Trivia

• High school students spent several hours welding during construction.
• The float depicted a foreign news correspondent, Lowell Thomas, filming a scene in the middle east.
• Lowell Thomas was mechanical and turned as the float moved down the street.
• An elaborate Japanese temple was covered in corn husks that were arranged in a parquet design.
• Red glad petals were used to suggest the traditional red lacquer roof & a sunken garden with iris, reeds, palms, and orchids adorned the float.
• 35,000 flowers were used.
• Chaperones: Barbara Schrader & Gail Kuhlman.
• Drivers: Jerry Nies & John Fitzgerald.
• Chairman: Barbara Shrader