THE GOSHEN NEWS | August 6, 1968
Connie Lantz of New Paris smiles while being crowned the 1968 Elkhart County Fair queen by Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock and Sue Rowland, right, the 1967 queen. At left is Jane Blair of Goshen, the first runner-up in then contest in which 22 girls were competing for the title. Miss Lantz is a Fairfield High School junior, living near New Paris.