1951 Ohio Princess Virginia Bender
Virginia Bender, daughter of Congressman and later Senator George Bender of Ohio, was escorted to the 1951 Cherry Blossom Ball by Marine Corps 2nd Lt. D. Joe Bartlett. The couple married and were active members of the Ohio State Society of Washington, DC for many years. Between 1941 and 1979, Joe worked as a page, a page supervisor, a reading clerk, and clerk to the minority in the U.S. House of Representatives and advanced in rank to Brig. General in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Two of the Barlett daughters would later become the Ohio Princesses for 1973 and 1977.
