How did you like our last newsletter and our new printer? I thought they did a great job with great colors and they delivered the newsletter in a shorter amount of time while saving us about $2000.00 per year. Supreme Graphics located in Arcadia, WI also has printed our calendars for the last three years. As you all are aware postage costs are going up every few months along with everything else that goes in to production of our newsletter. We are tied by our by-laws that the newsletter costs is to be paid for by our membership dues.
It looks to be a busy show season with both Gathering of the Orange shows within a few hundred miles of each other with LaPorte Indiana June 20-23 and Pinckneyville, Illinois August 14-18 compared to next year when both shows will be much further apart, Lathrop MO and Canandaigua, NY. This year several great shows in Wisconsin and of course The Orange Spectacular in Hutchinson, MN. I am not forgetting or minimizing our own Father’s Day show June 14th-16th in Middle Amana, IA. We are pretty much centered in the Midwest in the great state of Iowa with plenty of motels lots to do and plenty of Persian Orange for everyone.
In September 13th-15th the Geneseo, Illinois will play host to the Antique Engine and Tractor Association’s Working Farm Show featuring Allis-Chalmers tractors and equipment. This group is a true working show with 65 acres to harvest corn and beans, saw mill, an old-time village with demonstrations of threshing machines, diesel locomotive and field work. The last time Allis-Chalmers was featured they had over 200 Allis-Chalmers tractors a record up to that time. For more information dates and contacts of Allis-Chalmers featured shows look in The Allis Connection.com and elsewhere in this newsletter.
The Allis Connection Father’s Day show featuring ALL THINGS ALLIS! The 2024 feature tractor will be the WD, WD45, WC, RC, WF and be sure to include those after market updates ie, step up or down transmissions or hand clutch. We will have a cook out and camp fire Thursday evening June 13th for those that get to the show early. The club will supply the brats, burgers, hot dogs and buns if everyone else brings a covered plate to share with the group and refreshments and a comfortable chair. We have done this for the last few years with good results and everyone in attendance having a good time. Friday, a free Allis featured forty mile tractor drive from Ron and Theresa Sexton’s home, near Riverside IA starting at 9:AM and arrive at the Middle Amana park about 3:00. No gravel roads! Tractors must run ten mile-an-hour or faster a rear view mirror will be required as well as SMV symbol, passengers on buddy seat only, no fender riders, drivers must be licensed in the state they reside and should have insurance. We will shuttle back to Riverside to recover trucks and trailers. For more information contact Ron Sexton or myself. Our hopes for the brass band repeat will not happen this year. They are competing in Main Amana and cannot break away. If you missed them last year they will be competing in Main Amana during the annual Wurst Fest. As I mentioned last letter we have a new food vendor who will be at the park all three days and maybe for breakfast. So let’s support all our vendors.
Saturday will start around 8:00AM with a good group of used and new parts dealers under the trees. DJS and Norm Meinert will be selling new parts. As always we welcome those folks with A-C swap meet parts to bring them, there is no fee for club members and a nominal charge for non-members. Don’t scrap that piece of A-C equipment, someone may want it There will be plenty of items in the main building as well as the club trailer and Gladys and Lyle Reinertson embroidery. We will be celebrating our 33rd show. Noon will bring the kiddy tractor pull always popular with the youngsters parents and grandparents. Next up is the parade through town and past the nursing home. The seniors and their families always look forward to our visit. Saturday evening will begin at the Amana Performing Arts Center, formerly the Old Creamery Theater. Doors will open at 4:00PM for the banquet followed by the scholarship auction. To date The Allis Connection has awarded 107 scholarships and paid out $63,000.00. For more information look at our web site theallisconnection.com Facebook page or elsewhere in the newsletter.
Sunday schedule is much the same with a non-denominational church service beginning at 8:00 AM. We will have the kiddy tractor pull as well as the parade through Middle Amana and past the nursing home. We will wrap up around 3PM with the drawing for the raffle prizes.
Come join us for one, two or all three days meet great people exhibit your tractor garden tractor or A-C equipment, share your stories meet and make new friends with common interests with ALL THINGS ALLIS and The Allis Connection.
Mike and Bonnie