12. July 6, 1948

Festivities will begin at 10 a.m. both days and include pony and kiddie races, a dunking tank, children’s games and contests for adults ranging from egg throwing to three-legged races….

A volleyball game between local disc jockeys and Jaycees is planned for Saturday afternoon and there will be a water ski show at 2;30 p.m. on Sunday. The show will feature the Fox Skimmers of Omro in 20 different acts.

At 8 p.m. Sunday there will be a bicentennial concert put on by the Community Band and at 9 p.m. the fireworks will begin.

According to Bill Miller, Neenah Park director, this year’s fireworks display will be bigger, better and more colorful than before and include 177 aerial rockets, plus boomers, ground displays and some “new material” especially for the bicentennial.