Howell Melon Festival
howell melon festival food festival held midaugust showcase howell melon cantaloupe hybrid claimed found area surrounding howell michigan first howell melon festival held people attend three day festival year year past highlight festival beauty contest elect howell melon queen first melon queen beautiful nurse trip washington dc met president dwight eisenhower white house news wire picked story beauty queen howell melon earning frontpage story chicago tribune los angeles time thats howell melon got famous according dr louis may organizer first festival festival managed howell area park recreation authority instead melon queen new tradition elect child melon prince princess mini prince princess youngest category sprout prince princess past festival included ice cream eating contest large parade parade tradition included shriners discontinued th anniversary celebrated without parade year festival organized riverboat tour thompson lake venue close grand river ave two day accommodate mitch ryder detroit wheel performance howell melon available tasting purchase melon sold year following wonderful story myth first howell melon grown august gu schmitt local farmer given original seed itinerant hobo great depression taste melon soon farmer soon planted distinctive melon elsewhere livingston county real story contained article many event held online covid pandemic howell melon festival website