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

1955 Labor Day Association History
Weather - Good
Attendance - 20,000
Parade Marshall was Mertis Underhill

The main speaker was George Doupe, Indiana Vice-President of the Farm Bureau.
Parade Awards Best Union Float - 1st place - UMWA # 5179
Best Union Float - 3rd place - UMWA # 7661
Best Union Float - 2nd place - UMWA # 1038

Best Union Uniform - 1st place - UMWA # 5179
Best Union Uniform - 2nd place - UMWA # 7661
Best Union Uniform - 3rd place - UMWA # 9926

Attendance Award - over 100 members - UMWA # 5179
Attendance Award - under 100 members - UMWA # 653

Attendance Award - highest % of attendance - loving cup - UMWA # 9926
1955 Labor Day
Association Delegates
Henry Mason, United Mine Workers of America # 5179
Henry Blythe, United Mine Workers of America # 7693
Mertis Underhill, United Mine Workers of America # 9926

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