These lovely misses vied for Labor Day honors in 1955 as queen during a celebration staged by the community's labor organzations. From the left, and their sponsors, are Charlotte Moore, painters and decorators; Judy Hargraves, cement workers; queen Barbara Followell, hotel and restaurant employees; Mary Helen Miller, Chamber of Commerce and retail merchants; Joan Adams, carpenters; Norma Barringer, telephone workers, and Glenda Henson, shoe workers. (G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive)
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