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Thresher Reunion
a living museum
A great deal of time, effort
and money go into the planning
of museums these days to make
them come alive for people
visiting the exhibits.
Audio-visual demonstra
tions, working models that whir
into action at the press of a
button, all these expensive
gadgets try to help you see how
something once worked.
Butnomuseum, no matter
how expensive or well-planned
can put you right into history
the way the Huron Pioneer
Thresher Reunion can. You can
walk right up within a few feet
of the giant steam engines and
watch the pistons punch in and
out, watch the fly-wheel whirr,
listen to the steam hiss out and
feel the heat from the boiler.
You can smell the smoke from
the fire mingled with the smell
of the grease.
You can watch old time
threshing in action, watch the
feeder throw the sheaves into
the separator, listen to the
rattle and rumble of the
machine as it devours the
sheaf, smell the warm smell of
the straw as it spits out the
straw blower.
You can walk down to the
sawmill and hear the scream of
the big circular blade as it cuts
its way through the logs, smell
the hot sawdust as it is cast out.
You can hear the sputter of
the little gas engines in another
areaofthegrounds, listen to
the racket from the antique gas
tractors.
A visit to the Thresher
Reunion is really a total immer
sion in history for all the senses.
There’s the scent of beans
cooking in an open pot, the
sound of the old-tyme fiddler
over on the grandstand.
Things whirrand whizz and whistle making the Thresher
Reunion an event for all the senses.
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And if you’re lucky, there
might be a chance to talk to
some of the people who used to
run this type of equipment in
real life. At least there’s the
chance to ask the operators of
the equipment how it works and
the history of the piece of
machinery.
For a history buff it’s a
chance to really understand an
important time of our history,
those years when people work
ing on the farms of Ontario
helped shape the world we
know today.
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Savings
Blyth
Mini Mart
Queen St., Blyth
523-4486 Jg
HOURS:
8a.m.-11p.m.
Daily
Prop. - Fred Tilley
PIONEER DAYS
All The Best
to everyone attending the
25th Reunion
of the Huron Pioneer
Threshermen
++++++++++
Congratulations to the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association
for their many years of hard work
to produce this worthwhile event.
Our Next
Equipment Sale
Saturday,
September 20
9:30 a.m.
Welcome to
the 25th Annual
Thresher's
Reunion
While visiting the Reunion,
drop in and see us for all your
various needs. We have just
about everything you need to
make your stay enjoyable.
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In
to t&e 'Pioneen.
^4<i4occatuM, on t&edi 25th “Reunion
While you are in the area visit your friendly
Chev-Olds dealer
El
Canada
Official Supplier
to The 1986
World Exposition
“You name it, we have it!”
TRACTORS
Massey 2705 with cab
Inti. 3788 4=wheel drive with cab
A-C 185 with cab
Ford County 954 4-wheel drive
M-F 1080
These are just a few of the tractors
on our lot
CROP CHOPPERS
All priced
to sell
Brindley
Auction Service
Shop 529-7625
Home 529-7970
% mile east of Dungannon
New New Holland
Gehl
International
Brussels
887-6856
J.L. McCutcheon
Motors Ltd.
Your friendly Chev-Olds dealer
Dungannon