The Purpose of our Organization:
To preserve, restore and work antique tractors, farm machinery , tools, automobiles and construction equipment to display what our parents and grandparents had to work with to feed their families and our nation in the beginning of the twentieth century. The transition from horse, mule and oxen power source on our agricultural land to the steam engine and internal combustion engine tractors.
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Our Deepest Sympathy to Zane Hittle and his family at the loss of his wife, Joann, to a nine year courageous battle of cancer.
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Ladies: We are in the process of composing a recipe book of your favorite recipes. We ask that you help your club by submitting a recipe to: Andrea Prouty - 9725 Bird Road, Norwich, OH 43767 or e-mail to:aprouty@organictech.com
Thank you in advance for your help.
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NOVEMBER EVENTS:
November 23, 2008 - NOTE: **Sat, Nov. 22, 2:30PM** IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS PARADE BY 11/17, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY $25 TO BE IN IT. Zanesville South Holiday Parade. Holiday Run at 1:30 PM, Parade at 2 PM. Deadline for parade entries Nov. 14th. Decorate your entry in the parade theme:"Come South for the Holidays" **Candy or other items may not be thrown from vehicle. Parade will begin at the intersection of Pine Street and Maysville Avenue and end at the Inn at EagleSticks. No entries may include Santa Clause. For information call 453-7300
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DECEMBER EVENTS:
December 6, 2008 - Dresden "Light Up The Night" parade 5:30 PM - Line up at the old Longaberger headquarters.
December 20, 2008 - 6 PM - Christmas Party/Awards Dinner - Dresden U.M. Church - 1014 Main Street, Dresden, OH
Potluck: Meat, Bread, Beverages and Table Service provided by the club.
Names A-M bring a dessert
Names N-Z bring a main course dish
Gift Exchange: $5.00 adult gift exchange-mark gift as man or woman. Bring a gift for your children with their name on the gift for Santa to present.
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"Man's Best Friend"
Whether a tractor is large or small,
really doesn't matter at all.
What matters most to a tractor man,
Is that it really is his very best friend.
You can use a tractor to plow, plant or sew,
or it can be used with a rotary hoe.
You can add some weights and hook to a sled
then pull and pull till it's time for bed.
Will I choose a Sears, a Wheel Horse or a Cub Cadet?
I can't decide which it should be just yet.
Maybe I'll look for the bigger styles,
I must go up and down the isles
To find the type that suits my taste
But yet the decision can't be made in haste.
There are the Fords, the Case and Olivers too,
The Farm All, the Co-op and John Deere to choose.
An International, a Cockshutt or an Allis Chalmers at best,
Then there's also the Massey, the Moline and Ferguson to test.
Oh my, oh my, my thinking is slow,
Perhaps I'll choose one just to show.
The antique types no longer made
would be a good one to display in the shade.
The Rumley, the Shaw or Silver King,
or even the Huber might be the thing.
There are so many, I can't make the call,
I'll just join the Old Steam & Gas Club and enjoy them all. bug, author
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Old Steam & Gas Club 2008 officers
President - Jan Schneider
1st Vice President - Tracy Holden
2nd Vice President - Bob Mock
Secretary - Martha Prouty
Treasurer - Wanda Schneider
Membership - Barbara Gutridge
Refreshments - Flo Noland
Historian - Flo Noland & Lucinda Ardrey
Trustees - Wm Knupp, T. J. Holdren & Andy Pruitt
Web Page Coordinators: Kevin & Barbara Gutridge
Public Relations Officers: William Knapp, Jim Ardrey & Zane Hittle
News Letter - Jan Schneider 740-754-1904 (madjanstump@sbcglobal.net)
LET YOUR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT OUR CLUB
AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN AND PARTICIPATE