October 19, 2025 – The local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) made a special presentation to Sulphur Springs Elementary School October 16th, 2025. Members of the Capt. David Philips chapter presented copies of the book, “Texas Before the Lone Star” to fourth grade social studies teachers for use in their classrooms. The book includes stories told to and by children during the Spanish Colonial era in Texas from late 1600s to statehood in 1845. The book was written and edited by Texas DAR members as a project of the Texas State Regent Susan Johnston. The DAR hopes to place a book in every elementary school in Texas. The local DAR chapter presented ten books to SSES and will present one book for each of the other schools in Hopkins County including Water Oak, Central Christian Academy, Saltillo, Miller Grove, North Hopkins, Sulphur Bluff, Como Pickton, Cumby, and Yantis, Winnsboro and Rains in neighboring Rains County.
Charlotte Lantz Abbott is a member of Captain David Philips Chapter, DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), and was present at this presentation, and was one of three ladies who presented the books. Marynell Bryant and Christy Sanders were the other two. They also will be presenting the book to the Yantis Elementary School. There were only seven of the school staff to receive the books, as several were out due to illness.
