Rock River Thresheree - 24th Annual Reunion (1980)




In 1980, we authorized Harold Mauerman and Elmer Taylor to buy four wagons which were made into shuttle wagons. Donna Renlsey donated our F-20 tractor and plow in memory of her husband. We ordered 200 exhibitor plaques for the show. Myrtle Richards was our Reunion Queen.

Our souvenir album contained photographs from our 23rd Annual Reunion in 1979.

1980 Souvenir Album Index:

Front Cover - Steam traction engine
Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Lyle Silverthorn - [photo] Lyle Silverthorn
Page 2 - Map of Threshermen's Park
Page 3 - Program of events - [photo] Rock River Cannonball
Page 4 - [photos] Ted Mudek puttin water in his Case steam traction engine - working on a tractor - Don Cassels cleaning out a steam traction engine - Leonard Letz cranking a tractor to start it - Jerry Johnson's Farmall F-12 and Syl Henry's McCormick Deering grain binder - Bob Higgins on his 10-20 McCormick Deering
Page 5 - [photos] Herman Scharp with his gas engines - Herman Scharp's gas engine - gas engines
Page 6 - [photos] Dave Nitz's Economy gas engine - Dave Nitz's gas engine - Duane Suiter on Lyle Silverthorn's Fairbanks Morse industrial tractor - Harold Russell - Edward "Red" Nelson's Baker Test Fan - Don Wittenburg with his Rumely OilPull
Page 7 - [photos] Bob Siegel, Jr. making wooden shoes - George Erbe's scale 15-30 McCormick Deering tractor - three Janesville-made tractors
Page 8 - [photos] Threshermen's Park sign - shocked grain - Bob Higgins & John Stacey on Rumely Do-All tractor & McCormick Reaper - Louis Heller's Avery tractor - Duane Richards' 9-bottom plow - Walt Durst on his scale 65hp Case steam traction engine
Page 9 - [photos] Marvin Rustad sharpening the sawmill blade - Jerome Mauerman and Brian Jackson leading the Parade of Power on horseback
Page 10 - [photos] Club's steam air compressor - potato planter - Glenn Beedy with his scale separator - Glenn Beedy with his scale steam traction engine -Melvin Cassels "Sunday Buggy" - _____ _____, John Mullarkey and Don Wittenburg with Don's Case steam traction engine
Page 11 - [photos] four photos of belting a Case steam traction engine to a separator - Pete Burno's steam crane as viewed by the crane operator - Lyle Silverthorn on his Fordson tractor with Oliver plow
Page 12 - [6 photos of Syl Henry with his gas engines]
Page 13 - [photos] Marv Helgesen - 3 photos of Marv's tractors
Page 14 - [photos] Harold Mauerman escorting 1978 Queen Adella Horton - Adella Horton, 1979 Queen Norma Cassels, Chris Heller, Nate Heller and Melvin Cassels - 1921 30-60 Aultman-Taylor tractor - Vern Burno's 1915 Case steam roller
Page 15 - [photos] Rock River Cannonball - Pete Burno's Frick portable steam engine - row of separators
Page 16 - [photos] Woman and baby looking at a steam traction engine - shuttle wagon - kids on a steam traction engine - Marv Helgesen and Elmer Taylor - Marv Helgesen and Ted Mudek
Page 17 - [photos] Rock County Historical Society's Samson truck - Elmer Taylor operating Ted Mudek's 1924 65hp Case steam traction engine with separator - aerial view of Threshermen's Park - Alfred Barlass in his horse-driven buggy - Runstads operating the sawmill - Jeff Heller operating a steam traction engine
Page 18 - [photos] Four photos of Mel Cassels' Port Huron steam traction engine being loaded for a journey to Old World Wisconsin - Ed Goodger driving horse-driven grain wagon - plowing with a team of horses
Page 19 - [photos] Valley Tone Gospel Singers - Senior Citizens Old Timers Band - steam traction engine pulling a 9-bottom plow - Harold Jacobs' Caterpillar - Leonard Lenz with his 1937 Allis Chalmers VC tractor - Rumely OilPull tractor
Page 20 - [photos] Harold Mauerman on his IHC Titan tractor - Mr. & Mrs. Maltpress - George Klein
Page 21 - [photos] Club's Advance Rumely steam traction engine (donated by Henry Raemisch) - Marv Helgesen's Sandusky tractor
Page 22 - Membership list - [photo] Ward Taylor with his model steam traction engine
Page 23 - Membership list - [photo] Don Lux announcing the Parade of Power
Page 24 - [photo] Officers and Board of Directors (Wendell Bennett, Treasurer; Edward "Red" Nelson; Don Wittenburg; Melvin Cassels; Orville Smith; Lyle Silverthorn, President; Elmer Taylor; Helen Taylor, Secretary; George Klein; Ted Mudek)
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	In 1980, we authorized Harold Mauerman and Elmer Taylor to buy four wagons which were made into shuttle wagons. Donna Renlsey donated our F-20 tractor and plow in memory of her husband. We ordered 200 exhibitor plaques for the show. Myrtle Richards was our Reunion Queen. Our souvenir album contained photographs from our 23rd Annual Reunion in 1979.

