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"Senior Royalty Candidates Are Really All 'Winners'", January 1974

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 017.01.09.1e

Scope and Contents

An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Selecting a new Queen of the Snows will be simple compared to the job confronting judges of the Winter Carnival Senior Royalty contest held Monday at the Wilder Senior Citizen Center.

[...] In addition to serving as officers or willing workers for senior citizen organizations, the candidates can be found doing volunteer work in hospitals, in the VFW and American Legion, in assorted churches, working for the Red Cross, providing Christmas presents and Thanksgiving dinners for those more needy than themselves, fundraising for health organizations, working in the field of human relations and in a variety of other civic pursuits.

Dates

  • January 1974

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions regarding access to the physcial materials are in place due to COVID precautions.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Volumes (33 pages, front and back.) : his spineless scrapbook is bound together with a singular brown cord. The scrapbook has a white front and back cover with gold-color detailing. The front cover has the words "Scrap Book" printed in gold-color lettering in the lower right corner. There are three strips of adhesives located on the outside of the scrapbook, where a plastic covering was attached. The plastic cover has been removed, due to discoloration. The pages of the scrapbook are plain, thick construction-type paper. To this paper, photographs and other graphic materials have been attached through various methods, such as tape, glue, staples and clips. Photographs have some fading and discoloration, otherwise the condition is good. General condition of the scrapbook is good. There are 33 pages in total. ; Outer-most dimensions are approx. 12.25 inches x 12.25 inches x 1.25 inches.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Archives Repository

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