The Pioneer Gas Engine Association continued its tradition of summer engine shows with a July 9th meeting at Paddleford Park in Sherburne,
N. Y. It was a cool day. The crowd was small but steady until the
rain started at three o’clock. It stopped at five, but most of the
engine owners had loaded up and left for home.
We had a nice turn out of engines, more engines than engineers.
There was: a 7 HP Sears and Roebuck; 1(?) HP Novo with belt driven
generator charging batteries and a light bulb; 2(?) HP Sandow; 2 HP
Taylor 2Vi HP Associated ‘three mule team’– mfg about 1912–belted to a De Lavel Pulso pump for milking purposes; Chilled
Cylinder Smitch; 1(?) HP Fairbanks Morse, 1(?) International De Lavel
milking machine; 1(?) HP Hercules; 2 HP Empire; 2 HP Hercules running
an antique belt driven washing machine made in 1900; 2 HP Bulls Eye
built in Warren, Pa and sold by Montgomery Ward in 1910; Stover
Power unit 2-1 reduction with clutch; 3(?) HP Titan, Maytag; 13/4
H.P. Associated; 6 HP Associated; 5 HP Collis; Ice saw run by a 2(?) HP Associated; 3 HP Kerosene fueled Fairbanks Morse; John Deere 1(?)
HP; 2 HP Magestic; 2 HP Stover; a hop pole puller and a wooden
upright object sent from the Farmer’s Museum, trying to find a
name and a use for it. Had lots of people guessing and it is
thought to be a rope weaver or a broom binder. There were fifteen
members present, and six new members bringing the club total to
41. –Mrs. Rose Wood, Sec., Sheds, N. Y.
‘We had a very wet, rainy “Gas-up” Sunday engine show on August
20th at Harry Gott’s in Burlington Flats, N. Y. Despite the rain,
many members attended, and the public interest was good. Many came
with umbrellas and rain gear.
There were the most engines at any meet yet. Harry Gott had 30
or more, most of them running.
Here is a list of the engines: Fairbanks Morse, International,
Empire, Stover, Alpine, Maytag, Associated, Maynard, Sattley,
Witte, Hercules, Domestic, Taylor Vaccume, Rock Island, Sandow,
Ottawa, John Deere, McCormick Deering, Fuller Johnson, Thermoil,
the Jumbo line, Ideal power lawn mower (Pat. 1920, Lansing, MI),
one horsepower tread 1898, 1936 Buick, 1938 Dodge, 1934 English
Fordson tractor, and 1927 Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Due to the rain, I did not get an accurate count of engines, but
I estimated 100 pieces of equipment. We had eight new members, five
of them charter. One was from Connecticut.
We are hoping for a nice sunny day for the next “Gas-up”
at our place on Sept. 10th.
About fifty people attended the “Gas-up” at Bill and
Duretta Schneider’s at Darien in June. The day started at 9:00
A. M. and lasted until 11:30 at night. Everyone brought a dish to
pass and there was enough for two meals. There were three door
prizes, won by Reginald Lewis, Mrs. Murphy, and Dick Wood. Duretta
writes that everyone was very good about cleaning up and it was
much appreciated by her and Bill. They hope to have another get
together next Spring.
Hemlock Fair
It is really too bad that more of you people didn’t exhibit
at the Hemlock Fair July 10-15. Charles Rolfe goes to much work to
try to get a good exhibit. Also there is money involved in prizes,
which would go towards your expense of restoring an engine. There
was much interest from the public as they walked by the tent and
saw and heard the old engines popping away. I counted 17 gas
engines, 4 tractors, 1 homemade tractor, a drag saw, a corn
sheller and an old rake. Among those exhibiting were Arthur West,
Dewitt Smith, Don Otis, Harold Shader, Herbert Cornish, Gordon
Hawk, Ted McCauley, Paul Wahl, Wesley Hammond, Charles Rolfe, and
Harold Ball.
