Wilson County News

Reminiscing over photos from the 1950s

These pictures from the 1950s were submitted by Mary Forister in the hopes of helping others feel young again! She identified many of the children who participated in this Floresville school play with Mary for Christmas that year. Mary was born in 1937 with Treacher Collins Syndrome. Despite the odds, she completed her high school education without the help of the special education programs that she now supports. The Mary C. Forister Center in Floresville, named in her honor, was opened in 1980. The building now houses the Children’s Alliance of South Texas — a Child Advocacy Center. She went...

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