This donated Cub Lo Boy will be raffled off at our 4th Quarter Meeting on November 30th. InformaTion Can be found in the newsletter.

It has been a busy summer and fall since I last shared my update. I know you have all been busy both with work, family and pursuing your IH collecting and displaying hobby. Seems there are not enough hours in the day to get done all the things I would like to do. I thought retirement would be less hectic, but I’ve said lately, I need to retire from retirement.

I hope many of you got to visit the Red Power Roundup in Sedalia, Missouri in late June. It was a great show, and I’m always amazed with all the products that IH made. This year they even had one of the first Steiger tractors there. As many of you know, Steiger made some of the first IH articulated four-wheel drives, and they later went on to purchase the Steiger company. I had one of the off-colored green Steiger Panthers and then later owned a few of the Red Steigers. I sure enjoyed seeing them there.

Your Chapter 7 had a great and successful State Show at the Hendricks County Fair in Danville in late July. The Hendricks County Antique Tractor and Machinery Collectors were great hosts and even invited us to their tractor drive. We had a few members join them and luckily my 560 made the trek with no problems. We all had a great time.

We attended a few other shows but the highlight for me was the Half Century of Progress show in Rantoul. They featured 1206s, my favorite tractor, and had a great turn out of 263 of them from around the country. I hauled my 1206 and a few other red tractors over for the show. I saw many of our members there attending, showing and working in the demonstration fields.

I truly appreciate any tractor/machinery collector who loads, hauls, displays and unloads their prize collections to share with other farmers and the general public. It takes a lot of time, talent and treasure to do that. I’m so grateful for those that go this extra mile for all to enjoy.

Our 4th quarter meeting is coming up at the end of November. It will be at Vice President Andrew Tucker’s shop. We will have a carry-in lunch at 1:00 pm with the Chapter supplying the meat, plates, and utensils. We had a great meeting there once before. We got to see his tractors and one of the best IH corn picker collections anywhere. It’s easy to get there as it is just south of Brazil Indiana. The address is: 1575 West County Road 200 North, Brazil, IN 47834.

Finally, we will be having our drawing for the unrestored International Cub and mower at the November 30th meeting. Tickets are only $2 each or 3 for $5 dollars and you can buy them from any director. Unfortunately, only a few tickets have been bought so your chances are way better than the Power Ball drawing! Also, remember that the proceeds go to our scholarship fund.

I hope you have a safe and bountiful harvest. I look forward to seeing you on Nov. 30th.

                                                                            Don Villwock

                                                                           Chapter 7 President