News 23 June 2026 / 0 Comments

Truck show in Gillett

Attendees honor the flag at the opening ceremony of the eighth annual Roy Hubbard Memorial Truck Show on Friday in Gillett.  Trucks, residents and visitors filled Zippel Park on June 20-21. The event has grown into one of the region’s premier trucking events. (Greg Mellis | NEW Media)

Father Andy Blaser and his 6-year-old son, Wade, from Oconto Falls, walk the grounds the night of June 19. (Greg Mellis | NEW Media)

Roy Hubbard founded Roy Hubbard Rental Trucking Inc. in the 1930s and spent 45 years in the trucking industry until his death in 1987 at the age of 74. At one point in Hubbard’s trucking career, his company was the sole transporter of Gillett Canning Company’s canned goods.
The show was created in late 2018 to honor Hubbard and his lifetime of work in the Gillett area. (Greg Mellis | NEW Media)