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Valves, gauges, taps, pipes, whistles, nuts and bolts make up the complicated steam
machines that once brought the harvest in from the fields. (Blyth Standard photo).
Fully Licenced
WELCOME
TO THE
THRESHER REUNION
During your visit to Blyth come and
enjoy delicious food!
--DININGROOMHOURS:
Friday and Saturday 11 am -2 pm
5 pm -12 midnight
11:30 am -7 pm
,`Sunday
LOUNGE ENTERTAINMENT
Friday and Saturday
September 9th, 10th, 1983
"THE NITE LITES"
9 pm -1 am
Also
"SATURDAY MATINEE"
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The reunion ,grew beyond
'those:;_originators' wildest
dreams and last year more
than 10,000 participants and
visitors took in the three day
event
The annual - reunion has
grown from a steam engine
display to a full fledged
country style family affair,
.with exhibits and contests to
interest all ages.
Watching large steams
engines, model steam
engines, shingle machine,
braker fan, hay press, gas
tractors, gas engines, horse
power and hand fed
separators at work is still the
main attraction to this
spectacular show, but the
reunion also offers many
different old time crafts and
contests.
In the Blyth arena visitors
can see and buy apple doll
creations, spinning ,and
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elude an impressive e
saying display by the Blyth
Fire Department with the
Jaws of Life. Grain will be
threshed, lumber willbe
sawed by steam and there
will be four and six horse
hitchs and a black smith
shop.
Energetic men and boys
canjoin in:,.log sawingcon-
tests, the belt setting com-
petition and bagtying.
The reunion also offers a
wide variety of musical
entertainment, from the
Clinton Legion Pipe Band On
Saturday and the Mount
Forest Cameron Highlan-
ders Pipe Band and OPP
Band on Sunday, to the toe
tapping sounds of the
Komoka Seniors old time
band who will play at a
,The je nian w tre, its
official opening
at � 30 p.m. wlthadowntown
parade..... and , opening
ceremonies Local mer
chants have decorated their
store fronts and will be of-
fering
ffering sidewalk sale specials
throughout the weekend.
The 22nd annual event will
conclude on Sunday with a
giant morning church ser,
vice at local churches and on
the grounds at 10030 a.m.
The Heywoods will be
leading the Service.
From thestart of the show
on Friday at 1:30 p.m.,
Saturday at 9 a.m. and
Sunday at L30 p.m., to its
conclusion,' there will be
something for all ages and
interests at this fantastic
country event.
Local cooks prepare
to feed big appetites
By Shelley McPhee
Something about
threshing, the fresh fall air
and the hard work involved
in bringing in the harvest
makes for big appetites.
Like the old days when
kitchen tables were laden
with hot, filling dishes for the
threshing gangs, industrious
volunteers at the Blyth
Thresher's Reunion are
preparing to satisfy all
tastebuds at this weekend's
event.
The thousands of visitors
and participants in the
thresher show will be able to
eat a bountiful meals to
satisfy those harvest ap-
petites.
The Blyth Legion Ladies,
under the direction of Lillian
Riehl, will be cooking for
hundreds in the arena
auditorium. They will be
providing sandwich lun-
cheons and hot dinners on
Friday and Saturday.
Proceeds from meal tickets
will be used by the Legion for
their work.
Meanwhile the Blyth Lions
will be barbecuing five, 30
pound roasts of beef for the
huge barbecue finale on
Sunday. Last year the Lions
fed more than 300 and this
year they are anticipating
equally large crowds.
The dinner sittings are
from 12 to 2 p.m. and from 4
to 7 p.m. and t"e menu will
include bakelt potatoes,
corn, cole slaw, relish trays
and ice cream, along with
the barbecued beef.
The Lions also operate a
food booth on the grounds on
Saturday and Sunday and a
beer garden will be held at
the nearby Lions Park.
Lion member Larry Walsh
reports that this ambitious
venture is the biggest annual
money maker for the Blyth
Lions, bringing in more than
$3,000 for their community
projects.
The Lions have been
helping in the food depart-
ment/at the reunion for 22
years now and they receive
appreciated help from their
wives and the Figure Skating
Club.
The Blyth Fire Depart-
ment
epartment will be joining the food'
service at the reunion this
year. The members of the
volunteer brigade will be
hosting a pancake and
sausage breakfast at the fire
hall on Saturday morning.
More than 60 pounds of
sausage have been ordered
from the Blyth Meat Market
for the breakfast and Bev
Bromley will be donating the
maple syrup for the hun-
dreds of pancakes that will
be made by the firemen
turned chefs.
Like other meals offered at
the reunion, the pancake
breakfast will help firemen
raise funds for their new
emergency van.
There's liitle doubt that
anyone will go home hungry
from the 1983 version of the
Blyth Thresher Reunion.
Best Wishes
to the 22nd Annual
Reunion
Geo. Burkhokler
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