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Homecoming Parade History

YEAR GRAND MARSHALL DATE THEME
       
1952 AMERICAN LEGION COLORGUARD*
QUEEN ANNE DODGE*
OCT. 10-11 SCHOOL DAYS
1953 QUEEN JUDY SNOOK* ? STORYBOOK LAND
1954 QUEEN NANCY GAYLORD*   SONGS OLD AND NEW
1955 AMERICAN LEGION COLORGUARD*
QUEEN JUDY ROSSMILLER*
  PARADE OF GOOD BOOKS
1956 QUEEN LENORE PALUCK*   CIRCUS DAYS
1957 QUEEN CHARLENE LUNDBERG* SEPT. 28-29 POETRY
1958 QUEEN ANN GEORGE* OCT. 10-11 HISTORICAL EVENTS
1959 EDWARD F. JONES OCT. 2-3 COMMERCIALLY SPEAKING
1960 QUEEN BARBARA CRAFTS* OCT. 7-8 QUIPS AND QUOTES
1961 QUEEN JANICE VAN HORN* SEPT 30-1ST THE GOOD OLD DAYS
1962 AMERICAN LEGION COLORGUARD*
QUEEN MAIZE MUTZ*
OCT. 6-7 INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS
1963 AMERICAN LEGION COLORGUARD*
QUEEN SUE STELTER*
SEPT. 28-29 GREETING CARDS
1964 QUEEN DORMA OVERMAN* OCT 10-11 ILLINOIS HISTORY
1965 QUEEN MARY ALICE OVERMAN* OCT. 16-17 HAPPINESS IS…
1966 QUEEN DALE OVERMAN* OCT. 14-15 THE YEAR THAT WAS
1967 MR. BRUMLEVE   WONDERFUL WORLD OF WALT DISNEY
1968 QUEEN BARBARA OVERMAN* OCT. 4-5 ILLINOIS 150 YEARS, PLAINFIELD 135 YEARS
1969 AMERICAN LEGION COLORGUARD* OCT. 3-4 COMMERCIALS
1970 QUEEN DEBBIE RUSSELL* OCT. 16-17 THEME SONGS
1971     WHAT IF?
1972   OCT. 12-13 CARTOONS
1973 CHARLES FISH* OCT. 11-12 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
1974 VILLAGE OFFICIALS* OCT. 10-11 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
1975   OCT. 10-11 SPIRIT OF '76 THEN AND NOW
1976   OCT. 14-15 HOMECOMING THEN AND NOW
1977   OCT. 13-14 WE'VE GOT HIGH HOPES
1978   SEPT. 29-30 HEROES
1979   OCT. 5-6 PLAINFIELD GOES TO THE MOVIES
1980 DOROTHY LAMBERT SEPT. 26-17 HALL OF FAME
1981 MR. AND MRS. NIEHUS OCT. 9-10 THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG
1982 MRS. GEORGIA STEARNS OCT. 15-16 DREAMS, DREAMS, DREAMS
1983 JERRY REYNOLDS OCT. 7-8 GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS
1984 ALBERT TRUMPY SEPT. 28-29 GO FOR THE GOLD
1985   OCT. 11-12 MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC
1986 GERALD REYNOLDS SEPT. 26-27 REMEMBER WHEN
1987     MAGIC MOMENTS
1988 WILLIAM JOHNSTON OCT. 7-8 MARDI GRAS PLAINFIELD STYLE
1989 NANCY ANDERSON OCT. 13-14 DYNAMIC DUOS
1990   OCT. 5-6 PLAINFIELD REUNITED WITH PRIDE
1991   SEPT. 27-28 BUILDING DREAMS
1992 JUANITA NIEHUS OCT. 2-3 DREAMS OF TOMORROW
1993 MISS FERN BROWN
MRS. RUTH BROCKWAY
SEPT. 24-25 MY FAVORITE YEAR
1994 JAMES WALDORF OCT. 7-8 REFLECTIONS
1995 TOM & CHARLOTTE BAKER OCT. 6-7 ALWAYS AND FOREVER
1996 GEORGE MADDEN OCT. 11-12 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
1997 SHARON KINLEY
MIKE ZBACNIK
SEPT. 19-20 SWEET DREAMS
1998 KAREN HAMILTON
OCT. 2-3 MARDI GRAS
1999 LINDA SCHULTZ
CHAR MCMILLEN
SEPT. 24-25 A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
2000 GEORGE SCHLOTT SEPT. 29-30 WISHING UPON A STAR
2001 Dr Frank and Betty Bender OCT. 5-6 50 YEARS OF TRADITION
2002 Bess Eichelberger and
Bonnie Lutter
SEPT. 27-28 AMERICAN HEROES
2003 MARY DICKERSON
PAT JAROT
OCT. 10-11 FREEDOM ROCKS
2004 RICK AND BARB BAKER SEPT. 25-26 LIFE'S A BOOK
2005 DOC LEVIK SEPT. 24-25 HIT PARADE
2006 HELEN HARSHBARGER OCT 6-7 CATS ON PARADE
2007 Pat Andreasen
George Capps
SEPT. 28-29 GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
2008 Bonnie McBeth and Vi Scent SEPT. 26-27 Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latittudes
2009 Bob Smith and Laura Farner   Going Green
2010     Plainfield Salutes the Olympics

 

 

 

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