
1953
Queen of the Lakes Joanne Melberg Fredsall – Robbinsdale
Commodore Neil R. Messick, Jr.
President William A. Benson*
Princess Pat Biethen – Rochester
Princess Dawn Joyce – Uptown Club of Minneapolis

1952 - Summertime Fantasy
Queen of the Lakes Betty Barnhart Clapp – Hopkins
Commodore Emmett L. Duemke*
President Russell C. Duncan*
Princess JoAnne Claesgens – St. Cloud
Princess Annella Marthaler – Sauk Centre

1951 - American the Beautiful
Queen of the Lakes Helen Stoffer Madden – Golden Valley Lilac Queen
Commodore Evald C. Bank*
President Theodore B. Knudson*

1950
Queen of the Lakes Jean Johnson Davis – The Dayton Company
Commodore Lee Potter, Jr.*
President David Silverman*

1949 - Minnesota Territorial Centennial
Queen of the Lakes Lee Jaenson Zopff – St. Cloud
Commodore Carl T. Bremicker*
President W. N. Dickson*

1948
Queen of the Lakes Patty McLane Parker – The Dayton Company
Commodore Bert Baston*
President George M. Jensen*

1947
Queen of the Lakes Ruth Tolman Hellend – St. Cloud
Commodore Donald R. McReavy*
President Joyce A. Swan*

1946 - Victory Aquatennial
Queen of the Lakes Marilyn Lindstrom Joliffe - Army
Commodore Gerald L. Moore*
President Frank J. Collins*

1945 - On to Victory
Queen of the Lakes Nancy Thom Engelbert* - Women’s Army Corps
Commodore Tom Hastings*
President Edward Schlampp, Sr. *

1944 - On to Victory
Queen of the Lakes Patty Carlson Manheim – Coast Guard
Commodore Tom Hastings*
President Neil R. Messick, Sr.*

1943 - On to Victory
Queen of the Lakes Barbara Matson Woodward - Navy
Commodore Neil R. Messick, Sr.*
President Herbert W. Ward*

1942 - On to Victory
Queen of the Lakes Vivian Hofstad Semple – Miss Sears Robuck Company
Commodore Tom Hastings*
President Neil R. Messick, Sr.*

