Extracted from local Bryan, TX newspaper
1952

Engagement of Mary Alice Dyess Announced Today

Mr. and Mrs. J. Maurice Dyess of 1215 W. 26th street announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, May Alice, to John R. Deegan. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Dolligan of Paradise, California.

The marriage will be an event of Friday evening, October 3, at 7 o'clock in the College Avenue Baptist church, with a reception at the home of the bride's parents, immediately after the ceremony.

Through the press a cordial invitation is extended friends and relatives to attend both the wedding ceremony and reception.

After receiving congratulations at the reception, the newly-weds will leave for a month's honeymoon in California.