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Massey Days Reunion UPDATE

I talked to my caterer today.  He is now able to give me until Friday, May 13th for the prelimnary food count.  So there is still time to get your Saturday Night, June 4th banquet reservations to me!  

There are Massey fans coming from far and wide (confirmed 14 States and Canada), just way fewer reservations for the Saturday night banquet than past years.  I am really hopeful that more of you are coming and just haven't gotten around to letting me know.   :-)

Thanks,

John



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Mine is in. Looking forward to it!

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Massey Days Workers

I would like to thank John and everyone who worked so hard to make this years Massey Days Reunion a great success.. "Thank You!" I think a great time was had by all who attended. Don't know why but I didn't get as many pictures as I usually get, I guess I was too busy talking but I am sure others have many pictures they can post on here..

Thanks Everyone who helped out!!

Joe

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Thanks Joe!  And a great big THANK YOU for everyone who attended, donated to the auction, bought items at the auction, and made Marlene and I feel so good about the whole thing.

I will post more later, including some photos.  Just before lunch I finally finished getting everything of mine out of the fields and most of it back into the barn.  Grabbing a quick bite now, and then I'm off to drill soybeans in the 8 acres I used for display and parking lot, along with some other little patches here and there.  Once that is all done, I might try to take a day of "relaxation".  ;-)

Cheers,

JB

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Hope your well rested up after the event John? expect everything is now back in their relative positions in the barn, a lot of work in both preparing and packing away from these events, on  a positive note I suppose it does encourage us to start, move and spring clean, which may not happen if there was no event.

Enjoyed your photo's in "The Gallery" Joe, good to see the weekends activities and all that participated. Also enjoyed your Gopher Count event photo coverage, looked like you was having a "UK " style "Road Run" with your GP, well done and always good to support a very local event.

Malcolm.

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Well, there hasn't yet been that "day of rest"...  It seems my local farmer has needed me more than I expected in the days following Massey Days Reunion.  Then there was our Indiana Massey Collectors State Show this past weekend.  I started hauling tractors on Wednesday.  On Saturday I had my 44 Special Row Crop (in it's original work clothes) running the threshing machine  - photo attached.  It ran really well, and showed just how good Massey's are on the belt.  (At that moment I had 11 tractors at the show...)   

I did take time out on Father's Day to see a movie with the grandkids instead of getting everything hauled home.  Got the last load home by 1:30 pm on Monday, then got back to mowing roadsides/lanes/waterways/etc...  

I still need to work on my thank you notes as well...

I'm thinking maybe July for that "day of relaxation"!?!?   

Thanks to Joe for capturing so many good shots of Massey Days in the Gallery.   

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Hey Massey folks!  

With a much needed rainy day, I finally found a few moments to sit down, reflect, and put a few words of general thanks and recognition for all of you who played a part in making the 2016 Massey Days Reunion a successful, fun, and rewarding event.  There is always great risk of missing somebody when it comes time for recognition, but acknowledging that risk, here we go.
 
A huge thanks goes out to all of the generous auction donors and buyers.  Due to your active participation, I was able to cover the costs of putting this show together.  Specific recognition is deserved by Tom & Cyndi Jansen, and Jack & Lavon Holton (and those who bid against them!) for the purchase of the two quilts.  That was very special, actually amazing, and really made it all very meaningful for Marlene.  Auction recognition also goes out to Gary & Ony Emsweller for putting together the Banquet ticket/auction bidder cards, donor/buyer identification cards, and tally sheets.  Also, to Sandy Kessel and Debbie Armstrong for clerking and managing the auction items.  Certainly no small task and they did it very effectively.  Thanks to ring men Dennis Volling, Tim Pace, Jeff Noah, and Drew Emsweller.  And, of course, our auctioneer, Paul Fuchs, who kept things going and lively. 
 
There were a great bunch of vendors and memorabilia on display in the buildings, as well as several tractors from as far away as Madison, SD parked out in the front field.  And a good variety of tractors as well, including the early Wallis Cub Jr.; Wallis 12-20; and Massey-Harris No.2; with examples of almost every era between those and the brute MF 4840 represented.  And, a Massey-Harris 8-HP Type 1 engine, for good measure, along with several implements from the different eras.  Thanks to all of you.
 
Thanks to Tom Tague who came over and helped me move a bunch of stuff, including the “Dead Row” out of the barn the Saturday before.  I worked him so hard I wasn’t sure I would ever see him again! 
 
Thanks to my “little brother”, Jeff Noah, and his family (Cari Beth, Abby, and Jack) for spending the week with us getting things organized and cleaned-up, and for all their help during the weekend.
 
Terry and Sandy Kessel.  They showed up early in order to get themselves set-up, but they also jumped right in and helped with all the table and chairs set-up, table decorations, ran to town and picked-up some supplies which they donated for the event.  And every morning when I went into the barn, work-a-holic Sandy was already in there sweeping, straightening, etc. before I could even get started.  Thanks so very much for all of your help.
 
Gary and Ony Emsweller.  In addition to the Banquet Tickets/Auction bid cards, Gary was active on compiling reservation and registration lists, adding missing spouse names, correcting spelling, and providing advice and counsel on items as I needed.  Ony deserves recognition just for putting up with us…  Thanks to both of you.
 
Dennis Volling.  Again, always there for advice and counsel.  As well as pitching in and doing whatever he could while he was here.  Much appreciated.
 
My family, Marlene’s daughters Shawna and Brandy were amazing.  The ideas they came up with for the banquet decorations and door prizes were great.  And the grandkids kept things lively for us, while really enjoying their time with Abby and Jack Noah during the week.
 
Of course all of this effort would have been for naught without the participation of all of you who traveled from near and far for the Massey Days Reunion.  Based on registrations, there were folks here from 16 different states plus Ontario, Canada!  Well done!  Big thanks to each and every one of you.
 
And, last but certainly not least, my wife, Marlene.  As most of you know, in the words of one of my co-workers, I have “meticulous tendencies”…  (There are certainly less kind ways to say that…).  Marlene puts up with that on a regular daily basis.  So you can imagine what I was like getting things ready for Massey Days Reunion.  She was a great help and supporter. 
 
If you did something special and I missed you, I am embarrassed and terribly sorry.
 
In summary, a big thanks again to all of you “nicest people” that the “Old Masseys” have collected.
 
Sincerely,
 
John and Marlene Bush

And now, for a few photos I have pulled from ones a friend took with my camera and some Marlene's daughter Shawna shared with me.
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More photos...
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... and more photos.  (Before that last group I had to edit every photo to reduce its size for posting here.  If there are any of these photos you would like to have in higher resolution let me know and I can email them to you.)
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And now for some videos taken of tractors on the dyno.  (Had a bit of a problem getting the 555 pto in gear as you will see...  wish I knew how to edit that part out...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJ58kj5-D8&feature=youtu.be                 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qic6kOZCVbU&feature=youtu.be                     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgBhi55d0lo&feature=youtu.be                 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7yln6xqeE&feature=youtu.be             

You might have to copy and paste each url into your browser it they don't work as a link..