HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-09-14, Page 8PAGE 8 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1
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Buttons the Clown, from Windsor, attracted the younger crowd at the Thresher Reunion.
Here Cathy Nesbitt of Auburn gets a make-up job, while Rhonda Stadelmann of Blyth
watches on.
The Hallahan family of Blyth, all got into the parade act on Sunday at the
Reunion.
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Five, 30 pound roasts of beef were cooked and served by the Blyth Lions Club at the
Thresher Reunion on Sunday. Lion Don Scrimgeour had no trouble slicing through the
juicy roasts.
photos by Shelley McPhee
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Robert McClinchey of Blyth was one of the local musicians to take part in the Old Time
Fiddler's Contest at the Thresher Reunion on Saturday.
George McBride of RR 5, Goderich, a member of the Pioneer Thresher and Hobby
Association for many years, showed the skill and strength used to hand saw wood in a
contest held at the Thresher Reunion on Saturday.
The big wheels rolled round the track at the Blyth Community Park at daily parades held
at the three day Thresher Reunion. The parades showed the steam engines, old tractors,
cars, horses, the Clinton and Mount Forest Pipe Bands.
The Blyth Arena was filled with a record number of craft booths for the weekend
Thresher Reunion. Linda and Cindy Visser of Dublin, Julie Agar of Seaforth and
Christina Visser of Dublin are seen here studying one of the many tables of handcrafted
items.
Crowds at the Thresher Reunion watched on as the giant
saw easily cut through logs. The lumber rotting operation
was powered by steam.