St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-29
Minnesota Girl
Among u Queens
At ShrinerS Meet
BY HELEN SMITH


Doll-faced and curvacious JAG
queline Smith, queen Of the Min
nesota Shriners, is home from At
lantic City. This modest, soft
spoken II year old was aceompa-
MED on a special train to New Jer-
sey, by l. NJ. Dorsey, Twin City
Shriner's Recording Secretary. In
Chicago, more lodge-members,
queens and chaperones joined them.
Miss Chicago, Miss Pittsburgh and
Miss Springfield rode in "Jackies' /"
coach.
Next stop was Columbus, as
guests Of the Ohio City's Shriners.
1t was coincidental that Jacque-
lines grandmother should also live
there. The two enjoyed their first
meeting in seven years. Then, on
to Atlantic City!
Monday, first day in town,
Jackie" went down by the ocean
to see the much talked-of and
photographed, Atlantic City board
walk. Tuesday, all the beauties
"prettied up" for the newsreel
cameras. Later, with a police es-
cort, doing 60 miles an hour, sirens
wide open, the contestants were
driven to the Apex Golf Course
for dinner. On Wednesday after
noon, the queens and Shriners par
AIDED. The queens rode in board
walk chairs (three seated pull car
riages with covered tOps). Each
Of the chairs was handsomely dec
GRATED in multi-colored crepe paper
and labeled by an outside card
bearing the participants name and
home town. There were % rep
resentatives in all. That night at
the Waltz Dream Ballroom, the
girls, wearing bathing suits, were
ushered onto a spot-lit floor and
surrounded by a large audience
seated in circular tier-shaped for
nation. Here the queens were
measured. The one coming nearest
perfection won LIST prize-$250 in
cash, a complete wardrobe, a trip
to Hollywood and a screen test.
Miss Hattie Taylor of Newark,
N. J. was the lucky girl. Our
"Jackies' measurements, bust ga,
waist 26", hips SO" were perfect
too, but the required height of g. 5"
was too steep. Putting on evening
gowns after the affair, the Glove
lies" were taken to the Club Har-
lem where a special after-hour
floor show had been arranged for
their party.
And so ended the highlights of
the trip going down. Coming back,
Miss Smith stopped over in Chi
cago and visited Mr.. and Mrs.
James Powell. Mr.. Powell is a
partner in the Davis and Powell
Advertising Agency there.
Jacqueline's reign was short but
sweet!
Jacqueline is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Smith, 3649
Fourth Ave. &c., and a Central
High school senior. During the
summer vacation she has worked in
the news department of the Spokes-
man and Recorder newspapers.
Sheriff Mat Blake, the latest
episode of the Lest We Forget
the American Dream" series, will be
heard Sunday night, Aug. 81, at
1890 PM. over radio station KSTP.
please note that the remaining
nine programs of the Lest We For
get" series will be heard on Sun
day evenings at 1920 PM. instead
of as formerly on Friday evenings
at 9:15 PM
The program this Sunday is a
fast-paced drama of a Mexican
American threatened with lynching
by an anti-Mexican mob. 1t stars
Ralph Bethany as the sheriff who
refuses to allow prejudice to tri-
umph over justice.
Featured in the cast is Edwin
Bruce, well-known child actor. The
show is directed by Earle McGill
and features the music of Rosa
Ria, famous NBC organist.