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HISTORY
BLAST FROM THE PAST Featured in the March 16, 1972, issue of Buckeye Valley News , this historic newspaper page offers a nostalgic glance back to 1929, when the town crowned its first “Cotton Queen” — a title awarded to Miss Mae Major during the grand opening of the Orpheum Theatre. Mae Major, a graduate of Buckeye Union High School and then a freshman at the State Teachers College in Tempe, was elected by popular vote to be the face of The Review’s annual cotton edition.
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The contest itself was a civic celebration, encouraging community participation and held in conjunction with the debut of Buckeye’s then-new Orpheum Theatre. The paper described her as a popular, modest young woman and the daughter of longtime Buckeye pharmacist William Major. By 1972, Mae — now Mrs. Mae Major Davis — had become a living connection to the town’s past. As Buckeye celebrated Pioneer Days that year, she contributed vintage photographs to the publication, including the one reprinted on this page from the Sept. 27, 1929, edition.
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