Certificate of Honor to Shirley Temple from the Servicemen's Morale Corps

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11" (28 cm.) x 9". The parchment paper Certificate of Honor is issued to Shirley Temple from the Masquers Servicemen's Morale Corps for "Meritorious Service toward the functions of this Corps in entertaining the Servicemen of the United Nations", dated August 1943, and with gold seal and silk ribbons. An article in the Deseret News of October 11, 1943 described the program. Actors, directors and stars served as waiters for a delicious dinner prepared for soldiers who were bussed to the Hollywood headquarters, and then treated to a 10-act show. Among the celebrities listed as sponsoring the program were Shirley Temple, Cary Grant, Edgar Bergen, Claudette Colbert and scores of others.