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Alpine delegates recount 1966 Bluebonnet Girls State experience
Alpine's Jacobina Skinner and Mary Bell Lockhart describe the 1966 Bluebonnet Girls State held at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. They note 400 attendees, city county structure, cross city partnerships, Mexican delegates, and key speeches by Jack Cox and Marilyn Van Derbur. The event concluded with capitol visits, inaugural ceremonies, and speeches about work and goal setting.
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Jacobina Skinner
Mary Bell Lockhart
Alpine
Bluebonnet Girls
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Texas
School For the Blind
Austin
House of Representatives
Senate
Texas Girls State
Mary Keegan
Elena McKaughan
Mexico
Girls State
Jacobina
City F
Becker Best
Dotty Singleton
City K
Groovey" County
Mary Bell
City A
City B
Supreme Court
Beaumont
Ann Riggs
Victoria
Houston
Jack Cox
Marilyn van Derbur
Cox
State Capitol
House
Capitol