From our Files

by Staff Pioneer Times
17 years ago

Image Contributed photo/Karen Eleiott Donato
COMPETING FOR THE COVETED Miss Potato Blossom title in 1949 were, from left, front row: Rella Caron, Miss Madawaska: Mae Michaud, Miss Eagle Lake; Marion Brown, Miss Presque Isle; Florence Castonguay, Miss Van Buren; Kathryn Morris, Miss Limestone; Jacquelyn Hunt, Miss Fort Fairfield; and Madeline Glidden, Miss Patten. Back row: Sonya Barker, Miss Bridgewater; Caroline Fuller, Miss Easton; Juanita Crandall, Miss Oakfield; Mickey Connett, Miss Caribou; Mona Jalbert, Miss Fort Kent; Lorretta Thompson, Miss Washburn; Geraldine Cogswell, Miss Houlton; and Phyllis McBride, Miss Littleton. Judges, brought in from the Ritz Cosmetic Company of New York City, chose Miss Caribou as the 1949 Miss Potato Blossom Queen.