HI all - I recently learned that my Mom (almost 88) was a competitor in the typing/transcription contests (events?) at the Worlds' Fair in Chicago - Mom was only 15 when she graduated high school in 1935 - - She immediately to work for an attorney in Charleston IL -- but he (and everybody else) urged her to enter the typing/transcription competion. Mom said that while she was in Chicago, she stayed with her aunt & cousin (who lived in Chicago); her cousin was 26... and this "event" was the first time my Mom ever knowingly lied.. Her cousin Virginia, while escorting 15/16-year old Mary Agnes Sullivan around Chicago - - turned to my Mom and said "I'm 26 years old... I'd bet you think that's REALLY old, don't you?" My Mom - then a teenager -- emphatically shook her head & lied "NO, OH NO, That's not old at ALL!" What I would love to do - if anybody can help me with advice or resources/referrals - is to find a photo of the typing and/or transcription contest during that World's Fair in Chicago, in which my Mom was a teenage contestant. Even if the young Mary Agnes Sullivan is NOT in the photo - it would still help me bring back another proud moment in her life, of which she spoke so little in the past. Any suggestions - Please?? and Thank you!! molly Molly Kennedy P O Box 5785 Springfield, IL 62705 www.mollx.com Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living. _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507

Hi Molly - I found an announcement for the preliminary tryouts in the tribune June, 1934 They took place at the Cord Hall, Travel & Transportation building at the fair. I'll send the clipping. Lisa llepore@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Molly Kennedy" <mollx@hotmail.com> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:36 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Request - World's Fair in Chicago, mid-late 1930's > HI all - > > I recently learned that my Mom (almost 88) was a competitor in the > typing/transcription contests (events?) at the Worlds' Fair in Chicago - > > Mom was only 15 when she graduated high school in 1935 - - > > She immediately to work for an attorney in Charleston IL -- but he (and > everybody else) urged her to enter the typing/transcription competion. > > Mom said that while she was in Chicago, she stayed with her aunt & cousin > (who lived in Chicago); her cousin was 26... and this "event" was the > first > time my Mom ever knowingly lied.. > > Her cousin Virginia, while escorting 15/16-year old Mary Agnes Sullivan > around Chicago - - turned to my Mom and said "I'm 26 years old... I'd bet > you think that's REALLY old, don't you?" > > My Mom - then a teenager -- emphatically shook her head & lied "NO, OH NO, > That's not old at ALL!" > > What I would love to do - if anybody can help me with advice or > resources/referrals - is to find a photo of the typing and/or > transcription > contest during that World's Fair in Chicago, in which my Mom was a teenage > contestant. > > Even if the young Mary Agnes Sullivan is NOT in the photo - it would still > help me bring back another proud moment in her life, of which she spoke so > little in the past. > > Any suggestions - Please?? > > and Thank you!! > > molly > Molly Kennedy > P O Box 5785 > Springfield, IL 62705 > www.mollx.com > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living.