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Rainier Daze July 21, 22 and 23, 1972

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1972 Rainier Daze button.

1972 Rainier Daze Grand Marshal Neil Slaymaker

Neil Slaymaker, son of Mory and Marie Slaymaker, was selected by members of the Rainier Volunteer Fire Department, who were sponsoring the 1972 Rainier Daze parade, to be the Grand Marshal. They had known him since he was a little boy and because they wanted him to know that the townspeople of Rainier had not forgotten him after being severally injured in an auto accident. Neil was salutatorian in his 1964 graduating class from Rainier High School and a four-sport athlete who one year wrestled an entire season without losing a match. His was a familiar face around Rainier, especially on the baseball field and the tennis courts, in the high school band too. Neil's parents owned Mory Feed and Supply in Rainier.

1972 Rainier Daze Senior Court Princesses Penny Ertzberger, Sue Ann Hardesty, Connie Marie Patching and Penny Strohm

1972 Rainier Daze Junior Court Queen Michelle Davis, Tammy Jo McCollam, Denise Patching, Lori Owens and Kristi Stroud.

1972 Rainier Daze Senior Queen Connie Patching and Junior Queen Tammy Jo McCollam

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	1972 Rainier Daze schedule of events.
	At beach barbecue. The 1972 Rainier Daze Senior Court Princesses (left to right) Connie Patching, Penny Ertzberger, Penny Strohm and Sue Ann Hardesty and Junior Court Princesses Denise Patching, Michelle Davis, Lori Owens. Tammy Jo McCollam and Kristi Stroud attended a barbecue dinner on the beach.
	1972 Rainier Daze junior parade marshals with Merle Chase.

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