2016 Sheldon Picnic
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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Karen and Gene Story and their 1921 Ford/Hack took home a third place trophy in the car show Satruday.
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Gene Story enjoys a luxury feature on his 1921 Ford/Hack, electric start. Story said the electric start option cost as additional $26 in 1921. According to Story, this type of car was used as a taxi to take people from the hotels to the train stations and back. Ford built the chassis and Hack, a carraige manufactuere, built the wooden body.
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Paul Smith took home third place in the rat rod divison with his 1946-47 Ford hes calls The Infidel.
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Sheldon firefighter Brandi Nance drove one of Sheldon's brush trucks in the parade. Nance is also a firefighter for the Nevada Fire Department and a new grandmother.
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Gene and Karen Story with their 1921 Ford/Hack in the parade.
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LeeAnn Cox (left) and Cassie Boultinghouse (right) take a break from clowining around to take pictures of the events going on at Sheldon's new bandstand.
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2016 Grand Marshal for the 112th annual Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic, Joe and Vocky Jadlot.
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2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic mini princess, three-year-old Lllian Bowling, and her escort, three-year-old Royce Thompson
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2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic little princess Sophie Kalleck, 8, and her escort, Jayden Berten.
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2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic princess Leah Byram, 12, and her escort Haven Bennet, 15.
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Shyanda Pitcock (left) was the 2015 Sheldon Old Settler's Picnic queen. Nicole Hites (right) is the 2016 Sheldon Old Settlers' Picnic queen.
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Following the royalty coronation Saturday evening, Phyllis Sprenkle recognized the contributions of the Alice Donaldson Trust to the picnic. Also pictured are: Paul Donaldson (left), Alice Donaldson's nephew, and John Yates (right), executor of the Donaldson Trust.