Janice Hoffman Chosen Seventeenth Rowing Queen on Seventeenth Birthday
June 1955
Coincidence played a major role in making what would have been a memorable day under any circumstances, doubly so for Janice Hoffman. A willowy, honey blonde beauty, she was chosen last Friday, June 23, 1955, on her seventeenth birthday as Ecorse’s seventeenth Rowing Queen.
One look at her radiant smile and sparkling eyes and a latecomer to the judging in Ecorse High School auditorium would have spotted Janice as the winning contestant. She has lived all of her 17 years in Ecorse and in September will be a senior at Ecorse High.
The 1955 Rowing Queen is a winner scholastically also. In her junior year she was inducted into the National Honor Society. Proof that she is not lacking in the personality category is the fact that she’s a cheerleader at Ecorse High. Janice is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hoffman of 25 Knox.
At an informal ceremony following the judging, Janice was crowned queen to reign over Ecorse Days by Mayor William W. Voisine. On July Fourth, Governor G. Mennen Williams will preside at the official crowning ceremony.
The two runners-up in the judging will comprise the Queens Court of Honor. They are Mary Toth, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Toth of 30 W. Goodell, and Kathleen Durocher, 18, daughter of Mrs. Jack Taylor of 3975 High, and Dr. N.E. Durocher of Pontiac.
Mary, a senior at St. Francis Xavier High School, came from Czechoslovakia to Ecorse in 1946 with her parents and brother. Throughout high school she has earned a place on the honor roll every quarter. She, too, is a cheerleader.
Kathleen graduated from St. Francis Xavier in June. Her plans include going to work, but she has not decided upon a definite career as yet.
The trio of beauties will be taken, via American Airlines, to New York on an all expense paid weekend trip. They will be accompanied by Corky Poppa, president of the Ecorse Merchants Association and Mrs. Poppa.
Coincidence played a major role in making what would have been a memorable day under any circumstances, doubly so for Janice Hoffman. A willowy, honey blonde beauty, she was chosen last Friday, June 23, 1955, on her seventeenth birthday as Ecorse’s seventeenth Rowing Queen.
One look at her radiant smile and sparkling eyes and a latecomer to the judging in Ecorse High School auditorium would have spotted Janice as the winning contestant. She has lived all of her 17 years in Ecorse and in September will be a senior at Ecorse High.
The 1955 Rowing Queen is a winner scholastically also. In her junior year she was inducted into the National Honor Society. Proof that she is not lacking in the personality category is the fact that she’s a cheerleader at Ecorse High. Janice is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hoffman of 25 Knox.
At an informal ceremony following the judging, Janice was crowned queen to reign over Ecorse Days by Mayor William W. Voisine. On July Fourth, Governor G. Mennen Williams will preside at the official crowning ceremony.
The two runners-up in the judging will comprise the Queens Court of Honor. They are Mary Toth, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Toth of 30 W. Goodell, and Kathleen Durocher, 18, daughter of Mrs. Jack Taylor of 3975 High, and Dr. N.E. Durocher of Pontiac.
Mary, a senior at St. Francis Xavier High School, came from Czechoslovakia to Ecorse in 1946 with her parents and brother. Throughout high school she has earned a place on the honor roll every quarter. She, too, is a cheerleader.
Kathleen graduated from St. Francis Xavier in June. Her plans include going to work, but she has not decided upon a definite career as yet.
The trio of beauties will be taken, via American Airlines, to New York on an all expense paid weekend trip. They will be accompanied by Corky Poppa, president of the Ecorse Merchants Association and Mrs. Poppa.