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Title: Orvis A. Sturdy with Ice Capades Cast
Description: Newly elected president of the South Central Business Association, Orvis A. Sturdy, being congratulated by the visiting cast of the Ice Capades. From left to right: Clara Wilkins, Rona Thaell, Orvis Sturdy, Belita Brown, and Betty Brown.
Date: 1941-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Orvis R. Strudy at Banquet Head Table
Description: Former South Central Business Association president Orvis R. Sturdy, presiding at a luncheon featuring Independence mayor Roger T. Sermon as speaker (seated to Sturdy's right). Sermon spoke on the subject of "Truman--The Man" on April 17, 1945.
Date: 1945-04-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Roger T. Sermon Speaking to Luncheon
Description: Independence mayor Roger T. Sermon speaking to a luncheon of the South Central Business Association on the subject of "Truman--The Man." Seated to his left is Orvis A. Sturdy.
Date: 1945-04-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sally Rand and Orvis Sturdy
Description: Dancer Sally Rand standing beside a seated Orvis A. Sturdy, president of the South Central Business Association. Rand spoke at a South Central Business Association luncheon on December 9, 1941.
Date: 1941-12-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sally Rand and Others at Banquet Table
Description: Dancer Sally Rand (center), seated at the head table of a South Central Business Association luncheon. Seated to her immediate left is association president Orvis A. Sturdy, and to his left sits the Rev. Marion Nelson Waldrip, pastor of the Troost Avenue Methodist Church.
Date: 1941-12-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sally Rand and Others at Banquet Table
Description: Sally Rand (far left) seated at the head table of a South Central Business Association luncheon. To her left sits association president Orvis A. Sturdy, the Rev. Marion Nelson Waldrip of Troost Avenue Methodist Church, and Dr. Burris Jenkins of the Community Church.
Date: 1941-12-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto Store Opening
Description: Orvis A. Sturdy, South Central Business Association president, shown holding the sisors and other unidentified South Central Business Association board members at the ribbon cutting ceremonies in conjunction with the opening of the Western Auto store located at the northeast corner of Linwood and Harrison.
Date: 1941-02-03
Object Type: Photograph