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“When I Was ‘Miss Terre Haute 1920’ I Hardly Expected to Have a Daughter Chosen ‘Miss Acetylene Welder 1944’”
April
1
1944
Barbara Shermund
“When I Was ‘Miss Terre Haute 1920’ I Hardly Expected to Have a Daughter Chosen ‘Miss Acetylene Welder 1944’”
April
1
1944
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“When I Was ‘Miss Terre Haute 1920’ I Hardly Expected to Have a Daughter Chosen ‘Miss Acetylene Welder 1944’”
April
1
1944
Barbara Shermund
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