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Letter from children in Fort Lauderdale to network over cancellation of "Miss Nancy's Store"

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2016-1

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Letter from group of siblings from Fourt Lauderdale, Mary Nell, Amy, Joe, Mike, Pat, Houle to producers on the cancellation of "Miss Nancy's Store." "We would feel sad if we couldn't watch it anymore."

Date

1967

Creator

"Mary Nell, Amy, Joe, Mike, Pat, Houle"

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Benda, Nancy Tribble, 1930-2015

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Letters (correspondence)

General Note

As a teenager Nancy was one of the first mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs, a job which earned her a trip to Hollywood to double for Ann Blythe in swimming parts for the 1948 movie "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". In 1966 Nancy starred in "Miss Nancy's Store" produced by WFSU. The show, one of the earliest children's television shows, later ended in August of 1967 due to lack of funds and Nancy went to work for the Florida Department of Education until she retired.

670 S. W. 30 Ave.
Fort Laulder-
dale Florida

Dear Sir,

Will you please keep Miss Nancy's Store on television. My sister and three Brothers and I enjoy the program and Miss Nancy very much. We would feel sad if we couldn't watch it any more.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely
Mary Nell
Amy
Joe
Mike
Pat
Houle

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Letter from children in Fort Lauderdale to network over cancellation of "Miss Nancy's Store"

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Educational broadcasting

Children's television programs

Educational television programs

Public broadcasting

Television broadcasting--Employees

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"Mary Nell, Amy, Joe, Mike, Pat, Houle"

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State Archives of Florida, Collection N2016-1

Date

1967

Contributor

Benda, Nancy Tribble, 1930-2015

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letters (correspondence)

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eng-US

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Text

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n2016-1_b005_f12_05

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)

Broward County (Fla.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

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WFSU (Television station : Tallahassee, Fla.)

Florida State University

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Benda, Nancy Tribble, 1930-2015

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670 S. W. 30 Ave.
Fort Laulder-
dale Florida

Dear Sir,

Will you please keep Miss Nancy's Store on television. My sister and three Brothers and I enjoy the program and Miss Nancy very much. We would feel sad if we couldn't watch it any more.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely
Mary Nell
Amy
Joe
Mike
Pat
Houle

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"Mary Nell, Amy, Joe, Mike, Pat, Houle". Letter from children in Fort Lauderdale to network over cancellation of "Miss Nancy's Store". 1967. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/326660>, accessed 4 December 2024.

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"Mary Nell, Amy, Joe, Mike, Pat, Houle". Letter from children in Fort Lauderdale to network over cancellation of "Miss Nancy's Store". 1967. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/326660>

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