1963 Labor Day Association History
Weather – Good

Attendance – 10,000

Yabroudy Rides of Evansville, Indiana will be here for the Carnival Rides
Dues for the Labor Day Association members are $1.00 per working man
W.A. Fread Decorating was contracted to put up decorations and sell float materials to float builders
Main Speaker will be Bill Bray

Barnes Carruthers Shows has the Free Acts

Plenty of Ice Water and Parking Spaces

Parade will form at South 2nd Street and Walnut and will go to the Boonville Saddle Club.

 

 

UMWA # 9033
UMWA # 1038
UMWA # 1016
Lady Garment Workers # 307
UMWA # 1015
UMWA # 7693
R.J. Oil Refinery # 13695
UMWA # 7661
UPWA # 172
UMWA # 5179
UMWA # 352
UMWA # 5584
UMWA # 9926
UMWA # 1459

 

Parade Float Judges

Howard Pemberton, James Miller & Bill McDonald

 

Parade Awards
Best Union Float UMWA Local # 5179 1st place
UMWA Local # 5584 2nd place
UMWA Local # 9926 3rd place
Parade Uniform Judges Blaine Scales, Lawerence “Mutt” Julian & Joe Snyder
Best Dressed Union Best Dressed Union 1st place – UMWA Local # 9926
Best Dressed Union 2nd place – UMWA Local # 352
Best Dressed Union 3rd place – UMWA Local # 5179
Best Dressed Union – over 100 members – 1st place – UMWA #9926
Best Dressed Union – under 100 members – 1st place – UMWA # 9033
Attendance Award
Loving Cup UMWA Local # 9926
Parade Business Float Judges Milton Board, Joe Hart & Otho Green
Best Business Float Winslow Businessmen
Van Gas
Parade Marshall Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926

 

Audit Committee

Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Otho Green, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
James Clark, United Mine Workers of America # 7661

 

Reception Committee

Harry Camp, United Mine Workers of America # 1016
Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Lee Hart, United Mine Workers of America # 9926

 

By-Laws Committee

Gene Bass, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Correspondence Committee Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
August Block, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172

 

Grounds Committee

Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Armon Graper, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179

Speaker Committee

William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Armon Graper, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172

 

Finance Committee

William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Gene Bass, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179

 

Sacred Services Committee

William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Maurice Underwood, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172

 

Talent Show Committee

Otho Green, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179 Orman Broshears, United Mine Workers of America # 5584

 

1963 Labor Day Association Delegates

Jack Barrett, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Doyle Day, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Delores Ranney, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Marie Taylor, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Bob Stone, International Association of Machinists # 1459
Glenn Berdette, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Orville Skinner Jr., United Mine Workers of America # 352
Leo Sermershein, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Albert Williams, United Mine Workers of America # 1016
Howard Grossman, United Mine Workers of America # 1016
Donald Brown, United Mine Workers of America # 1016
Louis Gieselman, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Frank Henager, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Orville Black, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Otho Green, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Arthur Moffett, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Orman Broshears, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
Ray Gore, United Mine Workers of America # 7661
James Clark, United Mine Workers of America # 7661
George Green, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Gene Bass, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Joe Hart, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Ted Gentry, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Adrian Rinehart, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
Maurice Underwood, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172
August Block, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172