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Coal Miner Days held ‘exceptionally good’ - The Free Press Turns 115 Years Old

Coal Miner Days held ‘exceptionally good’ - The Free Press Turns 115 Years Old

July 2 1975

Free Press Files

Bright sunshine saved the 1975 Coal Miner Days celebration from what appeared to be the road to disaster.

The free sausage and pancake breakfast served Saturday morning by the Lions club, under the sponsorship of the Greenwood Mall Merchants Association, saw more than 900 people sit down to the tasty morsels in the Recreation complex.

A Lions Club spokesman said 95 pounds of sausage was consumed, 35 pounds of bacon, 84 pounds of pancake flour, 700 cups of coffee, 500 glasses of orange juice, and 28 pounds of butter.

Sales of beer in the cabaret and in the beer garden are not yet complete, but more than 1,000 cases of beer were on hand, and more than $2,000 was spent on hard liquor purchases.

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