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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated December 25, 1962 reads, "Reseda Girl Wins Soupy's Contest -- And for a prize Sheila MacDoran has her name on a big billboard near the intersection of Sherman Way and Reseda Blvd. in Reseda. She was judged the first winner in a contest conducted by the Soupy Sales television show in an effort to help combat the high school drop out problem. Besides the billboard, she also received a $25 savings bond. Details about the weekly contest, which asks for ideas on how to curb the drop out problem, can be seen on Soupy's show at 5:30 p.m. weekdays on KABC-TV, Channel 7. Sharon [Sheila] [sic], a student at Sequoia Junior High School, lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank MacDoran, in Reseda."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Sales, Soupy Contests--California--Los Angeles Award winners--California--Los Angeles Junior high school students--California--Los Angeles Dropouts--California--Los Angeles Billboards--California--Los Angeles Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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