HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Boykin Letters sm Cal, Rosemary, and Anne present:
Cal: ccboykin814@aol.com; Rosemary: RBoykin995@aol.com; Anne: LWInk2@aol.com
BOYKIN LETTERS
December 2007
As we celebrate
Christmas, we also
celebrate our
wonderful families,
our great friends,
and our fond
memories.
One Christmas Story from a
Family of Three Historians
MANY GOOD THINGS COME
IN GROUPS OF THREE
CAL CONTINUES HIS WRITING & TRAVELS
Cal has continued teaching his memoirs course
for Xtra Education, a City of College Station
Parks and Recreation and College Station
Independent School District program, lasting
for six weeks of Fall and Spring. He has
participated in a book review group, meeting
on first Fridays at Barnes and Noble.
ROSEMARY VOLUNTEERS & PERSEVERES
Rosemary has been the sole newspaper clipping
service for Anne’s Project HOLD. She carefully
gleans any and all news from The Eagle each
day, records the dates, and stores them in
archival boxes for safe keeping and later
scanning by Anne’s office volunteers.
ANNE FOLLOWS IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS
Anne’s work with the City’s Project HOLD and
the Public Communications Department has
officially become full time at last. The benefits
are nice. Check out her progress at
HOLD.cstx.gov. Tamara is making progress
restoring her 82 year old house. Thomas
Arthur and his family are getting ready to sell
theirs. Life goes on.
We can expect to
learn much more
from this 61 year
marriage!
Christmas Issue
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Cal, Clay & friends at Virginia Beach
Rosemary at Embroiderers Guild 25th Anniversary Rosemary and her work
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We ran out of room before we ran out of family news. So keep in touch through the year and we’ll keep you up to date!
Cal and his sister Jo Anne
participated in the 7th Armored
Division Association Victory Tour in
southern Holland 21-31 May. The tour
focused on the dedication of a
monument honoring the 7th’s Armored
Infantry Battalion men killed in the
area. The monument was erected by
the Hendrix’, a Dutch family. The tour
also included the Ardennes, where the
7th Armored Division and its attached
tank destroyer battalion (in which Cal
served) fought (St.Vith, Vielsalm, Salm
Chateau). They visited Cal’s longtime
WW II friend, Enny Vromans-Sanders,
and others of her family and friends for
two days in Maastricht, Holland, prior
to the tour.
As a donor to the Texas World
War II Monument, Cal participated in
a special event held in August at the
State Capitol in Austin, then he and Jo
Anne attended the dedication of the
Monument the next day.
Cal and elder son Clay
participated in the annual meeting of
the Seventh Armored Division
Association, held in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, 26 September - 1 October.
Cal, newly elected First Vice President,
served as Master of Ceremonies at the
Memorial Service held in honor of
those of the Association who had
passed away since the last reunion.
In the meantime Cal developed
shingles, and is suffering from the
aftereffects, making it difficult for him
to keep up with Rosemary’s schedule.
Rosemary has been struggling
with diabetes, low kidney function,
rheumatoid arthritis and occasional
bouts with gout, reducing her mobility
to using a walker for transport.
Recently, her kidney function dropped
to dialysis level and she began her first
treatments at The Med after surgeries
to place the temporary and permanent
ports. She is now having treatments at
DaVita on an outpatient basis, three
times a week for 3-4 hours at a time.
Sometime in January she will have
more surgery to remove the temporary
ports. This is a major life change for
her but our hope is that she will slowly
begin to improve her mobility. She has
already been able to cancel many of
her prescriptions due to the treatments.
Karen, Clay and Ryan all came to
pitch in during the time at The Med. It
was a tremendous help having them
here. Thomas, Katyla, Brandon and
Kensey are always a comfort and help,
as well. This gives Cal and Anne a bit
of a break.
Even still, Rosemary keeps up with
the Food Channel (which keeps Cal
busy in the kitchen), the nightly Wheel
of Fortune show, and her Mitford series
books introduced to her by Karen.
Anne has had a busy year
organizing IMAGINE: A 60s Decade
Reunion in honor of her A&M
Consolidated High School 40th Class
Reunion. The event was the first ever
for her decade and brought over 250 to
the weekend event including many of
the teachers who were the hit of the
weekend. She coordinated the event
to coincide with her Project HOLD
work with scanning in scrapbooks and
memorabilia and hosting a 60s exhibit.
Several TV spots highlighted more of
her work with Project HOLD.
Outside of the office, Anne is now
an appointed member of the Brazos
County Historical Commission,
following Rosemary’s (and Cal’s) many
years with the commission. In January,
she begins her first term as a member
of the Veterans Memorial Park Board
continuing Cal’s work with the group.
Scrapbooking became Anne’s
hobby as she finally finished the first of
Cal’s WWII scrapbooks. Recently, she
began the next project recreating
Mother B’s WWII scrapbook and
journal.
A few of Anne’s Letters to the Editor,
on behalf of historic preservation,
made it to The Eagle this year. She is
hoping to get back to the writing of her
memoirs very soon.
Love to all,
Cal, Rosemary & Anne
ON THE ROAD - In July, Cal, Rosemary, and Anne met up with a few
members of our family in Galveston to tour Dickinson, the new
Historical Society Museum and visit Galveston Beach. We were
reacquainted with a cousin, Raymond Termini and his wife Deanne,
and enjoyed some great family time. Karen and David, Thomas and
April, and their three little ones came along as well. Then in November,
Anne represented the College Station family at our cousin Joe DePasqual’s marriage to
Dorothy in Dallas. Dorothy is originally from Canada and will be a delightful addition to our
family. And speaking of additions, Rosemary and Cal are looking forward to their new great-
grandson expected in March by Lance, Marcela, and Carmen in Tecoman, Mexico.