1980 Souvenir Album Index: Front Cover - Steam traction engine Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Lyle Silverthorn - [photo] Lyle Silverthorn Page 2 - Map of Threshermen's Park Page 3 - Program of events - [photo] Rock River Cannonball Page 4 - [photos] Ted Mudek puttin water in his Case steam traction engine - working on a tractor - Don Cassels cleaning out a steam traction engine - Leonard Letz cranking a tractor to start it - Jerry Johnson's Farmall F-12 and Syl Henry's McCormick Deering grain binder - Bob Higgins on his 10-20 McCormick Deering Page 5 - [photos] Herman Scharp with his gas engines - Herman Scharp's gas engine - gas engines Page 6 - [photos] Dave Nitz's Economy gas engine - Dave Nitz's gas engine - Duane Suiter on Lyle Silverthorn's Fairbanks Morse industrial tractor - Harold Russell - Edward "Red" Nelson's Baker Test Fan - Don Wittenburg with his Rumely OilPull Page 7 - [photos] Bob Siegel, Jr. making wooden shoes - George Erbe's scale 15-30 McCormick Deering tractor - three Janesville-made tractors Page 8 - [photos] Threshermen's Park sign - shocked grain - Bob Higgins & John Stacey on Rumely Do-All tractor & McCormick Reaper - Louis Heller's Avery tractor - Duane Richards' 9-bottom plow - Walt Durst on his scale 65hp Case steam traction engine Page 9 - [photos] Marvin Rustad sharpening the sawmill blade - Jerome Mauerman and Brian Jackson leading the Parade of Power on horseback Page 10 - [photos] Club's steam air compressor - potato planter - Glenn Beedy with his scale separator - Glenn Beedy with his scale steam traction engine -Melvin Cassels "Sunday Buggy" - _____ _____, John Mullarkey and Don Wittenburg with Don's Case steam traction engine Page 11 - [photos] four photos of belting a Case steam traction engine to a separator - Pete Burno's steam crane as viewed by the crane operator - Lyle Silverthorn on his Fordson tractor with Oliver plow Page 12 - [6 photos of Syl Henry with his gas engines] Page 13 - [photos] Marv Helgesen - 3 photos of Marv's tractors Page 14 - [photos] Harold Mauerman escorting 1978 Queen Adella Horton - Adella Horton, 1979 Queen Norma Cassels, Chris Heller, Nate Heller and Melvin Cassels - 1921 30-60 Aultman-Taylor tractor - Vern Burno's 1915 Case steam roller Page 15 - [photos] Rock River Cannonball - Pete Burno's Frick portable steam engine - row of separators Page 16 - [photos] Woman and baby looking at a steam traction engine - shuttle wagon - kids on a steam traction engine - Marv Helgesen and Elmer Taylor - Marv Helgesen and Ted Mudek Page 17 - [photos] Rock County Historical Society's Samson truck - Elmer Taylor operating Ted Mudek's 1924 65hp Case steam traction engine with separator - aerial view of Threshermen's Park - Alfred Barlass in his horse-driven buggy - Runstads operating the sawmill - Jeff Heller operating a steam traction engine Page 18 - [photos] Four photos of Mel Cassels' Port Huron steam traction engine being loaded for a journey to Old World Wisconsin - Ed Goodger driving horse-driven grain wagon - plowing with a team of horses Page 19 - [photos] Valley Tone Gospel Singers - Senior Citizens Old Timers Band - steam traction engine pulling a 9-bottom plow - Harold Jacobs' Caterpillar - Leonard Lenz with his 1937 Allis Chalmers VC tractor - Rumely OilPull tractor Page 20 - [photos] Harold Mauerman on his IHC Titan tractor - Mr. & Mrs. Maltpress - George Klein Page 21 - [photos] Club's Advance Rumely steam traction engine (donated by Henry Raemisch) - Marv Helgesen's Sandusky tractor Page 22 - Membership list - [photo] Ward Taylor with his model steam traction engine Page 23 - Membership list - [photo] Don Lux announcing the Parade of Power Page 24 - [photo] Officers and Board of Directors (Wendell Bennett, Treasurer; Edward "Red" Nelson; Don Wittenburg; Melvin Cassels; Orville Smith; Lyle Silverthorn, President; Elmer Taylor; Helen Taylor, Secretary; George Klein; Ted Mudek) Back Cover - [advertisement] Helgensen Antique & Classic Auto Museum