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Carolyn Rapstine (Anderwald)

Teacher

Born Feb. 8, 1939, Pampa (TX), U.S.; daughter of Thomas D. and Elenora (Haiduk); married Gregory Rapstine; children: Michael, Christopher, Theresa, Andrew, Angela.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Texas Technical University, Lubbock, 1961; teaching certificate, West Texas University, Canyon, 1993.

Career: homemaker, 1969-93; teacher (home economics), White Deer ISD (TX), 1993 -.

Author: Our Polish Heritage (3 act play), 1986; editor, Roots of Faith, 1988; project coordinator (video), A Place Called Home (about the first Polish settlement on The Plains), 1992.

Member of: Vocational Home Economy Teachers Association in Texas; vice president, Sacred Heart Historic Society.

Honors: T.J. Frebaugh Award, Texas Historic Commission, 1989.

Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.

Language: English.

Hobbies: piano and organ music, reading, stained glass.

Home: HCR 1, Box 150, White Deer, TX 79097.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.

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