USO in Waco

ID: 2978 ~ Source: Brazelton, Pauline Battle. Interviewed by Carey Sturgis, September 20, 1975, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Karem Shrine Temple

The USO hosted dances on Saturday evenings in the Karem Shrine Temple building’s ballroom. USO volunteer organizer Pauline Battle Brazelton says that the weekly events drew in large community crowds.

This file appears in: Karem Shrine Temple

By Allie R. Lopez
Prior to the construction of the Grand Lodge of Texas, a freemason-affiliated organization known as the Karem Shriners built the grandiose Karem Shrine Temple at Seventh and Washington. Substantial in size and embellished with Masonic emblems, the…