On February
5, 1951, the “All Valley Morning Express,” which at the time, was published as
part of the San Antonio Express, ran a story about a contest winner.
The $1,000
“Match the Twins contest,” was awarded to, Mrs. Margaret P. Tipton, wife of
M.J. Tipton of Brownsville. In the rush
of the leaving city during this period—her entry barely made the deadline.
Mrs. Tipton
explained that having children of her own, helped in the process. “I figured I
could match them up pretty well by their noses, mouths and other features. Her
method worked, but it wasn’t easy.
Every time
she had the countless photos spread out on the floor —her toy rat terrier would
walk on them and mix them up again. But,
maybe she didn’t take under consideration that the terrier knew something she
didn’t.
Mrs. Tipton
said that she had quit her job, “just to do some of these things, like entering
contest.” Winning this contest, was a
milestone, “the biggest I had ever won.”
She had
previously been crowned as the “Mattress Queen,” in a guessing contest at
Edelstein’s Furniture Store—winning prize, a mattress.
Demonstrating
her diversity, and not allowing her momentum to slow down, she immediately
entered in a cooking contest in another newspaper.
Her three
daughters shown in the photo, Mary Margaret, Joanna and Agnes, wasted no time
in suggesting how they would spend the winning cash.
Agnes had
her thoughts on a new sweater, Mary Margaret said she would buy a new record
attachment for her radio and Joanna, was speechless. As for
father Tipton, Mrs. Tipton added, “I guess he can pay the tax on the $1,000
prize money.
Mrs. Tipton was well known in the city for her
community and humanitarian service—winning life-long friends through
service.
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