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Day: September 9, 2009

From Asheville to Atlantic City

On this date in 1961 Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville, a former Radio City Rockette, became the only Miss North Carolina ever chosen Miss America.

This pinback button from the collection shows her parents, Beale and Peggy Fletcher, who founded Asheville’s Fletcher School of Dance in 1948.

Author Lew PowellPosted on September 9, 2009Categories Memorabilia MomentLeave a comment on From Asheville to Atlantic City
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