Mary Alice Bennington Yelverton ’50 has had an “interesting” 81-year-long life, she says. And she’s been documenting special events, health issues, celebrity gossip and other miscellaneous news in her weekly column for The Boerne Star newspaper, “Mary Alice’s Potpourri” for the last 20 years. Yelverton’s popular column contains news items that are of particular interest to Boerne area residents, along with wit and wisdom from her own life. Her column also features an antique post card from her collection of more than 3,000 each week. Her interest in celebrities began when she was young, and continues today as she keeps Boerne Star readers informed of her correspondence with such notables as Ben Hogan, William Holden and Katharine Hepburn. The recognition Yelverton has received from her column is “truly humbling,” she says. “I’m so happy to get to know the people in this area, and the appreciation for my column is wonderful.” And although her column deals with the area and residents of Boerne, Yelverton maintains that she still “loves TCU and Fort Worth.”