Barbara Pennock Collection

Summary: Donor gave items related to the Pennock and Miller families of Fort Worth. The donor's husband Jack Pennock, Jr., (1929-1994) was a professional golfer at the Katy Lake golf course, located where La Gran Plaza currently stands. In 1926, a golf course was built at the lake and the lake served as a popular recreation area and golf course until it was drained in 1959. He is the son of Jack Bernard Pennock (1905-1966) and Elsie Watkins Pennock (1911-1993) of Fort Worth. The donor's parents are Gaither Miller (1886-1967) and Irene Jackson Miller (1893-1998). Gaither Miller was the son of Dr. T.B. Miller (1852-1926), pioneer Mason and physician of Goodnight, Texas. The Miller family moved to Fort Worth around 1924. Gaither Miller later worked as the auditor/accountant of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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Pictured: Taystee Baking Company employees, 1938

Artifacts

• Pin/button from the Fort Worth Diamond Jubilee, November 11-14, 1923
• Small cake spatula from Topping Out Ceremony, Fort Worth National Bank Building, April 26, 1973
• Texas-shaped ornament commemorating the 75th anniversary of Fort Worth, Inc., 1922-1997, 1997
  
• Taystee Bread employee hat pin, undated
• Fort Worth Die Cast Company, metal object in the shape of a fly, possibly an ashtray, undated
• "Pretty face easel mirror" in original packaging, undated
• Key to Fort Worth, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, undated
• Handheld American flag, undated
• Small brown leather money pouch, undated
• Lucky Penny, souvenir penny of Fort Worth, Texas, undated

Books

• The Elementary Spelling Book, Noah Webster, LL.D., 1908
• The Official Monitor of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, State of Texas, printed by Students of Department of Printing, Masonic Home and School, Fort Worth, 1921
  
• Symbolism of the Three Degrees, Part One, Oliver Day Street, 1930
• Symbolism of the Three Degrees, Part Two, Oliver Day Street, 1930
• Symbolism of the Three Degrees, Part Three, Oliver Day Street, 1930
• The Constitution of Our United States, also the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, published by Rand McNally, 1938
  
• The Constitution of the United States, published by Mid-Continent Supply Company, Fort Worth, 1951
  

Family Bibles

• Bible belonging to Dicy M. Miller, 1870
• New Testament Bible belonging to Irene Jackson (Miller), 1904
  
• New Testament Bible, Protestant Version, belonging to Jack Bernard Pennock, Jr., 1942

Family Recipe Books

• Recipe book belonging to Irene Jackson Miller, circa 1920s-1960s
  
• Recipe book belonging to Elsie Watkins Pennock, circa 1950s-1970s

Documents and Ephemera

• Three poll tax receipts for Jack Bernard Pennock, 1927, 1930, 1933
  
• Panther City Lodge No. 1183 membership card for Jack B. Pennock, November 7, 1931
• Loose scrapbook page containing ephemera related to Jack Pennock, including documents regarding his marriage to Elsie Watkins, undated, 1928
• Loose scrapbook page containing ephemera related to Jack Pennock, including his drivers license, a business card, and a shadow profile cutout, undated, 1937-1938
• May Fete, D. McRae Elementary School program, May 7, 1937
• Several photocopies of original documents from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin relating to the Ruddell family, undated

• Abstract for Lot 32, Block 10, Hi Mount addition, located at 5th and Virginia streets, includes a plat map showing Lots 32, 33, and 34, of Block 10, Hi Mount addition
  

• Various newspaper clippings related to World War II, undated, 1939-1946
• "Great Britain and France Declare War on Germany, Fort Worth Star-Telegram extra, September 3, 1939
• "War! Hitler Seizes City of Danzig," Fort Worth Press extra, August 31, 1939
• "Army Honor Roll for Texas in World War II," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 7, 1946
  
• The Parakeet, Polytechnic High School newspaper, 1952-1954, 1987
• "Defector Charged," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, morning edition, November 23, 1963
• "Grim Johnson Takes Government Reins," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, evening edition, November 23, 1963
• "JKF Assassin Slain," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, morning edition, November 25, 1963
• "Ruby Plea: Insanity; Kennedy Rites Held," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, evening edition, November 25, 1963
• Local/State section of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, morning edition, June 26, 1987
• Tarrant Business, July 17-23, 1989
  

• Two snapshots of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, February 21, 1937
• Taystee Baking Company with delivery trucks parked in front of building, July 31, 1938
• Taystee Baking Company employees, July 31, 1938
  
• Three snapshots of Katy Lake Golf Course, undated
• Two snapshots of the duck pond at Rose Hill Cemetery, undated
• Glen Garden Country Club, Fort Worth, showing men and women on golf course, circa 1935-1940
• Glen Garden Country Club, Fort Worth, showing exterior of building, circa 1935-1940
  
• Oversized print of an aerial of downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth Star-Telegram photo by Wilburn Davis, undated
• Two oversized prints of the Dummy Railroad, undated
  

Publications

• Fort Worth Telephone Directory, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Fall 1920
• Exhibition of Models for a Monument to the Pioneer Woman, circa 1927
  
• The D. McRae News, Volume 11, Number 1, D. McRae Elementary School, Fort Worth, March 5, 1954
• Fort Worth, 1800 to Now, Robert K. Taylor, 1965
• From Enon to Everman Plus 50: A Community History, published as a supplement to the Everman Times, June 29, 1995
• Old San Antonio, 250 Years in Pictures, undated
  

Scrapbooks

• Katy Lake Golf Course scrapbook, belonging to professional golfer Jack Pennock, Sr., 1933-1945
• S.S. Dillo Elementary PTA scrapbook, 1948
  
• Polytechnic High School scrapbook, belonging to Barbara Miller Pennock, 1951-1954