1972 Labor Day Association History
Jim McCurd sang the National Anthem.

Attendance: 10,000

Parade Marshall – Ralph Tooley

 

 

Cathy Dilbeck, 17 years old of Haubstadt, Indiana

 

Best Union Float – 1st place – UMWA # 5179
Best Union Float – 2nd place – UMWA # 4343
Best Union Float – 3rd place – UMWA # 1015
Best Union Float – 4th place – UMWA # 9926
Best Band Award – 1st place – Tecumseh High School
Best Band Award – 2nd place – Boonville High School
Best Band Award – 3rd place – Princeton High School
Best Dressed Union – 1st place – UMWA # 5584
Best Dressed Union – 2nd place – UMWA # 352
Best Dressed Union – 3rd place – UMWA # 1038
Mayor’s Award Lady Garment Workers # 307
Labor Day Association Award – UMWA # 1907
Labor Day Award – UPWA #172
UMWA International Attendance Award – UMWA # 9926

 

Warrick County Sheriff Department
Boonville City Police
VFW # 3418 Color Guard of Boonville, IN
Mayor of Boonville Robert Millis
Boonville Fire Department
Labor Day Association Officers
President Orville Black
Vice President Clayton Claridge
Treasurer Mary Wilhite
Recording Secretary Earl Ward
Labor Day Queen Cathy Dilbeck
UMWA District Officers
UMWA # 5584
UMWA # 9926
UMWA # 5179
Lady Garment Workers # 307
UMWA # 1015
UMWA # 1038
UMWA # 4343
UMWA # 352
UPWA # 172
UMWA # 7693

 

Clayton Claridge, United Mine Workers of America # 1907
Joe Hart, United Mine Workers of America # 9926
Dave Williamson, United Mine Workers of America # 9926

 

Gene Hamm, United Mine Workers of America # 352
John Stratner, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Linius Wiseman, United Mine Workers of America # 352
Oran Brunner, United Mine Workers of America # 1015
Clayton Claridge, United Mine Workers of America # 1907
Jonh Gieselman, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Paul Newton, United Mine Workers of America # 5584
William Lockhart, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Leroy Roos, United Packinghouse Workers of America # 172