In this photo, members of the Springfield Junior Assembly prepare for the annual benefit show of the Southwest Missouri Museum Associates, “Tops In Town.”
Pictured are Harriet Heer, Carolyn Phillips, Marilyn Goodnight, Becky Curtis, Mary Jo Marshall, Anne Elsey, Sue Todd, Diana Ryker, Suzanne Wann, Sally Hogg, Judy Campbell, Donna Ryker, Jane Canedy, Ann Morrison, Marjorie Fritts, Joan Lewis and Annette Johnston.
The Junior Assembly was organized by a group of mothers who wished to give children the opportunity to learn ballroom dance and social conduct. Students of the Junior Assembly learned traditional and popular partner dances and line dances. This group partnered with the Southwest Missouri Museum Associates for an event.
Today, the Junior Assembly has been helping students through social manners and contemporary etiquette training for nearly 80 years. Published in the Leader & Press on Feb. 10, 1956.
This image is part of a much larger collection of historically rich photographs from the News-Leader’s photo archive. Each week, the Springfield-Greene County Library will tap into this vast collection and present an interesting image “from the darkroom” and share its history. This image is presented in partnership between the Springfield-Greene County Library District and the Springfield News-Leader. For more historical images of the Ozarks, visit: thelibrary.org/fromthedarkroom.