Erin Foley Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton
Matagorda County Slide 2 BEGAN AS BAY CITY RICE CARNIVAL *Pictures
of first Rice Carnival on Courthouse lawn-1901 Slide 3 Took over
festival in 1941; created pageant BAY CITY LIONS CLUB HOSTS RICE
FESTIVAL/PAGEANT Slide 4 First Queen- Aubin Cox, 1941 Connie Cole-
only Queen to retain title. (1960, 61) RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN HISTORY
*Jeanette Williams Queen 1949 Slide 5 Ten contestants ran for the
title FIRST RICE FESTIVAL PAGEANT HELD IN 1941 *Original Queen
Contestants 1941 Slide 6 1948 RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN CANDIDATES Slide
7 FIRST CROWN CREATED BY SAM RICHARDSON Worked 72 hours straight to
complete it Slide 8 QUEEN CANDIDATES RIDE ON FLOATS IN PARADE
*Queen and her court in Rice Festival Parade Slide 9 CREATED LITTLE
MISS/MISTER PAGEANT Slide 10 RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN AND FIRST PRINCESS
Slide 11 PAGEANT RECENTLY CELEBRATED 67 TH ANNIVERSARY *2012 Rice
Festival Queen and Princess *All of the Rice Queens over the years
Slide 12 RECENT PICTURES *2011 Rice Queen, Chazmin Franklin, and
her court *2012 Rice Queen, Danielle Thomas, and her court Slide 13
www.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com Matagorda County
Museum www.iluvwaves.comwww.iluvwaves.com CREDITS Slide 14
www.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com
www.bananaboatbytes.comwww.bananaboatbytes.com Matagorda County
Museum Bay City Tribune REFERENCES
