40th Labor Day Celebration
September 6, 1926
Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton, Indiana
September 6, 1926
Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton, Indiana
Monday, September 6, 1926
10:00 am
10:00 am
Parade Chief Parade Marshall-Henry J. Fritz
11:00 am
Welcome Princeton Mayor-William S. Ennes
11:10 am
Introductions Judge Claude A. Smith of Princeton, Indiana
11:15 am
Speaker Kate Richards O’Hare
12:00 am
Band Concert Petersburg Band at Amphitheater
1:00 pm
Speaker W. H. Settle
President Indiana Farm Bureau
President Indiana Farm Bureau
1:45 pm
Singers Male Quartet from Indianapolis, IN.
2:00 pm
Speakers Thomas N. Taylor
President Indiana State Federation of Labor
President Indiana State Federation of Labor
Powers Hapgood
Harvard Graduate & Coal Miner of World fame
Harvard Graduate & Coal Miner of World fame
2:30 pm
Free Acts Daredevil Scotty
Male Quartet
Paulin Tremper – child singer
Male Quartet
Paulin Tremper – child singer
4:00 pm
Charleston Contest
4:30 pm
Baseball Game Oakland City vs Princeton of the Coal Belt League played at the Circle
5:30 pm
Concert Petersburg Band at Amphitheater
6:00 pm
Balloon Ascenion Professor Skiver
7:00 pm
Free Acts Male Quartet & 5 other acts
8:00 pm
Fireworks
8:30 pm
Boxing Matches Jimmy “the Kid” Hitch vs Adrian “the Kid” Webster plus another match
Sponsored by The Labor Day Association
