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Under the auspices of W.S. Rupe's Acme Chautauqua Bureau, the Temple Festival Singers of Ames appeared on 85 Chautauqua stages in the late summer and fall of 1923. Posed here in front of one of the program tents are, left to right, Clifford Bloom, Helen Ryburn, Lennadore Berg, Rosiland Cook, Mattie Sunderlin, and Howard Cation. They opened their tour wih an appearance in Ames. (Original photo, courtesy of J.C. Schilletter). (See also: 177.995.3-5)