April Meeting Highlights

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1 a p r i l 2014 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Greetings to all of our Members. I think most of us are really anxious to see bare ground, so lets remember that there are some things we can t control. Mother Nature and Father Time are two of those things. Our patience will be rewarded if we have any left after our winter of cold and snow. Spring is coming and we are ready. I think the more spring fever we get the more our members are willing to volunteer for our Summer Festival. We need more volunteers to make it a success for our Club. Keep them tractors rolling. Bob Clark, President April Meeting Highlights The meeting was held at Bill & Harriet Clark s home in Skowhegan with over 50 members present. Our snow birds are coming home. Warren & Eva Davenport were at the meeting. We received two $100 donations to the Land Development Matching Fund. Thank you very, very much. Tractor Supply in Skowhegan donated a new propane heater for our building. In return we are going to have a tractor show at the store sometime in May. From now on we are going to receive interest on the money in our checking account. We will no longer have to pay a service charge. It was voted to donate $100 to Maine Agriculture in the Classroom. It was voted to take up a collection next meeting to sponsor a bike for a drawing at Maine Farm Days. It was announced EDGE&TA insurance will no longer cover the barrel train and people mover. It was voted to host the Northeast Regional EDGE&TA Show in Two scholarship applications have been received so far. The suitcase weights on the tractors are going to be allowed. The new pulling rules will be on the website soon. At the meeting another $100 donation to the Land Development Matching Fund was made. Another $50 was donated by the members present. Thank you very, very much. Several members won door prizes donated by Leon Barton. Spring is coming slowly. I ve finely seen my first robin. Respectfully Submitted, Harriet Spencer, Secretary NEXT MEETING: May 4, 2014 Host: Sandy Salisbury 54 Knox Road, Bar Harbor, ME Lunch 12:00 (Sandy will furnish his famous Kentucky Fried Chicken again. Please bring desserts and drinks.) Meeting - 1:00 pm Treasurer s Report for March Balance in Checking...$2, Balance in Savings... $10, Balance in CD s... $15, Total Balances in Bank... $$29, The balance on the Land Loan is $24, and we have $3, in the land Development fund. Submitted by Terry V. Spencer, Treasurer Sincere condolences to the families of Teresa Ekholm, Kenneth Hawkes, Sr., and Reggie Lee. We also heard Fred Desjardins recently passed away. PRESIDENT Bob Clark 634 Sandy River Rd, Starks, ME (207) VICE PRESIDENT Matthew Hunter 17 Nash Drive, Chelsea, ME (207) mattelsie@roadrunner.com SECRETARY Harriet Spencer 35 N Shore Dr, Smithfield, ME (207) terriet1@tds.net TREASURER Terry Spencer 35 N Shore Dr, Smithfield, ME (207) terriet1@tds.net NEWSLETTER EDITOR Jennifer Libby 220 Eames Rd, Winslow, ME jennifer.libby@hotmail.com WEBMASTER Burl Ewell 48 Serenity Dr, W. Gardiner, ME (207)

2 If you are graduating this year, the 2014 scholarship guidelines are below. All members' seniors who apply for a scholarship will receive monies. The amount they receive depends on how many students apply. To all graduating high school seniors who are requesting scholarship money: 1. You must be a dependent of a current MATC member who has been a member for the previous year. 2. You must write a letter requesting scholarship money. 3. The request must be in writing no later than May 1, Please include the name of the high school you are graduating from and the name of the principal. The name of the higher education facility you will be attending, course you will be taking and some personal information such as work experience, high school extra curricular activities, awards and civic affiliations. 5. If you turn 18 years of age during the year in which the scholarship is to be awarded, you must become a member of MATC in your own right. 6. Please submit your letter of application to the scholarship chairman: Terry V. Spencer 35 North Shore Dr. Smithfield, ME terriet1@tds.net FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Festival Committee Members met on Sunday the 6th a 10am at Bill Clark s residence. The 2014 poster and brochure was discussed and changes suggested to both were made and accepted. Some of these changes were Stone Boat Pull on Friday is for all classes, there is no Stone Boat Pull on Sunday. The Lawn and Garden Tractor Pulls, Tractor Games and Pedal Tractor Pull ending with the pie auction followed by the drawing of the raffle tractor will be on Sunday. We are still looking for volunteers for the main gate, raffle ticket sales, MATC sales table and flea market or anywhere you feel you could help out. It would be appreciated. The next festival meeting will be on Wednesday, May 7th at 7pm at the Richmond Fire Station. Submitted by Judy Fairbanks 2014 FESTIVAL CAMPING APPLICATION Festival dates are Friday thru Sunday JUNE 27, 28, 29, 2014 Camping is available Wednesday, June 25, thru Monday, June 30. NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: SIZE/TYPE OF CAMPER: r ELECTRICITY r WATER r SEWER DATES AND NUMBER OF DAYS YOU PLAN TO CAMP: REQUESTS OR COMMENTS: MATC Members: Non-Members: Festival Committee Members: Please make checks payable to: MATC Send to: Judy Fairbanks 1103 Industry Road Industry, ME Refer all camping questions to: Judy Fairbanks dalejudy@beeline-online.net cell phone: $20/day $25/day $10/day NOTE: THERE IS NO FREE CAMPING AND NO OPEN CAMPFIRES.

