28th Annual Old Greenville Days

Saturday, September 21, 2019

DAR/Donna Farley

The town of Old Greenville is being celebrated Sept. 21 and 22 with food, fun and family-friendle activities at the Old Greenville Recreation Area. Events are being held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Activities are organized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Members of Iron Mountain Station perform Saturday. They will play again from 1-1:50 p.m. Sunday.
Thomas Norfleet, 2, of Poplar Bluff enjoys the swings at Old Greenville.
Cayden Hewitt, 5, and Rose Wallace, 5, both of Poplar Bluff play with another child Saturday.

Caleb Monsey (right), 10, shares a toy with a new friend, Dutch Nelson, 4, of Kennett, during events Saturday at Old Greenville.
Visitors gather Saturday at a fundraiser booth for the Chaonia Volunteer Fire Department, which held a gun raffle during the Old Greenville celebration.
Twins Audrey and Lydia Morgan, 3, of Poplar Bluff get homemade treats from Steve Schwent of Hit & Miss Ice Cream.
An ice cream booth at Saturday's activities uses a 1932 John Deere, 3 Hp engine to power equipment which can churn 10 gallons of ice cream at a time. The system also uses a factory pulley system that is more than 100 years old.
Seth Miller of Piedmont talks to visitors Saturday to his booth at Old Greenville Days, which features hand carved signs and animals.
Members of the band Rising Son perform Saturday. They will take the stage again from noon-12:50 Sunday.
Crowd members enjoy a performance by the band Rising Son.
A horse-drawn shuttle picks up families Saturday afternoon at Old Greenville Days.
Visitors prepare to leave Old Greenville Days by horse-drawn shuttle Saturday afternoon.