[Ravensfort] Old Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires
Dominique Epps
blueingreen at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 8 15:13:01 PDT 2009
Oops! I thought you meant fire streaks, not the human ones. Those can be funny and very scary too...
Dom
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From: Dominique Epps <blueingreen at sbcglobal.net>
To: Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net>
Cc: ravensfort at ansteorra.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 5:02:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Old Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires
Not sitting, standing. Didn't find it funny, just sad.
Dom
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From: Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net>
To: HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com>; "Hoffpauir, David" <ENV_DRH at shsu.edu>; ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:13:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Old Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires
Who was there sitting on the grassy slopes watching the
streakers?
I was! Some of them were pretty dang funny.
Runa
Sher Montgomery & The Thundering Herd
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----- Original Message -----
>From: HerrDetlef
>To: Sher M ; Hoffpauir, David ; ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
>Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:48
>PM
>Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Old
> Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires
>
>
>Austin College moved from Huntsville to--I believe--Sherman, TX. Either
> Sherman or Denison, but I think Sherman.
>
>The Old Main building at Texas St U in San Marcos still stands. It was
> weird to see Old Main that tall LOL
>
>
>On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net> > wrote:
>
>DSD,
>>
>>I'd love to have a copy. That night was
>> brutal. Thankfully everyone was at a Fire Department function so
>> response time for volunteers was most excellent. I remember waiting my
>> turn to go change out of a long dress while we were serving coffee and
>> stuff. Merchants were opening their stores to get needed supplies for
>> the fireman.
>>
>>The fire lit up the entire area. It was almost like
>> it was daytime. The Stephen F Austin Building has a twin I believe at
>> the Stephen F Austin College? Don't remember the exact
>> location.
>>
>>Runa
>>Sher Montgomery & The Thundering Herd
>>http://runa-herd.livejournal.com
>>www.bedlambazaar.com
>>http://thethunderingherd.net
>>http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com
>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Hoffpauir, David
>>>To: 'Sher M' ; ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:49
>>> PM
>>>Subject: RE: [Ravensfort] Old
>>> Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires
>>>
>>>
>>>Hey Runa,
>>>
>>>I did a historical piece
>>> on Old Main a couple of years ago for Sam’s 125th year
>>> celebration. We reconstructed a 3d model in AutoCad and 3d Studio
>>> Max from blueprints, photos, and a few oral accounts. Don Charles
>>> has a copy of the DVD and I still have a few. If you like, I will
>>> pass one on.
>>>
>>>One of the oral
>>> accounts passed on the story of having seen the blaze in
>>> Madisonville. It seems that the hill where Old Main is located is
>>> the highest point between the Gulf of Mexico and just southwest of
>>> Dallas.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>dsd
>>>
>>>From:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org >>> [mailto:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Sher
>>> M
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:10 PM
>>>To: ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
>>>Subject: >>> [Ravensfort] Old Main/Stephen F Austin Building
>>> Fires
>>>
>>>Brain Farts due to old age and thinking
>>> I'm chained to a sewing machine.
>>>When Old Main burned it also
>>> caught/damaged the Stephen F Austin Building.
>>>I forget how many fire departments were
>>> there. The wives of the volunteer
>>>firemen fetched dry socks/gloves etc
>>> forever (at least it seemed like it). The
>>>water was freezing on their wet gloves
>>> and clothes.
>>>
>>>Runa who was there but has brain
>>> hiccups from time to time
>>>Sher Montgomery & The Thundering Herd
>>>http://runa-herd.livejournal.com
>>>www.bedlambazaar.com
>>>http://thethunderingherd.net
>>>http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>
>>>>From:HerrDetlef
>>>>To:ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
>>>>Sent:Monday, July 06, 2009 11:26 PM
>>>>Subject:[Ravensfort] STUPID question!
>>>>
>>>>Everybody knows I'm full of 'em...
>>>>
>>>>This IS Raven's Fort's 20th Anniversary coming up, right? If I'm not
>>>> mistaken, Baron and Baroness Raven's Fort were invested on 23 September,
>>>> A.S. XXIV (1989).
>>>>
>>>>In a strange coincidence, the cornerstone of the Old Main building at
>>>> what was then the Sam Houston Normal Institute was laid on 23 September
>>>> 1889 :-)
>>>>
>>>>I'll be seeing some of you this weekend. Be careful on the roads out
>>>> there!
>>>>
>>>>P&B,
>>>>DT+LF
>>>>Detlef von Marburg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
>>>>and what does
>>>> the LORD require of you
>>>>but to do justice, and to love kindness,
>>>>
>>>>and to walk humbly with your God?
>>>>--Micah 6:8
>>>>
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>
>
>--
>He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
>and what
> does the LORD require of you
>but to do justice, and to love kindness,
>
>and to walk humbly with your God?
>--Micah
>6:8
>
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