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Winter Carnival, 1961 through 1980

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1961 - February 9 through 13 (Thursday through Monday)

  • Rotary Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Colonel Calvin Fite, Jr.; Chamberlain: John J. Pedroni; King: Peter Palmer, ex- football player, also singer and actor; Queen: Betty Walker, TV star and singer; Prince: Major Robert D. Munn; Princess: Janet Mick, Miss Rheingold (Gail Purdy, Student of Paul Smiths College, substituted for Ms. Mick at the Rotary)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Golden Ski Races
  • Sled Derby
  • Woodsmen's Exhibitions
  • Sno Ball
  • Ski Club Dance
  • Children's Skating Party
  • Hockey Games

1962 - February 9 through 12 (Friday through Monday)

  • Rotary Talent Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Joseph J. Horan; Chamberlain: John J. Pedroni; King: Ed Lamy, speed skater and barrel jumper; Queen: Kathy Kersh, Miss Rheingold 1962; Prince: Robert C. Warner (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Ellamae Erklander (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Winter Carnival Ball
  • Snowshoe Races
  • Broom Hockey
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Wrestling
  • Fellowship Dinner
  • Children's Skating Party
  • Woodmen's Exhibitions
  • Sled Derby

1963 - February 8 through 12 (Friday through Tuesday)

  • Rotary Club Variety Show 1
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Joseph J. Horan; Chamberlain: John J. Pedroni; King: Lawrence E. Doyle, professional baseball player; Queen: Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963; Prince: John William Broadfoot (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Patricia Ann Murphy (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Snowshoe Races
  • PTA Children's Skating Races
  • Snow Buggy Races
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Winter Carnival Ball
  • Fancy Dress Carnival on Ice
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Square Dance
  • Hockey Game

 

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, January 29, 1963

Saranac Lake's Public Spirit Steps in to Save Ice Palace

When the Chamber of Commerce announced that there would be no ice palace for this year' s winter carnival, the public-spirited citizens of Saranac Lake were overlooked.

Howard Ellithorpe, Peter LeMay and Glenn Corl decided Saranac Lake would have an ice palace and without further ado proceeded to hand-shovel an ice patch on the shores of Lake Flower at Prescott Park.

No sooner had the men started work than people stopped to inquire, “what are you doing?” Informed of the men' s intention, the next question invariably was “Who is paying you, and how much?” The inquisitive people were told, “No one is getting paid, this is strictly volunteer.” And most who stopped and learned of the men's efforts then volunteered themselves As a result, the carnival will again have an Ice palace.

In the recent past, it was a general misconception that the ice palaces were built entirely by volunteers. This was not true, of-course, because the Chamber of Commerce was paying $500 to the person who “volunteered” to supervise construction of the palace. Other than this $500 fee paid to one man, the labor on previous palaces was volunteer. Last year, however, when the first palace thawed and a second one had to be built, the total cost was near $1,500.

Architect William Distin, Sr., has drawn plans for the palace without charge, as he has done in the past. It will have three towers with a 60-foot front facing River Street and ice-blocks angled back at each end of the structure for a more finished look. As usual the structure will be in Prescott Park.

The center tower will be approximately 30 feet high with a parapet at the top and a recessed door at the bottom. The end towers will be about 15 feet high. Flags will fly from each tower.

The ice blocks are 2 x 4 feet. Arrangements have been made for a mounted boom to lift the blocks and the Village-owned ice saw will be used for cutting the blocks.

Mr. Ellithorpe said the volunteer response has been tremendous already but that they can use all the help they can possibly get for the great amount of work involved. Some men will be working days and nearly every night now, so volunteers can come at their convenience.


1964 - February 14, 15 & 16 (Friday through Sunday)

  • Rotary Show: 1964 Variety
  • Coronation: : Honorable Hayward H. Plumadore; Chamberlain: Lionel R. Driscoll; King: Julius LaRosa, Singer, Entertainer; Queen: Celeste Yarnell, Miss Rheingold 1964; Prince: Richard J. Sloman (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Julia Ann Riordan (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Snowshoe Races
  • Skating Races
  • Snow buggy Races
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Snow Ball
  • Woodsmen's Exhibitions
  • Hockey Games

1965 - February 12, 13 & 14 (Friday through Sunday)

  • Rotary Club Show: Treasure Chest
  • Coronation
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Skating Races
  • Snowshoe Races
  • Snow Buggy Races
  • Ski Races
  • Teen Canteen Dance
  • Snow Ball Dance
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Carnival Ball
  • Archbishop: Honorable James LaPan
  • Chamberlain: Thomas Cantwell
  • King: Norman Brooks, Canadian singer
  • Queen: Linda Douma, Miss Canada 1965
  • Prince: Jerry Rung (Paul Smiths College)
  • Princess: Susan Mayer (Paul Smiths College)
Betsey Ross (Dorothy Ratigan)

