Scott and Josephine Carr Schreiner

Duane's take

Here's my telling of the official marker for Scott and Josephine Carr Schreiner, straight out of Kerr County. Now settle in, because this one's about two people who between them managed to put their fingerprints on just about every corner of Kerrville worth touching. Whitfield Scott Schreiner, born in 1888, and Josephine Carr Schreiner, born in 1893, made their home on Water Street in a house designed by Atlee B.

Ayres. Right there, before we've even gotten to what these two did, that detail alone tells you something. You don't commission Atlee B.

Ayres if you're planning to sit still. Scott didn't sit still. He served as president of the Chas.

Schreiner Co., president of the Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Kerrville Telephone Company. Three presidencies. And if that weren't enough civic ambition for one man, he also organized the Kerrville Golf Club.

Organized it. So when you play a round at the Kerrville Municipal Golf Course today and see whose name it bears, well, you know where that comes from. Now Josephine.

Don't make the mistake of thinking she was just keeping pace with Scott, because she was running her own race entirely. Before marrying Scott, she studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She came back to Kerrville and founded the Kerrville Garden Club.

She became a charter member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. And she won awards for her fundraising efforts. Scott passed in 1969.

Josephine in 1984. Two people, one house on Water Street, and a town that still carries their work in its bones.

What the marker says

Whitfield Scott Schreiner (1888-1969) and Josephine Carr Schreiner (1893-1984) lived on Water Street in a home designed by Atlee B. Ayres. Scott was involved in many civic groups and businesses, including president of the Chas. Schreiner Co., Chamber of Commerce and Kerrville Telephone Company. He also organized the Kerrville Golf Club and, in his honor, the Kerrville Municipal Golf Course bears his name. Josephine studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before marrying Scott. She founded the Kerrville Garden Club, was a charter member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association and won awards for her fundraising efforts.