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Miss Texas crown goes to Orange entrant at state pageant
About 2 000 spectators saw Levingston Shipyard employee Miss Courrege of Orange win the Miss Texas title at a state beauty contest in Port Arthur. Melva Frederick of Port Arthur was second and Alice Wyche of Kilgore College took third. Mayor Leland Lacy crowned Courrege, a Vinson La native, after swimsuits and evening gowns.
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Alice Wyche
Kilgore College
Miss Couregge
Vinton, la
G. J. Courrege
Leland Lacy
Port Arthur's Pleasure Pier
Joy Fisher
Fort Worth
Doris Allen
Midland
Boots Branch
Beaumont
Frankie Graves
Maria
Alpine
Lucy Lamadrid
Galveston
Mary Frances Carter
Midland County
Betty Ruth Warren