HomeMy WebLinkAbout28th Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion, 1989-09-06, Page 18PAGE A-18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989.
Big tractors
A daily parade of antique equipment chugs through the Pacemaker for a minute to pose pretty for a picture.
Thresher Reunion every day. These fellows stopped their Tiny tractors
Contests mean plenty of fun
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done in the old days. For example, there is
a threshing demonstration where farmers
separate their grain from the straw.
Another attention getter is the sawmill
demonstration where the huge blade eats it
way through fresh lumber.
But some wood is cut the manual way at
the reunion when various contests get
underway during the weekend where men
and women put their skill and strength at
the log sawing, belt-tightening, and bag
tying competitions.
While all this activity is going on
outside, there is also a bustle of movement
in the arena where the craft show is
exhibited. Every year, the arena is filled to
capacity with woodcrafts, ceramics, vio
lins, quilts, and needlecraft. A master
spinner is on hand to display the art of
making wool and various artists who work
with leather and metal put their accom
plishments on show.
All the displays are on for the three days
while there are some specific activities to
catch on Sunday. In the morning, there is
an Interdenominational church service
conducted by clowns in a unique presenta
tion of God’s word. Then at 2 p.m., there is
a step-dancing competition.
During all this activity, people start to
get hungry and there are several groups
providing stomach fulfillment at the re
union. The ladies auxiliary of the Blyth
Legion provide a good homemade supper
on Friday and Saturday evening. For seven
dollars, patrons can get a home-cooked
meal of potatoes, vegetables and meat.
The ladies have been doing this for over 10
years, and the crowds that fill up the arena
auditorium testify to their prowess. Lunch
es are also provided by the auxiliary ladies
and sold out of the kitchen in the arena.
Visitors will smell the coffee early in the
morning on Saturday and Sunday when the
Blyth Firemen host their annual Pancake
breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. in the fire hall.
Then, the Blyth Lions take over the job of
feeding hundreds of people on Sunday
To Cure Pork:
First kill a pig. Put a good sized ham on a
large table. Rub a generous amount of table
salt and salt petre into the ham. If you notice
moisture oozing out of the ham, this is a good
sign. Let sit for two hours, after which time
repeat the operation of rubbing in the salts.
Allow time for it to dry thoroughly. Then
place in a flour sack and sew the sack to fit the
ham. Put it in the attic. Leave for one or
several years. When you take itfrom the attic
and remove itfrom the sack, you will notice it
is as hard as a rock. Carve it with a hack saw
and then boil or fry it.
By Melda McElroy, from her
grandfather’s recipe.
night with a roast beef supper at seven
dollars a plate.
It’s all there at the Thresher’s Reunion
from the big steam engines for the big boys
to the model engines for the little boys.
From the whirring of the sawmill blade to
the hissing of the steam engines to the
chugging of the old tractors, you’ll have a
hootin’ good time!
Toy tractor displays fascinate the
youngerThreshervisitors in Blyth. This
huge collection is owned by Don and
Cliff Schultz of RR 3, Blyth who have
collected over 200 models of tractors
during their five-year hobby.
News item:
Very few farmers are seen on the streets
these days on account of the favourable
weather, they are all busy on the land
finishing the harvest and getting their fall
wheat sowed.
Huron Expositor, Sept. 12,1910.
Welcome to everyone
who is in Blyth
this weekend
for the 28th
Threshermens
Reunion.
We are glad to have you here.
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