Times-Advocate, 1988-09-28, Page 29Times -Advocate, September 28, 1988 Page 15A
Crowd of 175,000 attends 1988 International
SKETCHING - Eva Laing, Cromarty, spent part of her time in the Inter-
denominational tent at the IPM making an ink drawing of Roy Russell, Rus-
seldale, and his horses Duke and Min.
Record number of exhibitors
STRATFORD - Bigger and better
than ever.
Those were the words used by
Ontario Plowmen's Association
president Fred Lewis in describing
the 1988 Intern tional Plowing
Match held on thrfarm of Hanna'
and Augustin Watch near Stratford.
Lewis of RR 2, Denfield said this
year's match exceeded all expecta-
tions with record crowds and also in
the number of exhibitors.
Saturday's attendance of near
45,000 brought the total for the
five days of thc match to almost
175,000. The previous' high for the
week was in W ingham, in .1978
when over .133,699 went through
tht turnstiles.
The annual event is called the In-
ternational Plowing Match and farm
machinery show and that's exactly
what it is. There were 708 exhibits
and displays all related to the farm-
jng industry.
Lewis says exhibitors totalled
560 at last year's match. On open-
ing day this, year, a prospective ex-
hibitor came along and said he
found a space of around on which
he could set,ip a display and he did.
As president of the OPA and re-
siding only 30 minutes from the
site, Lewis was very involved in or-
ganization of the event rand made
daily trips for more than two
weeks.
He paid t1'tbute to the Perth com-
mittee, chairman Doug Aitcheson
and thc more than 2,000 volunteers
from the county who were there
every day. Lewis added, "They
showed so much enthusiasm. It was
great".
The 1989.match will be held in
Essex county to be followed in suc-
ceeding years by Brant and Lamb -
ton. The site for the 1992 match
will be cho$en at the next OPA an-
nual meeting, in Toronto in Febru-
ary.
Lewis indicated at least four
counticst have shown interest in
hosting the 1992 match. They are
• Victoria county, region of Durham,
Haldimand-Wentworth and Bruce.
Fred Lewis will continue as presi-
dent until the annual meeting. At
that time vice-president Bill Martin
of Elgin county will take over.
PART OF THE JOB - Fred Lewis (right), chairman of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association, sits beside OPA first v/p William Martyn while signing
some of the $35,000 worth of cheques which went as cash prizes to plow-
ing contestants at the IPM.
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ENTERTAIN AT PLOW MATCH - Marion Horner and Willis Desjardine
of the Parkhill and Shipka areas entertained all week at the Vicon booth at -
the International plowing match.
NEIGHBOURS - Bill Rowcliffe (left) from WBR Inc. and Gerry Smith
Kongskilde, chat at the IPM where their displays faced each other across
a .edestrian watkwa .
RIDE IN PARADE - Ontario Plowman's Association president Fred Le-
wis is shown in Saturday's parade with his wife Anne at the left and Lois
Aitcheson at the ri. ht.
TALKING BUSINESS--JulfanBayleyifeffj; -talks-toJim-Brewster;—
• Guelph, the artist who painted the attractive and imaginative publicity pos-
ter for this year's IPM. Brewster had stopped at the Pineridge Barbecue
tent at the IPM for lunch.
sine Stephenson, (right),fieldman for the
Huron F of A, chats with Rudy Van Dieren, a Perth director, at the OFA
building at the International Plowing Match near Stratford.
AT THE IPM - Martyn DeBruyn and son Marty, RR 1 Exeter, were among
the 175,000 attending the 1988 IPM.
FROM THE BIG 0 - Joe Frankis (left), Howard Nussey, Hubert Schilbe
and Paul Mutter welcomed visitors to the Big 0 display at the IPM.
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