The Louisville Lions Club had to make a slight change in its plans last week. The topflight Brown Hotel, where the club normally holds its weekly luncheon sessions, said it would not serve one of the club's guests because she is a Negro.
Club officials promptly shifted the meeting to the Seelbach Hotel. There, with a happy smile on her face, 13-year-old Betty Foster accepted her prize for a winning entry in the club's essay contest on "Why I Love America."
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