Students at
Jefferson School, Pekin, are shown as the set out marigold plants in
preparation for the first Marigold Festival, which begins Aug 24.
Shown with their plot of moon shot marigolds, are first grade pupils in
Miss Nancy Stahls class. From Left are: Desiree Burrell,
David Harms, Brad Williams, Sonja Black, Shari Hyatt and Debbie
Cunningham. Each class in the grade school participated in
planting the marigolds.
SOURCE: Pekin
Times, Thursday, May 17, 1973, page Twenty. Submitted by Desiree
Burrell Rodcay