HomeMy WebLinkAbout30th Annual Huron Pioneer Thresher & Hobby Association 1991 Reunion, 1991-09-04, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991. PAGE A-3.
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30th anniversary show bigger than ever
The 30th Huron Pioneer Thresher
Reunion promises to be the biggest yet in
a history of shows that just keep getting
bigger and bigger.
This year the show starts two days
earlier than usual with the CKNX Barn
Dance Road Show kicking off the action
Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at the Blyth
and District Community Centre. The Bam
Dance features a concert from 8 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. followed by a dance from 10
p.m. to 1 a.m. on the arena floor.
There’s more music Thursday night
with the fiddle jam session to be held at
the steel shed near the area. It will give
fiddlers from around the area a chance to
get together and fiddle around.
The show itself opens Friday at 9 a.m.
and there is a special reduced admission
for senior citizens and the handicapped of
only $2.00. Admission at other times is $4
for adults, $1 for children 12 and under
and free for children 12 and under
Committees work hard for show
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Egmond, Clinton and Leonard Phillips,
Wingham.
Heading the various committees are:
steam tractors, Bob Houston, Owen
Sound; float service, John Ellacott,
London; gas tractors, Jeff Thomson,
Auburn; antique cars, Bill Crawford,
Clinton; gas engines, Roy Moore,
Stratford; small models, Roy Bennett,
Wingham; crafts, Joan Houston, Owen
Sound; special events, Raymond Hallahan,
Blyth; gates, Harry Wilkins, Chesley; flea
market, Stephen Tiffin, Wingham; outside
accompanied by an adult
The craft show at the arena and the flea
market outside are open all day.
Entertainment will take place from 1:30 to
4:30 at the main stage area west of the
arena. The machines on hand will parade
past the grandstand at 4:40.
Friday night the jamboree will take
pace at 7:30 in the arena auditorium.
Saturday morning begins bright and
early downtown at the fire hall as the
Blyth and District Fire Department serves
up pancakes at the fire hall at the comer of
Dinsley St. East and Mill St beginning at
8 a.m. until 11.
The gates to the fairgrounds open at 8
a.m. with entertainment at the main stage
starting at 10 a.m.
The official opening takes pace at 1
p.m. at the second stage (in front of the
arena). At 2 p.m. the Heritage Fiddlers
will take over that stage and perform until
the parade review of equipment at 4:30.
concessions, Bob Cook, Goderich; lunch
committee, Marie Heffron, Blyth;
campers, Joe Hallahan, Blyth; bean pot,
Raymond Scotchmer, Goderich; saw mil,
Wilbur Phillippi, Chepstow; grain and
threshing, Tom Leiper, Londesboro;
grounds, Lloyd Josling, Londesboro;
wood, Frank Hallahan; parking,
Londesboro Lions Club; membership,
Maureen Thomson; registrations, Lorna
Vincent and Bernadette Andrews;
jamboree and fiddle and step dancing
competitions, Gladys Van Egmond; arena
committee, Raymond Hallahan, Carman
Craig and Wayne Houston.
Over at the main stage, west of the
arena the fiddle competition gets under
way at 2 p.m. After the parade there will
be local entertainment again from 5 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
Also taking place Saturday afternoon
will be the belt-setting, log sawing bag
tying and antique tractor pull
competitions. New this year will be
activities for youngsters run by the Blyth
Optimist Club. The belt-setting
competition relives the friendly
competition of the threshing gang days
when crews took pride in how fast they
could set up the threshing machine and
have it running. Teams of two take part in
a competition against the clock to set up
the separator, "set" the belt from the
tractor to the separator, and get the
threshing machine running up to speed.
In the log sawing, two people battle the
clock to saw through a log. In the bag
tying competition contestants see how fast
they can tie a row of bags.
The tractor pull will test the strength of
various classes of tractors. It's a new event
this year, open only to members of the
association.
At 2:30 clowns and puppets will
perform in the arena auditorium. The
afternoon also features the threshing
demonstration and of course the saw mill,
shingle mill and other perennially popular
displays will also be operating throughout
the afternoon.
Throughout the day hot meals are
available upstairs in the auditorium
throughout the day. Out on the grounds
the Huron County Museum will be
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Lively young step dancers are a
highlight during the Fiddler's
Jamboree and competition at the
annual Thresher Reunion.
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-Farm Supplies
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FERTILIZERS
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-Bulk spreading
-Spreader truck
-Micronutrients
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