Texas Tidbits
Posted: 9/16/05
Texas Tidbits
Foundation donates to disaster relief. The new Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio donated $100,000 to the Baptist General Convention of Texas disaster relief effort to provide food and medical supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina, ?Foundation President Frank Elston announced. The foundation's trustees also approved an additional $25,000 disbursement for use by Baptist Health System chaplains to assist Katrina victims and their families with special needs while they are in a Baptist hospital or at the time of discharge.
Nominating committee meeting set. The Baptist General Convention of Texas committee to nominate Executive Board members will hold its final meeting of the year at 2 p.m. Oct. 4. Anyone wishing to submit names for consideration for the 2006 Executive Board should send their information to Chairperson Cassandra Northcutt, c/o Office of Committee Support, 333 N. Washington, Dallas 75246 or email debbie.moody@bgct.org.
El Paso minister named to DBU post. Ron Bowles, minister of worship and communications at First Baptist Church of El Paso, has been named special assistant to the president at Dallas Baptist University. Bowles, who has served in El Paso 22 years, will teach in the communications and music departments at DBU. He earned a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in communications from Baylor University and a master's degree in church music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bowles previously served on staff at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Amarillo and First Baptist Church in Waco.
Senior Saints Day set at UMHB. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will host its third annual Senior Saints Day on campus Sept. 29. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Featured speakers are Tim Cross, a Baptist chaplain who recently returned from Iraq; Robert Remlinger, a consumer issues specialist with AARP who will discuss how seniors can protect themselves against identity theft; and George Harrison, director of student relations and community services at UMHB. Senior Saints Day is sponsored by the UMHB church relations office in the College of Christian Studies and is open to senior adults age 55 and above. Early registration is available for $20 per person if postmarked by Sept. 22. Late registration and payment at the door is $25. Registration includes all sessions, lunch and a concert. For more information, contact Bill Muske at (254) 295-4606 or bill.muske@umhb.edu.
Three to be inducted during Howard Payne homecoming. During homecoming activities at Howard Payne University Oct. 21, the Daniel Baker College Ex-Students Association will induct Bill Little of McCamey, Billy Miller of Burnet and the late Hue Ben Ray of San Angelo into its Sports Hall of Honor. Daniel Baker College consolidated with Howard Payne in 1953. Little earned two letters in both football and basketball at Daniel Baker College and was center linebacker for the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets two seasons. He was a teacher, coach and principal before being named superintendent for the McCamey Independent School District. Miller excelled in football and basketball at Daniel Baker from 1949 to 1951. Following his military service in the Korean War, he enrolled in Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos. He later served that school 14 years as head football coach and then as director of athletics. Ray enrolled at Daniel Baker College in 1946 and became a four-year basketball starter and letterman. He graduated cum laude from Daniel Baker in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. During his business and professional career, he worked for telephone companies in Texas, California, Illinois and Florida.