Briggs News Highlights Community Mix in Briggs
Local notes report Mahomet events Grace Taylor and Janice Caskey guests, plus a Briggs swim party at Dick Winsor Ranch. Briggs Mobil and Briggs General Store hosted visitors Nehren family in East Texas. Library additions and Swap N Shop donations announced.
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Briggs
Rocky Creek
Dick Winsor
Mr. Marsh
Denny Wood
Briggs Mobil
Briggs General Store
Chester Nehren
East
Texas
Nehrens
Entrants Sought For Pageant In Waco Texas
The American Girl Pageant begins accepting county contestants as at large for the Texas event to be held June 7 8 at the Holiday Inn in Waco. Categories span Tot to American Girl ages 3 to 26 with sportswear talent and dress requirements and national invites for winners in each age group.
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Waco
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inns, Inc
Rivermont Holiday Inn
Memphis
Tennessee
P.O. Box
Dothan
Alabama
Burnet Socials Include Pittsburgh Visitors and Local Guests
Burnet locals welcomed James E Alley and family from Pittsburgh visiting Dorbandt relatives over the weekend. Others attending included Dorbandt and Alley families from Centerville Lampasas Kerrville Kempner Florence and Columbus along with traders showing brisk sales and exhibitors from Kempner Whitely Montgomery Bogart Mabe Conner and Renick. A grand-son graduation drew Flora Renick to Columbus.
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Boring
Kempner
William Whitely
Raymond Montgomery
Ben Bogart
Jack Mabe
Alice Conner
Kay Bizzel
Florence
Busy Bertram Week Highlights and Library News
Vonnie Buckner hosted a full house with Dr Buckner and family visiting, plus 72 pints of canned plums prepared. Bertram library invites all youths to join the 1977 Texas Summer Reading Club Jungle Journey with new Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew titles. Wilson family reunion conducted May 29 at the old home place with numerous relatives from San Antonio Lafayette Sour Lake Taylor Humble Austin Burnet and Bertram. Local News
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Vonnie Buckner
Marvin Dodd
Bertram Library
Bertram
Texas
Nancy Dres
Carolyn Keen
M.C. Wilson
Sour Lake
Harold Elson
Guy, David and
Melanie
Taylor
Legion States Meeting to Convene in San Antonio
The American Legion 3rd Division will hold its two day convention in San Antonio June 11 and 12 with fifty eight Texas counties represented. Registration opens Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Sheraton Motor Inn and events include a reception banquet and Western dance. A Bertram benefit dance for Michael Harris is set for Saturday night at the Old Bertram High School with music by David Halfert and the Country Blues.
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San Antonio
John W.J. Richter
Brenham
San Leon
Dan Tagle
Bertram
Michael Harris
R.J. Harris
Bertram High School
David Halfert
The
Country Blues
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Bertram Little League
Burnet's
Panthers
Briggs News
Jeff Smith
Mahomet
Grace Taylor
Price
Janice Caskey
Dr. Caskey
Kate
Ruth Wolfe
Jim Smith
Oakalla
Lampasas
Lt. Owens
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Fisher
Leander
Mike Osborne
Mike
Randy
Church of Christ
Jack Cain
Killeen
Kim
Randy Taylor
Mrs. JA. Taylor
Florence Stewart
Ornet
Tom Linson
Georgetown
Ju Lu Hasty
Faye
Hopkins
David Fraley
Bertram Church of Christ
Miss Price
Burnet Locals
James E. Alley
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ealy B. Dorbandt, Sr
Ealy B. Dorbandt Jr
Wayne Dale Dorbandt
Centerville
Ealy B. Alley
Jimmy Alley
Michael Rainer
Beth Barkley
Debbie Alley
Flora Renick
Columbus
Russell
Marilyn
Love, Don
Dick Towry
Jan of
Humble
Gordon Watry
Kenneth Wilson
Austin
Jack Wilson
Kris and
Julie
W.R. Wilson
Betram
Legion States Meeting
Richter
Texas Legion National Executive
Robert P. Walsh
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