The Times Advocate, 2004-07-21, Page 11Wednesday, July 21, 2004
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Exeter Pond and BackyardTour a success
Norma and Bev Lindenfield sit in front of their
water and perennial garden on Gidley Street last
weekend.The Lindenfield garden was one of 10
properties on the Exeter Pond and Backyard Tour
July 16-17.The event, held by the Exeter Agricultural
Society, was a fundraiser to help the Ag Society cele-
brate its 150th anniversary. (photos/Scott Nixon)
Kathy Penhale of William Street sits among her
English garden, which includes arbours, perennials
and stonewalls.
Cathy and Tom Seip stand in front of their pond and
waterfall on Kingscourt Cr. Cathy Seip, organizer for
the event, said 235 people took part in the tour and
she was "very happy" with the turnout. She said peo-
ple were excited by the variety of gardens and back-
yards offered on the tour.This was the first year of
the tour, and Seip said she would like to make it an
annual event.
Restored 1949 binder keeps memories alive
Paul Pavkeje places wheat for drying last
weekend.
CENTRALIA — Those at the
Pavkeje farm outside Centralia last
Saturday got a glimpse of how farm-
ing used to be.
A "binder demonstration day" was
held Saturday afternoon. Bought in
1949 by John and Jim Glavin in
Exeter at Sherwood farm machinery,
the Massey -Harris was used until
1960.
The Glavin family included 16 chil-
dren, 11 boys and five girls who
worked on the family farm. The late
Ed Glavin was the oldest.
The binder sat on Tom Glavin's
farm until 2001, when it was
restored. According to Jack Glavin,
the restoration would probably never
have taken place if not for Ed's ini-
tiative and the help of Ken Campbell
and the late Orland Reichert.
Ed's daughter Cathy Pavkeje said
"the interest around the binder is
amazing . . . For some of our older
friends and neighbours it brings
back memories of childhood. For the
younger ones it is a chance to see
how things were done years before
their time."
She said the binder demonstration
day will be held every year as a trib-
ute to her dad Ed since he had a
keen interest in teaching his children
and grandchildren about farming.
Pavkeje said her dad felt it was
important to pass on his knowledge
of old machinery so that part of his-
tory wouldn't be lost.
The binder, which was pulled by a
1947 Farmall tractor on the week-
end, will be entered in some antique
machinery parades and fairs this
summer.
Pavkeje is also considering market-
ing the wheat sheaves made by the
binder and setting it up as a busi-
ness for her and her husband Paul's
five children.
Jack Glavin helps pull a Massey -Harris binder through Paul and Cathy Pavkeje's
wheat field last Saturday during a "binder demonstration day." The binder was
bought in 1949 and restored in 2001. From left are Don Brodie, Ken Campbell,
Mike Pavkeje, Grant Skinner and Glavin. (photos/Scott Nixon)
Helping with the binder last Saturday, from left are Joe Pavkeje, Ken Campbell,
Mike Pavkeje and Grant Skinner.