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The Brussels Post, 1978-09-20, Page 25WHITE BEAN GROWERS YOU CAN BE ASSURED 0 Fair prices Honest weights Reliable grading Patronage return on profits Courteous service Ontario Bean Growers Co-Operative plant at. Seatorth Attention Soybean Growers: We now are licensed to handle our soybeans. ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS CO-OPERATIVE Three locations LONDON SEAFORTH 345-2007 RANNOCK "Service and a fair deal is our motto" ()Vin. ,f)T FORNI:11174a ?,.1.3emme FirriT , 14; THE BRUSSELS `POST SEPTEMBER 20, 1978 25 Threshers Reunion, is success Rev. Ken Innes of Brussels and. Doug McIntosh of Embro were the winning team in the belt setting competition for gas tractors held at the Blyth Thresher- ' men's Reunion on Saturday. Their time, which involved setting the threshing machine from transport position to threshing position and having it turn at full RPM, was two minutes and fifteen seconds. There' is something special about a steam engine. Stoke them up and people will come for miles to see them sputter, chug and blow great clouds of steam out as they creep along the track at Blyth. This weekend large.crowds of 3,000 people per • day enjoyed the 16th annual meet of the Huron Pioneer Thresh- ers and Hobby Association. The crowds viewed the steam engines on display and watched the many demon- strations put on by engines that have been kept in perfect condition. The demonstrations ranged from shingle mills, circular saws to corn blowers. "The good weather ,,was definitely an asset" reported Ken Innes of Brussels,one of the organizers for the event.. "I heard people saying it was the best reunion yet that they had been to." More than 400 antique machinery owners were on hand to show ' off their machines. This,is an increase $11 ;000 for IPM- clean Op Additional projects ap- proved under the Canada Work program have been announced by McKinley M.P. The InternatiOnal Plowing Match Committee of Huron County has received a grant of $11,790.00 to assist in the clean up after the plowing match and The Town and County Homemakers Home Help of Huron has been awarded a grant in the amount of $33,683.00. OXFAM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GIVE US A HAND SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO BOX 18,000 TORONTO HALIFAX OTTAWA ST. JOHN'S over last. year. There were also contests held for belt setting. For gas tractors the winning teams were: Doug McIntosh, Embro and Rev. Ken Innes, Brussels whose time was 2 minutes, 15 seconds; Allan Caldwell and Bill Vincent at 2:20; Bev Hughes and Rick Guy at 2:53; and the team of Orville Reichert and Ken Reichert at 3:12. The belt setting contest involves set- ting the threshing machine from transport position to threshing position and have it turning at full RPM. The second contest in- volved setting the steam engines. Winners were Bob Velowe, Chelsley and George Locker, Guelph and ,their time was 2:58; Clare and Darryl and Searson of Wat- ford placed at 3:04; Bill Jackson, Wyoming, and Lloyd Worden, Watford at 3:40. The contest 'for bag tying saw seven entrants and the winners were Bob Forther- ingham, Seaforth who tied five bags in 48 seconds; Second place was a tie between Hebo Siertsema, Blyth and Noah Akufer, Listowell, both finished in 59 seconds. Third ,place went to Harry McLlwain, Seaforth who finished in 60 seconds. The contests were not restricted to activities with the threshers but also in- volved sheaf tying and stook- ing. Sheaf tying involves tying the grain or in this case oats into sheaves using only a few strands of oats as twine. The art of tying was tackled by six contestants. Winners were: John Kpn- net:1y, Clifford who tied four sheaves in 1:16Y; Henry Gebh4dt, 1;37; Graham Work, Burssels, 1:40; W. Krauter, Alma, 1:55; Clar- ence' Craeford, Blyth, 1:55 and Roy Bennett, Wingham, finished at 2:45. • The next contest was stooking which involves taking 6 sheaves upright in one stook and the contestant had to finish 5 ,stooks. The winners of the stooking were • Graham Work, Brussels, who finished in 1:181/2 minutes, Henry Gebhadt, Walkerton, 1:19, 'Gordon Hume, Milton, 1:20; Allan Griffith, Wroxeter, 1:22; Jack Prit cherd, Gorrie, 1:27'/2 ; Leonard James, Wingham, 1:32; and Wilburn Bridge, Wingham, 1:5S. A WORKER FROM AWAY BACK — Leonard James, Wingham was busy Saturday stooking • grain at a contest at the Blyth Threshermens Reunion. Although he came in sixth there were 'few who would tackle the iob. 0141i4i WA, 44101414 PO 41$ * 444,46441iM Ciphltitili ettm !fIplll surtax 0aNkirai, ArAt.feh,n.DitairMStaitinklisksAlltst4,4At SCA " :111011tiaitiltittliji IMO Salt tklar. 4i.e. El 0 **On tr riXOttlx 'ger tilt4 itt.t!' *AV tt'A t,,:* It 0 at **Man* trrib Maxi !'441/