THREAD: While ripping up the floorboards of an old Texas school building to create a new community center, contractors uncovered a purse filled with memories and mementos dating back to 1959. π
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βThere was a mini calendar and the dates and entries stopped in April 1959 so we assume it was lost in April 1959,β said Erika Fernandez, a communications specialist with Clear Creek ISD said.
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What was in the purse?
Exactly what youβd expect of a young teenager: a diary, a comb, a nail file set and even photos of her father, sisters and male crushes.
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Exactly what youβd expect of a young teenager: a diary, a comb, a nail file set and even photos of her father, sisters and male crushes.
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Pencils and a handkerchief were also in the purse, as well as more memories and a note that revealed Beverly Williams as a possible owner of the purse.
βPlease let my daughter Beverly Williams ride the bus home,β the note, signed Mrs. Frank Williams said.
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βPlease let my daughter Beverly Williams ride the bus home,β the note, signed Mrs. Frank Williams said.
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The daughter of the late Beverly Williams cried after learning about her motherβs purse.
"She was blown away with what we told her," Richard Lewis, vice president of the League City Historical Society, told the Chronicle in an email. houstonchronicle.com
"She was blown away with what we told her," Richard Lewis, vice president of the League City Historical Society, told the Chronicle in an email. houstonchronicle.com
Andrea Beverly Williams was born in 1945 in Harris County to father, Frank Roger Williams, and mother, Lala Elaine Rawley, according to Lewis. She is the youngest of four sisters. houstonchronicle.com
Williams' purse provides a glimpse of what times were like for teenage girls in the 1950s, but the Texas native grew up, had a family and got married during her lifetime. houstonchronicle.com
After marrying William Augusta Paul in 1963, he and Williams had nine children who all presently live in Texas and California, according to Lewis. houstonchronicle.com
Williams died in September 2016 at either 70 or 71 years of age, but her purse holds early memories for her family and historians to observe for decades to come. houstonchronicle.com
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