The
Pine Island Hunting Club was organized in 1931. Land was purchased
from the Trueheart and Brown estates and combined with an adjoining
island belonging to Mrs. S.W. Henderson, Jr. The 5,400 acre club
began with such notable Angelina Countians as E.L. Bartlett, A.F.
Perry, E.L. Kurth, W.P. Rutland, John Henderson, Sr., Roy W. Kurth,
Sr., A.M. Glass, Ulen Medford, E.W. Leach, Sr., Harry Abram, Roscoe
Perry, B.J. Boon, Dave Cochran, C.E. Brazil, N.D. Shands, Sr., Jean
Shotwell, J.H. Kurth, Jr., Ben Scott, E.C. Durham, Dr.C.E. Alexander,
Dr. J.W. Hawkins, R.S. Philen, Delmas Newsom and W.D. Newsom. Membership
was limited to 42. |
