Patrick Brooks – Page 2 – Live Oak Friends Meeting

Members of the Live Oak Friends Meeting gather in front of their new home. From left are Ruth W. Marsh, Albert Munn, May Mansoor Munn, Krystyna D. Ansevin, Malcolm McCorquodale, Robin McCorquodale, Yvonne Boeger, Philip Bell, Virginia Bell, Caroline Sheridan, Nancy Sheridan and Grant K. Fisher.

1984: A Place We Friends Can Call Home

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:November 4, 1984
Post category:History

May Munn's 1984 article about the meeting house on Alexander.

1970: Test Post

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:July 2, 1970
Post category:History

This is a test page from the 70s as a placeholder

1960: Test Post

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:July 2, 1960
Post category:History

Imagine a post from the 1960s. It's easy if you try.

1956: Myra Whitson speaks to school board on integration

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:February 27, 1956
Post category:History

Mrs Rogers, members of the Houston Board of Education, ladies and gentlemen; If any of you were standing here in my shoes at this moment, I feel sure your thrill would be the same as mine; I refer to the honor bestowed on me by the Houston Friends’ Meeting - Quakers - in asking me to present to you some idea of our deep convictions and concerns on the vital problem of the integration of Houston public Schools?

1956: Fiery Cross is Planted in Local Yard

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:January 1, 1956
Post category:History

A 6-foot flaming cross was planted in the front yard of the Walter W. Whitson home in 1956.

1954: How Live Oak Friends Meeting Came into Being

Post author:Patrick Brooks
Post published:September 19, 1954
Post category:History

LOFM grew out of a longing in the hearts of scattered Friends in the Houston area to find those of like mind and spirit with whom they could share in unprogrammed worship.