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Debutante Training
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A woman is holding hands with two young women, with several young men and women looking on from behind them. Caption reads: "Walk slowly," were the instructions Mrs. Mac H. Ramsey (center), 3539 N. 10th St., chairman of the Scintilla, gave to two young women who will bow, Miss Iona Hall (left), 1214 W. Cherry St., and Miss Ruth Peterson, 3158 N. 1st St. The debs will be escorted by their fathers until they are introduced."
August 25, 1967
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