World's Largest Penny
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:51 pmI can't seem to get the pictures to display so here are the links to them.
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The World's Largest Penny cjpgommemorates a 1953 fundraising stunt. Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (known locally as "The Angel On Snowshoes") implored local school children to save their pennies so that Woodruff could build a hospital. TV picked up on the story and pennies were soon pouring in from all over the country -- 1.7 million in all.
Woodruff got its hospital, and the schoolchildren of 1953 are just about ready to enter the new assisted living facility behind the penny.
The Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb Museum, which is a block away from the Penny, features memorabilia from the town's annual "Million Penny Parades" and a video of Dr. Kate on This is Your Life.
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Agnes Wiedemeier provided this photo shot by her mother, Jennie Trinka, in 1953 of Agnes (far left) with three friends
World's Largest Penny
Address:923 Second Avenue, Woodruff, WI
Directions:At the corner of 3rd Ave. and Hemlock St. One block west of US 51 and two blocks south of Hwy 47.
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The World's Largest Penny cjpgommemorates a 1953 fundraising stunt. Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (known locally as "The Angel On Snowshoes") implored local school children to save their pennies so that Woodruff could build a hospital. TV picked up on the story and pennies were soon pouring in from all over the country -- 1.7 million in all.
Woodruff got its hospital, and the schoolchildren of 1953 are just about ready to enter the new assisted living facility behind the penny.
The Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb Museum, which is a block away from the Penny, features memorabilia from the town's annual "Million Penny Parades" and a video of Dr. Kate on This is Your Life.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/ ... emeier.jpg
Agnes Wiedemeier provided this photo shot by her mother, Jennie Trinka, in 1953 of Agnes (far left) with three friends
World's Largest Penny
Address:923 Second Avenue, Woodruff, WI
Directions:At the corner of 3rd Ave. and Hemlock St. One block west of US 51 and two blocks south of Hwy 47.
