Bio: Holt, Sherry Kay
(Shrine Queen - 1975)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Holt, Mabie, Parry
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/21/1975
Holt, Sherry Kay Reigns (Shriners Game Queen - 1975)
Thousands applauded Saturday night at Milwaukee County stadium not only for
the Packers and the Bears, but also for Sherry Kay Holt who was introduced
during halftime ceremonies a queen of Tripoli Temple’s 26th annual Midwest
Shrine football classic. She is the 20th young lady all alumni of the
Shriners hospitals for crippled children, to wear the Shrine game crown.
Sherry, 15, a past Chippewa District Shrine Queen, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James F. Holt, now of Black River Falls and formerly of
Neillsville. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Mabie of
Neillsville and Mrs. Earl Holt of Rt. 1 Greenwood. The James Holt family
also includes Shelly, 12 and Amy, 8.
When she was approximately a year old, Sherry spent 13 months at the Twin
Cities unit of the Shriners hospitals for crippled children while undergoing
treatment for a congenital dislocation of her left hip. Her original sponsor
to the hospital was the late David Parry, Neillsville Pharmacist.
Along with the honor of being a Shrine game queen, Sherry also received a
$1,000 Tripoli temple scholarship with which to further, her education after
high school. She will be a sophomore at Black River Falls Senior High School
this fall.
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