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PAGE A-4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1993.
Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion 1993
Brothers prepare grain
the old way
Remembrances
Tom and Bill Leiper of Hullett Twp. enjoy the chance to go back to the old ways of farming that the Thresher Reunion
offers them. The brothers each year prepare the grain for the Reunion by cutting it with a binder and then stooking it.
Each year, the sights, sounds and smells
of the Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion
bring memories of the past to thousands of
visitors.
Part of that re-enactment is the actual
threshing of grain with a huffing steam
engine powering a threshing machine. To
make that moment happen, however, there
are volunteers who, weeks before, live
another aspect of those early farming days
by cutting and stooking the grain.
In early August, on a hot, muggy day
brothers Bill and Tom Leiper of RR1,
Londesboro begin the physically demanding
lengthy job of providing the Reunion with
stooks. First the grain is cut with a binder
then deposited onto a canvas. The elevator
canvass takes the grain up to the packers
where a trip is operated when the packers are
full. Then a catch is released and arms come
around the grain and tie it with twine. These
arms then kick the newly-tied sheaf onto the
ground. The sheaves always come out of the
binder with the heads facing back.
The stooks are made with five sheaves in
each one, then left to dry in the hot sun
Continued on A-5
Volunteers make
show a success
It's amazing to be at the fairgrounds when
a meeting of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and
Hobby Association takes place. The people
wandering in come from all corners of
southwestern Ontario.
It takes thousands of volunteer hours to
put on an event like the Thresher Reunion,
everything from putting up snow fences for
crowd control to mapping out where
everything will be, from arranging
transportation for the larger piece of
equipment to staffing the gates during the
three days. Blyth gets the credit for the
event, but it wouldn't happen without the
people who help out.
Members of the executive of the Huron
Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association
are, president, Ray Hallahan; treasurer,
Carman Craig; secretary, Marian Hallahan;
membership, Maureen Thomson, RR1,
Lucknow and eUrectors, Jack Van Egmond,
RR1, Clinton; Lloyd Josling, Gary Courtney,
Leonard Phillip, Wingham; Gordon Radford,
Michael Andrews, London; Edgar Daer,
Jack Henderson, Vanastra and Stephen
Tiffin, RR3, Wingham.
Heading the various committees are
steam engines, Jim Sloan, Chcsley; gas
tractors, Jeff Thomson, Auburn; antique
tractor pull, Henry Hendricks, RR7,
Lucknow; special events, Dwight Hallahan;
threshing, Tom Leiper; Exhibit
transportation, John Ellacott, London;
advertising, Susan Van Egmond, RR1,
Clinton; antique flea market, Stephen Tiffin;
farm produce, Bob Cook, Goderich; gas,
Arie Van Diepan, Seaforth; property,
Carman Craig; sawmill, logs, wood, Wilbert
Phillippi, Chepstow area; Jim Sloan; parade,
Dave Thomson, Wingham; membership,
Maureen Thomson; registration, Lorna
Vincent; site supervisor, Gordon Radford;
church service, Dave Chittick, Hanover;
camping, Joe Hallahan (parking), Chris
Courtney (registration); gates, Harry
Wilkins, RR1, Cheslcy; crafts, Jean Fox; gas
engines, Jack Henderson; models, Michael
Andrews; antique vehicles, Bill Crawford;
special children's events, Jeff Peters;
parking, Bill Andrews, Auburn;
entertainment co-ordinator, Gladys Van
Egmond, RR1, Clinton, Dave Chittick;
working displays, Mike Nicholson, RR5,
Lucknow; grounds, Lloyd Josling; meal
tickets, Darryl Scarson, Watford-area;
communications, Ray Hallahan and food co-
ordinators Marie Hcffron and Lila
McClinchey, Auburn.