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areandandthei Iso )oteintyup’slay,d.kerme•ingthe'oreideDnes ofors.toreutoSpringdale residents trod bog;rode balloon; won for beardsHeavv rains didn’tdampen the spirits of verydamany Springdale residents as hundreds turned out to trod the hog and have funfor Springdale Founders Days. Perfect festival weathermarked Saturday and Sunday.Ed Obermeyer. radio controlled air plane hob* biest, won the first hot air balloon drawing While he went home to get a camera, Charlyne Schecker won thesecond lrtvto|. Mrs.Schecker sold her ticket to Chet Legg. “This is something I’ve always wanted to do ” said Legg as he climbed into the basket The five-storv high balloon was lifted into calm air about 6:30 p m. and landed, two hours later,close to the Ralston Purina plant on Mosteller Road, Sharonville The greyest and bushiest heard in the bicentennial heard contest was grown by Virgil Path Miss Bicentennial Springdale, Terry AnnYingling, tugged beards around to find that JohnBurgjohann’s curly beard was the longest beard on stage Charles Neville had the best goatee and Lester McKenzie, Jr had the most neatly trimmed bicentennial beard All winners received gift certificates to Chaney’s Barber Shop Miss Lisa Scott, and Mrs. Ruth Phillips were thewinners in the bakingcontest Miss Scott's cake brought her fame, whileMt. Healthy offersMrs. Phillips pie wasnumber one in its category .Winners from the other contest during the three-day event were.John O’Brian and Jeff Abeling, cracker whistle; Keith Jones and Jeff Neu, balloon blowing; ToddAddler. buble gum blowing; Colleen Paas and Toddservices over summerPearson, cute toddler contest; Jeff Jones with Hopsalot. frog jump; WrayJean Conner and Chris McKay, peanut pickup; George Seivel, Mark Nell, Jeff Snyder, Jennifer Neu, Sharon Callahan, LaVonneWebster, soft ball throw;Tom Harvey, Kerry' Shuck,Scott Mahan, Bruce Clark, water * balloon; and Springdale Jaycees beat Springdale Recreation Center Weight Lifters in the men’s tug of war.The raffle for the citizens band radio was won by Steve Triska\!f tfpalthv ritv Srhnnfc rhilrlr#»n nffpnriinu Mtmr mr An
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Hamilton Cincinnati North Journal

Hamilton, Ohio, US

Wed, Jul 07, 1976

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