Smile

What makes Dave Marsh smile? “The seasons of the year, when the song birds come,” said the 85-year-old Noblesville resident. The Noblesville Lion was found volunteering at the Lions’ annual Pork Chop Dinner in 2021. “I helped them set up, helped with food preparations and cleaned tables.” He has been a member of the Lions for 11 years and is involved with the Noblesville High School Leos. He was born and raised in Portland, Ind., and taught three years of school in Huntington. He spent a year stationed in France in the U.S. Air Force in 1961. He and a couple of GIs set up their own touring service and bought a car and sold seats and went all over Europe. He came to Noblesville to coach athletics in 1964, coaching football and track. He started out under Bill Nevitt, then assisted Jim Belden in football and assisted Dale Snelling in track until he left, then became head track coach. Marsh taught industrial arts, teaching electronics, drafting and woodworking and retired in 1995 when the new high school opened. For the Lions, he has been event coordinator for the former Dodgeball tournament. He loves people and travel, so he worked in the travel business and still does. He has three children, eight grandkids and eight great-grandkids. Also making him smile is when he built music boxes for his great-granddaughters, and used the “Let It Go” song from Disney’s “Frozen.” This Sunday, the Noblesville Lions will serve pork on a stick, hot dogs and more during Central Indiana Vintage Vehicles’ 31st annual Father’s Day Car Show, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Forest Park in Noblesville.