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Church time capsule reveals reverent historical reach

Church time capsule reveals reverent historical reach
Along the sidewalk at the lower far left of the former First Baptist Church Burnet main entrance behind the railing is the former hiding place of one small time cap - sule recently recovered by construction workers, near the large rectangular cement patch which held the church cornerstone laid there 76 years ago. Photos by Raymond V. Whelan/The Highlander

As the world continued to heal from World War II, generally speaking, it was a good day to be alive.

Aug. 11, 1949. By then, the Burnet Bulletin had turned 76, and as usual, it published its Thursday edition.

Many miles from Burnet that summer day, in Europe, Belgium established a stable democratic

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