HomeMy WebLinkAbout30th Annual Huron Pioneer Thresher & Hobby Association 1991 Reunion, 1991-09-04, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991. PAGE A-7.
9[uron Tioneer ^Hresfier Runion '91 :
Reunion born 29 years ago in Simon's house
who arrive, but 29 years ago, the idea that
led to the big event was developed among
a group of men small enough to meet in
Simon Hallahan's house.
Mr. Hallahan was, of course,
synonymous with the Thresher Reunion
Today the Huron Pioneer Thresher
Reunion is so big, the expanded Blyth
fairgrounds can hardly hold all the people
The sociability of old time threshing gangs is relived every people get a chance to sit around and visit old friends and
year for many people at the Thresher Reunion when exchange stories of the good old days.
tor many people in the early years of the
event so it was natural that his farm house
should be the nest where the egg was
hatched. It was on May 13, 1962 that the
first meeting of threshermen was held.
The name Thresher Reunion seems
natural enough when you look at the men
involved. Nearly all were veterans of the
threshing gangs that once brought off the
harvest on western Ontario farms. At that
first meeting was Harold Turner of
Goderich, a former steam engineer. He
became the first chairman. Alex Manning
of Blyth was named treasurer and Mr.
Hallahan became secretary.
Others present included Hugh
Chisholm of Sarnia, a steam engineer,
Stuart Muir of Paisley, John Scott of
Formosa and Willie Joe Hallahan and
John Hallahan of Blyth.
Simon Hallahan recalled some time ago
that Harold Turner suggested he write to
all the former threshermen and invite them
to a meeting.
That meeting was, according to the
history of the Association published in
1986, held June 20, 1962 at Blyth
Memorial Hall. Harold Turner chaired the
meeting and a motion was made to name
the organization the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association. Interest
was high enough that the group decided to
hold its first Thresher Reunion that fall.
There were five steam tractors, two
separators (threshing machines) and a
rented saw mill at that first Reunion and
about 500 people came out to see them.
Little by little new events were added
to the Thresher Reunion over the years
and with each one, the attraction grew and
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