Poetry Society of Texas marks 100 years; one of founding members lived in Stephenville
Patty Barberee Hullett
Special to the E-T
The Poetry Society of Texas has scheduled its 100th Anniversary Celebration this year, and the organization boasts that one of its founding members was a one-time Stephenville resident Miss Jewel Wurtzbaugh.
Wurtzbaugh was later an English professor at Oklahoma University in Norman.
Founded on Nov. 5, 1921, in Texas, the seven Charter Members were Hilton Ross Greer of Dallas, Therese Lindsey of Tyler, Whitney Montgomery of Eureka, Karle Wilson Baker of Nacogdoches, Clyde Walter Hill of Dallas, Louella Styles Vincent of Dallas, and Jewell Wurtzbaugh of Stephenville, states an anniversary announcement from the organization.