1966 - February 11, 12 & 13 (Friday through Sunday) Song Time in Saranac Lake

  • Rotary Show: Song Time in Saranac Lake
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Colonel Leonard S. Dysinger, Plattsburgh AFB; Chamberlain: Joseph Drutz; King: Jean-Paul Vignon, actor, singer, dancer; Queen: Carol Ann Tidey, Miss Dominion of Canada; Prince: John E. Gardner (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Linda Richter (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • PTA Children's Skating Races and Sled Derby (these two events scheduled but rained out)
  • Teen Canteen Dance
  • Ski Races
  • Sno Ball
  • Torchlight skiing
  • Carnival Ball
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition 2

1967 - February 10, 11 & 12 (Friday through Sunday)

  • Rotary Show: 1967 Variety Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Gary Wood, NY Giants football player; Chamberlain: Joseph Drutz; King: Charles Gogolak, Washington Redskins football player Queen: Judy Carne, TV star, actress, singer; Prince: William Daum (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Linda Clark (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Fireworks
  • Ski Races
  • Skating Races
  • Snowshoe Races
  • Broom Hockey
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition

1968 - February 9, 10 & 11 (Friday through Sunday): Fairy Tale Festival 3

  • Began crowning Royalty at beginning of Carnival this year
  • Rotary Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: David Ketchum, co-star TV's Get Smart; Chamberlain: James D Murray; King: Ed Platt, movie star, singer (Family from Plattsburgh— the city was named after his family); Queen: Renee Claude, Canadian singer; Prince: George S. Foster, III (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Betty Jean Dufort (St. Pius X High School-Winner of Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce Contest)
  • Parade
  • Fireworks
  • Ice Palace
  • Skating Races
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Snowshoe Race
  • Ski Joring
  • Sky diving
  • Hockey Games
  • Broom Hockey
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition

1969 - February 14, 15 & 16 (Friday through Sunday) Rotary Show

  • Coronation: Archbishop: Honorable Robert C. McEwen; Chamberlain: James D. Murray; King: Milt Kamen, comedian, satirist; Queen: Patricia Burmaster, Miss New York State 1968; Prince: John Heilman (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Kathie DeCoste (first Prince/Princess from North Country Community College, school opened in 1968)
  • Parade
  • Fireworks
  • Ice Palace
  • Snowshoe Races
  • Snowmobile Races
  • Children's Skating Races
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Snow Slide Canoe Race
  • Snow Sculpture
  • Woodmen's Exhibition
  • Bowling Tournament
  • Barrel Jumping
  • Hockey Games
  • Ice Golf
  • Snow Ball

1970 - February 13; 14 & 15 (Friday through Sunday): Circus Time Rotary Show

  • Coronation: Archbishop: Honorable Ronald B. Stafford; Chamberlain: James D. Murray; King: Charlie Slavin, Irish singer and comedian; Queen: Vicki Sunday, singer; Prince: Dennis Whitehead (North Country Community College); Princess: Leah McDonnell (Paul Smiths College)
  • Parade
  • Fireworks
  • Ice Palace
  • Skating Races
  • Sno Ball
  • Broom Hockey
  • Hockey Games
  • Figure Skating Exhibition
  • Snowmobile Race
  • Ice Golf
  • Wrestling

1971 - February 12, 13 & 14 (Friday through Sunday): Our Town

  • Rotary Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Special Guest Celeste Holm (movie star, stage actress); Chamberlain: William Doolittle; King: Chuck Pandolph; Queen: Norma Allen (chosen by community casting votes, public vote continued until 1984); Prince: Ronald D. Burns (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Eileen Tangney (North Country Community College). * First year not to have "paid" royalty
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Store Windows Decorated
  • Snow Sculpture
  • Ice Golf
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Hockey Matches
  • Skating Races
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Two Dances

1972 - February 10, 11, 12 & 13 (Thursday through Sunday)

Coronation: Archbishop: Dr. Karl Schulze; Chamberlain: Dr. Warner Houth; King: Philip Lalonde; Queen: Mona Fobare; Prince: Joseph Brady (North Country Community College); Princess: Barbara Golly (Paul Smiths College)

  • Rotary Show
  • Parade
  • Fireworks
  • Ice Palace
  • Fancy Dress Skating Ball
  • Broom Hockey
  • Round and Square Dancing
  • Sled Derby
  • Skating Races
  • Hockey Games
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Snowmobile Races
  • Ski Race
  • Sno Ball
  • Special Guest- Gordon MacRae, singer, TV star

