By Elaine Rassel
It was HOT but the heat didn’t keep people away from watching the Sesquicentennial Parade on Saturday (Aug. 14). This year it started on Railroad Street, then past Marcus Lumber, to the Post Office corner, went west one block and then turned south and down past the Fire Station. Dave Stevensen was on the corner by the Municipal Building doing the speaking.
First to lead the parade was the Marcus Police. Marcus American Legion followed. (I am going to proceed with just the entry.) Remsen Legion VFW. Grand Marshal King Jim Hoefling and Queen Julie Sand. Marcus Fire Department trucks and Ambulances. Cherokee Ambulance, Fair Float with Little Miss Marcus, Kylee Olson, daughter of Jim and Katie Olson and the Runner up, Kaylee Kohn, daughter of Kyle and Lorna Kohn. Smith Insurance_Smith Family band. Class of 1946. Chamber of Commerce. Pizza Ranch. NCC, Daughters of Revolution, O.C. Tractor Club. Vintage Wheels. 10 entries for Shriners.
Shriners Rat Patrol. Chrome Angels. Class of 1976 Steve Stodden. Al Henn owner of a 1980 Cub Cadet. Bob Johnson owner of the gravity wagon. Class of 1959. PEO. Farmers State Bank. Farmers State Agency. Floyd Valley Health. Class of 1961.
1937 Ford Fairlane by Lynn and Marie King from Correctionville. Little Sioux Corn Processors. Cherokee County Fair Royalty. United Bank of Iowa with MMCRU cheerleaders. Class of 1970. First Cooperative Association with two entries. Marcus Lumber Company. Broadway Market Place (crafts and clothing) from Paullina. Mark Cronin Trucking with Lee Brownmiller driving. Class of 1971. Ag Reliant. Class of 1975. Agrivision with three entries. Wilkens Family float. Jeff’s Foods. State Savings Bank. Holzhauer carrying Ford, Chrysler and GM vehicles. Marcus-Remsen Vet Clinic. Ten Corp. Town & Country Implement.
Brian Nelson driving 1941 Dodge Wrecker. Dave Rupp with 1967 Jeep. Brothers Lawn Mowing; 1950 Farmall H Only tractor Robert bought new!! driven by Tim Johnson. 1935 Model T Schultz Brewing. Established in 1994, Fredrick Welding 1947 Ford driven by Josh Fredrick. Class of 1978
Class of 1983. 1957 Minneapolis Moline 5 Star. 1966-670 MM with Katlin Harvey. 1963 M5 with Nathan Harvey. 1951 John Deere A with Jason Harvey and 1960 M 5 with Michael Harvey. 1967 G900 MM with John Gallas. 1948 Oliver 60 driven by Parker Cave and Co-Pilot was Gene Cave. Class of 1984.
Richardson Saw Mill with Dustin, Mandie, Breaclyn, Tatem and Jaxten. Class of 1990. Charlie Gipe driving 1920 Model T and Pepo Hack was built by Uncle Herb. 1949 Willys Jeep with Dan Zenk from Greenly, Colorado. Francis Hinspeter (bought new by Ron Hinspeter) representing Hinspeter Farms, 1953 Super M and 1953 Super H. Class of 1996. A 1972-4020 restored by Restorations Unlimited by owner, Bob Cronin and driven by Tony Ross and Benjamin Ross. Class of 1991. Korey Kroeger driving a 1949 John Deere R. 1970 John Deere 4020 with Dale and Matt Galles and a 90 B Farmall F 20 1935 with Dan and Sue Gengler. A 90 D Super M, 90 E with Wade Berger and 1937 and 1920 minni Case Thrashing Machine. Mike Dammen with 1953 JD 40 U, pulling the Lions float.
Thanks to Dave for lending me his record books so I could write who was in the parade. Some entries changed places with others so they are not all in the order as they passed by the announcer for the parade.
I had written down the classes that had floats. Other than the ones mentioned earlier there were 8 other classes that were not written down in the information I received. These classes were 1981, 1986, 1987, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015, and 2017. There was one other class from 2000’s that I did not write down and it wasn’t in the information given me. If it was YOUR class and you want it recognized, let me know. There was a total of 20 classes in this parade!
The parade was over with by 2 p.m.