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2007 Show Recap
Darron Butts, with the able assistance of Dave Capp,
set up a great display of “Red Power”. The tents were full of many
interesting International signage, toys, dealer items, memorabilia,
tractors and equipment. Be sure to say thanks to Darron and Dave next
time you see them for their efforts in putting the feature equipment
display together. It takes a lot of work at show time and before the show
to get everything in order. We also extend a big “Thank You” to all of our
exhibitors that brought their International tractors and equipment to
display. Without you we wouldn’t have the show we did. “Thanks Again!” We
had 208 Farmalls out of a total of 556 tractors at the show.
Friday was not one of our better days as a bit of
rain dampened the activities and forced cancellation of the truck pull.
Saturday the sun was shining and we set off with a great parade. The
pulling track was salvaged and we pulled into the night as usual. We had a
great steam engine pull with engines of all sizes competing for the best
show of sparks. We finished out the evening with smoker tractors and
trucks that were rained out Friday. Sunday dawned another beautiful day
with the return of the horse pull and lawn mower racing, compliments of
our local club. They put together a great show! If you would like to
become more involved in lawn mower racing see Shane Mellott at
McConnellsburg Implement and he will get you a membership in their club.
They will be returning in 2008!
At 4 PM Sunday we drew the winning ticket for the 27th
and last raffle tractor given away by GSR. The winner of the Case IH
Farmall DX23 was Reg Clark of Scranton, PA.
We’ve been giving tractors away since our clubs
beginning. The tractor raffle was our primary source of income back then.
I know that dropping the raffle tractor is something we didn’t want to do,
but we just don’t have the people with the time and equipment to attend
the shows to make it a profitable part of our organization. If anyone has
a solution, we will be happy to revisit the raffle, as many will miss our
presence at shows throughout the area.
The pedal tractor went to Chuck Dixon, $100.00 to
Nate Clugston and a touch lamp was won by Teach Hemp.
2008 Feature Massey Harris
Tractors and Equipment
This year’s feature will be Massey Harris tractors
and equipment. Terry and Sandy Kessel of Gardners, PA, are our show chairs
for the feature. Terry and Sandy are very dedicated Massey collectors and
have already put a lot of effort into preparations for our 28th
annual show. They have plans for a great display with a number of M-H
clubs indicating their support and planned attendance. I have included
their flyer with our newsletter, so if you know any M-H collectors let
them know their presence is needed and will be greatly appreciated. You
can contact Terry or Sandy @717-677-7350 or email them at
tlkessel@earthlink.net
2009 Feature
Minneapolis Moline Tractors and Equipment
We have sent an invitation to the Prairie Gold Rush
to host their 2009 summer/fall convention. Their schedule is filled thru
2010 with the exception of the summer of 09. Our invitation will be voted
on at the winter convention to be held in Nebraska in early March, by our
banquet we will know if the PGR will be returning for a 3rd
time to McConnellsburg. I’ve spoken to many that are already interested in
returning to the eastern mountains with one request “No Snow Please”.
More info to follow.
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