HomeMy WebLinkAbout30th Annual Huron Pioneer Thresher & Hobby Association 1991 Reunion, 1991-09-04, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1991. PAGE A-13.
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Firemen cooking up breakfast each morning
Bill Burkholder of the Blyth and District Fire Department serves up bacon at
the firemen’s breakfast that has become very much a part of the Thresher
Reunion. Last year about 850 people were served.
Food has always been part of the
threshing gang experience and for
hundreds of people each year, the Blyth
firemen's pancake breakfast gets the day
off to a god start.
The firemen began serving up their
pancakes several years ago and today
they're hard at work both Saturday and
Sunday morning from 8-11 a.m. In the
early years about 100 to 150 people turned
out for the breakfasts but last year about
850 people were served, Fire Chief Paul
Josling said.
Preparations for the event begin about a
month before the Thresher Reunion when
jobs are assigned to various members of
the fire department. There are cooking
grills to be arranged for and microwave
ovens and other equipment to be
borrowed. Others are in charge of grocery
shopping and others borrow tables and
chairs from local churches to be put up in
the fire hall.
According to Chief Josling about nine
or 10 men will actually be working the
mornings of the. breakfast, beginning at
6:30 to prepare for the first customers at 8
p.m. Several spouses of the firemen are on
hand to take over in case the fire alarm
sounds during the breakfast so that people
won't have to go without breakfast if the
firemen leave.
The breakfasts end at 11 a.m. but on
Saturday the firemen generally keep
serving as long as people are coming
through the door. Because of church
services on Sunday, however, they close
Flea market offers
something for everyone
The flea market at the Thresher
Reunion is one of the newer features with
one of the youngest members of the
Thresher Association, Steven Tiffin in
charge.
The flea market started only about five
years ago and that year had only about two
or three vendors. Since then, like
everything else about the Thresher
Reunion, it has just grown and grown.
This year Steven expects there will be
about 15 vendors selling their
merchandise.
The flea market is based on the belief
that "one person's junk is another person’s
promptly at 11 a.m.
The money raised by the firemen has
helped buy equipment over the years for
the volunteer fire department. This year
the money will help pay for a portable
phone system. At present, someone has to
be on hand to man the fire phone evenings
and weekends, meaning firemen are
prevented from living a normal life. With
the new telephone system, firemen would
be able to do other things and still be able
to answer fire calls as long as they stay
somewhere in the village.
Prices for the breakfast are $4 for
adults, $3 for children and free for
preschool children.
gold". The vendors set up with everything
from motor homes to just tables. They sell
an assortment of things from antique tools,
dishes, old wheels, antique toy tractors,
small furniture, household items and
woodworking tools. It’s also a place where
people with tractors to repair can scrounge
for used parts.
The stipulation is that 75 per cent of the
items on sale must be antique items to
keep the flea market from becoming run
of the mill but the shoppers just love to
rummage among all the various goods on
display. Some say they find things they've
been looking for for years.
Welcome Threshers
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