Rock River Thresheree - 40th Annual Reunion (1996)



In 1996, the L. S. Burr Steam Calliope was donated to us by Gilson Manufacturing of Middleton, WI. Members upgraded the boiler burners to electronic control at the request of the company that built them. Paul Marx acquired the planing mill for our Blacksmith Shop and worked tirelessly to get it ready for the show. Work began on our Worthing diesel engine. The Rickert family began rebuilding our club's steam traction engine (an Advance Rumely donated to us by Henry Raemish).

Oliver/Hart Parr was our featured tractor. Ellen Horton was our Reunion Queen.

1996 Souvenir Album Index:

Front Cover - Threshing scene
Inside Front Cover - [photos] Officers (Don Lux, Vice President; Todd Ligman, Treasurer; Carol Studebaker, Secretary/Newsletter Editor; and Charles Hendrickson, President) - Dennis Jacobs, Board Member - Ed Riese - Board Member - Mike Kowalkowski, Board Member - Jim Homann, Board Member - Wendell Bennett, Board Member - TomLean, Board Member - Dave Stricker, Board Member - list of deceased members
Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Charlie Hendrickson - [photo] Charlie Henrickson
Page 2 - [photos] 1996 Queen Ellen Horton - 1995 Queen Carol Studebaker - list of former Thresheree Queens
Page 3 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events
Page 4 - [article] "Some of the Attractions at our Show" - [photos] Thresheree Booth - Jerry Olson - Ken & Charlotte Bock, Jackie Brown, Janet Lux and Brian Lux inside the Threshere Booth - gas engines - Syl Henry
Pages 5 - [photos] Harlan & Howard Baker with their sewing machines - Wendell Bennett and Dave Stricker - steam engine and tractor rows - threshing scene - threshing scene - steam traction engines and tractors
Page 6 - [photos] Gerald Prentice's Minneapolis tractor - photographer - Harry Studebaker, Sr. and Howard Wade - aerial of the Harry Schell sawmill - Marvin Rustad operating the sawill - Charlie Birkrem - plowing with a steam traction engine - plowing - blacksmith shop - Paul Marx at the forge - wood carving demonstration - model engines
Page 7 - [photos] Scale hay baler - Ann Prisk and Kay Amacher selling train tickets - garden tractors - Charlie & Dawn Hendrickson in front of the Rock River Cannonball - passengers boarding the Cannonball - Helen Nob at her lemonade stand - Jim Fiedler with his ice cream bars - Ken Kidder's log cabin
Page 8 - [photos] Gas station - aerial view of car show - gristmill interior - Rich Gilbertson - Pete Burno's pile driver - pile driver crew (Dick Rasmussen, Paul Bolander, Tony Lauer, Denny Lauer and Donora Lauer) - old boat motors owned by the late Joe McVicar - aerial view of the Flea Market - LaVon Bennett - broom maker
Page 9 - [photos] Cranberry honey stand - scale thresher and steam traction engine - industrial steam engine in the Museum of Agriculture & Industry - Glenn Beedy - steam calliope as it looked in California - Rock River Buckskinners (Joe & Diane Ash and Brian Gurney) - tractors in the Parade of Power
