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Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)
Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)

Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)

Date7/2/1975
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  • Wearing a woody who? button; Ricky Davis; who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital; plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate of the Shriners; Woodrow Wilson Bennett; 60; of Kansas City; Mo.; Woody to his friends. His election to the top post is highlight of Shrine convention.
  • Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate o(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wearing a woody who? button, Ricky Davis, who got his artificial arms in a Shriner Hospital, plays with the man who today becomes Imperial Potentate of the Shriners, Woodrow Wilson Bennett, 60, of Kansas City, Mo., Woody to his friends. His election to the top post is highlight of Shrine convention.
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      Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
      Honor guard of Shriners salutes, with outstretched arms, as potentate enter St
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