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Drum major, c. 1968

Martin County High School drum major stands on a stage with his baton.

Tags Band uniforms, Drum majors

Drum majorette, c. 1968

Martin County High School drum majorette stands on a stage with her baton.

Tags Band uniforms, Drum majorettes

Drum player, c. 1968

A young man plays a drum set, perhaps as part of a variety show audition held at J. D. Parker Elementary School.

Tags African Americans, Drums (Musical instruments), Musical instruments, Talent shows

Eastern Star matron and patron, 1967

Meinzie Swigart and Ira Swigart pose together at the Unity Chapter No. 37, Order of Eastern Star Masonic Lodge. Meinzie served as the worthy matron for the organization and Ira Swigart was its worthy patron.

Tags Freemasons

Eastern Star officer installation portrait, 1967

Photo published in The Stuart News (Sun, Mar 12, 1967) with caption reading "Unity Chapter No. 37, Order of Eastern Star, officers who were installed Friday evening, March 3, at the Masonic Temple on Osceola St., are, left to right: front row, Clarence Hosley, association patron; Ethel Dempster, association matron; Lucy Anderson, grand installing chaplain; Sonoma Woodruff, grand instructor officer; Meinzie Swigart, worthy matron; Ann Swigart; Ira Swigart, worthy patron; Lois Rue, organist; Olive Cizek, treasurer; Velma Higbeem grand instructor marshal; Orien W. Lewis, assistant grand instructor officer; second row, Chalice Moss, warder; Dorothy Johnson, association conductress; Mary Rice, Electa; Cecia Mae Greene, Martha; Helen Schulz, Esther; Grace Wolfe, conductree; Hazel Kotze, secretary; third row, Jean Pries, Adah; Thelma Williams, marshal; Marie Kincaid, chaplain; Charles Rue, sentinel; Ruth Weston, Ruth. Photo by Morton Foster."

Tags Freemasons