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E-newsletter for the Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio
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NOTICE TO PTGASA MEMBERS
According to Article 7, Section 7-2 in the Bylaws, three members of the
nominating committee are to be elected by the membership at the July general meeting.
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Tuesday, June 7th General Meeting
 Speaker: David P. Green, author of Place Names of San Antonio, plus Bexar and Surrounding Counties
Location: River House of the Steves Homestead, 509 King William
Time: Sign in at 5:30 p.m.
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 Dr. Green is an S.A. hand surgeon and author of medical and nonfiction books. His book written in 2002 on San Antonio place names is in its third printing. He has also written a book called Planning Ahead: Successful Retirement for the Type A Personality. By coincidence, the Monte Vista Historical Association is planning a public celebration tomorrow (May 21) for Belknap Place, a concrete roadway constructed in 1914. The origin of its name is explained in Dr. Green's book. See Below.
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May 21 - Saturday - 10 a.m. Belknap Centennnial at Laurel Heights Methodist Church on the corner of Belknap Place and Mistletoe. A historical marker will be erected for the oldest concrete roadway in the state. The History of Concrete in San Antonio will be discussed by a representative of the Cement Council of Texas. A tour will be given of the 1912 Atlee B. Ayres sanctuary of Laurel Heights United Methodist Church at 12:30 p.m. Music, entertainment and food trucks will be part of the festivities which will continue until 2 p.m. Even better, there will be a display of Model T and Model A cars, plus a 1927 fire truck manned by CPG Hector Cardenas.
Belknap Place was named after Augustus Belknap, Civil War veteran, civic leader, founder of the Belknap Rifles and owner of the mule driven street cars which provided the first public transit in San Antonio. The system influenced early neighborhood development. Beginning in 1878, the original route was from Main Plaza north to San Pedro Park. A mule barn was located in the present site of San Antonio College.
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June 4th - Saturday, 10 a.m. - Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery and The Battle of The Salado Site FAM Trip.
Alfred Evans will lead a FAM Trip at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on Saturday June 4, 2016 starting at 10 a.m. This FAM Trip will be conducted on a seminar basis. Areas of interest for discussion include the Medal of Honor warriors, the Unknown Civilians, the AX-POW Memorial Stone, Mrs. Lucy Jopling: The Athenian Warrior Nurse (Bataan to the San Antonio Military Medical Complex), Notables, and the planned expansion of the FSH National Cemetery.
Part II: Visit the Battle of the Salado Monument off of Rittiman Road. Examine how a group of Texans defeated General Woll's Army and ended the Last Mexican Army Invasion of Texas on September 18, 1842.
Part III: The Massacre at the Salado Encampment of the Lipan Apache settlement along Salado Creek and their survivors' exile to Selma. Use Rittiman Road and turn on Harry Wurzbach. Tum at the blinking signal light on the Harry Wurzbach Street and meet at the Bell Tower. If there is rain or dangerous weather, the make up date will be Saturday June 11, 2016.
Alfred Evans 325-330-0621 c
June 9th - Thursday - The KLRN 50th Annual Blazing Gavels Auction. Show up to help or tune in to watch our guides man the phones. For information, contact Darla Peek, darlap267@gmail.com.
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Collect articles for the Food Bank in Memory of Bill Shuler
Dear Members, I have been thinking about this for a while and I would like to take on Bill Shuler's job as collector for the Food Bank. We have not done this since Bill died and I think that we should start again. I would be happy to collect money and food at the June meeting. -Katie Otten
We need your numbers! As you may remember last April 2015 we started our initiative to track the numbers of visitors/guests that we interact with throughout the calendar year. This so that we can have a clear "picture" of our role in the San Antonio tourism industry. I strongly encourage you to continue to record and report your individual numbers in the monthly survey sent out by Tertia. And don't forget to also report the number of hours you may spend doing volunteer work as these numbers are also important. Those numbers reflect our role in helping our community.
We are paying extra to electronically conduct the survey so let's make sure we get our money's worth. If anyone has any questions on how to report their numbers please call or email me. -Gilbert Noriega, President
Gilbert was asked to write an article on this topic for the newsletter of the National Federation of Tour Guide Associations. To read the newsletter and find his article on pages 4-5, Click Here.
Does your web profile have your photo? A word to the wise- recently a company was looking for guides on our website and the staff member advised us that she only considered the guides with photos.
Who are these people? And why the funny hats? If you have any additional Fiesta parade photos, please send them to sanantoniotourguides@gmail.com
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REMEMBER TO TRACK YOUR NUMBERS, CPGs (AND ASSOCIATES!)
SEND THE NUMBERS TO US IN THE NEXT SURVEY. |
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PTGASA President Gilbert Noriega 210-275 9470 zazpayan3@sbcglobal.net
Vice President Ellie Bump 210-844-3774 bumpdg@hotmail.com
Recording Secretary Susan Marett 210-912-9984 smarett@yahoo.com
Treasurer Jim W. Kersey 210-387-9922 jkersey@pobox.com
Membership Secretary Naomi Klann 210-885-4500 naomi.crain@att.net
Corporate Secretary Janie Cadena 210-313-7322 jlkcadena@sbcglobal.net
Parliamentarian Sherri Driscoll Past President Joanna Parrish
Submit Guidelines articles by the 17th of each month to Tertia Emerson, editor
Email: sanantoniotourguides@gmail.com
Phone for Tertia: 210-240-9423
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