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CHIEF JOSEPH DAYS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Royalty:
Continued from Page B3
for Bell Telephone and later
with the Women’s Army
Corps. She also worked
for the National Education
Association and worked as
a credit union manager. A
brief marriage resulted in no
children for Lamoreaux.
1971
The court of 50 years
ago — 1971 — was Queen
Mavis O’Rourke Maxwell
and Princesses Vickie Haw-
kins, Patsy Olds, who has
since died, and Madalynne
Rogers.
“I always wanted to do
it,” Maxwell said of par-
ticipating in the CJD court.
“I was always in 4-H and
wanted to try out for the
court.”
The 1972 Joseph High
School graduate has fond
memories of the time.
“Traveling with the girls
was a bond between the four
of us. Our ‘queen mother’
was Mary Hayes and she
always made sure we were
where we were supposed to
be,” Maxwell said. “Being
able to represent the CJD,
we were always welcomed
wherever we went.”
She worked at Costco
for 11 years and now has
two grown children, six
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. She lives
in Joseph at her late parents’
former home.
She said she expects the
whole family to be at this
year’s rodeo.
“The grandkids and kids
are all coming up, so we’ll
be there,” she said.
Maxwell said rodeo par-
ticipation has continued on
in her family. Her daughter,
Sherry Ledgerwood, was a
princess at the Elgin Stam-
pede and queen at the East-
ern Oregon Livestock Show.
Her son, Jason Maxwell, did
a bit of bareback riding in
regional rodeos.
The Chieftain was unable
to contact Hawkins or
Rogers.
Mykalah Brown/
Contributed Photo
Mavis O’Rourke Maxwell,
above, was queen of the
1971 Chief Joseph Days
Rodeo court — 50 years ago.
Amber Follett McDowell, at
left, queen of the 1996 Chief
Joseph Days Rodeo royalty,
is still active with horses.
Contributed Photo
Walter Klagas/Contributed Photo
The 1971 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo court included, from left,
Victoria Hawkins, Patsy Olds, Madalyn Rogers and Mavis
O’Rouke Maxwell.
Amber Locke-Archibald/Contributed Photo
Amber Locke-Archibald sits astride her horse on family property on Elk Mountain. As Amber
Locke, she was a princess in the 1996 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo court.
1996
The 1996 court — 25
years ago — was Queen
Amber Follett McDowell
and Princesses Dena Rynear-
son Miller and Amber Locke
Archibald.
“I was just horse-crazy
from the time I could
remember, so it was just log-
ical to try out for the court,”
McDowell said.
She said eight girls tried
out for the court and she and
her good friends Dena and
Amber won.
“We’d participated in 4-H
horse together and had been
riding together since we
See Royalty, Page B5
Chieftain File Photo
The 1996 Chief Joseph Days court included, from left, Queen
Amber Follett McDowell and Princesses Dena Rynearson
Miller and Amber Locke Archibald.
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