C.1950'S Vintage Letters; Houston, TX POST NEWSPAPER LETTERHEAD-Hobby Family

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This bundle of letters and postage stamps was found at the estate of the Kearney family in WEIMAR, TEXAS! They are written on THE HOUSTON POST letterhead from the secretary to Oveta Culp Hobby who was married to prominent Houstonian William P. Hobby and who owned THE HOUSTON POST newspaper at the time. The letters are addressed to Mrs. Margaret Wray  (formerly Margaret Cullinan-daughter of Texaco founder Joseph Cullinan) who resided at 3 REMINGTON LANE in Houston. Mr. Kearney was the caretaker of the Wray's ranches in Colorado County, Texas who apparently was a stamp collector. Another letter is from "Ruth" who resided at the prominent NYC address of 100 East 50 Street. I have not been able to determine who Ruth was.
A little info about Mrs. Hobby:
In 1931, she married former Governor of Texas, Willam P. Hobby, editor and future owner of the Houston Post and took a position on the editorial staff at the Post. They had two children together. In ensuing years she became the newspaper's executive vice president, then its president, ultimately becoming its publisher and co-owner with her husband. In 1938, upon becoming vice president of the newspaper, she gave greater prominence to women's news.
Hobby and her husband were both Southern Democrats, but soon became dissatisfied with the party throughout the 1930s. They believed Franklin D. Roosevelt's social programs overextended their original intent. After World War II, Hobby tried to sway Democratic voters to swing Republican for presidential nominees by establishing many statewide organizations.
She died of a stroke in 1995, in Houston, and was buried at Glenwood Cemetary.
A little info about Margaret Wray and 3 Remington Lane from the web:
3 Remington Lane is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only house solely designed by famed architect John F. Staub
within the prestigious Shadyside
neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
Joseph Cullinan, founder of
Texas Oil Co.
now known as Texaco, commissioned the project in 1938 for his daughter and her husband, Margaret Cullinan and Andrew Jackson Wray. The home is styled along Regency lines as an adaptation of a terrace house found on Russell Square in Brighton, England. It eventually served as the personal residence of former Gov.
Mark White
and Linda Gale White, who meticulously restored the home to its original grandeur in 1986.
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