My Mom: Miss Missaukee at Mackinac
Timeline 1 of 3: How it all started
Below is the article in the local newspaper (Lake City Waterfront)
that caught the eye of 16-year-old Faye Tacoma in May of 1958:
(Did you notice that strange telephone number towards the
end? For more examples of how phone numbers and mailing codes were
different back then, check out this
page.)
Anyway, that's how it all got started. Here's what Faye said about
that in her scrapbook:
She's referring to McBain High School; Falmouth didn't have its
own high school. Here's how she described the contest:
Much of the text in Faye's scrapbook was excerpted from a speech
she gave to the hometown crowd after the ceremonies, so a lot of her
impressions and feelings were edited out. But she has told me that at
least two of the 15 girls were from Lake City, which is the county
seat and the "big town" in the area. These young ladies had an air of
superiority about them, and were very confident that the other girls
from surrounding small towns (like Falmouth) didn't stand a chance
against them. But it turned out they were wrong: they didn't even
make the finals! And that made Faye's victory all the more
sweet...
The local paper announced the winner thus:
And below is the announcement that appeared in the "big-city"
newspaper (the Cadillac News, from the neighboring county):
Next is a followup news article that appeared in the local paper
as the festival was drawing nearer:
Click here to see what happened
next...
Page created 06 May 2002; last updated 14 May
2002.
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