Winners of Prizes in Annual Susanville Crazy Days Costume Contest
July 6, 1971
LINDA CHAMBERS, an employee at the Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog office, dressed as a Christmas tree, won the $25 first prize in the annual Crazy Days competition held by the Susanville Merchants Association in conjunction with their Crazy Days promotion last Friday and Saturday.
Earline Bloomquist, from the Montgomery Ward catalog office, took second place with her costume designed as a Christmas package.
Maryvonne Kauffman and Sue Masoner, employees in the local Bank of America branch, tied for third with their cancelled check costumes. The second place winner received a $15 prize and the two third place winners were awarded $10 each.
Winners were selected at a kick-off breakfast held last Friday morning at the Hotel Mt. Lassen. Judges for the contest were Mayor Ivor Lanigar, Superior Court Judge Stanley Arnold and Lassen Forest Supervisor James Berlin.
Paul Ward of KSUE served as master of ceremonies. Theme for this year’s Crazy Days promotion was “Christmas in July.”
Pictured from left are Linda Chambers, Earline Bloomquist, Maryvonne Kauffman and Sue Masoner. (Schullo photo).
