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The Miss Wheelchair Pageant will be held in Richmond’s Scottish Rite Temple, Saturday, May 27, at 8 p.m. The Pageant’s theme is, “Carnival in May.”
Vying for the crown now held by Miss Marsha Lee Altice of Danville will be 14 ladies in wheelchairs from "all over the state." Miss Linda Gail Mannon of Amissville is among the contestants. Virginia's First Lady, Mrs. John N. Dalton, is Honorary Chairman for the event and the pageant contestants will meet her Friday prior to a news conference.
The contestants, listed alphabetically, are Yvonne Kay Auders from Petersburg, Cheryl Ann Barber from Virginia Beach, Ann C. Cook from Falls Church, Joanne P. Gregar from Richmond, Sharon L. Howard from Chesapeake, Linda Gail Mannon from Amissville, Inez Mills from Newport News. Birdie Jo Minor from Fisherville, Lora Louise Morrison from Woodbridge, Vanessa Moses from Newport
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