[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
http://runa-herd.livejournal.com
www.bedlambazaar.com  
http://thethunderingherd.net 
http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com 
----- 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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