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'''June 07, 1954 Spokesman-Review Page 12:'''
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[[file:1954-06-07-sr-p12-community-day-awards-prizes.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]'''COMMUNITY DAY PRIZES AWARDED'''

'''More Than 1000 Visitors Throng Reardan'''

REARDAN, Wash., June 6.—More
than 1000 residents, former
residents and persons from neighboring
communities joined together
Saturday to make the
second-annual Community day celebration
a success.

The day's activities began with
a parade down the main street
with an American Legion color
guard leading the procession, Following
were 28 grade school majoréttes,
school band, children in
costume, children with pets and
vehicles, floats, chauffeured cars,
horses and riders,

Special cars carried those having
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversaries or their 80th
birthdays. They were Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Hein, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. J. A,. Hansen,
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Brommer,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDowell,
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Springer,
Mrs. Luke Flood, Mrs. Mary Puls,
Mrs, Anna Mihm, Mrs. Zilla Emley,
Mrs. Katie Buchanan,
W. H. Padley, Herman Schulz and
Henry Tramm.

W. J. Colville, chairman of the
Community Day association,
crowned Queen Marlene Bergeron,
who was sponsored by the
Spring Creek Grange. Her court
included Joan Meyer, West Deep
creek Grange; Heidi Schmitt,
Waukon Grange; Glenice Robison,
Mondovi Grange, and Carol
Lynch, Reardan high school.
G. W. Bannon was master of
ceremonies.

'''Prize Awards Made'''

Prize awards.in the parade included.

Floats: Class A. division—First, Community
church; second, Spring Creek Grange;
third, West Deep Creek Grange, Class B—
First, Green Thumb 4-H club; second Edwall
Cub Scouts; third, Rainbow Girls.
Class C—Colville Garage.  Jitneys—First,
Ray Lillengreen. The Indian marching unit
from Wellpinit also placed first.

Judges were Miss Lots Scantland, associate
extension agent; Ross Trout, former
county agent of Davenport, and E. E. Heslin,
superintendent of the Long Lake power plant.

Juvenile parade winners: Pets (girls}—First,
Eileen Landreth; second, Linda Garher;
(boys) first, Kim Fell: second, John
McLain. Vehicles (girls)—First, Alix Carl-
son, second, Connie Rinker; third, Diane
Carlson; boys first, Jimmie Peterson;
second, Jerry Krause; third, Howard
Thiemens, Novelty—First, Linda and Roger
Peterson; Diana Brommer; Garber and
Wyborney. Costumes (girls——First, Elvira
Cox, Wellpenit; second Jean Michael; Mary
Jane Fell; boys first, Johnny and David
Backer; second, Randy Krupke: third, Tommy
Rux. Judges were Mrs. Harold Tierney,
Mrs. Arthur Hanning and Glen Wisdom.

Horses and® riders—Women, first, Mrs.
Richard Murbach: second, Diane Kelso;
men, first, Vern Puls: second, Frank Stubbs,
Davenport: third, Oscar Polenski, Edwall.
juniors, girls, first, Suzanne Meyer: second,
Becky Williams: boys, first, Eddie Williams,
Davenport: second, Don Williams; third,
Nic Hein. Shetland ponies—First, Paul
Williams; second, Jerry Williams, Davenport.
Longest distance—Diane, Kelso, Oroville.
Matched pairs—First, Vern and Jimmie
Puls; second, Diane Kelso and Dan Wynia;
third, Nic Hein and Suzanne Meyer. The
judge was Frank Graham of Dishman.

Lunch was served at the school
grounds where all the activities
took place. The afternoon attractions
were a carnival, a flower
show and a baseball game between
the high school and the
town with the school winner.

A talent program at the school
auditorium included instrumental,
vocal and dancing numbers. The
four best numbers selected were:
Instrumental trio, George Carstens,
Bruce Tramm and Norman
Fiess; Bill Mahrt, trombone solo,
accompanied by Joan Meyer; vocal
solo, Bobby Shanks, and a
dance, Cheryl and David Barnard.

Winnie Lou Puls of Waukon
Grange was selected Reardan
princess for the Lincoln county
fair in September at Davenport.
The other candidates were Linda
Schultz and Joyce Heldstab.

The day’s festivities concluded &
with a dance at the American
Legion hall.

Proceeds will go to the Reardan
Memorial association.
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