May Day Celebrations During the 1960’s

1960 May Day Celebration with May Day Queen Jo Ella Masterson and Maid of Honor, Linda Lorenz.

1961 May Day Celebration

·         May Queen Laurale  Brandenburg (Laurale Brandenburg Kreps) and Maid of Honor, Rosemary Blickenstaff. 

·         The theme, “Oklahoma!” 

1962 May Day Celebration

May Queen Jacqueline Graber (Jacqueline Graber Gingrich) and her Court.

·         Photograph of Jackie at the Queen’s Tea in Winger Building.  Jackie is pouring the punch.

o   Handwritten note on the verso indicates the note was written by Etha (Neher?)  She writes, “Dolls – were ones I dressed for the girls again – in pieces left from their dresses – made over their pattern.”

1963 May Day Celebration – in front of Petersime Chapel

·         Photographs of Queen Sue Hershberger - Maid of Honor, Becky Uhrig - and their Court.

1964 May Day Celebration –

·         The Queen of the May, Linda Abbott - Maid of Honor, Ann Keim – and their Court.

1965 May Day Celebration

·         The Queen of the May, Joy Hoover with Maid of Honor, Shirley Studebaker.

·         The Court – Lana Hale, June Zuck, Sharon Clem, Carolyn Lantis, Linda Abbott (May Queen 1964).

·         Festivities outside of Holl Kintner Hall of Science.

·         This collection from 1965 includes MC2006/31.

1966 May Day Collection

·         May Day Queen, Carolyn Dinsmore.

·         Christa Wogoman, Senior Attendant.

·         Maypole dance.

1968 May Day Celebration with Queen Jane Henney.

·         Baldwin House won the trophy in the float contest. “Politics ‘1968.’”

1969 May Day Celebration with shots of events on the football field.

See Also MU2013/32 A - Unidentified pictures for other images from this period of time.