Pageants Offer Varied Rewards by Gail Cooper-Evans
Pageants promise rewards beyond titles with scholarships. Iowa winner Nancy Oates used Miss Cedar Rapids Teenager to jumpstart modeling in New York, shoring up education and cash prospects while pursuing an acting or modeling career. She left a separate agency after coaching and now builds a portfolio through mutual photo tests, balancing work and auditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nancy Oates
Harold W. Oates
Forty-third Street
Cedar Rapids
Nancy
New York
Corrine Shover
New York City
Miss Wool of America era sparks debate in Iowa
Barbara Petsel, 20, crowned Miss Wool of America in 1966, toured the U S and New Zealand with a quarter million dollar wardrobe and a scholarship but later pursued a career in advertising. Local feminists and pageant critics weigh beauty contests’ value and impact on girls and education.
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Barbara Petsel
A.T. Petsels
Maple Drive
Barbara
Petsel
U.S
Nieman-Marcus
Dallas
Mexico
Mexico City
New Zealand
Miss Wool
Gazette
The
Wool Growers of America
San Angelo
Texas
Wool Council
Drake University
University of Texas At Austin
Houston
Lissa Ikard
Rose Mary Hasley
Linn County
E.A. Hasleys
Blue Ridge Court
Rose Mary
Corrine Shover
Mrs. Shover
Shover
Iowa
Lissa Skard
National Little Miss Iowa pageant enters girl from Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids mother enters six year old Cindi Krantz in National Little Miss Iowa contest in Roanoke Virginia. Pageant founder says proceeds go to St Jude hospital and top prizes include savings bonds and a trip to a Richmond amusement park.
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Alta Bardsley
Cedar Rapids
National Organization For Women
Shover
Bardsley
Park Avenue SE
Melvalynne Krantz
Twenty-second Avenue
Cindi
Iowa
Roanoke
Gazette
Frances R. Foutz
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Richmond
Howell movement bridge winners named at YWCA game
Winners in a Howell movement game at the YWCA include Mrs Kenneth Harrington and Richard Golembiewski first, Mrs Frank Zeman and Bruce Thiher second, and Alice Koenig and Ann Hallgren third. Next game 7 30 Wednesday at the YWCA with ACBL league sanctioned play for open newcomers and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
YWCA
Kenneth Harrington
Richard Golembiewski
Frank Zeman
Bruce Thiher
Alice Koenig
Ann Hallgren
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Woman's Club
Royce McCray
Richard Nassif
Nancy McCray
Phil Arnell
Florence Henrikson
Jeannie Sloman
Maas Martin Wedding Unites Maas and Martin in Newhall
Miss Julie Ann Maas and Stephen John Martin exchanged marriage vows Saturday at St. John Lutheran church Newhall with Rev. E F Dohrmann officiating. The couple, of Van Horne and Blairstown respectively, plan to reside in Blairstown after a brief wedding trip.
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van Horne
Julie Ann Maas
Stephen John Martin
Blairstown
E.F. Dohrmann
St. John Lutheran Church
Newhall
Harold Maas
Harold Martin
Benton Community School
Martin
Nissen Corp
Cedar Rapids
Sadlon Couple to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs Ed Sadlon observe their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house 2 to 4 at Bertram Methodist hall and a later dance at the VFW hall in Manchester. They have five children Rita Bowers Dixie Sadlon Wanda Robin and Tony. The couple wed Kathleen Vredenburg March 5 1952 in Cedar Rapids.
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Masonville
Ed Sadlon
Bertram Methodist Hall
VFW Hall
Manchester
Rita Bowers
Dixie Sadlon
Hiawatha
Wanda
Robin
Tony
Mr Sadlon
Kathleen Vredenburg
Cedar Rapids
Piano Students Present Recital at St Pauls UMC
Mrs. John E. Charlson presented her piano students in two Sunday recitals at St. Pauls United Methodist Church. Appearances included Brad Jacobson Kelley Wiley Scott Wiley Katherine Oppedahl Jim Bennett and many more student performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E.charlson
Miami
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Brad Jacobson
Kelley
Scott Wiley
Katherine Oppedahl
Jim Bennett
Kelly
Patty O’brien
Natalie Simms
Linda Joy
Rebecca Snengling
Cheryl
Jim Shanklin
Camie Erickson
Kim Larsson
Francine Gray
Lisa
Carol Grondahl
Kim Fatka
Jill Olson
John Long
Karen Jacobson
Ellen England
Laura
Chris Ebertsch
Gwen
Kellie Sawyer
Suzanne Robison
Colleen Whitford
John
Fred
Don Gitzy
Susie Hickman
Mike
Eric Barnes
Jim Slattery
Lisa Frazee
Amy Salmon
Kellie Grove
Suzanne Muret
Chip Magid
Tom Listebarger
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Gail Cooper-Evans
Pete
Susan
Cindi Krantz
Freelance Beauty
Susan Cory
Women’s Resource Center
Robert Marshall
National American Productions
Bowling Green
Ohio
Marshall
Findlay
Little Miss
Mrs. Krantz
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Mac
P.S
Lasky Drive
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bridge News
Marion-Cedar Rapids
Club
Grand Slam Club
Maas-Martin
Nottingham
Mary Ellen Martin
Jan Maas
Dan Swick
Dale P. Kimmy
Stuart Towe
Norway
James Stults, Jr
Cedar Rapid
FBI
Isseee
Hach Bros. CO. Inc
First Street
S.E
Mrs. Martin
H Litton
3Rd Ave
5Th Ave. S.E
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