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Food, glorious food, there's tints of to eat at the Blyth Thresher Reunion. As in past years,
the Blyth Lions Club will be serving up roast beef lunches and dinners on Sunday. The
Legion Ladies and Blyth Fire Brigade will also help out with in the food departments.
(Shelley McPhee photo)
Harvest injuries in clays gone by
August 23, 1934
Clinton News -Record
KIPPEN - While threshing on the farm of
Mr. Rowcliffe, just south of Hensall, Edgar
McBride of Kippen caught his arm in the
thresher and had his left had taken off.
The accident • occurred at 5:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and the unfortunate
man was rushed to Scott Memorial Hospital
at Seaforth. Mr. McBride is a young man
well known locally and has only been mar-
ried about a year.
August 27, 1884
GODERICH TWP. - Last Thursday the
team of Mr. Geo. Cantelon of the 7th, ran
away while hauling grain from the field. His
daughter Linda, who was on the waggon,
was thrown off and badly injured
• The fresh fall fair aid the streinlous labor
involved in bringing:in the harvest tradi-
tionally meant big appetitest,.
Wliile men worked ,women
labored in the kitchen, creating huge feasts
or the threshing gangs.
Like the old days when Pbles were laden
with soups, vegetables roasts and pies, in-
dustrious volunteers &the Myth 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 satisfy
those harvest appetites at several special
breakfasts, lunches and suppers:
•The Blyth Legion Ladies Auxiliary, under
the direction of Lillian Riehl will be serving
• lunches, snacks and hot dinners in the arena
auditorium on Friday and Saturday.
Hot meals will include turkey, beef or
• sausage dinners, cabbage, salad, garden
• freSh vegetables and homemade pies.
Egg, salmon, turkey and beef sandwiches
and dessert will also be served for lighter
meals.
Proceeds' from the meals are directed
back to the Legion Auxiliary, then delegated
for projects. Through fund raising work the
Auxiliary has helped purchase a freezer,
vacuum cleaner and Ceffee pots. Their fund
raising effortsAso help ,community pro-
jects, such as the Lady Diana Nursery in
Vanastra, the Blyth Memorial Hall kitchen
and the Community Centre kitchen.
Another local group who makes the
Thresher Reunion a major fund raising pro-
ject is the Blyth Lions Club.
Lion Club members operate a beer garden
and food booth thoughout the reunion 'days
and host a hot beef lunch and dinner on Sun-
day under the supervision of Gord Jenkins.
Last year the Lions served more than 300
meals and along with the proceeds from the
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a.m. - 6 p.m.; Closed limit quantities. Specials Cutting and Wrapping
Friday at 9 p.m.; Saturday in effect till dosing By Appointment
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beer garden and food booth, more than
$3,000 was raised:
Thenaoney helped to build a new pavilion
at the bions Park and this year's hind rais-
ingefferts will foot the rest of the bill.
The Licms will serve the beef dinner and
operate theteer garden in the park. The
food booth will operate on the reunion
grounds on Saturday. andSunday. °
For the second year in a row the Blyth
Fire Department will be joining the food
service and this year their pancake
breakfast promises to be bigger and better
than ever.
Last year's good response has prompted
the firemen to hold two pancake breakfasts,
on Saturday and Sunday. These will be serv-
ed at the firehall.
Last year the fire brigade served more
than 170 plates of flapjacks and sausage at
their one day pancake feast. They raised ap-
proximately $250 which helped to buy equip-
ment for the emergency van.
Another favorite food booth is located in
the downstairs area of the community cen-
tre. Here the Blyth Anglican Church Women
(ACW ) boast their skills at an irresistible
bake and craft table:
•' Pies and sweet • treat goodies are
highlighted here. Organizer Florence Quinn
reported that more than '142 pies were sold
last year. • •
Along With the crafts, the ACW table will
feature a new item this year - P'akistani em-
broidery. •Handmade by the women • in
Pakistan, the embroidered creations are
sold abroad to help make extra income for
Pakistani families.
All in all, the Blyth Thresher's Reunion of-
fers a good variety of food, specially chosen
and prepared to suit all tastebuds. There's
little doubt that anyone will gotome hungry
from the 1984 version of the Blyth Thresher
Reunion.
Good machine, good men
August 29, 1884
Clinton New Era
KINBURN - On Saturday last, some very
big work was done on the farm of .Henry
Taylor, near Kinburn, 300 bushels of spring
wheat being turned out in two hours.
It is claimed that even more than this
could have been done, but Mr. Taylor would
not allow the machine to be run to itjull
capacity. The thresher used was from -/the
foundry of Ferran, MacPherson and Hovey,
Clinton, and shows what can be accomplish-
ed with a good machine when good men run
it.
Enjoy a tasty
Smorgasbord
complete with
Salad Bar
Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th
4:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
in our Banquet Facilities
Restaurant - Open 6 am -11 pm
Friday, Saturday night till 12:30 am
On County Road 25 .
South East of Blyth •
Kay & Keith,
Ken Hesselwood, Prop.
523-9623
• Triple K
Restaurant