3 JUNE Farmington Fairgrounds Tractor Festival Lawn & Garden & Tractor Pulls SATURDAY, JULY 19 Waterford Fair Tractor Pull - 11am SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Wilton Blueberry Festival - 1pm FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 Union Fair Tractor Pull - 5:30pm FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Blue Hill Tractor Pull - 5:30pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Oxford Fair Tractor Pull - 9:30am FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Cumberland - 12pm noon Two Farmall Tractors For Sale l. Model H Farm Tractor 2. Super A Farm Tractor Included Implements: 2 field plows 2 harrows 2 sprayers I snow Plow I 5ft. bush hog I saw table I scoot sled 2 sets of cultivators 1h/1super a I wood splitter -goes vertical or horizontal Both tractors have new tires, new mufflers, and new batteries! Super A has 20hrs on rebuilt engine. Both tractors have a saw table wheel. DUANNE C. RYDER EXCAVATION CONTRACTOR Light Excavation Foundation Work Tractor Work Tiling & Mowing Snow Plowing and Removal Sawyer Road Cape Elizabeth, ME APRIL APRIL 26 - Union Farm Equipment Chip, Split, Drive open house Contact Mark or at mark.buck@unionfarmequip.com. This event will start at 8:00 am and lasts all day Saturday. Raffle tractor will be present. Members are encouraged to stop by and visit/ help and thank one of MATC s most active sponsors. There is very little room for antique tractor display. MAY MAY 3 - Maine Fiddlehead Festival Contact Judy Festival is in Farmington on Academy Street from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. This kicks off the farmers market with a theme of "local food," local agriculture and locally prepared food. There will be vendors, food and music with MATC invited to display lawn and garden and antique tractors on Academy Street (there is no parade this year). Academy Street will be closed off to traffic and vendors will be set up near the Emery arts center, Merrill Hall and parking lot. MAY 3 - Farm Auction at 210 Goulds Ridge Road, Passadumkeag, Maine This event will start at 10:00 am with a preview at 8:00 am. Highlights will include farm tractors, implements, vehicles, trailers: snowmobile, boat, canoes and support equipment. Online bidding available at ProxiBid.com. Please visit KeenanAuction.com for complete list, details and photos or contact us at Our 6,611th Auction and 42nd Year. Steven P. Keenan #1035. Sale will be catered. MAY 3 - Tractor display at Oxford Tractor Supply Contact Ron Tractors will be displayed from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Tractor Supply is located on Route 26 just west of Walmart.

4 MAY continued MAY 10 - Rumford Lumberjack Festival Contact Arthur Line-up for parade between 9:00 am and 9:30 am with parade at 10:00 am and tractor display after parade at end of parade route on Congress Street. MAY 10 - Aldemere Farm Calf Unveiling Day, Rockport Maine Aldemere Farm raises Belted Galloway cows and each May has an event called Calf Unveiling Day. This event is an opportunity for the public to come and meet all of the new calves born in the spring of The Calf Unveiling Day will be taking place on Saturday, May 10 from 10:00 am 3:00 pm at the farm located at 70 Russell Avenue in Rockport. The farms would like to have a display of 4 to 6 antique tractors. If you can display a tractor, contact Jeremy or jlucas@mcht.org. MAY Auburn Mall Tractor Display Contact Robert or Joe Unload tractors Sunday night after 5:00 pm for display inside the mall and reload Sunday the 26th after 5:00 pm. MAY 23 - Livermore Falls Days Contact Jason Home , Cell This Livermore Falls Days will have an agricultural theme. May 23 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. There will be an area reserved for tractors at the corner of Bridge and Main Streets. There is parking for trucks and trailers will be at the back side of the library and at the bank parking lot. May 26 - Old Orchard Beach Memorial Day Parade Contact Pete Line up at noon behind the fire/police station off Saco Street. Parade starts at 1:00 pm. This is a large parade with about 20 groups and goes about a mile. MAY 26 - Searsmont Memorial Day & Bicentennial Parade Contact George Unload at the Sproul Building Components Yard at 8:00 am. Line-up at the town office for parade at 9:00 am. MAY 26 - Bath Memorial Day Parade Contact Harry Line-up at 10:00 am at the American Legion Post, 10 Congress Avenue. Unload at Recreation Field Parking Lot across the street. MAY 26 - Farmington Memorial Day Parade Contact Dennis Sponsored by the Farmington American Legion. Line-up at Mallett School or on Middle Street by the American Legion Hall at 9:00 am with parade at 10:00 am. The route will be left on Academy St, right on Main St, right on Court St, stopping at the cemetery, right on High St and back to Middle St. JUNE JUNE 5 - Highway Congress Skowhegan Fairgrounds Contact Terry Raffle tractor and room for some display. Contact Terry if you plan to display a tractor. JUNE Farmington Tractor Festival Contact Glenn or dewitt1603@roadrunner.com FARMINGTON FESTIVAL OUR BIG EVENT OF THE YEAR! This year s feature tractor is Oliver. Parade is Saturday at noon. Something for everyone! For camping information contact Dale or Judy or cell phone or dalejudy@beeline-online.net. Camping is available June 25 through June 30. JUNE 27 - Strong Parade Contact Bill Line-up at 5:00 pm at the north end of town for 6:00 pm parade.

