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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1963
Page
9
Mrs J D Richardson presents books to Mrs Jack Bullard during a club event. Bullard is a Library Board president and club member, while the club contributes volumes to the local library.
Jefferson Junior High School won multiple honors at the State Meet held at Prairie View A&M College on Friday April 20 with 18 districts represented. The 440 yard relay team for boys took first, featuring Joe Jackson Henry Kelly Willie Logan and Lee Hightower. The 200 yard relay for girls finished first in 24.47 seconds with Carolyn Rankin Bessie Page Peggy Randolph and Joe Jackson. Second place came in Running Broad Jump 187 inches by Lee Hightower. third place 100 yard dash by Joe Jackson. fourth place 50 yard dash by Joe Jackson. Literary events saw Maxine Moss and John Hunter claim third in Sperling.
A country store built by Mrs. O. C. Billingsley on Broadway Street opens as an extra Pilgrim age attraction in the afternoons April 26 27 28. The shop gathers relics from forty years of collecting including items from Old Sedberry Drug Jefferson and Bonney and Brooks Drug Store. It features a prescription department with mirrors and stained glass a long counter from the 1870s era Cigar boxes mortars and pestles Civil War era merchandise and a sheet music department with stirring matches. Ice cream parlor chairs and soda tables carry a 1900s flourish.
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