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Bluebonnet Girls State Experience in Austin Texas
A Texas girl describes attending Bluebonnet Girls State at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin June 6 to June 15. She notes city and county government simulations with elected officials, speeches by state leaders, a inaugural ball, tours of the Capitol, and a strong call for civic participation and sponsoring future attendees.
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Texas
Bluebonnet Girls
Texas School For the Blind
Austin
Girls’ State
Bluebonnet Girls’ State
House of Representatives
Senate
Marietta Payne
Attorney General of
Bluebonnet
Doris Anderson
Read Grandberry
Shivers
Texas House of Representatives
Mace Shurman
Travis County Court of Law
Helen Ferguson
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Vernon McGee
Legislative Budget Board
R. Max Brooks
Defense Advisory Committee
Armed Services
Ed. Riedel
Texas Health
Texas State Department of Health
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Fred Schwarz
Sydney
Australia
Ruth Drummond
Mary Smith
Ralph Huested
Brotherhood
Father Valenta
John B. Davidson
Lawrance Bush
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Lanier Cox
University of Texas
Texas Higher Education
J. W. Edgar
Texas Educational Agency
Governor’s Mansion
Lone Star Boys’ State
Gregory Gymnasium
Barton Springs
American Legion Auxiliary