County Fair and Rodeo back this month
There is expected to be something for everyone at the third annual Williamson County Fair and Rodeo later this month.
The event will take place at the Williamson County Expo Center at 5350 Bill Pickett Trail in Taylor from Wednesday, Oct. 25 to Saturday, Oct. 28.
Attendees can enjoy carnival rides, rodeo, a beer and wine garden, food, pig races, a lumberjack show, a petting zoo, local craft vendors and live music, according to a county press release.
Tickets at the gate are $14 for adults and $7 for children.
Homecoming connects youth with Duck Heritage The Taylor High School Ex-Students Association welcomed over 200 local graduates for its 70th annual homecoming program.
Held at the local Knights of Columbus Hall, classes honored this year graduated in years ending in 3 and 8. The featured class graduated in 1973, celebrating its 50th high school reunion.
Highlights of the program included several opportunities for connecting current students with their heritage. One such opportunity occurred when Taylor’s 2023 cheerleaders met a cheerleader from the early 1940s, Carolyn Gossett Jackson, a successful leading woman in television and radio. Senior Duck football players were able to meet 1946 graduate, Phil Pierce. Pierce was the captain of the 1945 team, an undefeated and united team that won the regional championship. That was during the time that “local legend,” T. H. Johnson, was Taylor’s head football coach.
Seventy years later, Homecoming is going stronger than ever and is an annual event that many look forward to all through the year. To inquire about membership in the Ex-Students Association, and to receive the annual newsletter, contact Pat Helbert at [email protected].
