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Mason’s Tennis History Celebrated at Square Museum
In the early days, the Peters Prairie School produced nine state qualifiers in UIL tennis, more than any other small school in central Texas. Two of them, Helen Sell (Tallent) and Frances Kruse (Bode), represented Peters Prairie at the state meet in 1941 and Mason High School in 1942. Other Peters Prairie girls who qualified for the state meet between 1931 and 1943 were Marie Surber (Eckert), Sadie Curren (Jakeman), Modessa Pirtle (Foree), Lena Haines (Burrier), Viletha Surber (Cooper), Naomi Harris (Vervalin), and Doris Kasper (Grote).
With the Mason Dr. Pepper Open about to begin, there is no better time to celebrate “The Tennis Capital of Texas.” The Mason Square Museum is excited to announce the opening of a special exhibit, “The History of Tennis in Mason,” on Thursday, July 19. The exhibit features photos going back to the 1920s, stories of playing on the primitive early courts, Mason’s pioneering coaches during the Great Depression, an array of tennis racquets through the decades, Jack Hofmann’s “filin ...
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