| Mrs. Marilyn B. Blankenship noticed what
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| | Blankenship took very seriously as a
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| a lovely day it was as she went into vote
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| | Texan and as an American.After finishing
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| early at the Renner-Frankford Branch
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| | college she had begun teaching school in
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| Dallas Public Library at 6400 Frankford
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| | 1952. Over her career as an educator she
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| Rd. two blocks from her home in Collin
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| | had watched the school system of Texas
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| County, Texas near Dallas. Mr. Arthur
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| | change in troubling ways. Children, she
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| Edwards, the widower of her oldest friend
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| | believed, need not just information, they
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| from the 4th grade, accompanied her on
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| | need to acquire inquiring minds so they
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| the short ride to the Library; he waited
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| | can think for themselves.Mrs. Blankenship
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| in the car for her to finish her brief
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| | went into the familiar interior of the
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| civic obligation. A native Texan, Mrs.
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| | Library and picked up her ballot. A long
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| Blankenship appreciated the mild autumn
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| | time Republican this time she was
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| weather. Growing up in Texas, the
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| | determined to vote for change. Taking
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| daughter of two strong parents, had left
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| | her ballot she went into the voting booth
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| its mark on her. She had learned self
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| | and inserted her card into the Diebold
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| discipline from both of them, along with
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| | Voting Machine. Diebold is a local
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| a strong sense of honesty.Exercising her
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| | company in Texas; one of their facilities
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| civic obligations was something Mrs.
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| | was just down the street.
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