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*TWELVE MIDDLETOWN BEAUTIES art do ng thair final primping this waak in prep-aration for the annual quast ior tha titla of Miss Miami Vallar at LeSourdsville Laka naxt Saturday night. Tha baauty pagaant will placa tha group antarad by tha Middletown American Legion Pest 218 against a group from tha environs of Hamilton, who are being entered by that city s Legion post Most of tha Middletown beauties are shown above. Th® top pair, from left to right are Jennie Lou Carpenter and Wanda Johnson; one step down are Marjorie Lents and Mrs. Pafsy Cox; and the lower trio are Mabel Rodgers. Mrs. Helen Miller and Nell Roberts. In the insert, from left »o right are Pat Leber, Gerry Powers and Betty Flynn. Two of the local entrants were not present when the photographs were taken—(Journal-Weith Photos).26 To Compete For Beauty Title15 Will Represent Middletown In Saturday's PageantMiddletown’s American Legion Post 218 will he represented by 15 lovely young ladies in the annual Miss Miami Valley beauty pageant next Saturday at LeSourds-ville Lake. F. H Gillespie, pageant chairman, said yesterday.During the week six more entries were added to those named last week, he said, and the final number from this post is five more than were entered last year. The girls will compete wih entries from the Hamilton Legion Post.Harold Kohler, pageant chairman of the Hamilton post, announced yesterday that 11 entries have thus been received for the contest and more are expected.Middletown contestants sponsored by local merchants and entered by Post 218 are: Mrs. Nell Roberts, 18. of 1111 Lafayette St., sponsored bv the W T Grant Companv; Mary Ann Hamilton 19. of 518 Euclid St., representing Vradclis Brothers: Gerry Powers, 18. of 2210 Christel Ave., sponsored by the Eileen Shop; Mrs Patsy Cox. 20. of 1900 Win-ton St., representing Eversharp; Jennie Lou Carpenter, 20, of 1305 First Ave., sponsored by he Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio; Mrs. Helen Miller, 25, of Monroe, renresentiny the Ce itral Store: Martha Martin, 21, Mid-dletown-Hamilton Rd., sponsored by Bordens Ice Cream.Mabel Rodgers, 22, of Middle-own Route 1, representing Inland Container; Marjorie Lsniz, 22. of Verity Hall, representing the Middletown Hospital: PatLeber, 20, of Mi son Ro re 1, n-sored bv the Armco War Ve s; Betty Flynn, 23, of 2208 Crescent Blvd., representing Bob Mav’s Oil; Wanna Johnson, 19. of 1404 Girard St., sponsored by *he Middletown Coca-Cola Bottling Company: Mrs. Juanita Class,24, of 1702^* Columbia Ave , representing the R17.7.0 Distributing Company, Mrs. Jean Leonard, 20. of Carrol Ave. Cincinnati, sponsored by the Jack Ka-lan Studios of Cincinnati, and Virginia Lee Bewley, 18, of 304 Stanley St., sponsored by GillenCrow PharmaciesFrom these entries and those from Hamilton a yo 11 g a ly ,1 be chosen to replace Miss Carolyn McQuitty of Middletown as Miss Miami Va’ley. In addition to the queen, the judges, yet ,.n-announced, will select four ladies-. n-\vait:n» The queen * to receive a $100 savings bond aM the four maids will each receive a $50 savings bondSelection of the queen and the ninnrrupi will be based on appearance and personality. The contest was open to (iris between the a*es of 18 and 25, with no restriction on marital status.Preliminary judging will be held at 5 p.m. next Saturday and the judges will make their final selections at about 9pm in the LeSourdsville Lake ampithea'er.
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Middletown Sunday News Journal
Middletown, Ohio, US
Sun, Aug 13, 1950
Page 33
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