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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1949

Page

11

Miss America Critiques Falsies On European Tour

Miss America Bebe Shopp, 18 from Minnesota, visits Deauville Cannes and Venice Lido as she campaigns for clean thinking and honest beauty. She rejects falsies saying a girl should be herself and favors nourishment and self improvement. She remains teetotal and non smoker, accompanied by chaperone Mrs. Virginia Safford.

London America U.S Europe Bebe Shopp Bebe Deauville Cannes France Venice Virginia Safford

Opinion on Bathing Suit Morality Cited by Speaker

The speaker argues that revealing swimwear especially the French version promotes moral decline. She describes the bikini as exposing sections and cites unrestrained nudity as harmful to men and society.

Whitacre Family News and Local Gatherings

Whitacre August 3 notes a Methodist Sunday school picnic at George B. Whitacre home. Elmer Whitacre and son Donald of Charleston W Va visit Mrs R E L Whitacre. Various Whitacres host guests and attend church events. Valley District Disciples convention in Strasburg.

Whitacre Redland Methodist Sunday School George B. Whitacre Elmer Whitacre Donald Charleston W. Va R. E. L. Whitacre Ramon Penn Virginia Wisecarver Winchester John Whitacre Minnie Carpenter Valley District Convention of Disciples Church Strasburg O. M. Dick Raymond Burkhart Jones Spring Frank Whitacre Hollis Braithwaite Oakley Catlett Landon B. Whitacre Walter B. Potts Washington Fred A. Whitacre

Shark Skipper IV Swam Nonstop 1934 1939 at Taronga Park

The New Encyclopedia of Sports by Menke notes a gray nurse shark named Skipper IV that reportedly swam without stopping from 1934 to 1939 in the aquarium pool at Taronga Park in Sydney Australia.

Menke Skipper IV Taronga Park Sdney Australia

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