Many thanks to Jeff Wentzell for contributing this program to the WHS Museum collection.

Lauren Ward and friends took the $20 Best in Parade Prize with these four costumes. Lauren wrote about the experience in her blog at
https://laurenlarsenslovelightlaughter.blogspot.com/

"Another great honor with regard to the Wenonah parade occurred in 1974, when me and my cadre of sixth-grade gal-pals won "Best in Parade," which came with a whopping $20 prize. My mom had long since figured out the key to winning Best in Parade, and she shared her insights with her ambitious parade-entering offspring: follow the headlines of the times and create some sort of light-hearted play on words around a hot topic. Not too edgy, not too political, and certainly not mean spirited. Living in Wenonah, after all, was like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting. Quaint was far more important than cutting edge. In this case, my pals and I did a mash-up of a popular airline ad with Nixon's impending impeachment. A voila--Best in Parade!"