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Barbara Ann Scott
 Miss Scott also received a gift from her hometown, a yellow convertible with a
licence that read 47 U 1. She was forced to return this present due to Olympic
Committee regulations prohibiting participants from accepting gifts or making
profits from their athletic talents.
The next year she won the Canadian, North
American, European, and World championships, in addition to a gold medal at the
1948 Olympics.
Upon her return she also found that her yellow convertible had
been put on display at a local car dealership by Mayor Stanley Lewis, waiting to
be reclaimed with a new licence plate that read 48 U 1.
The years 1947 to 1950
saw a high rise in baby girls named Barbara Ann, no doubt in tribute to the
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