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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-09-20, Page 4178F150 78F150 Candy Apple Red, 351 Engine, Sliding Rear Window, Reduced Sound Level Exaust, Automatic, Power Steering, Low Mount Mirrors, Body Side Mould, A.M. Radio, Cigar Lighter, Pull Wheel Cover, Heavy Duty Shocks on Front and Rear, Rear Step Bumper, SL-78X15, 4 ply white side wall tires. 78F150 78F150 Raven Black, 351 Engine, Sliding Rear Window, Reduced Sound Level, Automatic, Power Steering, Low Mount Mir- rors, A.M. Radio; Cigar lighter, Rear Step Bumper, Mag. Style Wheel Cover, Heavy Duty Shocks, front and rear Mud and Snow Tires, 5L 78X15. WERE IN THE DUMPS! We're dumping our '78 line of FORD cars and trucks to make room for our new line Come in today and , BEAT THE SALES TAX INCREASE ON October 8 1978 L.T.D. LANDAU Finish - White/Blue. 400 Engine, power steering & brakes, Vinyl top, Automatic, Air Conditioning, Dual Remote mirror, Body Side molding, Paint Stripe, Elect. Defrost, A.M. - P.M. stereo, full wheel covers, White wall tires Reduced to clear. 1978 THUNDERBIRD Finish Blue, 2 piece Vinyl roof, 351 engine, regular gas, white radial side wall tires, Deluxe bumper group, Elect. defrost, A.M. - F.M. Stereo, Automatic seat back release. Exterior decor group, Interior decor group, Tinted glass complete. Power side windows, power lock group. 4 cast alum. wheels. Heavy duty suspension, body side moulding. 4 DOOR FAIRMONT Finished copper metallic, Chamois vinyl roof, 6 cylinder Engine, Paint stripes, cloth seat, automatic, White side wall tires power steering & brakes, rear window defrost, A.M. radio, dual mirrors, heavy duty suspension, exterior accent group. SEE THESE FORD TRUCKS 6 AV • "U4.414.4V•Nattvew • Riding through the mud at the 1966 Match Rubber boots are reminders THE PLOWING MATCH SUPPLEMENT — Of 1966 IPM at Scott's in Seaforth their first major match, sure. Your basic rubber boot If it hasn't, one thing's for is still pretty much the same, MERCURY Every now and , then, someone on the James. M. Scott farm on the outskirts of Seaforth plows up a rubber boot. The boots are one of the last visible reminders that the Scott farm was the host farm for the 1966 Inter- national Plowing Match. Although the the drew crowds, and the plowmens' competitions proceeded as "usual, the 1966 match is usually remembered as the year the skies opened up and the tented city turned into a sea of mud. Enterprizing salesmen trough carloads of rubber boots and galoshes tothe site which they sold to visitors who had come unprepared for Hurn County's rain. Over the years, • the plowing matches held in Huron County have had their share of bad luck. The first match, scheduled tobe held on the Whyte farin outside Seaforth, was cancelled to .the war. In 1946, the first post-war IPM was held at the RCAF base at Port Albert. It rained througout the four day event. The only saving factor was the fact the tented city was built on the base's concrete runways, so at least the rain didn't cause quite the same discomfort as it would for visitors in 1966. But Huron County no longer holds the record for the wet weather. • Mr. Scott says he's been , assured that last year's match in Frontenac County has captured the record for the muddiest, wettest match in •IPM history. This year, Huron County organizers are holding the match earlier in the season and keeping their fingers crossed that'the weather man will co-operate. They've decided to ignore the fact the Farmer's Almanac, which isn't infallible anyway, is predic- ting rain for most of the IPM week. Recalling his own stint as mayor of the tented city, James Scott says he has absolutely no regrets about: hosting the match, despite the wet weather and the job of cleaning up the site afterwards. Souvenirs At the time of the 1966 'event, people carried mud on their cars (and boots) from ,Huron County to every corner of Ontario. A good bit of that mud was prime top soil which had covered the Scott fields, The problem with the 1966 match, long since corrected, was that visitors could drive their cars through the four streets on the 100 acre tented city exhibits site. Once the rain started, the streets of the city turned to mud, cars went in up to their axles. But it wasn't only cars Who Suffered. pedestrians who tried to walk through the exhibit also sometimes needed a helping hand to pull them out of a rut or out of nlud which 'was Spilling over their boot tops. Mr. Scott terrie , rn-ers Art.: incident Vividly, A woman of ample proportions was exploring the exhibit area when her feet got stuck in the mud, lo the attempt to free herself, she lost her balance, toppled over and her skirt billowed out around her. While the top half of her outfit escaped., unfortunately the bottom half sank into the mud. Today. Mr. Scott heartily approves of plans to park cars off the actual plowing match site and ferry visitors from the lots to the tented city by tractor and wagon. But while people tend to remember the 1966 match for the-rain and the mud, Mr. Scott points out the plowing competitions went on as scheduled and visitors, including school tours, poured in despite the rain. He points out that a recent history of Northside' United Church records the UCW group in the church made over $2,000 at their food concession at the match, despite the poor weather. Queen of the Furrow Also, the Queen of the furrow compptition pro- gressed as usual, and Amy Stewart, daughter of Huron' County's warden at the time, Was crowned queen. This year another Stewart, Amy's younger sister Anne, will be representing Huron County in the Queen of the Furrow competition. Clean-Up After the hoopla • of the 1966 match was over, the local IPM committee and the Scotts, *ere faced with the cleanup operations. Although exhibitors were asked to remove as much of their display as possible, there were some reminders left behind. One ,of the more Memorable, aside from the rubber boots, were yards and yards of beige, white and blue bunting whiCh lay in the mud. • Mr. Scott said his wife eventually laundered the material which had been just dropped on the fields when the owner cleared away his display. A more b%thersorne part of the cleanup operation was removing the concrete which some exhibitors had poured for the floor of their exhibit area. Also, when booths were taken down, the nails that. held them together littered the Scott fields and proved a particular hazard to the tires of tractors used in the cleanup operation. If the weatherman had co-operated a bit more for the 1966 match, it's unlikely the Scott farm would have suffered any serious wear and tear. As it was, the tented city was left full of ruts and Mr. Scott says it took a few years , to get the site back to normal. This year, Mr. Scott and 'his son Bill, who acted as deputy mayor at the 1966 match, are going to fly over the Armstrong farm during the match to see how things have changed. The tented city will have seven streets instead of four, and there will be more exhibits than ever before. Also, the equipment used in today's match has changed a little from the 1946 match Mr. Scott atten- ded at Port Albert. Then he recalls, plowmen were using horses more than tractors, ti,reshing machines instead of combines and shoeing horses as one of the competitive events in the match. But agriculture hag changed drastically in the years since 1946. It's to be hoped the weather has also improved over the years since Huron County hosted 78F 1 oa 78F100, Candr'Apple Red, 302 Engine, Sliding Rear Window, Reduced Sound Level Exhaust, Automatic, Power Steering, Low I , Mount Mirrors, A.M. 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