The Pemberton Journal
The Pemberton Journal O fficial Publication
of
Pemberton Heights Neighborhood Association
January 2013, Vol VII, Issue I
Come Meet Your Neighbors and Discuss Upcoming Neighborhood Activities
Elections Results are in for the PHNA Board ! Congratulations to the new members of the PHNA Board! We look forward to having them aboard and working together to keep the neighborhood great. 1. Diane Umstead 2. Carla Hatler 3. Corey Breed 4. Craig Duewall A Board Meeting with the new Board will be scheduled after the New Year. The time and date will be published on the Website. Go to: http://pembertonheights.org Board positions will be determined at that time. If you have an interest in serving on a committee, please contact the board.
Thank You To Niffer and Mark Greenberg for making the 2012 Pemberton Heights Carriage Rides a HUGE Success!!! Thanks also to Sabrina Brown in assisting Niffer in organizing the annual carriage rides through Pemberton Heights. The carriage rides were a huge success this year as neighbors drove through the neighborhood in horse drawn carriages, enjoying the Christmas lights on a mild evening on Sunday, December 9th .
Please join us for our casual monthly lunch to meet your neighbors and learn about neighborhood activities. REMINDER: DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS,THIS MONTH’S LUNCH WILL MOVE TO THE 18TH.
WHERE AND WHEN: The January lunch will be Tuesday the 22nd Time: 11:45. Place: Russell’s on Kerbey Lane Cost: Each attendee pays for their own lunch by separate check. Contact: Betty Trent at betty@austinarchplus.com to rsvp, however you are welcome to come without rsvp, just look for us at the table with a PHNA sign.
The Lolla Peterson House at 2410 Jarratt Norman and Berdie Larson purchased the house at 2410 Jarratt in 1947 and lived there until the mid-1950s. Norman was a concrete contractor with Harold W. Larson and Son, General Contractors. He and his son-in-law organized Larson-Pugh, Inc. in 1957. Larson was active in the Texas Highway Heavy Division of the Associated General Contractors, serving as director and committee chairman. Norma Larson Pugh is shown standing in front of their car and house sometime in the late 1940s. Lolla Peterson purchased the 1938 Tudor style home in 1957 (shown circa 1947). Some called her “Godmother to the Poor,” others said she was “practically a welfare agency in herself,” and still others said she was “a fairy princess to the needy of Travis County.” For almost thirty years, Lolla Peterson was connected with the Travis County Welfare Department, serving as director for many of those years. Lolla lived to be 90 years old. This home is a City of Austin Historic Landmark. Photographs courtesy Norman L. Larson. The above is adapted from p. 97 of Austin’s Pemberton Heights, a photo history of the neighborhood written by Suzanne Deaderick and Elizabeth Cash. For more information about the book, go to www.austins-pemberton-heights.com. (Continued on Page 3)
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