Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 42

Frank and Clyde eight randchll- time friend Is Mrs Leila Stockton dren and six great-grandchildren i jof KjngdrlUe who Uvea with her Her house companion and long- and assists In many ways htSUREjNSURANC 3 5 1 MBS ELLEN VIRGINIA ALLEN GOING ON S9 her advice for longevity: busy and interested in the world about Remembers Indian Raids Mrs Ellen Virginia Allen a native of Goliad and a longtime resident of Kingsville probably -remembers more of the early history of the Goliad area than Just about any other South Texan And well she might Mrs Allen will observe her 99th birthday anniversary in December She la a slight alert woman with a remarkable keen memory and a definite interest in early happenings in South Texas She does not look her 9S years and people often -guess her to be a dozen years younger than her actual age Indians frequently raided the Goliad area and bandits often swooped down upon the historic little town without advance warning during her girlhood days Mrs Allen related To meet this emergency a company of minute men was organised The armed men of the company stood ready to go into battle 1 WVVVVW Lowest Not Cost Federal Land Bonk Farm Banch 1 loans "Store Sought clothe for children cost mere than ever before lut that won't bather you if you have a NECCHI Even if you're Inexperienced in tewing you can moke beautiful clothe for the youngttern On a NECCHI you can tew like a drettmaker Come In end well prove It to you! dren to rear Mrs Allen moved to San Marcos When her children reached college age in order that they could con-- tinue their education Frank Campbell Allen of Corpus Chriati la the oldest son and Clyde Allen of Kingsville with whom 'she is making her home is the yoiuig-est A daughter Mrs A Smith died in Kingsville in 1949 and the other three children died many years ago Frank and Clyde Allen came to Kingsville in 1908 to open up a furniture company The town was just being laid out at that time Mrs Allen recalls She waited several months until a house could be built before moving to Kingsville 8he has seen the city of Kings ville grow from its infancy and has witnessed Texas Ale I College's expansion with the greatest of in terest Mrs Allen has made her home In Kingsville for most of the past 49 years with the exception of a few years spent at Marble Falls and Llano with her daughter Mrs Smith who later moved to Kingsville She also has spent a number of months visiting in California and New York and Mexico but considers that Texas always has been-her legal residence "Keep busy and stay interested in the world about you" la the advice given by Mrs Allen for living a long life "If people keep their minds and hands busy they will find this world la a pretty nice place after all One has to be a good neighbor In order to have good neighbors and this esn be accomplished by taking an active interest in Kroons about you ike Others Happy with your family then extend your Interest to your neighbors fallow townspeople end acquaintances from near end far Try to do things which will make other persons she added Mrs Allen is living up to her motto of keeping busy and doing things for friends She has been turning out needle work for her friends and has crocheted three bedspreads sines she was 90 years old Her busy fingers have been knitting and crocheting handy kitchen wallpocbfta and pot holders for the past several years During a three-year period she sent out more than 400 gifts to her many friends She selects lime green yellow and white wool thread for her needlework since the colon better with kitchen accessories" Her work Is meticulous and artistic and her friends say ths ksepoakss an far too pretty for everyday use and that they an reserving them for special occasions Mn Allen hopes to get some of the early unwritten history of ths Goliad area recorded In documentary articles within a short while Her memory Is sharp and dear and she recalls many of the events vividly but she have ths strength to stay with the task tor very long at a time Mrs Allen has the two sons on short notice and often gave chase to raiding Indians she added "The minute men had fast horses at their command and had the best of frontier weapons They did a lot to help protect curly settlers of the Goliad community" Mrs Allen commented Small groups of Indians did slip into town from time to time however and would demand groceries or food and horses and cattle she recalled Horn in IMS Mrs Allen was born in 153 at Goliad the daughter of Mr and Mrs Miles Harper Campbell Her father had come to Goliad four years earlier The Campbell home believed to have been the first frame residence constructed In Goliad was located at the site of the present depot Mrs Allen remine seed Most of the large residences at Goliad were constructed of native rock and the small houses were made of she added Goliad one of oldest counties dates fiom the Spanish mission era The county was created in 1938 and organized the following year receiving its name from the municipality of Goliad Mrs Allen related "The county was the scene of the Battle of Colelo Creek and Goliad massacres Many historical monumentf and landmarks are now to be seen throughout the county having been erected prior to the Texas Centennial observance in Mrs Allen said Both grandfathers of Mrs Allen were missionaries He- parents came from Mississippi to Texas and settled at Goliad where her father inveated In a ranch "The land was originally a 9 Danish grant given to early colonists in the area" she recalled As a small girl Ellen Virginia learned her ABCs from studying ths large family Bible Her niothr er assisted in teaching her the alphabet and word and sentence recognition An uncle" Charles Campbell who made bis borne with her family then took over the early education i the little girl and her sisters and brothers After a while the Campbell family moved from Goliad to Lavaca County and the youngsters attended a small log school bouse at Halletlsvllle for a time The family also lived near Sweet Home in Lavaca County before going to HellettaviHe The little girl bad returned to Goliad to attend school when President Lincoln issued bis Emancipation Proclamation on Jan 1 1963 Tbs news was received quietly at Goliad she recalls WH VbEillf Following the end Of the Civil War Miss Campbell's father continued to operate hie farm and ranch In Lavaca County When Ellen Virginia was in bar late teens she met Allen a young Georgian who bad come to that county to -farm Allen end Mias Campbell ware married In 1979 and they made their home on hie farm In Lavaca County Her husband died fai 1999 leaving lbs young widow with six tbU- Full prepayment privilege with "on or before notes" Inifiii foitf ill these thiifs WITHOUT ATHOtHNU am midimma fwl on VVIIIHIB Moke buttonhole pLa mar Faldo Sac-Treas Notional Form Loon Assn 111 Med Fref Bldg Cerpne Chrlstl Texas pimm amt Mnd-SfHchoi Hem Appliqud models available In smart 1099 styled redacts sad portables KSdmMMMMMM 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