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Public Relation: Requests– Flags, 1962

 File — Box: 124, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: Folder 1-2

Scope and Contents

Another large collection of letters, office notes, memorandum, telegrams, news clippings & other items. There are several examples of student letters to Wilson thanking him for sending a flag to their school. Although these are filed from December back to January, they are not in exact order. Selected examples are: 5 pages of Wilson office records of names and dates associated with “Flag Requested For, Flag Forwarded & Certificate Sent;” letters (Dec.) re/ flag for Jeffery Gregory & comments from Frank Macomber (Copley News Service); letter (12/8) re/ La Jolla Chapter of D.A.R. and flag for Gillespie Cottage; letters (Dec. 62 – Jan. 63) re/ flag & certificate for Brownie Troop No. 222, Girl Scouts Council of San Diego County & signatures from the Brownies; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Miss Judy Crooks (Senior Class Vice President, A.S.B. Scribe, Point Loma High School requests and received “a flag that was flown over the Capitol” for presentation to her school; letters (Oct.-Nov.) re/ flag for presentation to the Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church; letters (Nov.) re/ Mt. Helix Toastmasters Club #126 & the Linda Vista Plaza Merchants Assn. receive an American Flag – added note – Wilson’s candidacy was actively supported by many members of the Mt. Helix Toastmasters, such as Glen Zick; letters (Nov.) re/ more info. from Linda Vista Shopping Plaza’s request; letters (Nov.) re/ flag for the DeWitt C. Mitchell American Legion Post; letter (11/9) re/ Wilson’s reply to Miss Donna Huckleberry (President, Student Body, Robert E. Lee School); memorandum & letters (Oct.-Nov.) re/ flag certificate and flag for Den 4, Pack 170 of the Club Scouts with letters from members; letters (Oct.-Nov.) re/ flag for the D.A.R.’s Gillespie Cottage in La Jolla; letters & phone message (Oct.- Nov.) re/ “I understand that Pamela Macomber will present this flag to her third grade class at Barnard Elementary School;” letters, etc. (Oct.,Nov.,Sept.) are flags for: Mike & Doug Cooper; Susan, Lisa, David & Caroline Stearman; Gregg Rogers Elementary School; Miss Mary Elizabeth Myers; California Western University; Candy Lane Motors; photo of Wilson to Miss Susan Holcomb; VFW Post 9327-Santee; San Diego Race Relations Society; the retired Navy electronics personnel; South Bay Chapter, Starlight Center for Retarded Children; Chula Vista’s Lillian J. Rice School & promotion for Dick Wilson’s 37th Dist. Congressional bid; Boy Scout Council of San Bernardino County; San Diego Mental Health Assn.; Norman Park Center – the Chula Vista Senior Citizens’ Club; San Diego Explorer Post 258; Lee Wade-NRCC- several requests for #72 black picture frames; Mt. Helix Toastmasters Club #126; letters, etc. (Aug., July, June, May) are flags for: Lemon Grove’s Green Spot Park; Chula Vista’s Hilltop Junior High School; Santee Fire Dept., San Diego Christian School; Garfield Elementary School; Doris L. Heck- Lemon Grove; Wesley Palms; Dr. & Mrs. Gaylord Parkinson; Tijuana Kiwanis Club; Post No. 494 of the American Legion; Star of India; Imperial Beach -West View School; South Clairemont Community Center; U.S. Air Force Mothers Flight 14 Chula Vista; R.W. Barrie of Chula Vista; All Souls’ Episcopal Church; Nancy E. Smith; St. Martin’s Academy - La Mesa; Woman’s Auxiliary of California Federation of Post Office Clerks & the California Federation of Post Office Clerks; United Spanish War Veterans & Auxiliaries on the occasion of their State Convention at the U.S. Grant Hotel; Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School; letters, etc. (Apr., March, Feb. Jan.) are flags for: students of the Ramona Elementary School; D.A.R. (Mrs. Alger Newman) obtains flags for Anderson Elementary School, Juarez Elementary School & Wright Brothers Jr.-Sr. High School; W.E. Darton; Pythian Sunshine Girls; Westview School; Lakeside Public Library; Robert E. Lee School (Ronald Tamay, Student Council Secretary); Neyenesch Printers, cost for pamphlet “Our National Flag,” 4 copies & 2 order blanks; Mr. & Mrs. John H. Pattes on obtaining their citizenship; Local 2875 of the United Federation of Postal Clerks – El Cajon; USD High School & the Buckley families; Imperial Beach Central School & P.T.A.; Mrs. Thomas D. Marks & the Point Loma Assembly receive Library of Congress message on proper manner of displaying the flag; William Howard Taft Junior High School; Pythian Sunshine Girls, Bea Weir #7; Lakeside’s Wintergardens School; Alvarado Assembly, No. 200, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls; Rex T. Dahms, Principal Bostonia School & a large packet of letters written by students requesting the flag; Boy Scout Troop #12 of Union City, NJ.; Young Matrons Navy Wives Club #3 of the Navy Wives Clubs of America; Edwin L. Thacher (El Cajon Attorney); letters from students of the Kassel American Army School thanking Wilson for the new American flag & other communications related to this Americans Dependents School, Kassel, Germany; San Diego Christian Schools, Inc. & Vince J. Adamo.

Dates

  • created: 1962

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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