The V.F.W. at the Vallonia Nursery

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The V.F.W. at the Vallonia Nursery

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Spring 1994 Vallonia Nursery, planting poplar and persimmon trees. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.35x3.46
1990 October, planting green ash. Pictured are Janet Wischmier, Duane Freeman, Sue Brooking, Gail Wilson, Carlene Overshiner. Nursery at top right. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.12x3.49
Picnic May 13, 1989, at Starve Hollow Shelter House for Vallonia Nursery workers. Pictured are Eddie Root, Carol Wheeler, Donna and Charlie Reinbold, Patty Cox, Pam Williams, Marseda Beavers, and Carla Roll. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.03x3.46
Spring 1994, planting poplar and persimmon trees, note "ghost" planters. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.37x3.46
DAV van, 2002 - Wilma Ping, color 5.94x4.00
Nierman Building before the fire of 2000 - from Wilma Ping, color 5.82x3.95
Army? veterans, May 1994, Brownstown, Indiana. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.88x3.42
Vietnam? or Korean? veterans, May 1994, Brownstown, Indiana. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.84x3.49
Air Force veterans, May 1994, Brownstown, Indiana. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.80x3.53
Navy? veterans, May 1994, Brownstown, Indiana. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.92x3.49
WWI and WWII veterans, May 1994, Brownstown, Indiana. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.80x3.57
1994 Volunteer Award Reception . Bryce D. Ping 2nd row first person. He drove DAV van to Louisville for 12 years. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.92x4.14
VFW Picnic at Forestry Shelter House in 1995. Among those pictured are: Bryce Ping, ? , Martha Killey, Kathryn Noblitt, Charlie Combs, and Glen Killey. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.86x3.40
Watermelon Festival at Brownstown, IN, August 1991, VFW and American Legion float. Bryce Ping - 2nd on far side in red plaid shirt. Jim Farmer - 1st in row 2. Clarence Kidd behind Bryce. Herschel Forgey on tractor. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.12x3.51
1989 picture of the entrance to Vallonia Nursery. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.16x3.44
December 20, 1980, the Baling Room at Vallonia Nursery. Pictured are Vernon Williams and Don Moore. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.88x3.44
Weeding the trees at Vallonia Nursery. - from Wilma Ping, color 3.48x3.44
Ruby Fleetwood finds the only shade - under the wagon, Vallonia Nursery. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.35x3.42
Shipping trees at Vallonia Nursery. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.14x3.39
Dec. 20, 1988, Vallonia Tree Nursery. Pictured are Virginia Wingler, Janet Wischmier, Pam Williams, Carlene Overshiner, Judy Westfall, Ruby Fleetwood, Pat Peters, and Judy Starr. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.14x3.29
Quitting time but the tractor will not start, June, 1994. Pictured are Wilma Butler, Ruby Fleetwood, Judy Day, Mike James, Gail Wilson, Clara Roll, and Judy Westfall. - from Wilma Ping, color 3.57x3.39
Baling trees to put into cooler in the fall for shipment in the spring. Pictured in 1989 are Bessie Gorbett, Donna Reinbold, and Wilma Ping. - from Wilma Ping, Color 5.14x3.46
March of 1990, loading bags of trees onto a semi for shipment. Pictured are Phyllis Barnerd, Gail Wilson, and Selma Wischmier. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.81x3.37
Sewing bags of trees for Arbor Day shipments in April of 1990, Selma Wischmier and Carlene Overshiner - sewing. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.88x3.44
Grading room interior where the trees are checked for quality and size. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.86x3.46
Trees are checked to see if they are good and if they are large enough, and then are put into bundles of 25 at Vallonia Nursery, 1990 picture. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.90x3.42
1989 Vallonia State Tree Nursery Office. - from Wilma Ping, color 4.90x3.37
Gassing to kill weeds in the seed beds and then covering with plastic, Vallonia Nursery. - from Wilma Ping, color 5.14x 3.39

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“The V.F.W. at the Vallonia Nursery,” Jackson County Public Library, accessed May 24, 2025, https://www.jacksoncountyhistory.org/items/show/560.