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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Marie Wainwright, Miss Morris Brown College 1947 from New Jersey, debuted the 'new look' in a white taffeta gown at halftime in Ponce de Leon Park, attended by Esther Smith and Nancy Redd in black crepe. Fraternity queens included Blanche Woods, Evelyn Cawthon, Hazel Tatum, and Rosebud Greenlee. Crowned by 1946 queen Julia Evangeline Brown on a shell-themed float.
Merged-components note: Merged page 2 components (RO23 and 29) as continuation of Morris Brown queen story from page 1 sports merge, with matching content on homecoming queens and spatial/reading order proximity.
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New Jersey's vivacious, brown-skinned Marie Wainwright, Miss Morris Brown College of 1947 broke with tradition and awed hundreds of spectators with the 'new look', when the colorful float rolled out on the field at Ponce de Leon Park between halves and displayed the grid queen and her attendants.
Miss Wainwright was attired in white two-tiered sweeping taffeta gown with a sheer close fitting neckline and long sleeves, a perfect model for her tall statuesque figure.
She was attended by Miss Esther Smith and Miss Nancy Redd, who also wore formal models of black crepe with the decollete neckline. The attractive trio carried bouquets of purple chrysanthemums tied with black ribbon.
The fraternity queens wore attractive suits made on soft lines with matching accessories. Their bouquets were streamered with ribbons of the fraternities that they represented.
Miss Blanche Woods, Alpha Phi Alpha; Miss Evelyn Cawthon, Kappa Alpha Psi: Miss Hazel Tatum, Omega Psi Phi and Miss Rosebud Greenlee. Phi Beta Sigma.
Miss Wainwright was crowned by Mrs. Julia Evangeline Brown who was Miss Morris Brown ot 1946.
The float was designed on the lines of a shell with an interior of purple. black and white. The queen and her attendants sat within it.--By O. F. W.
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1947
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Marie Wainwright, Miss Morris Brown College 1947, featured the 'new look' in a white taffeta gown on a float at halftime, attended by Esther Smith and Nancy Redd. Fraternity queens represented their groups. Crowned by previous queen Julia Evangeline Brown.