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1962 Press Photo sewing contest Timm Ruras Laing Mumaw

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Caption: Trying for a trip to Las Vegas are these four Michigan girls, winners over 100 other competitors in a statewide ?Make It Yourself with Wool? contest held at Michigan State University. The top Michigan seamstresses are seated, Gail Timm, of Alpena, and, standing, Sheila Ruras (from left), of Detroit; Marilyn Laing, of Marshall, and Marilyn Mumaw, of Adrian. Saturday they will compete with the four Wisconsin winners at Milwaukee after which two of the eight will be off to the contest finals at Las Vegas. The eventual goal: A 14-day trip to Hawaii.

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