Continued from Beauty Contest I
BEAUTY CONTEST II
Photograph's by Bog Grambling, submitted by Greg Grambling
MM1957-3 Miss Minden, Earlene Mendenhall gives the 1957
Miss Minden trophy to Marcelee Robinson. First runner up
was Jeanette Woodard, second runner up was Wanda Miller.
MM1957-2 - Beauty Review
MM1957-1 B/R - L to R: Linda White, Judy Rabb, Rose Rabb, Camille Ivy, Joyce Humphries, Kay Cunningham
Darling1-1957 - Linda Cox being crowned by Principal W. W. Williams
TT30-The Tide Talk named Douglas Skinner
Mr. Crimson Tide in 1956
MENDENHALL SISTERS CROWNED
ON THE SAME NIGHT FOR 1956
AND MISS MHS JR. HIGH SCHOOL
Beauty Review 56 - Miss Minden High School - Earlene Mendenhall
Miss Minden Junior High School - Barbara Mendenhall
Runners up. L-R, 2nd runner up, Jeannine Mobley, 1st runner up, Jeanette Woodward
and first runner up was Mary Jo Skinner
IN 1956 MISS MINDEN HAD
3 WINNERS
Stage1- Trudy Brooks, Miss Minden 1955 crowns Mary Jo Skinner Miss Minden
STAGE 2 - THREE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ALL
SERVED AS MISS MINDEN IN 1956
Mary Jo served two days and gave up the crown to become a Mrs. two days later.
First runner up Annetta Baker became Miss Minden and gave up the title in May 1956.
Earlene Mendenhall became a triple title holder when she became Miss Minden. She was the
one who crowned Marcelee Robinson Miss Minden 1957. You can view the picture's under
Gems of Minden on this website.
The six finalist in the contest were Mary Jo Skinner, Annetta Baker, Earlene Mendenhall,
Kathy Walden, Betty Claire Rhea and Annette Van Peene.
Solo numbers and skits were presented by local individual and groups making up the talent
portions for the March of Dimes Follies for 1956 sponsored by the Young Women Service Club.
Mary Jo Skinner receivedd the Thyra Damonte Award for outstanding swimmer for the
Southern Award Association
Stage 3 - Millie Aarons, Class of 1956
Stage 4, Annetta Baker, first runner up, Class of 1955
Stage 5 - Jackie Batton, Class of 1956
Stage 6. Shirley Boyer , Class of 1956
Stage 7 - Yvonne Brown, Class of 1955
Stage 8. Carol Burcham, Class of 1956
Stage 9- Marlene Fields, Class of 1956
Stage 10- Marilyn Haley, Class of 1956
Stage 11. - Jackie Jarvis, Class of 1956
Stage 12. Mary Sue Kelly, Class of 1956
Stage 13. Bobbie Jean Langheld, Class of 1956
Stage14 . Betty Sue Lewis, Class of 1956
Stage 15. Ann Machen, Class of 1954
Stage16. Second runner up was Earlene Mendenhall
Stage 17. Jeannine Mobley, Class of 1956
Stage 18. Mary Nelson, Class of 1956
Stage 19. Sandra Pullig, Class of 1955
Stage 20. Betty Claire Rhea, Class of 1956
Stage 21. Karis Robinson, Class of 1956
Stage 22 Barbara Russell, Class of 1956
Stage 23. Mary Jo Skinner, Class of 1956, the winner
Stage 24. Judy Smith, Class of 1956
Stage 25 - Annette Van Peene, Class of 1957
Stage 26 -Kathy Walden, Class of 1956
Stage 28 - Jeanette Woodard, Class of 1957
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1956 MHS BEAUTY REVIEW
Of all the pictures that have been uploaded to the web...these were the hardest. They were very old, dark and had never been touched up or cropped. We are just thankful that we can view them. It is difficult to work with old negatives and/or pictures that have never been cropped and worked with when they are scanned. The pictures were put on the largest setting possible without making them look distorted. The top picture is a picture that was touched up by Mr. Grambling back in the fifties. The others are proofs/negatives. In my opinion...we are very lucky just to have them even if they are not as good as the finished product.
Stage 29 -Mayor Jasper Goodwill crowns Earlene Mendenhall
Miss MHS 1955/56.
TMM56 -1-Audrey Aarons , Class of 1959
TMM56-2 Millie Aarons, Class of 1956
MM56-3 Sandra Barnette, Class of 1957
TMM56.4 Mary Celeste Brown, Class of 1959
TMM56.5 Carol Burcham, Class of 1956
TMM56.6Kay Cunningham , Class of 1958
TMM56.7 Margaret Ann Jones, Class of 1957
TMM56.10 - Earlene Mendenhall, Class of 1956, Miss MHS
TMM56.11 - Jeannine Mobley, Class of 1956, 3rd runner up
TMM56.21 - Jeanette Woodard, 2nd runner up, 1957
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MINDEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST 1956
JHS1956 - Miss Minden Jr. High School
Mayor Goodwill crowns Barbara Mendenhall
Miss Minden Jr. High School 1956
JHS1 - Barbara Mendenhall 1956, Class of 1961
JHS2 - 1st runner up Marsha Hoefield, 1961
WANTED PHOTO SECOND RUNNER UP - ANNE FRAZIER
E-mail to MindenMemories@AOL.COM or mail to
Sherry Gritzbaugh, 4507 Verone St., Bellaire, TX77401
JHS3 - RESERVED FOR A PHOTO OF ANN FRAZIER
JHS4 - Sandra Boyter, Class of 1960
JHS 5 - Sandra Crockett, Class of 1960
JHS5 Glenda Fields, Class of 1960
JHS6 Patsy Kleineger, Class of 1960
JHS - Mary Graham Monzingo, Class of 1961
JHS Patsy, Sullivan Class of 1961
We hope you enjoyed Beauty Contests - You can also view Gems of Minden and Beauty Contest I to see more Minden History Miss Minden and Miss Minden High School. If you have any photograph's or history to submit mail to Sherry Gritzbaugh 4507 Verone Street, Bellaire, TX77401.Your pictures and data will be promptly returned to you. Be sure to include your return address. You can also scan them to MindenMemories@AOL.COM. Be sure to e-mail us first so we will be expecting them.
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