Page 10 - [photos] Tractors in the Parade of Power - tractors and implements in the Parade of Power - Don Lux - Norm Aulabaugh's Volkswagon ("That's All Folks") - primitive camping sites - church service
Page 11 - [article] "Founders & Early Members"
Page 12 - [photos] 1967 board members Walt Durst, Lloyd "Hap" Hornbostel, Duane Richards, Marv Helgesen, Melvin Cassels, Peter Burno, Armin Pagel and Charlie Schaffer with the Cannonball - Duane Richards, Harold Mauerman and Pete Burno from about 1960 - John Horton, Ruth Handtke, Ethyl Becker and Ellen Horton in August 1955 - Leo Heth, Clarence Walker, August Handtke, _____ _____, Clarence Lietz, _____ _____, Bill Brace, John Horton, Sr. and Bill Harvey in August 1955 - Marv Helgesen - Don Lux - Glenn Beedy - Melvin Cassels
Page 13 - [photos] Walt Durst - John Horton - Harold Mauerman - Ray Klinger on his Case steam traction engine - Bernard Lux - Francis Reiner - Fred Thomson - Duane Richards
Page 14 - [photos] Kenneth Sayre - Ellen Horton and Genevieve Lux - Simon Havey - Kenneth Austin - Leo Heth and grandson James R. Heth - Harold Bauer - Harold Russell
Pages 15-16 - [article] "Oliver-Hart Parr - Our 1996 Feature Tractors"
Page 17 - [photos] Keith Hinchley's Hart Parr 18-36 - Barry Beggs on his Oliver 88 - Leo Weibel with a Sandley Steam Wagon (truck) - Bill Anderson on his Minneapolis Moline garden tractor (with wagon) - Caterpillar Diesel - Bruce Stennerson's Minneapolis steam traction engine - George Erbe on his scale Rumely OilPull - track-mounted buggy - electric buggy - Eddie Riddle on his DeSoto tractor - 1932 Ford truck owned by John's Trucking
Page 18 - [photos] Mike & Sandy Hinchley's baby buggy - Pickett Steam & Gas Engine Club's Titan tractor - two 1914 M. Rumely steam traction engines (Doug Weise on left, Harry "Marty" Studebaker on right) - Francis Reiner's Farmer's Union Co-op tractor - Howard & Dorothy Wade with their Nichols & Shepard steam traction engine
Page 19 - [photos] Bob Stewart - Carol Vint - Ron Finster and Paul Garrity - Brad Haugland and Todd Ligman - Jack Austin - Phil Tucker - Dan Jacobs, LaVon Bennett, Dennis Jacobs, Wendell Bennett and Mike August marking out flea market spaces
Page 20 - [photos] Orville smith - Fred Bullock - Mark Eyster and Eric Olin - George Klein - Moore Maltpress - Walt Burkheimer and Bob Babler - Mark Landon and Tom Fiedler
Page 21 - [photos] Fred Rickert - Carl Jacobs and son Dennis - Rock County Sheriff Deputy Wes Hopper - Aric and Dale Onsrud - T & K Helgesen, Inc.'s Sky Trak
Page 22 - [article] "Threshing" - [photos] grain cutting - Herbert Smith and Merle Sellen - Russ Bellman and Howard Wade on a steam traction engine - Rich Gilbertson, Guy Fay, Don Stricker and Norm Aulabaugh loading grain onto a wagon - Richard Murray hauling grain - Wendell Bennett throwing grain into a separator
Page 23 - Member list
Page 24 - Member list
Inside Back Cover - Caretakers & Maintenance - [photos] Dawn & Charlie Hendrickson - Louis & Joyce Goeck - trash detail crew (Eric Olin, Jerry Olson, Duane Murwin, Richard Gilbertson and Guy Fay)
Back Cover - Thanks - [photo] Threshermen's Park gate at County M entrance

