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1977 Renaissance Cotillion Ball Program Booklet

I'm going to file this post under Inkster because that's where I found this 1977 booklet for the Twenty-Seventh Debutante Ball of The Cotillion Club of Detroit which took place at Cobo Hall on June 11th of that year. The 27 young women of color who showed promise towards "making noteworthy contributions to humanity." are presented in this program along with a short bio. I'm not sure whose home I found it in but it was from a basement in Inkster which looked like it had suffered some flooding. I also found the photo below of a Frankie or Francis Sims and Carol Sims: Since there's a Leslie Sims in the booklet I think it's somewhat safe to assume that they are all related in some way to the homeowner, whoever they may have been. Although the scan isn't one of my better ones it will suffice for the purpose. Ditto with the entire booklet above that I scanned and uploaded before becoming proficient in the practice. Regardless, Leslie M. Sims is (or was) the ...