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Debutante gown and hog show highlight Chicago event
A Digby Morton debutante gown with gold lame and gray silk taffeta drew attention for its draping while Roger Thorson, 15, Morris Illinois, celebrated a blue ribbon hog but his Berkshire barrow eyed groceries over ribbons. The Junior Market Hog Show in Chicago featured about 640 hogs shown by 89 youths from Indiana and Illinois as part of 4 H and FFA projects.
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Digby Morton
Roger Thorson
Morris, Ill
Berkshire Barrow
Chicago
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Indiana
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