Before it was Orchard Days, Santaquin City’s annual summer celebration was referred to as Cherry Days. Here are a few photos from the newspaper’s collection that were taken during one such celebration in the mid-1980s, along with their original captions.
TOP LEFT: Just a few of the prize-winning babies at Santaquin Cherry Days Baby Contest. Winners included Heidi Shepherd, Dustin Hansen, Trisha Holden, Richard Kenneth Woods, Elizabeth Ward, Jake Palmer, Jason Seth Ahlin, Megan Bateman, Daniel Pust, Melissa Mecham, Elise Scoville, Amber Ostler, Tassie Lloyd, Matt Johnson, Brandon Brian Hansen, and Cole Peery.
TOP RIGHT: Santaquin Cherry Days will honor three longtime citizens in the mammoth parade Saturday: Jenny Bylund, Olive Greenhalgh, and Geneva Openshaw.
BOTTOM LEFT: Santaquin Cherry Days Royalty will appear Saturday in the mammoth parade down Main Street. Pictured here on the Santaquin float, left to right, Lisa Tischner, First Attendant; Susan Shepherd, Alternate Attendant; and Myra Hall, Miss Santaquin. Second Attendant is Michelle Tervort, absent from photo.
BOTTOM RIGHT: The annual cherry harvest ended just a couple days before Santaquin’s Cherry Days Parade Saturday, enabling Doug Rowley to drive one of the new shakers down Main Street among floats, queens, and baseball teams.
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