of October. We will miss her. We appreciate the work she has done and the support she has givien to the genealogical society. She and Judy Kayse will be attending the Texas State Genealogical Society meeting in Galveston on November 2 & 3. The city of Huntsville is paying their expenses