1968 - Patricia (MacDonald) Sharpe

1969 - Heather (MacKenzie) Allen

1970 - Shirley (McCormick) Collicutt

1971 - Geraldine (Cooke) Harris

1972 - Mary (Gard) Peppin

1973 - Faye (Adams) Collings

1974 - Corinda (Smallman) Stewart

1975 - Patricia (Boates) Jones

1976 - Anne (Cornish) Hogg

1977 - Leah (Boulter) Gravil

1978 - Beth (MacMillan) —

1979 - Sandra (Boulter) Smith

1980 - Elaine (Smallman) Lecky

1981 - Nora (Hayes) -

1982 - Paula (Smallman) MacNeill

1983 - Dawn Pineau

1984 - Barbie (MacKay) Barbour

1985 - Elizabeth Yeo

1986 - Connie MacLean

1987 - Laurie (Rodgerson) Wallace

1988 - Karen (Johnson) MacCarville

1989 - Diane Gard

1990 - Kelly Dawn Williams

1991 - Stephanie Smallman

1992 - Rhonda Doiron

The queen represents the P.E.l. Potato Blossom Festival at public events. They also represent the festival in the Miss P.E.I. Pageant and attend the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto to promote P.E.l. tourism and potatoes. The cost of the trip to the Winter Fair is underwritten by the PE]. Potato Marketing Board.

In 1984, special recognition plaques were presented to Dr. George Dewar and Alton Rayner — these were the driving forces behind the first festival.

For a number of years a Lady Gem pageant was held. Scrapbooks kept at the time reveal some of the winners as follows: Jean Meggison (1982), Mae Costain (1983), and Mary Ellen Maclsaac and Florence MacDougall, now MacNevin (1985).

Other activities added later include car rallies, potato poem con- test, pancake breakfast with pancake flipping contest, and flower and vegetable garden contests.

The proceeds from the various events go to community organiza- tions such as the hospital, library, rink, and museum.

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