1965 Labor Day Association History
Attendance – 8,000 in Parade
Jerry and the Impalas will play over the 3 days of the celebration.
John Fread Decorators will do the fairgrounds and downtown.
Fiesta Midway & Rides of Corydon, Indiana as having the Carnival Rides

 

Parade Line-up

VFW # 3587 of Petersburg Color Guard
Petersburg City Police
Petersburg Fire Department
Petersburg Mayor Thomas F. O’Rourke
Petersburg City Council
Labor Day Association Officers
President Melvin Williams
Vice President Orman Broshears
Treasurer Otto Green
Recording Secretary Armon Graper
UMWA #5584
IAM #1459
UMWA #4343
UMWA #7693
UMWA #5179
UMWA #1015
UMWA #1016
Lady Garment Workers #307
UMWA #9033
UMWA #1796
UMWA #1038
UPWA #172
UMWA #9926
Wholesale & Retail Sales Clerks #416
UMWA #1189
GBBA #179
Petersburg High School Marching Band

 

Attendance Awards

Over 100 members: UMWA #5179
Under 100 members: UMWA #4343

 

Parade Marshall

Lee Hart, United Mine Workers of America #9926

 

Parade Awards

Best Union Float – 1st place – UMWA #9926
Best Union Float – 2nd place – IAM #1459
Best Union Float – 3rd place – UMWA #5584

Best Dressed Union Uniform – 1st place – GBBA #179
Best Dressed Union Uniform – 2nd place – UMWA #1189
Best Dressed Union Uniform – 3rd place – UPWA #172

Best Business Float – Shell Oil of Boonville, IN

 

 

Robert Mills, Boonville Mayor
William Mc Connell
Joe Snyder

 

Parade Union Uniform Judges

George Perry, United Packinghouse Workers of America #172
William Whitehead, United Mine Workers of America #5584
Doyle Robling,

 

Horse Show Committee

Arman Graper, United Packinghouse Workers of America #172
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America #5179
Louis, United Mine Workers Of America #5179

 

Talent Show Committee

Otho Green, United Mine Workers of America #5179
Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America #5584
Mary Wilhite, International Association of Machinists #1459

 

Talent Show Judges

Ralph Schlenemger
James Gwyn
Thomas O’Rouke
Commander of
the 4-H Building Hassel Grub

 

Finance Committee

Clyde Donelson, United Mine Workers of America #5584
Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America #5584
Herb Hubbell,
Otho Green, United Mine Workers of America #5179
Lee Hart, United Mine Workers of America #9926
Fred Wolvine, United Mine Workers of America #4343
Herb Phelps, United Mine Workers of America #5179
Hassel Grubb,
Gerald Hubbell,
Doyle Robling,
Virgil Donelson,

 

Audit Committee

George Green, United Mine Workers of America #7693
Riley Aigner, United Mine Workers of America #9926
Sacred Services Committee Ray Gore, United Mine Workers of America #7661
William Nix, United Mine Workers of America #7661
Fred Wolvine, United Mine Workers of America #4343

 

Ground Committee

Gerald Hubbell,
Orman Broshears, United Mine Workers of America #5584

 

Speakers Committee

Louis Gieselman, United Mine Workers of America #5179
Gerald Hubbell,
George Perry, United Packinghouse Workers of America #172

 

Reception Committee

Milton Board, United Mine Workers of America #5584