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MISS SEAFAIR 1956
Pageant Night: August 7th at the Aqua Follies
Coronation Ball: Olympic Hotel
(Images from the Seattle Times)
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Miss Seafair Princesses
The 39 Princesses vying for Queen
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(Queen of the Seas, Dixie seated with King Neptune and the 2 ladies in waiting standing on the left.
Standing on the right is the prime minister of Seafair, Alan B. Ferguson)
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Queen of the Seas - Dixie Jo Thompson, 18, University District Commercial Club
King Neptune VII - William Culliton
Princess - Sylvia Jean Howick, 18, Ballard
Princess - Sharon Ann Hull, 20, Seattle Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Dixie Jo Thompson is the very first blonde woman in Seafair history to be crowned queen. |
Dixie being crowned by King Neptune.
4 previous queens at the coronation (from left) Iris Adams, 1952 queen; Beverly Kaye Smith, 1955 queen; newly crowned Dixie; Carol Christensen, 1954 and Barbara Curtis, the very 1st queen in 1950.
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Marilyn Joy Atwood
Miss Maritime
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Burien Chamber of Commerce
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Phyllis Joan Beiz
Seattle Elks Lodge No. 92
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Trudy Ann Cunningham
Independent Order of Foresters
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Margaret Helen Daly
Fire Fighters' Local No. 27
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Carol Lynn DeLapp
Kirkland Eagles
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Yolanda Di Paolo
Seattle Athletic Commission |
Carol Ann Drahold
Miss American Legion |
Elinore Eng
Miss Chinese Community
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Roberta Ann Espinosa
Nu Phi Mu Sorority
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Mary Gail Fischer
Greenwood Commercial Club
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Susanne Clare Guest
Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
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Carole Jean Hawkinson
Miss Southwest Seattle |
Beverly Head
Armed Services Y.M.C.A.
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Janice Marleen Hoenhous
Lake Hills
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Jeanette Burnadine Honory
East Madison and East Union Commercial Club |
Sylvia Jean Howick
Ballard Commercial Club |
Junior Chamber of Commerce
(Miss Seattle Jaycee)
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Diana Christine Jackson
Queen Anne Commercial Club
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Carolyn Ruth Jones
Capitol Hill Commercial Club
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Shirley Ruth Larson
Swedish-American Center, Inc.
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Ruth Marion Lorentzen
West Seattle Hi-Yu
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Sally Vicki Maimon
Seattle Hebrew School
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Karen Joan McGarrigle
Renton Chamber of Commerce
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Janet Lorraine Michelson
Wedgwood Community Club
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Suzanne Marie Millett
Wallingford Commercial Club |
Sallie Louise Niemi
Albert Balch Communities
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Rose Marie Nielsen
Rainier Business Men's Club
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Elizabeth Ann Park
Pacific Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. |
June Perry
Navy Recruiting Office |
Colleen Bessie Rockas
Daughters of Penelope |
Martha Skarperud
Green Lake Commercial Club |
Sue Carol Stacie
Kent Community Festival |
Dorothy May Starbird
Seattle Hairdressers |
Bonnie Lou Stoa
Northgate Chamber of Commerce
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Dixie Jo Thompson
University Commercial Club
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Sylvia Elizabeth Tuttle
North City Commercial Club
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Caroline Van Loock
Naval Air Station
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Gloria Adreanne Warner
Army Reserve
(Miss Seattle Army Reserve)
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