Page 18 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Harvesting 100 years of memories with past
Morrow County Royalty
W hat b e tte r w ay to
rem em ber the way it was,
than to talk to someone who
was there?
In the discussion on what
to do to make the 100th year
of the Morrow County Fair a
memorable one, it was decided
to invite all past royalty.
So, with the daunting task
of finding addresses, the search
was on with Rita Bergstrom.
Teresa Bedortha and Sylvia
Sandford finding and inviting
as m uch p ast ro y a lty as
possible.
The letter was drafted and
more than 180 letters were
mailed, but some letters were
returned labeled undeliverable.
A list of names that the team
couldn't locate was created,
hoping someone would know
how to get a hold of them. An
article in the Heppner Gazette
Times also ran that list.
More phone calls, letters
and emails came in from these
ladies, asking why we were
looking for them. After telling
them why. we have had a great
response.
So far we have 40 members
and counting of that elite team
of women “coming home” to
honor us at the 100th year of
the fair. You will get to meet
these ladies at the fairgrounds,
while they wander through the
exhibits. On Saturday they will
be riding on horseback or on
floats during the parade.
After the parade. Queen
Krysten has invited all of these
ladies to be honored guests
at her queen’s luncheon, to
be held at the Parish Hall
o f St. P a tric k ’s C atholic
Church. This will be a time of
memories, stories and history
of the Morrow County Fair.
At the Saturday night
perform ance o f the rodeo,
past royalty will be in the
grandstands. These ladies will
be introduced and recognized
for their efforts of promoting
Morrow County in their travels.
Two of these elite ladies, 2004
Princess Emily Bergstrom and
2012 Queen Maggie Collins,
are going to be in the arena
during the rodeos, packing the
American flag and singing the
National Anthem.
There will be a booth at the
fair with memorabilia of past
royalty. Come out and take a
look at the memories created
over the last 100 years.
Top: 1945 court- Joan Hisler
Sumner, Dorothy Bergstrom
S tefani, C ollen K. G reenup,
Darlene Biddle Hoskins, Jo Ann
Graves Pettyjohn Bottom: 1936
Queen Genivive Hanna (Corbin)
Front (L-R): 1957 Christine Swaggart-Norden, 1993 Elizabeth Doherty, 1985 Bridgett Greenup-Blair, 1953 Elise Bauernfeind-Hern, 1966 Erna
Lynn Winchester, 1977 Mary Ann Proctor-Munkers, 1968 Bemiece Matthews-Thorton, 1972 Susie French-Ward, 1970 Sherri O’Brien-Watson,
1947 Mertyn Kirk-Robinson, 1990 Judy Jepsen, 1975 Mickey Hoskins-Madison. Middle (L-R): 1987 Cindy Davis-Brosnan, 1949 Shirley Wilkinson-
Kugg, 1967 Verina French-Shiller, 1992 Jenni Ashbeck. 1989 Nancy Bailey-Gorham, 1958 Pat Steagall-Dougherty, 1963 Sandra Eubanks-Dooney,
1961 Joan Moe-Hudson, 1986 Dawn Timms-Wagner, 1940 Marjorie Parker-Day, 1981 Nancy Miller-Weinke, 1974 Sherry Kemp, 1971 Michelle
Miller-Burns. Back (L-R): 1960 Susan Partlow-Stanhope, 1991 Jodee Ashbeck, 1983 Lottie Laughlin Holcomb, 1980 Lori Edwards-McCabe,
1982 Anita Palmer.Pranger, 1954 Grace Miller-Carpenter, 1962 Marlene Fetsch-Currin, 1964 Shannon Mahoney-Smith, 1984 Sylvia Ladd, 1969
Sheila Luciani-Cozad, 1956 Pat Wright-Anderson, 1946 Darlene Biddle-Hoskins, 1979 Deborah Palmer-Parks. Horseback (L-R): 1973 Jeanne
Daly, 1976 Patricia Van Schoakk-Maben. Wagon (L-R): 1924 Alke Rietmann.-Peterson, 1933 Dorothy Doherty, 1923 Eva Padberg-Griffith.
Surrey osmer - Jim Mathews. -Photos by Judy Barber A Sandy Matthews, August 1993