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Winners Of The Ann Arbor Noon Optimist Club's Oratory Contest, April 1972

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1972
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 9, 1972
Caption:
Victor Turner, president of the Ann Arbor Noon Optimist Club, presents trophies and certificates to winners of the first oratory contest the local club has ever held for girls. All of the winners are Mack School sixth graders. The winners are (standing left to right): Carolyn Campbell, Donna Hunter and Monita Thompson. Sitting (left to right) are: first place winner Jackie Jacobs and Brenda Cumby.
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