Citations Accompanying Avery Hedals at Emru I1 Dinner

Gridiron Club - November 2, 1944

American Association of Bedal Banufacturers

A deep sense of obligation has moved the American

Association of Hedal ganufacturers to present to

you its fir

single handed you have kept this important industry

on a firm basis for many years, years which have

wftnessed the downfall of other of our most treasured

institutions and customs. Your great qualities Qf

al avkrd, the Averg

mind and heart, your determination and strength in

bearing up under this burden of awards,  your un-
flinching courage in the face of the presentation

addresses gill be a bright beacon, a guiding lie%

to those who would follow in your steps.

"Honi soit qui mal J pense+"

The Beach Babies of Deer Isle present the

Life Saver's Medal for 1944 to Babe Avery.

This small token of their sun warned

affection carries with it fondest memories

of rollicking gmbols on the  sand.

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The Society of Scientific Iriters

The Society of Scientific riters As honored to

present to Oswald Theodore Avery its semi-annual

de Kruif award for signal service in the popular

dissemination of medical misinformation. Bo other

author of our day has written more easily,  more

effortlessly and with such wide appeal. of the day

by day discoveries  in his own md other laboratories.

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      "SXi%nri.f;rS% bi bur day BKs so foresworn the

ivory tower and from the rostrum, the platfom, on

the radio and in the lay press brought to every

village and hamlet in this faip country of OUFEI, to

every man and woman, the knowledge of what science

can do to relieve them of the dolefil burden of disease.

American Society of Hairdressers  and iJsauticians

To ffsarrald Theodore Avery, Pn gratitude for his

contributions

to tranafo rmat ions,

the

American

Society of` Hairdressers and Beauticians in plenary

congress has unanimously voted to confer upon you

to this Society, that although the significance of

your work has been appreciated abroad, all too little

attention has been paid to it at horns, The women of

America are forever in your debt. You have removed

the opprobrium from ule wig and. czleqted for transfomnak%ons

813 honored place in the lffe of the nation.

The Willing Officers Ladies Volunteer Escort Service

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has determined to award The Bolf of the Year Medal

to 0. Theodore Averg. That this highest honor should
be accorded to any other than the above named recipient

will be obviously unthinkable to all of the initiate.

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