Past and present Grover Hill Royalty.
The Groverhill Summerest kicked off the morning on Saturday, July 25 along Main Street starting at the VFW for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Soon after this, the parade line began to form on Walnut, Main Streets and at the elementary school before moving to the beautiful Welcome Park at 10:00 a.m.
The tomb of the unknown soldier!
The parade began with the presentation by the Color Guard of VFW Post 2873. The post also brought in a 1/6 replica, honoring the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
The Marshalls of the parade were Don and Marge Stahl. Don then sang the National Anthem with others in the community joining in.
Don and Marge were high school sweethearts, having been married for 62 years. They both love the Grover Hill community and small town. They have seen many changes throughout their lives and vast experience. Don is a retired truck driver, as well as a veteran of the Korean War. Marge is a retired hairdresser and bus driver for Wayne Trace. Their two children, Dick and Jodi, both reside across the state line to the west.
The royalty came next with Aden Burk named the 2015 Mini Prince. He raised $140.00 for the park after the flooding. For only four years old, he loves to ride his bike, play with his train set and play outdoors on the playground.
Balloons released by Magnum Farms Truck.
Next was five year old Brooke Tigner who was crowned 2015 Mini Princess. She raised $374 to help with funding the park. Brook enjoys swimming and reading in her spare time. This year Brooke will attend kindergarten at the Wayne Trace Grover Hill Elementary.
Maddy Egnor was crowned the 2015 Grover Hill Princess. She is a fifth grader at the elementary school. Her hobbies include softball, gymnastics, and cheerleading. Maddy has worked hard in collecting food for the local food pantry, not to mention sending letters to overseas military troops. She raised $276.63.
The Grover Hill Summerfest named Haylee Finfrock as this year’s Queen. Hayley is 11 years old and a sixth grader at Grover Hill Elementary school. She has also been involved in 4-H, Girl Scouts, and helping clean up the park. Haylee loves to draw, work with animals, and participate in sports. She raised $445.00 total.
The earning power of these young people combined to make $1186.63 total. Great job to all of these who worked hard to make their park nicer for everyone.
The ball teams were honored next in the parade as each group progressed forward.
There were horses and fire trucks, Paulding County Carnegie Library Bookmobile, and elected officials. Grover hill had a great day for the parade!
Following up the parade was Magnum Farms Grain semi-truck and trailer. Opening up their cover revealed many balloons. As they were released into the air, there was a contest for guessing how many balloons had been in the trailer. There were 237 total balloons rising over the onlookers. Everyone was in agreement, the parade route was not too long—just right.
The entire weekend had many events going on in town and all over the place that made the entire day fun: Church in the Park, Girls softball, bounce castles and houses, duck race, Co-ed softball—all night, Silent Auction, Just Dance Competition, Ron Bassous chain saw carving at the Conservation Club, Powerwheels derby, Sheriff’s Office K-9 demonstration and much more from Friday-Sunday!
Perfect weather punctuated the entire weekend in Grover Hill with a nice breeze and cool ice cream!
The parade finishes up at Grover Hill’s Welcome Park.
The earning power of these young people combined to make $1186.63 total. Great job to all of these who worked hard to make their park nicer for everyone.
The ball teams were honored next in the parade as each group progressed forward.
There were horses and fire trucks, Paulding County Carnegie Library Bookmobile, and elected officials. Grover hill had a great day for the parade!
Following up the parade was Magnum Farms Grain semi-truck and trailer. Opening up the cover revealed many balloons. The contest for guessing how many balloons was next. There were 237 total balloons rising over the onlookers. The parade route was not too long—just right.
The entire weekend had many events going on in town and all over the place that made the entire day fun: Church in the Park, Girls softball, bounce castles and houses, duck race, Co-ed softball—all night, Silent Auction, Just Dance Competition, Ron Bassous chain saw carving at the Conservation Club, Powerwheels derby, Sheriff’s Office K-9 demonstration and much more from Friday-Sunday!
Perfect weather punctuated the entire day in Grover Hill with a nice breeze and cool ice cream!
If you haven’t been there yet, you still have time!
More pictures here:
http://www.engagingexposures.com/galleries/2015Summer/GHSummerFest15/photos.html
