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1989 Kempton Show

By Mel Riehl, Pres.

The Antique Engine, Tractor & Toy Club, Inc.

Box 385, RD#1, Pine Street, Slatington, Pennsylvania 18080

The Kempton Show put on by our club June 3 and 4 was the largest in numbers of exhibitors and public attendance. There were 135 engines, 75 tractors (both farm and garden) and 6 toy exhibits. New this year were a children's pedal pull, slowest running engine contest, tractor teeter-totter, tractor dynamometer pull and, of course, the "slowest" tractor race. We had hoped to have a blind-folded driving contest and an adult pedal pull, but for various reasons those two events did not take place. This year, an additional $500 was spent on newspaper advertising, and the results were evident with the largest number of receipts at the parking gate. With the increased expenditures for advertising, pedal pull, fire company standby, etc., the net profit was low...

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