325 Stone, Parson, Kansas 67357
The 10th annual Southeast Kansas Old Time Gas Engine and Tractor
Club Show was held June 27 and 28, 1998 at the Crawford County
Historical Society Museum grounds in Pittsburg, Kansas.
The club decided to honor one of the founders of the club,
Quentin Jensen, who passed away several years ago. We invited
anyone who purchased any of Quentin’s engines to bring them
back to display them at the club show last year.
Among those people who brought engines back were Mr. and Mrs.
Arnie Hartman, Monroeville, Indiana. They brought a Sandow and
Lennox to display. A total of 10 people brought back Quentin’s
engines.
At this show we had 120 engines, 17 model engines, six steam
models, 12 garden tractors and 13 tractors on display.
Prior to the show, the club installed a flag pole in the display
area and surrounded it with a rock and flower garden and placed a
memorial plaque with the names of deceased members on it. We
received many favorable comments not only from exhibitors, but also
from visitors.
Among our events was a pie-baking contest, won by Shelly
Robertson; Skillet Toss, over-16 winner was Amanda White, under-16
winner was Tara Butler; Rolling Pin Toss winner was Cindy Cleffman;
Turtle Race winner was Samantha Earnest. Slow Engine contest, under
4 HP hit and miss winners were the Mobleys; over 4 HP hit and miss
winner was Joe Butler; under 4 HP throttle governed winner, Milford
Kagle. Slow Tractor Race winner was Terry Hahn with a John Deere
50. Winner of the clock raffle was Michele Duffy.
Display of Larry and Kathy Powell of Rogers,
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Struck dozer owned by Kenny Wilson of Carl
Junction, MO.
Memorial plaque and flower garden.
Some of the various displays at the show.
Even though the temperature was near 100 degrees both days, we
had a good turnout during the mornings when temperatures were more
bearable.
The club has a restored hay press which we demonstrate during
the show, but this year we demonstrated something else–how fast
four or five men can move. It seems that the straw pile we were
using in the hay press was home to a large bunch of bumblebees (the
small black ones who dislike everybody and hate to be disturbed).
After cooling the bees down with a fire extinguisher, things
returned to near normal.
We would again like to thank all the exhibitors from over the
four states who were part of our show this year, and invite them
and anyone else to join us for our next show on June 26 and 27,
1999.
