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Tri - State Gas Engine Show

By Gary Hengstler

Portland, Indiana 47371

One of the most interesting aspects of the annual Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Show is the fact that each year at this time, its leaders engage in "conservative inflation" in their predictions for the upcoming show.

Take last year's for example. About one month before the 1972 show was held, Tri-State President Woody Turner, RR 6, Portland, Indiana, told this reporter he hoped for about 600 gas engines to fill the Jay county Fairgrounds at this central Indiana city near the Ohio border. And when he made that prediction he was "inflating" the total number of gas engines which had come previously.

To his surprise (and pleasure) over 700 came. Not only that but the attendance jumped almost 5,000 from about 15,000 to over 20,000 in the three-day show.

This year's show will be held Aug. 24, 25 and 26 at...

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