1962 Labor Day Association History
Weather – Parade was held up 1 hour because of rain

Attendance – 10,000

Main Speaker was Louis Austin.

Parade Marshall was Mertis Underhill

Dues are $1.00 per working member.

Princeton Radio Station broadcasted the Parade, Amateur Show and the Main Speaker.

Yabroudy Carnival Rides will have 6 Major Rides & 4 Kiddie Rides.

 

Attendance Awards

Over 100 – UMWA # 9926
Under 100 – UMWA # 352
Parade Awards Best Union Float 1st place – UMWA # 5584
Best Union Float 2nd place – IAM # 1459
Best Union Float 3rd place – UMWA # 9926
Best Dressed Union 1st place – UMWA # 352
Best Dressed Union 2nd place – UMWA # 9926
Best Dressed Union 3rd place – UPWA # 172
Best Business Float 1st place – Oakland City, Indiana business association
Best Business Float 2nd place – Kut & Kurl Beauty Shop of Princeton, Indiana
Talent Show Winners 1st Place – Judy Baker of Princeton, Indiana
2nd Place – Don Skelton of Macket, Indiana
3rd Place – Gale Chapman and Donna Huges of Lynnville, Indiana
Union Parade Judges Fred Stevens
Blaine Scales
Mutt Julian
Union Parade Float Judges Howard Pemberton
Joe Snyder
Lawrence Dipple
Business Parade Float Judges Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Ray Woods
Carl Straetton
Parade Marshall Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Louis Gieselman,United Mine Workers of America # 5179

 

Parade Line-Up

Color Guard
Princeton City Police
Princeton Fire Department
Labor Day Association Officers
President Lee Hart
Vice President Milton Board
Treasurer George Green
Recording Scretary Pauline Wood
William McConnell, Princeton Mayor
Princeton Council
IAM # 1459
UMWA # 352
UMWA # 5584
UMWA # 9926
UPWA # 172
Boonville Band
Princeton Band
Oakland City Band
Lynnville Band

 

Speakers Committee

Arthur Moffett, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
David Higginbotham
Adrian Brooks
Frank Takacs

 

Reception Committee

Louis Gieselman, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Bob Maikranz, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Ray Sissom

 

Grounds Committee

William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Delmas Houchins
Chief of Police Arthur Moffett, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America # 5584

 

Finannce Committee

Arthur Moffett, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Orman Broshears, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Frank Henager, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Joe Hart, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Omer Copleland
Adrian Reinhart, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Sacred Committee William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Louis Gieselman, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Amateur Committee Orman Broshears, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Frank Henager, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179

 

Publicity Committee

Pauline Woods
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Radio Media Committee Pauline Woods
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Audit Committee William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Doyle Day, United Mine Workers of America # 5584

 

1962 Labor Day Association Delegates & Guests

Joanna Ringham, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Leonard Lee, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Stuart Cox, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Glen Burdette, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Orvil Skinner Jr., United Mine Workers of America # 352
Harry Camp, United Mine Workers of America # 1016
Gene Madden, United Mine Workers of America # 1038
Frank Henager, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Louis Giesselman, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Omer Copeland, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Arthur Moffett, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Doyle Day, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Orman Broshears United Mine Workers of America # 5584
William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Joe Hart, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
John Chapman, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Lehman Ellison, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
William Splittorff, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Adrian Reinhart, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Bob Maikranz, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
George Perry, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Harold Deal, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Bill Lutz
Carl Stautton
Frank Takacs
George O’Dom
George Taylor
John Jacquemar
Lawrence Gibbs
Paul Leister
Roy Sisson
William Pauley