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.I. 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.I , tourism and potatoes. The cost of the trip to the Winter Fair is underwritten by the P.E.I. 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. 116