Central Illinois Green Club

On July 18-21 the Club set up at the Will County Threshermans Show at the Round Barn Farm in Manhattan, Illinois.  Brad Eike reported that the Show was a great success.  It was a little warm, but the crowd was good on Saturday and Sunday.  Brad thanked everyone that came to the shows, supported, and helped out.

July 21was the first annual tractor show at The Office on 17 east.  Five tractors showed up.  July 27 was the Peotone FFA Tractor Ride and Craft show.  They had 35 tractors on the drive and raised over $6000.  On August 3, 33 tractors and an Army semi tractor trailer exhibited at the Manteno Veterans Home.  There were no reports on the Watseka Farm Show that was held on August 3.  The Collom Tractor show had close to 40 tractors.  They rode through town to the tractor pull where 23 tractors participated in the tractor pull.  The Half Century of Progress in Rantoul, IL was held from August 22-25.  The tractor ride on Thursday had over 100 tractors participating on the drive.

The Schwark Family Farm will be celebrating its centennial year this year.  On September 14 the farm will have a Plow Day.  On November 2 Thee Olde Time Farm Show is having a Cash Bash at the Moose Lodge in Bradley.  There will be over $5600 in prizes.

The club tractor ride is scheduled for September 5.  It will start at the Evans Farm.  From there it will head northwest to Harley & Carol Bunte’s, to Braidwood where everyone will tour D&D Construction’s Equipment collection.  The ride will end at Coal city where everyone will eat Lunch.  After lunch the ride will continue south to Braceville, cross highway 55, and continue through to Essex and then back to the Evan’s Farm.

A club bus trip to Peoria is being planned.  More information will come. If interested sign up at the meeting.

Happy New Year from the Sunshine State! I hope your holidays were great. Now it’s on to the New Year which means for many of us, get organized, plan ahead, be a better listener, etc.  We have another great lineup of shows and activities this year. So I hope you will all resolve to join us and have some fun. Our monthly meetings have become an informational gathering. Oh yeah, and the snacks have been great. It has been an honor and privilege to be the president of the Central Illinois Green Club for the past ten years. We have made some wonderful friends and had a lot fun attending many events over the years. Our dedication and purpose is to maintain a club for the purpose of sharing, educating, and promoting the knowledge of antique tractors, farm machinery and collectables. Working with other clubs and organizations to continue this purpose has been a valued experience. We have been given the opportunity to participate in upcoming events that will help us maintain our dedication and purpose.  Your continued enthusiasm and camaraderie have been the soul of this club the last ten years. I personally want to thank the officers, the board of directors and all the members for the time and support you have given The Central Illinois Green Club Inc. Your cooperation, meeting attendance and volunteering for committees is this clubs foundation and our future. So mark your calendars for the 2013 exciting coming events. See you soon!

Your President

JOHN J. EVANS SR.

As published in January 5, 2013 issue (Issue 121) of The Greensheet.

Many events for 2013 have been added to the event calendar.  Please check it out and mark all the events your calendars!  Also, the date of the November CIGC Meeting has been changed to November 14.  A Case IH tractor plant tour will be discussed at this meeting, so be sure to attend if you are interested.