 

File:Winter Carnival Storming of Ice Palace.tiff
New York State Department of Commerce photo of 1973 Ice Palace

1973 - Feb 8, 9, 10 & 11 (Thursday through Sunday): Remember When

1974 - February 7, 8, 9 and 10 (Thursday through Sunday)

Jeffrey Whisher and Betty Dora

1975 - February 6, 7, 8 & 9 (Thursday through Sunday): Funtasia

  • Rotary Show
  • Coronation: Archbishop: Edward McCarthy; Chamberlain: Ronald B. Keough; King: Jeffrey Whisher; Queen: Elizabeth Dora; Prince: Bruce Jackson (Paul Smiths College); Princess: Sheila Murray (North Country Community College)
  • Last Coronation in Pontiac Theater because the theater burned down
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Three Dances
  • Children's Costume Ball
  • Hockey Tournament
  • Broom Hockey
  • Skating Races
  • Sled Race
  • Cross-Country Ski Race
  • Slalom Ski Race
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Ice Skating Exhibition
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Bowling Tournament
  • First year Royalty Reception at Elks Club

1976 - February 11, 12, 13 and 14 (Wednesday through Saturday)

  • Coronation: Archbishop: Gil Miron; Chamberlain: Sandy Caligore; King: Eugene Keough; Queen: Sue Dyer; Prince: Ed Murdoch (North Country Community College); Princess: Dawn Provost (Paul Smiths College)
  • Rotary Show
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Fireworks
  • Bowling Tournament
  • Children's Ice Skating Party
  • Sled Races
  • Skating Races
  • Cross-Country Ski Race
  • Polar Bear Swim
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Golden Ski Race
  • Royalty Reception
  • Motorcycle Race on Ice

1977 - February 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 (Wednesday through Sunday): Anything Goes

. Courtesy of James Rudi Snyder
  • Rotary Club with the Winter Carnival Committee presents the theatre production: "Anything Goes"
  • No Rotary Show
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Fireworks
  • Bowling Tournament
  • Hockey Tournament
  • Children's Costume Party & Parade
  • Broom Hockey
  • Skating Races
  • Cross-Country Ski Race
  • Slalom Race
  • Snowshoe Obstacle Race
  • Women's Softball Game
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Sno Ball
  • Band Concert
  • Ice Golf

1978 - February 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (Wednesday through Sunday): Bye Bye Birdie

  • Coronation opening ceremony: Archbishop: John Peightal; Chamberlain: Mario DeVit; King: Thomas Doty; Queen: Margaret Haig; Prince: Paul A. Lorente (North Country Community College); Princess: Darcy Leigh Monroe (Paul Smiths College)
  • Rotary Club with the Winter Carnival Committee presents the theatre production: "Bye Bye Birdie"
  • Parade
  • Ice Palace
  • Children's Costume Parade
  • Louis P. Fobare Award (best in the parade — first awarded in 1978): St. Mary's CYO Fort Covington
  • Toboggan Derby
  • Torchlight Skiing
  • Snowshoe Race
  • Fireworks
  • Ice Skating Races
  • XC Ski Races
  • Softball Game
  • Broom Hockey
  • Downhill Ski Race
  • Royalty Reception

1979 - February 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (Wednesday through Monday): Carnival Dreams

1980 - January 30 through February 3 (Thursday through Sunday): Godspell. Last year button designed by local artists (Dawn Prentiss, SLCS Senior)

  • Coronation: Archbishop: Jeffrey Spence; Chamberlain: Howard Frizzell; King: Francis Stearns; Queen: Alice McColgan; Prince: Scott Patnode (North Country Community College); Princess: Cordae Johnson (Paul Smiths College)
  • Rotary Parade
  • Louis P. Fobare Award: Lions Club
  • Ice Palace
  • Fireworks
  • Show
  • Hockey Tournament
  • Children's Costume Party and Parade
  • Town Hall Players: "Godspell"
  • Fashion Show
  • Men and Ladies' Broom Hockey
  • Pancake Breakfast
  • Ice Skating Races
  • Cross-Country Ski Race
  • Woodsmen's Exhibition
  • Roller Skate Ball
  • Sno Ball
  • Royalty Reception
  • Band Concert
  • Downhill Ski Race
  • Snowshoe Obstacle Race
  • Arctic Golf
  • Men and Women's Softball

See also:

    1. Comments

2011-02-20 18:29:14   It would be nice to see who the winners were in the events. —75.94.150.223

    1. Footnotes

1. 1963 Rotary Program
2. 1966 Rotary Program
3. 1968 Rotary Program

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