5 JULY JULY 4 - Farmington Parade Contact Dick Park and unload in UMF parking lot on High Street. Line-up at 8:00 am for 9:00 am parade. JULY 4 - Bath Heritage Days Parade Contact Glenn or dewitt1603@roadrunner.com. Details to be determined later. JULY 4 - Grand Lake Stream Parade Contact Dave or Events start at 8:00 am and continue throughout the day with food available throughout the day. Parade starts at 11:00 am. Contact Dave if additional details are required. JULY 4 - Brooks Agricultural Fair and Parade - 2nd Annual Antique Tractor Show Contact Jim or jpbeirne01@gmail.com. Unload for parade in Brooks Community Park Rt 139 at Brooks Center by 8:30 am for 10:00 am parade (gates are open at 7:00 am). Display area available inside park for tractor show. Parking available for truck and trailer on grounds. Trophies will be awarded at 2:30 pm. JULY 12 - Harrison Old Home Days Parade Contact Brian Line-up at 11:00 am on Tolman Road off Route 117 west of town for 12:00 noon parade. JULY 12 - Moxie Festival Parade, Lisbon Falls Contact Ed Line-up at 8:30 am for 10:00 am parade. From Rte. 196 enter Lisbon High School entrance. Follow signs to registration area. They will direct you to unload area. (Parade is about 1 hour). JULY Waterford Fair Contact Brian or bbwinslow@aol.com. Waterford Worlds Fair - stressing Agriculture during their fair and want a line up of Antique Tractors and Equipment. Tractor pull on Sat July 19 starting at 11 am. Barrel Train active all 3 days. JULY Pittston Fair Contact Glenn or dewitt1603@roadrunner.com. Barrel train and tractor display for the four days. July 25-Aug 2 - Bangor Fair Bangor Fair People Mover will be providing service on July 25 through August 2 from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Anyone who can provide a tractor to pull the people mover and anyone who can ride the people mover should contact Dale or or dalejudy@beeline-online.net. This is a great money maker for the club so anyone who can participate in helping out for a day or two would be greatly appreciated. AUGUST AUG 2-3 Scribners Mills Back-To-The-Past Contact Brian Area for tractors display both days. AUG 2 - Andover Old Home Days Contact Floyd Emerson at Unload for parade and display at transfer station ½ mile before the village. Line-up for parade at 9:30 for 10 am parade start. Display at Martins garage in village after the parade. AUG 2 - Wilton Blueberry Festival Contact Mike metrans@tdstelme.net. Blueberry Festival Parade and Pull. Line-up for parade at 8:00 am at Western Maine Expo (formerly G. H. Bass) on Route 156, Weld Road. Parade begins at 9:00 am. Club pull (all classes) using progressive drag begins at 1:00 pm at Kineowatha Park. Check out the festival at

