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Photograph caption dated April 28, 1965 reads "Sweepstakes award winners are shown with Russell A. Quisenberry, chairman of the board of the Great Western Publishing Co., owners of the Valley Times. Representing their clubs are, seated, Mrs. Norm Knudsen, left, first vice president of the Palmdale club, and Mrs. Charles Young, president, Reseda Juniors, and standing, from left, Mmes. Norbert Noniz, president, Palmdale Juniors; Herbert Saxton, president, Canoga Park Juniors, and Ronald Wolfson, first vice president, Canoga Park Juniors. The winners, Canoga Park, Reseda and Palmdale, in order, were presented cash awards by the Valley Times at the annual district convention." The women are members of the Sierra Cahuenga District of the California Federation of Women's Clubs. The Junior Membership convention was held at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena.; See images #00127540 through #00127541 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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