	In 1996, the L. S. Burr Steam Calliope was donated to us by Gilson Manufacturing of Middleton, WI. Members upgraded the boiler burners to electronic control at the request of the company that built them. Paul Marx acquired the planing mill for our Blacksmith Shop and worked tirelessly to get it ready for the show. Work began on our Worthing diesel engine. The Rickert family began rebuilding our club's steam traction engine (an Advance Rumely donated to us by Henry Raemish). Oliver/Hart Parr was our featured tractor. Ellen Horton was our Reunion Queen.

1996 Souvenir Album Index: Front Cover - Threshing scene Inside Front Cover - [photos] Officers (Don Lux, Vice President; Todd Ligman, Treasurer; Carol Studebaker, Secretary/Newsletter Editor; and Charles Hendrickson, President) - Dennis Jacobs, Board Member - Ed Riese - Board Member - Mike Kowalkowski, Board Member - Jim Homann, Board Member - Wendell Bennett, Board Member - TomLean, Board Member - Dave Stricker, Board Member - list of deceased members Page 1 - Welcome letter from President Charlie Hendrickson - [photo] Charlie Henrickson Page 2 - [photos] 1996 Queen Ellen Horton - 1995 Queen Carol Studebaker - list of former Thresheree Queens Page 3 - Map of Threshermen's Park - schedule of events Page 4 - [article] "Some of the Attractions at our Show" - [photos] Thresheree Booth - Jerry Olson - Ken & Charlotte Bock, Jackie Brown, Janet Lux and Brian Lux inside the Threshere Booth - gas engines - Syl Henry Pages 5 - [photos] Harlan & Howard Baker with their sewing machines - Wendell Bennett and Dave Stricker - steam engine and tractor rows - threshing scene - threshing scene - steam traction engines and tractors Page 6 - [photos] Gerald Prentice's Minneapolis tractor - photographer - Harry Studebaker, Sr. and Howard Wade - aerial of the Harry Schell sawmill - Marvin Rustad operating the sawill - Charlie Birkrem - plowing with a steam traction engine - plowing - blacksmith shop - Paul Marx at the forge - wood carving demonstration - model engines Page 7 - [photos] Scale hay baler - Ann Prisk and Kay Amacher selling train tickets - garden tractors - Charlie & Dawn Hendrickson in front of the Rock River Cannonball - passengers boarding the Cannonball - Helen Nob at her lemonade stand - Jim Fiedler with his ice cream bars - Ken Kidder's log cabin Page 8 - [photos] Gas station - aerial view of car show - gristmill interior - Rich Gilbertson - Pete Burno's pile driver - pile driver crew (Dick Rasmussen, Paul Bolander, Tony Lauer, Denny Lauer and Donora Lauer) - old boat motors owned by the late Joe McVicar - aerial view of the Flea Market - LaVon Bennett - broom maker Page 9 - [photos] Cranberry honey stand - scale thresher and steam traction engine - industrial steam engine in the Museum of Agriculture & Industry - Glenn Beedy - steam calliope as it looked in California - Rock River Buckskinners (Joe & Diane Ash and Brian Gurney) - tractors in the Parade of Power Page 10 - [photos] Tractors in the Parade of Power - tractors and implements in the Parade of Power - Don Lux - Norm Aulabaugh's Volkswagon ("That's All Folks") - primitive camping sites - church service Page 11 - [article] "Founders & Early Members" Page 12 - [photos] 1967 board members Walt Durst, Lloyd "Hap" Hornbostel, Duane Richards, Marv Helgesen, Melvin Cassels, Peter Burno, Armin Pagel and Charlie Schaffer with the Cannonball - Duane Richards, Harold Mauerman and Pete Burno from about 1960 - John Horton, Ruth Handtke, Ethyl Becker and Ellen Horton in August 1955 - Leo Heth, Clarence Walker, August Handtke, _____ _____, Clarence Lietz, _____ _____, Bill Brace, John Horton, Sr. and Bill Harvey in August 1955 - Marv Helgesen - Don Lux - Glenn Beedy - Melvin Cassels Page 13 - [photos] Walt Durst - John Horton - Harold Mauerman - Ray Klinger on his Case steam traction engine - Bernard Lux - Francis Reiner - Fred Thomson - Duane Richards Page 14 - [photos] Kenneth Sayre - Ellen Horton and Genevieve Lux - Simon Havey - Kenneth Austin - Leo Heth and grandson James R. Heth - Harold Bauer - Harold Russell Pages 15-16 - [article] "Oliver-Hart Parr - Our 1996 Feature Tractors" Page 17 - [photos] Keith Hinchley's Hart Parr 18-36 - Barry Beggs on his Oliver 88 - Leo Weibel with a Sandley Steam Wagon (truck) - Bill Anderson on his Minneapolis Moline garden tractor (with wagon) - Caterpillar Diesel - Bruce Stennerson's Minneapolis steam traction engine - George Erbe on his scale Rumely OilPull - track-mounted buggy - electric buggy - Eddie Riddle on his DeSoto tractor - 1932 Ford truck owned by John's Trucking Page 18 - [photos] Mike & Sandy Hinchley's baby buggy - Pickett Steam & Gas Engine Club's Titan tractor - two 1914 M. Rumely steam traction engines (Doug Weise on left, Harry "Marty" Studebaker on right) - Francis Reiner's Farmer's Union Co-op tractor - Howard & Dorothy Wade with their Nichols & Shepard steam traction engine Page 19 - [photos] Bob Stewart - Carol Vint - Ron Finster and Paul Garrity - Brad Haugland and Todd Ligman - Jack Austin - Phil Tucker - Dan Jacobs, LaVon Bennett, Dennis Jacobs, Wendell Bennett and Mike August marking out flea market spaces Page 20 - [photos] Orville smith - Fred Bullock - Mark Eyster and Eric Olin - George Klein - Moore Maltpress - Walt Burkheimer and Bob Babler - Mark Landon and Tom Fiedler Page 21 - [photos] Fred Rickert - Carl Jacobs and son Dennis - Rock County Sheriff Deputy Wes Hopper - Aric and Dale Onsrud - T & K Helgesen, Inc.'s Sky Trak Page 22 - [article] "Threshing" - [photos] grain cutting - Herbert Smith and Merle Sellen - Russ Bellman and Howard Wade on a steam traction engine - Rich Gilbertson, Guy Fay, Don Stricker and Norm Aulabaugh loading grain onto a wagon - Richard Murray hauling grain - Wendell Bennett throwing grain into a separator Page 23 - Member list Page 24 - Member list Inside Back Cover - Caretakers & Maintenance - [photos] Dawn & Charlie Hendrickson - Louis & Joyce Goeck - trash detail crew (Eric Olin, Jerry Olson, Duane Murwin, Richard Gilbertson and Guy Fay) Back Cover - Thanks - [photo] Threshermen's Park gate at County M entrance