McBirnie Trust: Letters and Honors

The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Saturday designated two San Antonians among the "five outstanding young Texans of 1955."

Dr. William Steuart McBirnie Jr., 35, pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church, and William B. (Bill) Bellamy, 35, executive administrator of employee relations and public relations of the Express Publishing Co., were notified of the honor by A. E. Stumpf, president of the Texas Jaycees.

To Be Honored

The other three Texans designated in the annual statewide judging of young men and their contributions to civic and professional work:

Bill Allcorn, 32, Brownwood attorney; Dan Eddy, 34, Dallas, public relations executive for the Salvation Army in Texas, and Jim Lindsey, 29, Texarkana attorney and speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.

The five will be honorede in a banquet at Snyder on Jan 21 where Frank Pace, former Navy secretary, will be the main speaker.

It was reported that Bellamy and McBirnie are the first San Antonians to be so honored during the history of the state Jaycee judging.

"I am extremely surprised to be named," said Dr. McBirnie, who, in addition to outstanding work as a minister, is an author, archeologist, world traveler and lecturer.

Dear Dr. McBirnie:

Nancy and I are pleased to join with your family and friends in offering our congratulations on the celebration of your 55th year in the ministry.

The solemn purpose to which you have dedicated your life has been well served. You have tended to the spiritual needs of others with diligence and devotion. Through your dedication and caring you have touched countless many in your ministry of service to God and mankind. Thank you for a job well done!

May God bless you and keep you in the years ahead.

Sincerely,

Ronald Reagan

Dear Mac:

How good it was to hear from you after too long a time. I've put the material on Judge Bell into the process we use--that means our procedure of submitting all potential appointees to a screening by a number of groups, including laymen, the judiciary and the bar. We abide by this process and have successfully taken the appointment of judges out of the old way of politics. I'm glad to have your personal input and his speech to add to all that will go into the final decision.

You were very kind in your judgement of me and I'm truly grateful. Sometimes it is frustrating to find how little the press has to say about some of the practical gains that have been made, and sometimes I'm astonished myself. The other day our people brought me the figures on how much we've actually been able to return to the citizens in direct tax relief and it totals more than two billion dollars. I tell you this so you'll know why your letter brightened my day so much.
Best Regards

Ronald Reagan
Governor