5-Day Fair on Tap Tomorrow

Item

Title

5-Day Fair on Tap Tomorrow

Identifier

2021.005.144

Type

Document

Description

An old black and white Riverside Daily Press newspaper article clipping titled "5-Day Fair on Tap Tomorrow." Linda Bermudez will be crowned queen by the Riverside mayor E.V. Dales next to the Riverside Plaza. Linda Bermudez was making plans to attend Riverside Polytechnic High School. The text states "Riverside Community Fair will begin a five-day run at 6 p.m. tomorrow with Linda Bermudez reigning as queen of the Knights of Columbus sponsored event. Linda, candidate of the Club was declared winner of the six-weeks-long queen contest last night as she made a whirlwind finish to top the field of 10 contestants. The pretty brunette held top place in the contest during the final two weeks of the contest, piling up a plurality of votes over runnersup Susan Ann Sweeney and Dorothy Mae Elliot. Queen Linda is scheduled to be crowned at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow by Mayor E. V. Dales during opening night festivities at the fair. The queen is a native Californian and she will have her 17th birthday in Oct. 6 during her reign. She is a student at Riverside Polytechnic High School. Her future plans include going on to college." Next to the article is a portrait of Linda with the caption "Linda Bermudez, winner of the Riverside Community Fair queen contest, will be crowned at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow by Mayor E. V. Dales" underneath. Another section of the article describes the fair: "Workmen at the community fair site [...] The groups are Uptown Optimist Club, Uptown Kiwanis... (Turn to FAIR, Pafe B-2).

Subject

Entertainment and Leisure Activities
Mexican American Stories and Interviews

Spatial Coverage

Inland Empire (Calif.)
Riverside (Calif.)
Riverside County (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

20th Century

Creator

Riverside Daily Press

Date

1956

Contributor

Riverside County Mexican American Historical Society (RCMAHS)

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

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