Rock River Thresheree - 35th Annual Reunion (1991)




In 1991, the steam refrigeration engine from Pabst was overhauled. Paul Marx built the swinging gates at our County M entrance; space and machinery to build them was donated by the Marshall Erdman Co. Our Thresheree Booth was completed. We had a new public address system installed, but it had performance anxiety issues, spraying our announcer, Don Lux, with sparks and fire during the Parade of Power.

International Harvester tractors were the feature of our show; this evolved into the national Red Power Round-Up shows. Virginia Mauerman was our Reunion Queen.

1991 Souvenir Album Index:

Front Cover - McCormick Deering W-4 Standard tractor
Inside Front Cover - In Memory - [photo] 1984 Queen Helen Taylor - list of deceased members
Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Don Lux - [photo] Don Lux
Page 2 - Letter from Kenneth Updike, Red Power Round-Up Coordinator
Page 3 - [photos] 1991 Queen Virginia Mauerman and family in front of their Titan tractor - 1990 Queen Julie Dobson - list of former Thresheree Queens
Page 4 - [3 photos taken during the 1991 planting season]
Page 5 - [4 photos taken during the 1991 grain harvesting]
Page 6 - [photos] John Wendler's McCormick W-4 Standard tractor - John Wendler's McCormick W-6 Standard tractor - John Wendler's McCormick W-9 Standard tractor
Page 7 - [photos] Clyde Berkshire's 1924 IHC truck - Edward "Red" Nelson's McCormick T-20 crawler with blade - Clyde Berskhire with his display of IH clothing on manequins - 1905 IHC engine - Clyde Berkshire's IHN Runabout automobile
Page 8 - [photos] Farmall 450 LP gas tractor - Wendell Bennett's 22-36 McCormick Deering tractor - Edward "Red" Nelson's McCormick Deering I-12 - Harold Mauerman's IHC Titan tractor (the oldest IHC in the club) - IHC Titan tractor
Page 9 - [photos] Carol Vint's 15-30 McCormick Deering tractor - Dave Nitz on his Farmall F-14 tractor - Ted Mudek's McCormick Deering I-20 tractor - Ron Radloff's 1929 Farmall Regular tractor - Wilbur Shepherd's Farmall F-20 tractor - an IHC 1586 in northern Indiana in 1980
Page 10 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events
Page 11 - [photo] two Briggs & Stratton gas engines - [old advertisement] Weber Gasoline Engine - [photos] gas engines - gas engines - Syl Henry and Mr. Dean with gas engines
Page 12 - [photos] Blacksmith shop interior - Parl Marx and Walt Durst - blacksmith at the forge - blacksmiths
Page 13 - [photos] Marvin Rustad, sawyer, preparing a log - Marvin Rustad working the sawmill - field of shocked oats - Wendell Bennett putting oats into a thresher - Wendell Bennett working on a belt pulley on a threshing machine
Page 14 - [photos] Walt & Edna Durst in front of antique automobile - Lisa selling train tickets - two photos of our gate at the County M entrance - Reich's Sorghum Mill - sorghum mill workers
Page 15 - [photo] Case tractor models - [old advertisement] J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. - [photos] model circus and steam traction engine - model gas engines - Donnie Lux on a Clayton Rumage garden tractor
Page 16 - [photos] Dick Rasmussen talking with board members Ed Riese and Todd Ligman - Cannonball pulling into the depot - draft horses pulling a wagon - antique automobile in Parade of Power - Guerdon Dieter's Massey Harris combine - Jay Johnson driving Gerald Johnson's Ford pick-up truck
Page 17 - [photos] Rumely OilPull with a steam whistle - Vern Burno's Case steam roller - Wade Bros. Nichols & Shepherd steam traction engine - Norm Meinert's Case tractor (oldest Case tractor at the show) - Harold Ellis with his scale Case steam engine - Jim Tesch's 80hp Case steam traction engine and thresher
Page 18 - [photos] Volunteers working on a building - the Morley's with their collection of music machines - aerial view of tractor field and Cannonball - Rumely OilPull as seen from the pile driver tower - scale steam traction engine powering scale sawmill - Glen Beedy and his scale locomotive
Page 19 - Member list
Page 20 - Member list
Back Cover - [photo] International 1066 tractor (the 5 millionth tractor made by International Harveser)

	In 1991, the steam refrigeration engine from Pabst was overhauled. Paul Marx built the swinging gates at our County M entrance; space and machinery to build them was donated by the Marshall Erdman Co. Our Thresheree Booth was completed. We had a new public address system installed, but it had performance anxiety issues, spraying our announcer, Don Lux, with sparks and fire during the Parade of Power. International Harvester tractors were the feature of our show; this evolved into the national Red Power Round-Up shows. Virginia Mauerman was our Reunion Queen.

