Steinauer, Nebraska 68441.
The Northeast Nebraska Threshers Reunion and Show was held
September 25 and 26, 1971 at the William J. Mayberry farm East of
Niobrara, Nebraska.
The first day the weather was uncooperative but a nice crowd
braved the elements and most of the planned program was carried
out. The second day, Sunday, was well attended and the program went
off on schedule with a large crowd.
The steam and horsepower threshing held its own against the
lumber sawing and steam plowing. I don’t want to miss
mentioning the nice display of scale model steam engines and one
scale model Avery thresher with the Yankton South Dakota Antique
Auto Clubs display of well-restored cars.
The Gas Engine Section and display took on a new life in Mr.
Charles Bryan of 1312 College St. of Springfield, South Dakota
getting the following engines of Mr. May berry’s, operating–3
HP Sandwich, No. B26900, 6 HP Sandwich No. ?, 8 HP Economy No.
350646, 6 HP Galloway No. 29692, 5 HP Galloway No. 15912 and 6 HP
side-shaft Mogul No. LZ1677. He also had three of his collection, a
1? HP FM No. 174796, a 3 HP FM No. Z310375 and a 15 HP FM Diesel
No. 301555. There were a lot of other gas engines operating on the
grounds, but this writer was unable to go around and get all the
information on them–so plan to attend the 1972 show which will be
bigger and better, and see all those big steamers and tractors in
operation.
