Great Lakes Chapter Show
The annual show was held in Pittsburgh, Pa., on the magnificent "Golden Triangle." The show itself was a two day affair and was held in an open mall area in conjunction with the Three Rivers Art Festival. For protection the entries were housed in a large open-sided tent erected on the site.
Show awards and ribbons were presented at the June 1 meeting, as follows:
| First President's Sterling Award for Best in Show to Roy Forster for a seedling of R. smirnowii X 'Lady Bessborough'. |
| The Great Lakes Chapter Award for Best Catawbiense Hybrid in Commerce to Paul Schmidt for 'Everestianum'. |
| The Great Lakes Chapter Award for the Best New Hybrid Seedling never before Shown to Roy Forster for a seedling of 'America' X 'Dr. Ross' ( R. griersonianum X 'Borde Hill'). |
| The Helen Wescot Barbre Award for the Best Pink Flowered Rhododendron to Roy Forster for a seedling of 'America' X R. yakushimanum . |
| The Erie Award for the Best Persistent Leaved Azalea to E. L. Schmidt for 'Unknown'. |
| The Peter P. Loesch, Sr. Award for the Best Rhododendron Species to Frederick J. Close for 'Catalgla'. |
| The Allegheny Award for the Best Deciduous Azalea to Frederick J. Close for 'Pride Hybrid'. |
| The Ohio Award for the Best Red Truss of a Rhododendron in Commerce to Frederick J. Close for Mars'. |
| The C. O. Dexter Award for the Best Pink Truss of a Rhododendron in Commerce to Albert Hartmen for 'Pinnacle'. |
| The Pennsylvania Award for the Best White Truss of a Rhododendron in Commerce to Orlando Pride for 'Catawbiense Album'. |
| The Secrest Award for the Best American Produced Hybrid Rhododendron Truss to David Leach for ‘Pink Flourish'. |
| Other award winners were: | ||
| William Fetterhoff | Peter Girard | L. G. Firth |
| Mill Creek Park | William Fueger | H. R. Yates |
| Joseph Nock | A. M. Shammarello | Ernest L. Schmidt |
| Geo. C. Schumm | E. M. Strombeek | R. O. Pawling |
| Alma Weber | ||