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Fifty Winners Announced in R and S Contest at Store
Fifty large mama dolls were set aside on Christmas Eve for fifty little girls named winners in the R and S shoe store popularity contest. Winners in Joliet Sport and Rockdale received dolls by messenger or delivery. out-of-town winners via express. Irving Cohn notes a heavy response with thousands of votes for top contenders as every purchase counted as a vote. The list includes Arlene Alberico through Lorraine Wendell, plus Marion Bayle Taylor of CBS Voice of Experience who recounted anecdotes about William Jennings Bryan twilight chautauqua days.
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R and S Shoe Store
Joliet
Sport
Rockdale
Irving Cohn
Rls
Arlene Alberico
Mary Barrowman
Delores Bebar
Betty Bell
Shirley Besso
Jessie Birocco
Marilyn Bogzick
Dorothy Brandenberg
Delores Chrzanowski
Lee Etta Davy
Barbara Jayne Fant
Gloria Fitter
Marie Fracaro
Beverly Jean Gehrke
Mary Lou Henderson
Anna Mae Kling
Marilyn Jean Kokal
Mary Jane Korst
Betty Jane Kubinski
Elvira Majetic
Dolores Mandel
Helen Manntovani
Loretta Mae Marron
Bernadine Mutz
Marion Mutz
Lois Mae Myers
Jill Nicholson
Shirley Rae Oetter
Lillian Onchak
Constance Percill
Margaret Perish
Doris Mae Peterson
Mary Picciolo
Dorothy Mae _ Pianti
Bernadine Pop