Kingston PA's Centennial - 1957

With the "July 1957" calendar from Roat Hardware ( incorporated in Kingston - March 1928 ) in the background, the first pic below is of my father when he was 27.

As part of Kingston's ( Luzerne County, PA ) Centennial Celebration that year, I recall my father telling me that the employees of the Kingston Cake Company ( a/k/a Blue Ribbon Bakery ) decided to grow beards and have a "Brothers of the Brush" contest to see who would most closely resemble some noteworthy historical figure. My father went for the Abraham Lincoln look.

There was a parade along Wyoming Avenue in October 1957, and my father can be seen at the extreme left margin in the third pic below.

 

 

 

Kingston PA Centennial Parade - October (?) 1957