President - Charlie Wyatt (USWA #104)  
Vice-President - Brenda Vincent (UA #136)   
Treasurer - John Wright (SM #20)   
Recording Secretary - Kim Musgrave (IBEW #16)  
122nd Labor Day Celebration, August 29 - September 1, 2008,  Pike County 4-H fairgrounds, Petersburg, IN
Labor Education Foundation
Indiana AFL-CIO

1947 Labor Day Association History
Weather - Heavy rains before the Parade then cleared off and sun shone brightley

Attendance - 40,000
Paramount News Reel cameraman will be here.

Blue Grass State Show will be on the midway.

Sidney Belmont's Revue 8 acts on stage.
Parade Awards Best Union Float - 1st place - $100 - UMWA # 3437
Best Union Float - 2nd place - $50 - Brush Workers # 23640
Best Union Float - 3rd place - $25 - UMWA # 5179

Best Business Float - 1st place - The model of Princeton
Best Union Float - 2nd place - Automatic Laundry Co. of Princeton

Best Dressed Union Uniform - 1st place - $100 - UMWA # 6669
Best Dressed Union Uniform - 2nd place - $50 - UMWA # 7693
Best Dressed Union Uniform - 3rd place - $25 - UMWA # 5179

Attendance Award - over 100 members - $50 - UMWA - 5584
Attendance Award - under 100 members - $50 - Gibson County Highway Department # 152
Attendance Award - percentage and display - loving cup - UMWA #5584
Judges
for Unions
Howard Eskew - Boonville
Lawrence Filburn - Terra Haute
T.C. Fowler - Princeton
Judges
for Business
Firms
Elzie Blackford - Boonville
William Slavers - Winslow
C.B. Curr - Princeton

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