-- The title
Miss Polk Salad is spelled P.O.L.K because of the Elvis Presley rendition of the song
Polk Salad Annie (Lyrics by Tony Joe White)
-- The Miss in Miss Polk salad is used to represent a southern usage of the word and not to represent marital status.
Tennesse Polk Salad Assc.
P.O. Box 1006
Harriman, TN. 37748
David Webb (President)
Ron Coleman (Sec. Treasurer)
Use only 6 to 7 inch shoots before berries. ""The roots, berries, seeds, and mature stems and leaves of pokeweed are poisonous"" says Extension Foods Scientist Jean Weese. (Source: Dr. Jean Weeese, Food Scientist, Alabama Coopertive Extension System (334) 844-3269
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Hostess Fran Pucket, Director of nursing at Roane Medical Center. |
Musical entertainment provided by local bluegrass band members Joseph
Manis, Tony Brewer, Jay Tipton, and performing with the band Katrina
Poland. |
Musical entertainment provided by local bluegrass band members Joseph
Manis, Tony Brewer, Jay Tipton, and performing with the band Katrina
Poland. |
Outside the Princess Theatre; locate in Historic Downtown Harriman. |
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Stefanie Rae Day
(From Rockwood, TN.) |
Melissa E. May
(From Harriman, TN.)
The 2005 Miss Polk Salad |
Candace Brooke Oran
(From Kingston, TN.) |
Diana Crabtree
(From Harriman, TN.) |
All four contestants together
(L to R: Candace Oran, Melissa May, Diana Crabtree, Stefanie Day) |
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The 2005 Tennessee Miss Polk Salad, Melissa E. May, is crowned by
Harriman City Councilman Lonnie Wright. |
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| Photos by Jason
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These photos originally ran in the May 18, 2005 edition of the Roane
County News
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NOTICE: All images, photos, and text on this website are owned by Rocky Top General Store and the respective photographer and/or sources. NONE of the images or photos on this site can be reused, published, or reprinted in ANY form without the written permission of the copyright holders. The phrases Tennesee Polk Salad Association, Miss Polk Salad, and Tennessee Polk Salad Queen, and related me rchandise and photos are the property of the Tennessee Polk Salad Association (Harriman, Tennessee). Unauthorized photography or duplication of the aforementioned phrases and/or materials will be considered a breech of our intellectual properties and well be dealt with as such. Photography by anyone other than the AUTHORIZED Polk Salad Association photographer(s) for COMMERCIAL purposes without express written permission from an authorized Polk Salad Association representative is strictly forbidden.
