American Legion Citizenship Award Winners

Creator

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Identifier

20037161

Description

Clipping: "Students Get Legion Awards. Six students of Tarrant County schools have been awarded American Legion citizenship awards by the Blackstone Post. In a ceremony at Diamond Hill High School, Craig Laine, post commander, presented the medals to Dan Wall, 3105 N. Harding, freshman class president, and Virginia Trimble, 3310 N. Pecan, freshman class vice president. Noel Marchbanks, Box 788, and Mildred Gilkinson, 3521 Yucca, ninth grade students, received their awards Wednesday at a program in the auditorium of Amon Carter Riverside High School. E. E. Maxon presented the medals. Roy C. Mitchell, post chaplain, presented medals at Mansfield Junior High graduation ceremony to Marlene Maxwell of Burleson, valedictorian of the class, and James Carl Cantrell of Venus, salutatorian." Published Star-Telegram Eve. May 30, 1945. Left to right: Marlene Maxwell, Virginia Trimble, Noel Marchbanks, Mildred Gilkinson and Dan Wall. Marlene is wearing a dress with a neckline of eyelet gathered by a ribbon, and the skirt of her dress has a yoke of white eyelet and is gathered with ribbon. The bulk of the bodice is a flower print, as is the lower portion of the skirt. She is wearing a heart-shaped watch and a ring. Virginia is wearing a short-sleeved floral shirtwaist with a ribbon trim on the sleeves and pockets. Noel is dressed in a button-up shirt with cuffed short sleeves and dark trousers. He is also wearing a belt, a watch, and a signet ring. Mildred is wearing a solid color shirtwaist dress with a ruffled neckline, short sleeves, and pockets, Dan is dressed in a striped dress shirt, a paisley tie, and dress slacks.

Archival Date

1945-05-28

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-620

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Dresses; Maxwell, Marlene; Trimble, Virginia; Marchbanks, Noel; Gilkinson, Mildred; Wall, Dan; Mansfield Junior high schools