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Title: Crestwood Girl Identifies 'What Is It' Mousetrap
Date: 1967-08-17, 1967-08-17
Description: Ellen Walker, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Walker of Crestwood is the winner of the latest "What Is It" contest in the Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine. Ellen, a sixth grader at Salem Lutheran school, correctly identified the object as a mousetrap and wrote the best essay describing the object. The mousetrap is on display at the Missouri Historical Society in the Jefferson Memorial. Ellen identified the object with the help of her neighbor's mother who had one when she was a little girl. The $10 gift certificate Ellen receives for her winning essay will be used for buying school clothes.

Title: Nine-Year-Old Boy Contest Winner
Date: 1967-03-30, 1967-03-30
Description: A nine-year-old boy, entering the "What Is It?" contest for the first time, used a book that belongs to his grandmother to identify the object and become the winner for the week of March 17. John J. McDermott Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McDermott from Kirkwood, Missouri.

Title: Women at Globe Democrat Luncheon
Date: 1962-01-16, 1962-01-16
Description: Among the large number of St. Louisans who braved icy streets to attend the luncheon were (from left) Mrs. James F. Bussmann, Mrs. Harrison Schramm, Mrs. Richard W. Bland, Mrs. Charles L. Harrison Jr. and Mrs. Charles R. Harrison Sr.

Title: The Women of Achievement for 1960
Date: 1961-12-23, 1961-12-23
Description: From left: Mrs. Frank A. Frawley, Community Responsibility; Miss Helen Graves, Fine Arts; Mrs. Gilbert Harris, Civic Service, Miss Louise Knapp, Education; Mrs. Clay E. Jordan, Lifetime

Title: Women of Achievement Luncheon
Date: 1963-01-21, 1963-01-21
Description: Women of Achievement luncheon for winners from 1962.

Title: The Women of Achievement for 1960
Date: 1961-12-23, 1961-12-23
Description: From left: Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy, Social Service; Mrs. Elbert Leaders, Homemaker; Mrs. Holton R. Price Jr., Youth Leadership, and Mrs. Chadbourne Taylor, Community Welfare. Missing from the picture is Mrs. Frank E. Pelton Jr., Creative Philanthropy

Title: Watching Their Mother Win Woman of Achievement Award
Date: 1962-12-16, 1962-12-16
Description: Watching their mother receive her award as Good Citizen are Miss Jane (left) and Miss Judy Sutter. Miss Judy flew home from Bradford Junior College for the occasion.

Title: Woman of Achievement Taylor
Date: 1960-12-12, 1960-12-12
Description: Woman of Achievement winner Mrs. C Chadbohrne Taylor who worked at the Red Cross.

Title: Woman of Achievement Graves
Date: 1960-12-12, 1960-12-12
Description: Miss Helen Louis Graves for the Woman of Achievement award.

Title: 'What Is It?' Winner Identifies Bed Warmer
Date: 1966-11-26, 1966-11-26
Description: Identifying the object in the Nov. 12-13 "What Is It?" Contest was easy for the winner of the contest, Peggy Boehm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Boehm of Frontenac, Mo. Identification of the object as a bed warmer was simple for the twelve-year-old Parkway seventh grader because she has one at home. It was brought from Germany long before Peggy was born. She receives a $10 gift certificate courtesy of Famous-Barr for identifying the object and writing the best essay about it. The object is on display at the Missouri Historical Society in the Jefferson Memorial as are all objects in the "What Is It?" contest.

Title: Mary Jeanne Tyler
Date: 1962-12-08, 1962-12-17
Description: Mary Jeanne Tyler from Webster Groves, Missouri.

Title: Sondra Wright
Date: 1962-12-08, 1962-12-17
Description: Sondra Wright from East St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: Susan Niemeyer
Date: 1962-12-08, 1962-12-17
Description: Susan Niemeyer from St. Louis, Missouri.

Title: Rubber Figurine, Spiro Agnew
Description: Beige colored rubber figures highlighted with black paint of Vice President Spiro Agnew holding a rectangular sign that reads "Spiro."

Title: Rubber Figurine, Richard Nixon
Description: Beige colored rubber figures highlighted with black paint of President Richard Nixon holding a rectangular sign that reads "Dick."

Title: Lyndon B. Johnson for the USA Bumper Sticker
Date: 1964
Description: Blue and red bumper sticker with white print. Over the blue "LBJ" is printed in white. Over the red "For the USA" is printed in white.

Title: Write in Gene McCarthy Nov. 5 Sticker
Date: 1968
Description: Blue sticker with a white cartoon dove in the center. To the upper left of the dove there is a white sun. Inside the dove, "Write in, Gene McCarthy, NOV. 5" is printed in blue. The design was made by "Wet Petal Press" at "947 North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA".

Title: Final Connections for Globe Show
Date: 1963-04-22, 1963-04-23
Description: Workmen connect gas range at Laclede Gas Company's cake baking section at the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show, which opens at noon Tuesday. One of the opening day highlights will be the Celebrity Cake Baking contests at 8 p.m. with newspaper, sports, radio and tv personalities competing. Daily during the five-day show, St. Louis area women will compete in cake baking contest, vying for prize m0oney totaling $1,100.

Title: Bettendorf-Rapp Display
Date: 1961-09-23
Description: Bettendorf-Rapp Display at the Globe-Democrat Modern Living Show attracts considerable attention from the thousands of visitors attending the fifth annual show at Kiel Auditorium. The show, open from noon to 10:15 p.m., ends Saturday.

Title: Modern Living Show
Date: 1963-04-23, 1963-04-24
Description: Crowd gathers at Modern Living Show around Jim Denker of the Cottage Bakery in St. Charles, as he demonstrates the art of icing a cake in the Master Retail bakers booth. Cakes were later auctioned for the benefit of the Cripples Children's Society.

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