AMVETS Department of Wisconsin
White Clover Princess Makayla Pues 2012-2013 White Clover Princess I would like to be Miss AMVET White Clover Princess because I have contributed to AMVETS before by working with the Veterans, hearing about their experiences, and this is something that I wanted to do in the past. I have been involved with AMVETS since I was a baby; my grandparents would cart me off in my baby buggy and take me to many social events for AMVETS. I have enjoyed going back and seeing the same smiling faces that I have been for practically my whole life and seeing them recognize me. I want to represent AMVETS as Miss AMVET White Clover Princess because I would like to help the stories of these Veterans live on; their stories are fascinating and each individual person saw their war experience differently. I think that traveling as Miss AMVET White Clover Princess would be a good experience for me to learn more about the wars and the Veterans that served in them. Being Miss AMVET White Clover Princess would be a good opportunity for me because I really enjoy working with the Veterans, and I can represent our American Veterans that have served our country for something that they believed in. Thank you.
White Clover Princesses 1967 – 2013 1967-68: Sharon Mattes (Schmitz) #4 1968-69: Charmine (Cheri) Berzinski (Parke) #27 1969-70: Holly Slack (French) #71 1970-71: Sheryl Easterling (Marshal) #14 1971-72 Carol Navarre (Ernst) #4 1972-73: Diane Matuszak #27 1973-74: Vicki Wotruba (Nielson) #99 1974-75: Vicki Wotruba (Nielson) #99 1975-76 Tanace Matthiesen (Becker) #71 1976-77: Joanne Kasza (deceased) #60 1977-78: Kim Bowman (Ninneman) #14 1978-79: Jean Pajewski (Zawacki) #4 1979-80: Jean Pajewski (Zawacki) #4 1980-81: Victoria (Vicki) Schuch (Daigneault) #7 1981-82: Victoria (Vicki) Schuch (Daigneault) #7 1982-83: Karen Stys (Armstrong) #14 1983-84: Joanne Nowak (Mlinar) #60 1984-85: Beth Ann Gove (Bohlman) #6 1985-86: Samantha Ford (Johnson) #51 1986-87: Kathleen Gacik (Ray) #61 1987-88: Dottie Janney (Briekton) #53 (now #25) 1988-89: Gretchen Schneider (Trautman) #51 1989-90: Lisa Schlesner (Ford) #35
1990-91: Crystal Johnson (Massart) #51 1991-92: Trisha Lyn Bredlau (Fenske) #1051 1992-93: Lori Spittlemesiter (Haxton) #51 1993-94: Sara DeNomie #61 1994-95: Pamela Nieman #60 1995-96: Janene Schlesner (Sherry) #35 1996-97: Nikki Schlesner McGee (Hicks) #35 1997-98: Jaclyn Basgall (Ruedinger) #37 1998-99: Anna Zastrow #4 1999-00: Katie Maren #37 2000-01: Melissa Young #61 2001-02: Whitney Ruppel #60 2002-03: Deanna Armstrong (Dodge) #14 2003-04: Lindsey Rose Fay #120 2004-05: Caitlin Rose Cummings #1051 2005-06: Lauren Meidl #7 2006-07: Jamilynn Biachowski #60 2007-08: Katherine Sterletske #1032 2008-09: Angelica Barker #2000 2009-10: Kambria Volkmann #51 2010-11: Katie Roth #2180 2011-12: Rebecca Reiling #500 2012-13: Makayla Pues #99
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AMVETS and the White Clover Program The men and women of AMVETS are to be found in nearly 1500 communities throughout the United States. They are warm-hearted people who possess a lasting memory. The AMVETS White Clover is a symbol of World War II and of the Americans who served their country all over the world, in that war, to preserve a principle. The White Clover is only wax, paper and color, and worth only a few pennies but was chosen because it thrives on freedom throughout the world. The White Clover Program, adopted by AMVETS in 1946, represents our continuing commitment to our veterans and community. In 1967 the White Clover Princess Program was formed. Open to all single daughters, granddaughters, sisters and nieces between the ages of 14 and 18, of members “in good standing” of AMVETS and AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary, her first and foremost responsibility is as a Public Relations Representative of the organization, promoting what the White Clover represents and the work done through the White Clover sales. As her year unfolds, the Princess becomes as the White Clover, a symbol of grace and beauty.