6 AUG continued AUG Skowhegan Fair Contact Bill Tractors will be displayed at fairgrounds all week. AUG Topsham Fair Contact Glenn Tractor Display and barrel train will be there all week. AUG 15 - Phillips Parade Contact Steve Phillips Old Home Days Big Parade with line-up at 4:00 pm at the Ballpark west of town on Route 142. Parade begins at 5:00 pm, usually with a funny theme. AUG 20 & 21 - Maine Farm Days at Misty Meadow Farms in Clinton Contact Bill Need big tractors and drivers to haul wagons with visitors on farm tour. There will also be ground plowing and harrowing both days using trailer plows and disk harrows. Please no hydraulic stuff. This will be for demonstration to visitors on how plowing and disking used to be done. Should be a fun two days! AUG Union Fair Contact Glenn Tractor pull with progressive drag on Friday Aug. 22 at 5:30 pm. Tractors can be displayed all week. AUG 23 - New Gloucester Community Fair Contact Kevin kbuck@maine.rr.com or Fair is from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm with tractor or implement display welcomed. Fairgrounds are on Bald Hill Road or check out the web page at for map. AUG 23 - Madison-Anson Days Parade Contact Bob Line-up on Main Street in Anson at 9:00 am for 10:00 am parade start time. AUG 24-SEPT 1 - Windsor Fair Contact Terry Tractor display all week. AUG 29 - Blue Hill Fair Contact Dale or or dalejudy@beeline-online.net. Tractor pull on Friday night at 5:30 pm. All classes using Progressive Drag. This is one of our pulls that is most appreciated by the audience and Blue Hill Fair Association. SEPTEMBER AUG 29-SEPT 1 - Harmony Free Fair Contact Ralph Labor Day Free Parade. Unload at Chadbourne Road, there will be a sign for directions. Line-up at 8:30 am on Sept 1 for 9:30 am parade. Display on fairgrounds afterwards for about one hour. SEPT Litchfield Fair Contact Glen Maine antique tractor club is invited to display tractors all three days. Barrel train will be active all three days. SEPT Oxford Fair Contact Bill or Scott Tractor pull with Progressive Drag will be on the 13th at 9:30 am. The fair has decided that all entering the fair have to pay this year so be prepared to pay the gate fee for entry. It is hoped we still can have a good turnout to represent the club and entertain the crowd with a good pull. SEPT Unity Common Ground Fair Contact Glenn One of our most popular events! Need at least 5 or 6 big tractors to haul people movers from parking lot to fair grounds. Members are encouraged to attend and help drive the tractors. All drivers who want to park inside the fair grounds must be inside before 8:00 am.

7 SEPT 26 - Cumberland Fair Tractor Pull Contact Tim Tractor pull with progressive drag Friday Sept 26 at 6:00 PM in front of the Grand Stand. SEPT 27- Orrington, Maine: The Curran Homestead Living History Farm & Museum salutes Maine Antique Tractor Club (MATC) and Farm Families with its Harvest Festival on the Farm. Contact Irv or irv@bangorlettershop.com. MATC members and their families will be special guests (FREE ADMISSION) at 372 Fields Pond Road in Orrington. The MATCsponsored DOODLEBUGS will stage their final showdown of These vintage vehicles battle to see whose contraption can pull the most weight. Activities include displays of vintage farm machinery & tractors; model T, tractor and horse-drawn rides; kids games & scavenger hunts; live music; fresh-pressed cider; noon barbecue; small farm animals; and with living history story-telling and demonstrations. Good farm family fun! MATC members encouraged to exhibit. OCTOBER SEP 28-OCT 5 - Fryeburg Fair Contact Don or Antique tractor show on Tuesday October 1 which is senior citizens day. Contact Don Chandler. He is always looking for unique or special tractors. Please contact him for information if you plan to come so you can be ensured of a display space. Tractor pulls on Sept. 28 and Sept. 30 with Fryeburg rules. Contact fair office for information on pulls. OCT Plow Days in Gorham Contact Dave or Also by dmccull1@maine.rr.com. The Parson family is looking forward to the 2014 plow days and they are happy to have people come and turn sod. The plow days will be held on October 11 & 12, Bring tractors early and plowing will get started by 8:00 each day for the early birds. Breakfast can be purchased by 8:00 and lunch by noon on both days. NOVEMBER Nov 11 - Richmond Veterans Day Parade Contact Glenn Parade Line up at 10:00 a.m. for 11:00 a.m. Parade. Unload in parking lot of old Etonic Shoe plant on the west side of town (Route 197). After parade, lunch and trophies at American Legion Post #132. HANGING WEIGHT CRITERIA The only weights allowed are O.E.M., cast bolt on wheel weights or suitcase and weight brackets. Any variation must have prior approval of the Pulling Committee. No railroad iron, concrete or curling dumbbell weights. All weights must meet the following requirements before pulling: Wheel weights & suitcase weights may be any brand, not necessarily the same brand as the tractor. All hanging weight must be factory appearing weights with no wheel weights hanging off the front. All ready rod and bolt ends will be covered for protection. All wheel weights must be tightly secured to wheel with no movement. No bungee cords or elastic or rubber cords are allowed when securing hanging weights. Ratchet straps or chain straps are allowed if they are secured tightly. Front hanging weights are not to extend more than 3ft. from the front of the tractor frame. If anything falls off of the tractor during pull, the tractor is disqualified. You will be allowed to add weight for the nearest even class, then a maximum of one thousand (1000) pounds from this point. The maximum width of the tractor is to be no more than 4 ft. from the center of the tractor to the outside of the weights or tires. (Amended Feb 2014)

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