IAMO

By Staff
Published on May 1, 1977

Corydon, Iowa 50060

The Civil War finally came to the end on Friday evening,
February 25th at the Black Kettle Cafe on highway 5 north of
Unionville, Missouri.

A handful of Yankees met with a like amount of Rebels to discuss
casting their swords into gas engines.

One Rebel, Kenny Lupton, of Unionville, Missouri brought a set
of castings he made into an engine and displayed them to the group.
This engine, patterned after an old antique gas engine is only
around 14′ long. Although this engine was admired by many, one
Yankee, Dean Kenney, of Corydon, Ia. insisted on taking the blue
prints home with him to study as he still thinks Kenny Lupton just
plain filed down a big engine to that small size.

A new antique gas engine club was formed from this meeting. The
club’s name is IAMO, standing for Iowa and Missouri. Officers
chosen for the club were Dana Davis, president, Lemons, Missouri,
Kenny Lupton, vice president, Unionville, Missouri, Don Ellison,
secretary-treasurer, Unionville, Iowa. Board members, Ersa
Williamson, Corydon, Iowa, C. W. Tucker, Newton, Missouri, and
Gerry Barrickman, Centerville, Iowa. Eighteen members signed up and
anyone interested in joining should contact any of these
officers.

The club has three projects to work on this year; the Centennial
celebration July 1-4 at Lemons, Missouri, the Elmgrove Threshing
Show at Centerville, Iowa, July 16-17; and the Unionville, Missouri
County Fair, date not known at this time. Also, various members of
the club will be helping with other shows over the country.

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