The 1959 Oxford
match was planned to be held at Wesley Noack farm, RR2, Tavistock.
The welding competition was eliminated, but the tug of war for junior farmers continued.
The East Zorra junior farmers were in charge of parking, under the command of Jack Wettlaufer (Percy's son).
Mr.Ed Eddy offered the use of his farm for coaching day on Oct.17th, with Marshall Deans of Paris to be the coach.
The Tavistock Gazette printed the prize list; The grounds committee met at the Noack farm on Wednesday 28 October at 2 p.m. to stake out the lands.
The Annual Meeting for 1959 was held January 15, 1960.
Bob Milne was in attendance. The bank balance was down to $900.
New directors were: Allan Innes, Roy Scott, and Bob Stephenson.
William Stone & Son supplied the tent. Due to bad weather there was some delay in taking it down, and the company was paid because the tent was damaged.
William Stone&Co. bought large dead animals to manufacture glue from their skin and bones. Large farm horses were prized. In 1961, their name became CIL(Canadian Indusries Ltd).
Election of officers for 1960 followed:
President, Wilfred Corp
1st Vice Pres., Percy J.Wettlaufer
2nd Vice Pres., Clare Hartley
Secretary, Robert E. Bell
Treasurer, Norman Shelton
Directors:
Art Dale
J. Hargreaves
Ed Eddy
Doug Start
EdHansuld
BudKennedy
Lorne Richardson
Ed Thornton
Wilfred Grenzebach
Jack Hargreaves
Dave Mitchell
Allan Innes
A.D. Robinson
Roy Scott
Bob Stephenson
The welding competition was eliminated, but the tug of war for junior farmers continued.
The East Zorra junior farmers were in charge of parking, under the command of Jack Wettlaufer (Percy's son).
Mr.Ed Eddy offered the use of his farm for coaching day on Oct.17th, with Marshall Deans of Paris to be the coach.
The Tavistock Gazette printed the prize list; The grounds committee met at the Noack farm on Wednesday 28 October at 2 p.m. to stake out the lands.
The Annual Meeting for 1959 was held January 15, 1960.
Bob Milne was in attendance. The bank balance was down to $900.
New directors were: Allan Innes, Roy Scott, and Bob Stephenson.
William Stone & Son supplied the tent. Due to bad weather there was some delay in taking it down, and the company was paid because the tent was damaged.
William Stone&Co. bought large dead animals to manufacture glue from their skin and bones. Large farm horses were prized. In 1961, their name became CIL(Canadian Indusries Ltd).
Election of officers for 1960 followed:
President, Wilfred Corp
1st Vice Pres., Percy J.Wettlaufer
2nd Vice Pres., Clare Hartley
Secretary, Robert E. Bell
Treasurer, Norman Shelton
Directors:
Art Dale
J. Hargreaves
Ed Eddy
Doug Start
EdHansuld
BudKennedy
Lorne Richardson
Ed Thornton
Wilfred Grenzebach
Jack Hargreaves
Dave Mitchell
Allan Innes
A.D. Robinson
Roy Scott
Bob Stephenson
The Official program of IPM 1959, held in Wentworth Cty.,near Dundas.
The Family Herald printed these programs for free. The program contained the lot number,
and the field where each contestant would be plowing.
Featured on the cover is Floyd Forsythe.
Visitors to the match could pick up a program from the Family Herald booth, and then went to the field to watch their home county contestant.
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