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, S to ry of Y e a r’s E v en ts T o ld b y N ew s P ic tu re s I.A R G E S t M M E K B L A Z E S T R IK E S H IL L S B O R O — In per. ,i F e d A m a in Com pany s elevator and m ain warehouse the Southern Pa- eific railroad depot and a sm all residence were destroyed J u ly 9 in t "Ä ’ - ' a gib ) YX) fire The above view is lo o kin g west. On the le ft is the depot an J cn the rig h t the Im p e ria l Feed b u ild in g s In flame, " f ■ est G io v i , B e v e rly A rm ita g e , M id w a y ; L o is H a w le y , T ig a rd ; D o rin e F o e lk p r, H ills b o ro . B e tty I xju W e a th ers. H ills b o ro , and Ix ir r a in e C oo p e r. F ore st G ro v e S h o w n in th e fo re g ro u n d are tw o m e m b e rs <>( Hie h a rv e s t pageant, w h ic h preceded th e c o ro n a tio n 1 H r * - H je A ** * -w» JT 1 » ï - J ■ 1 J B A S E B A L L M E M O R IE S R E V IV E D - T h e O ld-T im e rs and Young sters got together fo r a ba ll game at V erboort last August and had a big time. P articipants in clud e the above pictured; B ill Sohler, Ed JP Vandehey. Ed Jansen. B ill Ostermann. Chartes Vandehey, Ben Hec- sacker H enry VanGrunsven. John Bernards. John Ostermann, B er nard Kem per, H e n ry Sohler, Joe Bernards, Steve Kem per, Théodore Giersbers. 1 ■ < J » c u l l i l i S s (.1 u l t i \ \ \ II ■ Il M i l I I U V ( ( I I It I — Am id .1 pomp n tu l c c i c n i o i n b c f i t l i a q u e e n , G lo r ia G r im on was c ro w n e d G o d - d e s s o f th e 1947 J u ly 4 tli "H u p p s D a y s ' fe s tiv itie s . The b lo n d e F o r- est Grove beauty la ■! o w n b i l e w i t h h e r c o u r t and a tte n d a n ts M a y o r I» c I ' h . u t i . y . C o i n b u s . C H u n te r, B u x to n . S h irle y M a n e P o w e ll, |l F ore st G ro v e ; Y v o n n e K o m tn e r. B u x to n . D e lo n s Benge. H ills b o ro . J a c q u e lin e V in in g , F o re st G ro v e , M a y o r F, A . G r if f it h , H ills b o ro . C h e ste r H u n k a p ille r. B e a v e rto n ; R a y M ille r , F ore st G rove . S ix- v e a r-o ld G ra n t N o e l, seated in f r o n t o f G oddess G lo ria , was c ro w n bearer. l i A I P t I I I III* ( IIA M P IO N S A T ( H I N T Y F A IR — .'h a in p io iis h ip F F A d a ir y h e rd h o n o rs w e re a w a rd e d at the c o u n ty la ir to th is H ills b o ro team fo r t h e ir h e ld o f re g is te re d Je rse ys S h o w n above w it h th e h e rd a n . h i t in r ig h t C b u rlc K ru e g e r. M e lv in V a n D o in .d e n , D ic k M o e lle r, C u r tis S a h n o w a nd M e rto n Sah- now D isplaying ; . b an n er are J U T hom as l i c i t ’ , H ilh i F F A a d v is e r, and A 11. tT o n y ) A b ts , m e m b e r o f th e f a ir board. W IN C O V E T E D C A L E M A N N A TROPHY — H ills b o ro D a iry club, headed by M argaret Freudenthal. outstanding in county 4-H club a c tiv ity , won the big aw ard at the county fa ir on the basis of e x h ib itin g . ju d g in g contest score, e x h ib it plactngs, dem onstration team S P R IN G F L O W E R SHOW H illsboro's annual spring flo w e r show, held M ay 2 nt the parish ha ll of A ll Saints Episcopal church, a t tracted e xh ib its from garden clubs throughout W ashington county as w e ll as fro m the ju v e n ile class. Show n above are M rs. Hom er S ettlem ier, general chairm an of the show; Mrs. Chester M e r r ill, as sistant; Hom er S ettle m ier and Mrs. A. H. Abts, assistant. placing, showmanship, herdm anship and fittin g . Shown (le ft to right»: Frances W ilcox. Law rence Naught, Vernon and M a ry M eier, Judy Gates. Miss F reudenthal, E d w in M u rra y and A r th u r W ilcox. A V IA T IO N PR O G R E S S — Hap Oslund is ow ner of t ie above structure completed at H ills b o ro m unicipal airport. The local northw est because o f its lengthy, wide hard-surfaced runw ays one of scores of new structure s put up throughout the county a ttra ctive hangar w hich was fir s t b ric k a ir fie ld is rated one o f the best in the and special ta x i atrip. The b u ild in g was d u rin g the past year. t IIIIA B l t o ’ r< I " HOMI \ ID I Ol BACON T in se H ghtilig Spai'- N O R B L A I» O F F IC IA L L Y O P E N S 1047 I M R —Congrc in , an W alter . I1 I.Jioi u lugli, u u iiu l tip et a lot of dopi? bliekels d u rin g thè p iti loothuP ,‘ i'iisón tu 'V ili seeond place in thè state g rid play- (e x tre m e le f t '. L u tiis Samsa, L o u is M c C o rk le and Roy M a lo , d e v e lo p ed the team in to w in d m ost sp o rts w r ite r s and o ffic ia ls c a lle d th e smoothest-working, beat-coached high school football machine in offs. Head Coach Jjin Davis tcx tre in e tig h t), assisted by Itu fe Fox the state. Usually heavily out-weighed, the Spartans entered all i . i three of the slate p la y -o ff games as underdoes H ig h ly successful fo o tb a ll records were also turned in by the H ilh i "B " team, coached by M alo and M cC orkle, and the H ilh i frosh team, coached by Samsa. N'orblad ' brought his ow n scissors’' to o ffic ia lly open the 1947 Wash ington county fa ir August "¿7. M ayor E A. G r iffith of H illsb oro was on hand to welcom e the distinguished guest B ill Gabelman, shown in background, was a mem ber of the w elcom ing party.
