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James SmockJames Smock has always held an interest in his Polish ancestors and heritage. He is a native Houstonian with Polish roots in Bremond, Marlin and New Waverly, Texas.

James is a past president of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas and was the founding webmaster of the PGST website. He also served as the Surname Index Coordinator from 1994 - 2000.

In addition to serving as the webmaster and editor of this Polish Texan website, he maintains a number of other websites including;

With a lifelong passion for photography, James can often be found with a camera around his neck. In addition to photographing family events and his grandchildren, he is the church photographer for St. Mary Catholic Church in Plantersville and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stoneham. Many of his photographs can be found on the church website or his photography gallery.

St. Stanislaus Building New Parish Hall In Anderson

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Construction Of New Parish Hall At St. Anderson Catholic Church In Anderson TexasOne of the favorite meeting places for Texans of Polish descent is the St. Stanislaus annual homecoming bazaar held in Anderson, Texas each fall. It was with some sadness that us old time bazaar attendees watched the removal of the old tin roofed, open sided pavilions shortly after last years bazaar. In their place will be a spacious new hall, a large open pavilion and a new building for the barbecue pits. Construction started in February and looks to be on schedule for completion in time for this years bazaar on October 10th. It should be an exciting time as St. Stanislaus parishioners celebrate and show off the new building complex.
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Annual Homecoming Bazaar At St. Joseph in Stoneham

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2010 St. Joseph Catholic Church Annual BazaarClear skies and warm temperatures prevailed as the crowds descended on St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stoneham, Texas to celebrate their annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, May 30, 2010. The festivities started with a special bazaar Mass celebrated at 10:30 am in the beautiful remodeled church by St. Joseph’s pastor Fr Ed Kucera. St. Joseph’s church was built in 1909 by a predominantly Polish immigrant congregation. In the early years, St. Joseph’s was a mission parish of St. Stanislaus parish in Anderson, but it is now a mission parish of St. Mary parish in Plantersville.
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St. Joseph In Stoneham Annual Bazaar On Sunday May 30th

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2010 St. Joseph In Stoneham Texas BazaarSt. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stoneham, Texas will be hosting their annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, May 30, 2010 on the church grounds. St. Joseph Catholic Church was established in 1909 by a group of Polish-speaking immigrants from the Grimes Prairie, Stoneham and Plantersville areas.

Activities include a delicious barbecue dinner, booths and games for adults and children, raffle, live auction and live music.
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Houston Polish Festival 2010 Held On May 1st And 2nd

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2010 Polish Festival In Houston TexasThe 4th annual Polish Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in Houston was held on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, 2010 on the church grounds in the Spring Branch area of Houston. This was the first year that the festival was held on two days. A large crowd showed up on both Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the beautiful warm Texas weather, good food, cold beer and a great variety of entertainment. The festival opened on Saturday morning at 10:00 am with a presentation of the flags and singing of the national anthems of the United States and Poland. As the day wore on, it was pretty obvious that everybody in the large crowd was having a good time.
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President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski Dies In Plane Crash

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97.

Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the 26-year-old Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn forest of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.
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4th Annual Houston Polish Festival On May 1 – 2

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Houston Texas Polish Festival - Our Lady Of Czestochowa ChurchHouston’s 4th Annual Polish Festival is a celebration of all things Polish – the food, the music, the language, the customs and the culture of the Polish people. The Festival is held on the grounds of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church conveniently located at 1731 Blalock Drive, in the Spring Branch area of Houston, about 1.5 miles north of the Katy Freeway. The festival will run from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm on Saturday, May 1, 2010 and from Noon to 6:00 pm on Sunday, May 2, 2010
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