1991 Souvenir Album Index: Front Cover - McCormick Deering W-4 Standard tractor Inside Front Cover - In Memory - [photo] 1984 Queen Helen Taylor - list of deceased members Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Don Lux - [photo] Don Lux Page 2 - Letter from Kenneth Updike, Red Power Round-Up Coordinator Page 3 - [photos] 1991 Queen Virginia Mauerman and family in front of their Titan tractor - 1990 Queen Julie Dobson - list of former Thresheree Queens Page 4 - [3 photos taken during the 1991 planting season] Page 5 - [4 photos taken during the 1991 grain harvesting] Page 6 - [photos] John Wendler's McCormick W-4 Standard tractor - John Wendler's McCormick W-6 Standard tractor - John Wendler's McCormick W-9 Standard tractor Page 7 - [photos] Clyde Berkshire's 1924 IHC truck - Edward "Red" Nelson's McCormick T-20 crawler with blade - Clyde Berskhire with his display of IH clothing on manequins - 1905 IHC engine - Clyde Berkshire's IHN Runabout automobile Page 8 - [photos] Farmall 450 LP gas tractor - Wendell Bennett's 22-36 McCormick Deering tractor - Edward "Red" Nelson's McCormick Deering I-12 - Harold Mauerman's IHC Titan tractor (the oldest IHC in the club) - IHC Titan tractor Page 9 - [photos] Carol Vint's 15-30 McCormick Deering tractor - Dave Nitz on his Farmall F-14 tractor - Ted Mudek's McCormick Deering I-20 tractor - Ron Radloff's 1929 Farmall Regular tractor - Wilbur Shepherd's Farmall F-20 tractor - an IHC 1586 in northern Indiana in 1980 Page 10 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events Page 11 - [photo] two Briggs & Stratton gas engines - [old advertisement] Weber Gasoline Engine - [photos] gas engines - gas engines - Syl Henry and Mr. Dean with gas engines Page 12 - [photos] Blacksmith shop interior - Parl Marx and Walt Durst - blacksmith at the forge - blacksmiths Page 13 - [photos] Marvin Rustad, sawyer, preparing a log - Marvin Rustad working the sawmill - field of shocked oats - Wendell Bennett putting oats into a thresher - Wendell Bennett working on a belt pulley on a threshing machine Page 14 - [photos] Walt & Edna Durst in front of antique automobile - Lisa selling train tickets - two photos of our gate at the County M entrance - Reich's Sorghum Mill - sorghum mill workers Page 15 - [photo] Case tractor models - [old advertisement] J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. - [photos] model circus and steam traction engine - model gas engines - Donnie Lux on a Clayton Rumage garden tractor Page 16 - [photos] Dick Rasmussen talking with board members Ed Riese and Todd Ligman - Cannonball pulling into the depot - draft horses pulling a wagon - antique automobile in Parade of Power - Guerdon Dieter's Massey Harris combine - Jay Johnson driving Gerald Johnson's Ford pick-up truck Page 17 - [photos] Rumely OilPull with a steam whistle - Vern Burno's Case steam roller - Wade Bros. Nichols & Shepherd steam traction engine - Norm Meinert's Case tractor (oldest Case tractor at the show) - Harold Ellis with his scale Case steam engine - Jim Tesch's 80hp Case steam traction engine and thresher Page 18 - [photos] Volunteers working on a building - the Morley's with their collection of music machines - aerial view of tractor field and Cannonball - Rumely OilPull as seen from the pile driver tower - scale steam traction engine powering scale sawmill - Glen Beedy and his scale locomotive Page 19 - Member list Page 20 - Member list Back Cover - [photo] International 1066 tractor (the 5 millionth tractor made by International Harveser)