Hundreds of Morristown
Residents Came
on
Dec.17 to celebrate our
150th Birthday.
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Main Street
SESQUICENTENNIAL 2005
The Morristown Sesquicentennial
Committee would like to thank everyone who participated in our yearlong
celebration events.
Sesquicentennial Committee
Sue Schwartz, Julie Nordmeier, Virginia Dahle, Steve Felix, Pam
Wagner, Linda Murphy,
Barb Bruns, Juanita Krueger, Bob Lewis, Virginia Schmidtke, Larry
Dahle, Toni Ahlman,
Carl Krueger, Helen Newman, Betty Schwartz
December 17, 2005
The City of Morristown’s Grand Finale.
A fun filled afternoon
and evening Saturday, December 17th beginning at 2:00 p.m.
at the Morristown Community Center. Registration for the
Morristown Commercial Club drawing began at 1:00 p.m.
At 2:00 p.m., Mayor Steve Felix welcomed everyone to this
final Sesquicentennial event.
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Councilmen Nordmeier was the Master of Ceremonies.
MISS MORRISTOWN 2005 &
Princess helped
Mr. Nordmeier
with the Commercial Club drawing.
Many, many, many door prizes where given through out the day. |
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Special guests Representative Patti Fritz, Rice County Commissioner
Milt Plaisance.
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Thank You
Jim and Krisna Goodwin from Morristown, Tennessee. Morristown,
Tennessee also celebrated their Sesquicentennial this year and Carl and
Juanita Krueger traveled to Tennessee to represent the City of Morristown.
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Beards will be judged on the best groomed, fullest, oddest, blackest,
longest whitest and reddest. Also a prize will be given for the best
goatee, the best mustache and the youngest person with a beard.
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A historic fashion show. Clothing from “The
Frontier to the Future” Where modeled. We have a lot
of interesting clothing that was worn by Morristown area people from 1855
– 2005.
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A time capsule full of interesting objects – a 2005 Morristown
calendar, cup and saucer, historic mill picture, photos, Christmas bulbs
and much more was buried.
There were drawings throughout the afternoon for many gifts from
local Morristown merchants. Santa will arrive and pictures will be
taken with Santa.
A 15 Minute gigantic fireworks at sundown followed by the dance
featuring
the Cannon River Band. Sponsored by the Morristown Fire Department.
The photo contest result will be announced and a presentation will
be made to the Bloomer family whose farm just south of Morristown was 150
years old this year.
Throughout the day sleigh rides were available, Saturday, December
17th was filled with fun and good memories.
We sincerly hope the next generations will celebrate Morristown's
200th Birthday with the same enthusiasm and sense of history we in 2005
did!
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