The June 18, 1970 issue of the Houston Herald-Republican chronicled a visit by Emmett Kelly to his former hometown.
“Back home” for the first time in 14 years in June 1970, Emmett Kelly (a.k.a. Weary Willie the clown) show 6-year-old Jennifer Davis (daughter of then Herald publisher Bob Davis) where he enjoyed swimming as a young boy at Dogs Bluff on the Big Piney River.
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