Jumping Frog Jubilee draws entrants from across the world
The 1975 Jumping Frog Jubilee at Angels Camp California runs May 15 to 18 drawing about 3000 contestants from all states plus nine foreign countries. Contenders arrive by parachute stagecoach and animals, with quirky tricks and strict frog length rules shaping a traditional pageant of frogs and festival events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angels Camp
California
Alaska
Mark Twain
National Geographic Society
Angels Hotel
Coleman
Twain
Calaveras County
Ziegfeld Girls remember glittering era and club charity
The article recalls Ziegfeld Girls across the U.S. recalling diamonds, Rolls-Royces, and slavish fame while aging, and describes their Ziegfeld Club gatherings at 55 West 42nd Street where they plan charity events for needy theater women. It profiles Vi Corey Phillips, Doris Vinton, and Harriett Waldron, noting marriages, hardships, and memories of the Follies era. The piece also notes past stars such as Fanny Brice, Helen Morgan, and Barbara Stanwyck and ends with a Texas A&M forecast on cotton prices in 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegfeld Club
West 42Nd Street
Vi Corey Phillips
Westbury
N.Y
Fanny Bryce
Helen Morgan
Billie Dove
Ruth Etting
Marilyn Miller
Marion Davies
Barbara Stanwyck
Irene Dunne
Myrna Loy
Paulette Goddard
Doris Vinton
Ziegfeld
Jessica Reed
Chicago
Olive Thomas
McKees Rocks
Paris
Harriett Fowler Waldron
Harriett
West 67Th Street
Philadelphia
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Washington
Okie Red
Tulsa
Las Vegas
E. Dynamite Denny
Ripple
Calaveras
Africa
Fairgrounds
Simon
UPI
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Appropriations
National Geographic News Service
Madeleine Janis Courter
Vermont National
Bank Americaid
Bank of America
Postage Free Bank
Vermont National Bank
Brattleboro
Canal Street
Putney Road
Bellows Falls
Bennington
Berlin
Chester
Fair Haven
Jamaica
Ludlow
Montpelier
Newfane
Rutland Mall
Rutland Plaza
Springfield
Wilmington
Windsor
Woodstock
College Station
Tex
Texas A&m University
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Main
Bennington, Ve
NFDA
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