Posted by: Joe @ 2:16 pm
OK… a picture… finally! Here’s a Chili Queen group image with a BCH Mardis Gras “Queen” and a couple of Grillmen thrown in for good measure. Have some fun by identifying each one by number. Match some of them up with the names below. Right click on the image, save it to a file, and enlarge it in your viewer for better detail.
Chili Queen Trivia:
- Was the first Chili Queen crowned in 1953? (My understanding from an unknown source is that it started in 1949.)
- Were the first few queens Beloit college students? (Possibly, but probably not.) If so, until when?
- Were subsequent Chili Queens all high school senior girls? (Yes, elected in November/December of senior year.)
- Mimi, the 1955 queen, had her picture published on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal. Anyone know the exact date of that newspaper issue, probably January 1956? (I’ll be checking on some microfilm for this.)
- Here’s a list of Chili Queen names I’ve been able to put together. What are the missing names and are there any corrections? (Can anyone confirm the first one on this list?)
1953 Beverly Ann Tuttle - “Toots” (’54 BMHS)
1954 Virginia Lois Jacobson - ”Ginny” (’55 BMHS)
1955 Mary Alice Winger - “Mimi” (’56 BMHS)
1956 Chrystal Rowene Pearson (’57 BMHS)
1957 Carol Jean Maryott (’58 BMHS)
1958 Karen Durben (’59 BCH)
1959 Christine Laage (’61 BMHS)
1960 Mary Lynn Poole (’61 BMHS)
1961 Sally Bua (’61 BMHS)
1962 Barb Conry (’63 BCH)
1963 Maureen
1964 Patti Choudoir (’65 BCH)
1965 Jenny Pargmann (’66 BMHS)
1966
1967 Linda Dale (’68 BMHS)
- Were there any more after this? (See comment from Bonnie Cheadle below. Also, hamburger-eating competitions started around this time, 1966-67.)