Tingley Vindicator, 1936

The festivites began with a concert by our splendid band in the band stand at 8 o'clock. Following the concert, an hour and a half of free attraction was staged on a platform on the brilliantly lighted kittenball diamond.

Among these attractions were boxing matches between the following boys - Buddy BRECKENRIDGE and Gale SMITH, Billy BRECKENRIDGE and John Allen KIBURZ, and the PRIEST brothers. We believe each match was declared a draw, and the prize money for the six was $1.50.

The GOLDNER brothers of the Wishard neighborhood presented instrumental and vocal numbers assisted by their mother, receiving $1 for their work.

Herbert STARK gave two fine cornet solos and was rewarded with 50-cents. Medsames WOLFE and DUNLAP gave a colored presentation of singing and acting and received $1 for their effort.

The four JOHNSTON sisters, the popular Tingley radio girls, gave instrumental and vocal numbers and two of them clogged to an accompaniment by their father. Miss Madelyn ENGLAND, accompanied by Mrs. Erle LUPHER, gave two fine vocal numbers and Miss Marilyn BEEN did some clogging and both were rewarded with a quarter.

The HILLEBRAN musical company of Beaconsfield, father and daughters, pleased the audience with their program and received $1. Messrs. DUNLAP and WOLFE with the organ grinder and monkey presentation brought hearty applause from the crowd. They received $1. Other free acts were by the black faced group, BEEN, JOHNSTON and Bert SHIELDS, with music and song.

The pie eating contest was won by Darrell BLAUER and he received 25-cents; Gail SMITH was second. The egg eating constest was won by Arthur SHOCKLEY. The prize was 40-cents. Gail SMITH was also second in this.

It was too hot for the free movie at the community theatre. As a consolation, a dance was staged at the opera house starting at 11, and ending shortly before midnight.

The big event of the evening was a $10.00 kittenball game, 60 and 40 per cent to the teams, between Shannon City and Tingley, ending in a one score lead for Tingley. It was just anybody's game throughout the play. At the end of the game the fireworks display was given on the ball park, and so ended our fine little celebration.

SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. Pp. 84-5. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2011