Text transcribed from caption: P-30433 LUTHERAN FLOAT WINS ROSE BOWL TROPHY PASADENA, Cal. -- The “Queens Trophy,” for the best use of flowers in the 1964 Tournament of Roses Parade at Pasadena, Cal., was awarded to the float of The Lutheran Hour, worldwide Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod radio program, sponsored by the Southern California District of the Lutheran Layman’s League. Lutheran Hour floats have won awards in the annual parade in 12 of the last 13 years but the latest trophy was the first time one of the major honors, no in the religious category, has gone to the entry. The cover on the Bible -- opened to a verse in keeping with the parade’s “Symbols of Freedom” theme -- is made of dark seeds; the pages are of carnation petals; the gold edging is yellow chrysanthemums; the grape clusters below are made of all kinds of roses, and the leaves of 6,000 orchids. More than 15,000 roses and 30,000 carnations and chrysanthemums were used. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (L-SL-1B-64-NBM)
