COUPLAND CIVIC ORGANIZATION (CCO) Because of the ice storm, the January CCO meeting was canceled, and the topics that were planned for January was presented Monday, Feb.
27 in the Fellowship Hall of St. Peter’s Church, 108 Wathen St. in Coupland.
Mayor Jack Piper spoke about the state of the city. CCO President Susan Schmidt discussed the 2022 CCO activities and the upcoming 2023 events. Activities of the Coupland Volunteer Fire Department and the Emergency Services District #10 were also presented.
A homemade soup and cornbread meal was served at 6:30 p.m. The program began at 7 p.m.
HERMANN SONS LIFE TO MEET Hermann Sons Life Coupland will meet Sunday, Mar. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Coupland Fire Hall. All members are encouraged to attend.
For more information, please contact President Lena Ging at 512-4680072.
ST. PETER’S CHURCH OF COUPLAND
St. Peter’s Lenten observances began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Pastor Charles Stark says, “Throughout this Lenten season we will gather on Wednesday evenings to share a simple soup dinner and then gather in the sanctuary for a short worship and educational program.”
The next seniors’ luncheon will be Tuesday, Mar. 21 the Fellowship Hall of St. Peter’s Church. Co-Chair Lois Schmidt notes, “If you are playing Bingo, be sure to bring a prize $10 and under.
We hope to see you on March 21.”
St. Peter’s has welcomed new member Amanda Palm.
Palm is Director of Communications and Partnership at Sport Clips. She manages the company’s Haircuts with Heart philanthropic partnerships.
St. Peter’s welcomed new church bookkeeper Jennifer Tatrow too.
The church council met Jan. 15, and voted in new council members Laurie Morris, Tammy Sane and Rex Snell.
The members rolling off of the board are Roy Morris, Bonnie Sladek and Sandra Wernli. St.
Peter’s gives them a big thank you for their service and dedication. The new officers are President Snell, Vice President Sharon Kreidel, Secretary Cindy Alexander, Treasurer Janet Doss and Financial Secretary Anita Holubec.
The council met Feb. 19 in the fellowship hall.
Coffee Connections meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room of St. Peter’s.
Feb. 26 is Potluck Sunday that serves a savory lunch following the worship service.
Everyone is welcome at St. Peter’s worship services at 10:15 a.m.
Sundays.
For more information, email stpeterscoup-land@ gmail.com or visit https://www.stpeterscoupland. org/calendar.
NEW SWEDEN CHURCH
New Sweden Church started the Lenten Season with an Ash Wednesday Service on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Lenten Services will continue Wednesdays at 7 p.m. A meal will be served at 6 p.m.
Palm Sunday services will be Apr. 2 at 10:30 a.m. Barbara Carisalez said, “On April 6, New Sweden will hold Maundy Thursday service at 7 p.m. followed by Easter Services on April 9.” She added, “We will start with a Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. at the cemetery followed by breakfast in the Parish Hall. Then at 9:30 a.m. there will be an Easter egg hunt for the children with Easter Worship Service at 10:30 a.m.”
The front of the church will be decorated with Easter lilies.
New Sweden will continue the Ladies Bible Study the first Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a light meal. Bible study will continue on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, along with game nights at 7 p.m. on the second, third, and fourth Thursdays of the month.
New Sweden Church is at 12809 New Sweden Church Road.
For information, see [email protected], or visit www. newswedenelca.org.
Carisalez said, “New Sweden Lutheran Church welcomes everyone to all our events and activities.”
COUPLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CHILI SUPPER This year’s Coupland Volunteer Fire Department chili supper will be held on Mar. 11 beginning at 5 p.m. The money raised goes to buying defibrillators and Stop the Bleed kits.
Those who are interested in joining Williamson County ESD #10, please contact John Roulston-Bates (District 1 Chief) at [email protected] or Zach Hall (District 2 Chief) at [email protected].
For news and upcoming events, see the Williamson County ESD #10 Facebook page and the Coupland and Thrall Volunteer Fire Departments’ Facebook pages.
COUPLAND AUTHOR CHARLENE HANSON JORDAN PUBLISHES NEW AREA HISTORY Charlene Hanson Jordan has a new book titled “Notes & Recollections.”
Jordan explains, “It’s the story of life at a vanished plantation that flourished between 1855 and 1875. It’s the story of the Kidd family, their neighbors, social life and their exodus after the Civil War.”
This latest book supplements Jordan’s earlier volume Stuck in the Mud at Post Oak Island and tells the story of the land east of Coupland and north of Elgin from the time of the Native Americans, the empresarios and the Baron de Bastrop. The book is 256 pages with photographs and covers agriculture in the area between 1850 and 1870.
For more information, contact charlenehansonjordan@ yahoo.com or
call 512-856-2562. In addition to writing books about the area’s history, Jordan began a weekly history column in the Elgin Courier.
COUPLAND BUSINESS WORKS ON THE MOST VENERABLE BUILDINGS IN THE STATE
For 22 years, Coupland’s historic Mercantile building has been home to the business of Martin and Deb Samuelson, M-D Custom Wood Flooring. They have now sold the building to John and Katie Hindman, owners of Red River Restorations. Red River Restorations restore historic wood and steel windows and doors, and build custom wood windows, doors, screen doors and window screens.
Mr. Hindman started the company in Hyde Park/Hancock in Austin in 2003 from a small workshop in his garage.
He worked in high tech at Dell, but he loved working with his hands, especially woodworking.
He left Dell in 2007 to pursue woodworking.
Now, Red River Restorations does important work on historic buildings. They do onsite work on jambs and take windows and doors to the shop where they can be safely restored.
Mrs. Hindman said, “On historic buildings and homes, our goal is to restore as much as possible or make replicas if there is so much rot that there is nothing left to restore.”
The Hindmans have worked on the most venerable structures in Texas, including the Alamo, the Texas Capitol, the LBJ Texas White House and six historic county courthouses. The latest being the Blanco County Courthouse.
Mrs. Hindman said, “We just finished up the O. Henry Museum in Austin where, in addition to the windows and doors, we also restored built-in bookshelves and crown molding involving intricate woodwork.”
They are now working at the King Ranch.
Mrs. Hindman said, “We just finished restoring the steel casement windows and are moving on to the wood windows.” She adds, “We build replica windows with wood and methods historically used so they will last. We call them 100-year windows.”
See more about their work at redriverrestorations. com. Or watch their story on Texas Country Reporter television show #1656 called The Window Man published May 25, 2019.
