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PAGE A-18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1995.
Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion 1995
Looking back
This picture, circa 1916, belongs to Fannie Somers of Brussels, a granddaughter of
Donald (holding the horse) and Janet (standing with him) McLean. The thresher was
owned by their son Roderich (Rory) McLean, who is on the thresher. Also pictured
are his brother William McLean, (on wagon) who later resided in Blyth and worked as
a bricklayer and another brother Dave, (on top of the separator) who farmed with
Rory. Donald and Janet came to Nova Scotia from Scotland then settled in Morris
Twp. In addition to their three sons, they had a daughter Frances (Mrs. George
Machan). Roderich married Daisy Beardmore from England. They raised two boys
and seven girls. Arthur was killed in World War II, Jannet Currie (Brussels), the late
Mary Pennington (Brussels), Donald, who is also deceased, (Morris Twp.), Fannie
Somers (Brussels); Doris Stewart (Grimsby), Ella Gwyn (Blyth), Ruby Warner
(Stratford) and Grace Thompson (Wingham).
The way
it was
in May, 1962
It has taken many years for the Huron
Pioneer Thresher Reunion to grow into the
impressive display it is today. The first
Reunion, however, was not nearly so large.
The meeting that resulted in the decision
to organize the first Reunion was held in the
house of Simon Hallahan. That meeting was
held on May 13, 1962.
Nearly all the men present at this
gathering were veteran western Ontario
threshers. The first chairman was Harold
Turner, a former steam engineer from
Goderich. Alex Manning, of Blyth, was
treasurer, and Mr. Hallahan was secretary.
Others present at the meeting included Hugh
Chisholm, a steam engineer from Sarnia,
Stuart Muir of Paisley, John Scott of
Formosa, and Willie Joe Hallahan and John
Hallahan, both of Blyth.
A first formal meeting was held on June
20, 1962, at the Blyth Memorial Hall. The
organization was officially named the Huron
Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association,
and a decision was made to hold the first
Reunion that fall. There were five steam
tractors, two separators, and a rented
sawmill at that first Reunion, and about 500
people attended.
The attraction slowly grew larger every
year. More people came, and more events
were added. Fiddling, a popular feature of
the Reunion, soon planted its roots in the
Reunion. It could, in fact, be called a
fiddlers' reunion just as much as a threshers'.
One evening walk through the music-filled
campground will attest to this.
Craft displays and antique cars were soon
added to the show, and remain popular
today. Camping developed, and today comes
close to doubling the Blyth population for
the weekend.
All this has resulted from those first
meetings at Simon Hallahan's house in 1962.
Much has changed, but the same jovial spirit
that drove first the job of threshing, and then
the Reunion, is still quite alive. N'w
generations have, through the Thresht
Reunion, a very open window to the past, a
window that may never close.