D & P Amusements of Newburgh, Indiana will provide the Carnival Rides.

Diamond Tees of Evansville, Indiana will do the Commemorative T-Shirts & hats and the Volunteer T-Shirts.

The theme is “Labor’s Fix for 1996 – VOTE”.

We will have a 1 hour TV Show on Channel 7 featuring the Parade, it will air on 9-15-96 at 5:00pm.

The David Allen Coe concert will be on Friday night.

Mike Faries will do the photos for the Celebration.

Larry Coland will do the video for the Celebration.

Cecil Roberts UMWA International President was the Featured Speaker.

Parade Co-Grand Marshalls were Cecil Roberts UMWA International President, Roger Myers UMWA International Executive Board Member and Indiana LT. Governor Frank O’Bannon.

The 163rd Field Artillery will fire off a field cannon to start the Celebration on Friday night.

Market & Company will place all the Radio & TV ads for the Celebration.

Labor Day Association dues are $2.00 per working member.

 

 

Abigail Benjamin , 17 year old of Petersburg, Indiana.

 

1996 Parade Awards

Mayor’s Award – Teamsters # 215
Parade Marshall’s Award – UMWA # 5179
Parade Chairman’s Award – IBEW # 16
President’s Award – ABGWIU # 104
Attendance Over 100 Award – GCWIU # 571M
Attendance Under 100 Award – Wqrrick County Teachers Association
Motor Vehicle Award – Plumbers & Steamfitters # 136
Labor Day Award – Painters # 156
Labor Day Association Award – UMWA # 9926
Best Commercial Float Award – ABGWIU # 104
Best Non-Commercial Float Award – Knights of Columbus
Best Band Award – Pike Central Marching Chargers
Best Marching Unit Award – Earl C. Clemments Job Corp.
Best Dressed – UMWA # 5179
John L. Lewis Award – UMWA # 5179
Veterans’s Award – Sheet Metal Workers # 20
Armed Forced Award – Carpenters # 90

 

Parade Line up

VFW # 1114
Evansville Police
Evansville Fire Department
Frank McDonald II, Evansville Mayor
Labor Day Association Officers
President – Terry Bennett
Vice President – Paul Green
Treasurer – Sandy Blaylock
Recording Secretary – Neil Riley
Labor Day Queen – Abigail Benjamin and Court
UMWA # 5179
UMWA # 352
UMWA # 1038
UMWA # 9926
Carpenters # 90
UMWA # 1189
Laborer’s # 561
ATU # 878
AFSCME # 289
IAM # 2040
IAM # 2717
UMWA # 1907
Sheet Metal Workers # 20
UMWA # 4538
UAW # 2074
USWA # 674
UMWA # 11
Teamsters # 215
Elevator Constructors # 61
ABGWIU # 104
IPWU # 1046
IBEW # 16
Plumbers & Steam Fitters # 136
Asbestos Workers # 37
Operating Engineers # 181
GCWIU # 571M
AFSCME # 3729
UMWA # 1791
NALC # 377
Painters # 156
UTU # 490
IBEW # 1395
UNITY Team # 9212
Ironworkers # 103
IBEW # 702
Cement Masons # 566
Glaziers # 1385
Rubber, Cork, Linoleum Workers # 337
GMP # 349
USWA # 331
USWA # 2818
Paper Workers # 1046
Tecumseh High School Band
Boonville High School Band
Wood Memorial High School Band
Pike Central High School Band
Indiana State Representative, Jonathan Weinzapfel
Indiana State Representative, Dennis Avery
Vanderburg County Democrats
Spencer County Democrats
Gibson County Democrats
Warrick County Democrats
Michael Lockard
J. D. Strouth
163rd Nighthawks-National Guard
Wabash Valley Respiratory Clinic
VFW Post # 3418 of Boonville, Indiana
AMVETS Post # 84
High Riders -Nile Deputy
Radio Station 105.3
Ron Keller-Tennessee Walking Horse
VFW Post # 2953
Lester Menke-1950 Ford Tudor
Macs Garage
Duster & Friends
Knights of Columbus-Nina
Earl C. Clememts Job Corps Drill Team-Soul Stompers
Tri State Food Bank
Dubois County 40/8 Voiture # 813
Indiana Black Lung Association
NIA Dancers
Yankeetown Volunteer Fire Department
Hoosier Lottery
Little Miss Sweet Corn-Olivia Birch
Miss Sweet Corn-Jamie Orrel
Warrick County 4-H Queen – Amy Kaiser
Warrick County Little Mister-Hoyt Maday
Catfish Queen-Jenny Britton
Miss Gibson County-Holly Thompson
Terry McGregor Trucking
Holiday Inn-Airport Limo
Customs & Classics-Mike Lang
C. M. ‘Cap’ Gardner-Horse & Buckboard
Radio Station 99.5 WKKDQ
Warrick County Republicans
Congressman John Hostettler
Labor’s Fix for “96”

 

1996 Labor Day Association Delegates

Communication Workers of America # 4700
Harriett Kimmell
Graphic Communication Workers # 571M
Don Nichols
Bob Lacey
International Association of Machinists # 2040
Darryl Pfettscher
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers # 16
Kim Musgrave
Greg Ward
Paul Green
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers # 1393
Mark Norton
Charlie Reed
Ironworkers # 103
Billy Garrett
Gerald Parkinson
Laborers # 561
Steve Folz
Sheet Metal Workers # 20
Mark Riley
Neil Riley
Jerry Ramsey
Teamsters # 215
Sandy Blaylock
United Mine Workers of America # 1189
Leon Oxley
Alan Elzer
United Mine Workers of America # 1907
Roger Myers
United Mine Workers of America # 4343
Steve Bottoms
United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Steve “Gunpowder” Miller
United Steelworkers of America # 104
Bobby Joe Smith
Charlie Wyatt
Jo Beal
Jimmy Walker
Chuck Carney
Donnie Copeland
Mike Austin