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- ↑ 'Beauty' Has To Change 5 Costumes The Ottawa Citizen, 1 November 1958, page 24
- ↑ Here and There around the Canadian Air The Ottawa Citizen, 20 December 1952, page 26
- ↑ Minervas Diary: A History of Jarvis Collegiate Institute page 162
- ↑ TV Weekly The Ottawa Citizen, 28 November 1964, page 116
- ↑ Note The Province, July 20, 1963, page 66
- ↑ For Karen: Salad Days The Vancouver Sun, 13 September 1963, page 61