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Phrateres Sweetheart

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Phrateres Sweetheart

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title : Phrateres Sweetheart

physical description: p17

date : 19610518

note: Photo credit: Chow WONG

description: A pretty girl is like a melody, and Penny Wong makes a pretty melody as she waltzed to triumph at the annual spring formal to capture the University of British Columbia's Phrateres Sweetheart'' crown. The 21-year-old cutie, a third year education student who will start her teaching career at a Vancouver district school this fall, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Kim Sing. Adept at extra-curricular activities, Penny is also a member of the Totem (UBC yearbook), Chinese Varsity Club and the Chinese 10-pin Bowling League. The versatile 5' 1 lass sews most of her own clothes, enjoys swimming, tennis and ice-skating. Phrateres, the largest women's club on the campus, has seen its annually sponsored Sweetheart title won twice before by Chinese Canadians -- Harriet Tuey in 1958 and Donna Yee, 195

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