The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 35lo..okin
by David` catt
One :off Hurons former host
sites :'for : the International:.
Plowing Match IP,' was at
my grandfather' :James M.
Sentra farm near S af`ortht
1966. H 3 W3S the mayor Of. the
tented city and my father, Bill,
was deputy -mayor. •
.fie IPM Was centered on our
farm but also.included the
neighbouring farms of Gordon
Elliot, Con Eckert, Graham.
Kerr, Thomas •Govenlock,.
Francis Coleman, : Harold
Coleman, Sam. ,Scott,..Peter
McCowan and Hank Van
RooijenA
My reflections of that event
are somewhat limited since 1
was only a one -year-old at the
time,
Rut from all accounts, verbal
and documented, the 1966 IPM
sort of sounds -like the mud -bath'
at'the Woodstock Art and Music
bac
Festival: in l ev Fork state three
ears* later, except . that the
match rat Scott Poultry Farms
didn't include an appearance by.
Jimi, Hendrix or skinny-dipping
in the pond. �_ At feast not from
the accounts, I've heard).
Honourable .Joe .Green, leder
al; minister of Agri ulture., not
the football .player., officially
opened the 1966 `match.
p
Yes, 1 know. It was wet and
muddy.. We we're in bad need. of
an effective sun -dance ceremr
ny. But it didn't stop the crowds
from coming. Despite the.
weather. the plowing competii .
tions went Oita as scheduled and
visitors, including school tours,
visited the site in droves. • A
p
lowin match is,a plowing
match and just like the mail, it
comes through rain or shine.
Enterprising salesmen brought
carloads of" rubber boots and.
galoshes to the site ° which they
Farm Pr 'r.** s °,PPi ►19
t past 11•:.:uron IJ:Ms
Vold to visitors who had come �6 woman of atu le prop? �' �, most the fo>�rdevent,
unprepared r Duron County's tons was exploring the exhibit But Huron County no longer
rain. area when her Feet got stuck in
In 1978 when the 1Pl f was the mud. In tile'. attempt to free
held i i -f rm herself, she .lost er balance,
e � again . n �tt>ron at thea A . .
of Jim. and Carol Arntstron of :toppled Over. and „her skirt bli-
the l a area, a- lowed out around her.
tai e n� �l t`it ar a� � �r � "While �
titer was asked about. his reflec- While the top. half of her out-
dons
ut
tions on :1966, There were the '_.fit escaped, unfortunately the
stories plowing rubber bottom half sank into the mud."
o� about plo n� up ... bbe
boots years later and the masa But the plowntens& competi-
sive, messy clean-up. . tions proceeded, the crowds
A big problem with the. '66 came and the match officially
holds the record for wet wrath-.
er, said James M. Scott in 1978.
He was assured that the `'77
match. in Vrentcnac County,cap-
t%red the record for the muddi-
est, wettest match in 11 sto
And Huron's Wingham area
match had a few sprinkles of
rain but the majority of. the
event 'experienced dry weather
match (long since corrected) made tt throu� h to completter,. despite Farmers'
� , ; p arra Almanac Fre
Was that visitors could drive Over the years, plowing : dictions of .down, ours.
their' cars through the four matches in Huron County .have So 1 don't believe there's .a
s
streets on the 100 -acre tented had their share of bad luck? "Huron curse..". And besides,
es des,.
city exhibits site. . the :rain.accordingto accounts. The first- farmers are t ���e h . . ate rs a e a hearty� lot. They
started, the. streets turned to mud' match scheduled to be held on: can.handle the weather.
and cars were stuck up to the It's -good news to hear the
P too Whyte farm outside.-1999� will ..
axles. Seaforth,. was cancelled due to1FM i.be :held in Huron
it wasn't only,the cars that; got world w. 11 at Earl and Michael'Becker s.
stuck . though, pedestrians had a . farm near Dashwood. There is a
�/.�■{/!�■ The first post-war match �n M
trardestimm!Trintetinl?aler: , nd t44.. . 11dfc�G`ra�+xrl;connection" That
Danear-Auron at .the wasr base at Pr.
t eclair incident v><rrty�
Albert in 19 6 was rained'on for turn to; page 24
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