Family Trees of Bathing Beauties Under Scrutiny
Atlantic City promoters of the Miss America pageant require 43 contestants to sketch their family backgrounds listing notable ancestors. Miss Florida traces lineage to 1715 Virginia, mentioning Livingston and Crockett. others claim ties to Robert E. Lee, John Marshall, Jefferson, and Mayflower Pilgrims.
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George D. Tyson
Colorado
Charlene Woods
Denver
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Delaware
Verona Smith
Bridgeville
Towa
Lorene Snoddy
Des Moines
California
Rosemary la Planche
Los Angeles
Massachusetts
Betsy Taylor
Cambridge
William Brewster
Brannon Reunion Draws Largest Crowd at Brannon's Ford
Brush Creek Virginia reports the Brannon reunion at Brannon's Ford on Back Creek near DeHaven drew the largest crowd yet. Local families host and visit relatives from Washington D C Siler Hedgesville and Arlington while peach and tomato crops demand rain as labor day activities wrap up with updates on homes and farms.
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Brush Creek
Brannon
Back Creek
DeHaven
Page H. Heironimus
Washington
Laura Dailey
Ruth Kerns
Siler
Ruth Mauzy
Paul W. Lamp
Alva Lamp
Fred Mauzy
Baltimore
A. P. Whitacre
Percy Dalton
A. J. Garland
Leary
Arlington
Laura C. Dailey
I. Carson Whitacre
Elder
Whitacre
Washington, D. C
Ruth Kern
Harvey Maury
Oklahoma contestant’s war whoop stuns pageant directors
Atlantic City coverage notes Lets Out War Whoop winner Miss Oklahoma Mifamy Shu natona of Tulsa, a full blooded Indian, claiming ancestry thousands of years before the Mayflower. Her display after passing the viewing stand startled directors across generations.
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Oklahoma
Mifamy Shunatona
Tulsa
Police halt dime butter bargain sale schemes
Philadelphia police broke up a bargain sale after discovering butter priced at a dime. Two boys peddling as grocery sellers at a street intersection admitted looting stores by prying cellar doors. Police valued stock at 84 dollars but the sale collected only 10 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Visit Notes and Travel Rumors From Brucetown Area
Mr Charles Crim of Waynesboro Pa former Brucetown resident stopped by friends here Thursday Samuel J Swimley 3d returned Saturday from a motor trip through Virginia North Carolina and nearby areas
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J. R. Smith
Charles Crim
Waynesboro
Brucetown
Samuel J. Swimley 3d
Virginia
North Carolina
Relatives Visit Across Morgantown and Romney
Ohio guests Mr and Mrs George Fetter and family stayed with kin in Morgantown W V Labor Day. Edward McAboy returned to Baltimore after summer with Mr and Mrs J P Stine. Mrs John Williams and sons Stewart and Tom visited Miss Corrie Swimley in Romney. Henry Moling Jr and son John spent Monday with cousins J B Snapp and Herbert Fishel.
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Ohio
George Fetter
Morgantown
W. Va
Edward McAboy
Baltimore
J. P. Stine
Herbert Fisher
J. B. Snapp
Ollie C. Windle
Lebanon Church
John Williams
Stewart
Tom Williams
Romney
Corrie Swimley
Henry Moling, Jr
John Moling
Winchester
Herbert Fishel
Toast to Health Milk Ad
A brief dairy advertisement touts Hallideman's Milk as a satisfying drink any time. The spot invites readers to call phone number 3459 for more information.
Gander Family Visits Brucetown for Labor Day
Brucetown Virginia on September 4 reports Mr and Mrs Walter Gander and son Wally from Alexandria spent Labor Day with relatives. Miss Lillian Carter from Summit Point West Virginia has been the
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Brucetown
Walter Gander
Wally
Alexandria
Labor Day
Lillian Carter
Summit Point
W. Va
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