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1 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT m a rc h Spring is in the air early this year and I m sure you re looking forward to warmer weather as much as I am. March and my daffodils are up already! I had the opportunity to have lunch with our new Secretary and Treasurer and got to know them a bit better. Two very nice, funny and knowledgeable ladies that have many good ideas to add to our club. We see where a few minor changes can be made to make our roles within this club easier, and ask that you understand this will take a little time to achieve. We think you will approve. Should you have ideas, we welcome those too. Just like those daffodils, always looking to grow and expand. Enjoy! Pam Highlights of the March Meeting There was a packed room at the club-house for the March meeting hosted by Mel & Donna Nickerson with 53 members present. MATC decals were handed out to the members that were present at the end of the meeting. The secretary s and treasurer s reports were read and accepted. Budgets that were proposed for the 2016 year; President, Secretary and Treasurer - $500, pulling committee - $5000, lawn & garden - $1000, newsletter - $7000, insurance for the People Mover and barrel train - $750, banquet - $1000, rental space - $250, and festival- $2000 were voted on and approved. Truss donations have still been coming in, now there is a total of 46 trusses that have been donated. This is going to be a great help in building the pulling arena. The invitations have been sent out for the Show & Shine scheduled for June 18th. If anyone would like to bring their vehicle or knows of someone that would be interested in joining us all are welcome. Mike Pratt proposed getting the electronics for the drag updated and buying a new LED distance monitor. He has been looking into getting the screen that is broken fixed and has come to the conclusion that it is beyond repair. This proposal came to a vote and was passed with the projected cost to be $2200. Mike is going to send in the electronics we currently have to Agratronix to be inspected and repaired if necessary. Some members have also been working towards getting the calibration fixed for the distance of the drag and it is expected to be ready for the upcoming pulling season. The club is looking for some new lawn and garden tractor pullers this year to join in the fun. The festival committee meet and is looking for ideas of activities to do at the festival this year; radio control truck/ tractor pulls and horseshoe tournaments were some of the ideas brought up. On June 11th the Maine Antique Power Association will be at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds hosting an engine show, flea market, raffle, and silent auction. See you all in April! Respectfully yours, Emily Folsom, Secretary TREASURER S REPORT (as of 2/29/2016) Balance in Checking... $22, Balance in Savings... $7, year CD... $5, year CD... $5, Total Assets... $40, Balance on loan... $17, NEXT MEETING: Sunday, April 3, 2016 Hosts: Bill & Harriet Clark 398 Middle Road Skowhegan, Maine (207) Pot Luck Lunch: 12:00pm Meeting: 1:00pm Respectfully submitted by Evelyn Twist, Treasurer PRESIDENT Pam Vaillancourt 110 Cross Rd, Anson, ME (207) MATC@gmail.com VICE PRESIDENT Matthew Hunter 17 Nash Drive, Chelsea, ME (207) mattelsie@roadrunner.com SECRETARY Emily Folsom PO Box 125, Bath, ME (207) emilyrae1989@gmail.com TREASURER Evelyn Twist 14 Ward Brook Rd, Wiscasset, ME (207) twisted883@hotmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Jennifer Libby 220 Eames Rd, Winslow, ME jennifer.libby@hotmail.com WEBMASTER Burl Ewell 48 Serenity Dr, W. Gardiner, ME (207) Burl1949@roadrunner.com

2 A nice warm Thank You to Bob Gilcott for keeping our clubhouse plowed out this winter season Membership Dues Form (January 1 - December 31) Get Well Wishes going out to Denise and Randy Chapman as they battle some health issues. Stay strong and positive Denise. You are in our thoughts as you conquer this battle! PLEASE PRINT VERY CLEARLY Barry Cooley and Matt Hunter... wishing you both the best with your sight! Name: (print) Company Name: (if sponsor) Spouse/other: (print) Names of children younger than 18 years: BD BD (For additional children, please provide information on a separate sheet.) Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Membership is $25 per year per family Sponsor membership is $40 per year/sponsor Insurance is $15 per person Membership: Insurance: $ $ Both Membership and Insurance: $ The newsletter is available on the Club s website: FARM TRACTOR PULLING COMMITTEE: Bob Hamlin, Chairman Mike Rivard, Co-Chairman Jay Fowler Bob Clark Chris Folsom Emily Folsom 2016 LAWN & GARDEN PULLING COMMITTEE: Mike Rivard, Chairman Skip Woodworth Armand Paradis Bob Hamlin Mel Nickerson The first pull of the season for both Farm Tractors and Lawn & Garden Tractors is scheduled for June 11th at the Skowhegan Fair Grounds during the Maine Antique Power Associations Annual Show. The MAPA will have demonstration going all day along with a Flea Market, Silent Auction and a Raffle. Concession will be available. Tractors will start pulling at 10:00 am. This is a great opportunity to tune up the old iron for the pulling season! Please check if you DO NOT WANT a copy of the newsletter mailed to you. Please make checks payable to: MATC Send to: Emily Folsom PO Box 125 Bath, ME 04530

3 Sponsors A Rain Date will be Sunday, June 19th Open to Anyone who would like to Show their Vehicle. Street Rods, Hot Rods, Motorcycles, Tractors, Classic Cars and Trucks, Antique Automobiles and more! Gate opened from 6:00 am to 8:30 am for display vehicles. Super Gift Pack Prizes Awarded in three categories. Show Vehicle, Show Tractor and People's Choice Gate opens at 9:00 am to the public Admission: $5.00 per person Under 10 Free There will be radio control car race demonstrations, a Live Auction at noon, Concessions, Flea Market, and more. FMI contact Pam at (207) or 93matc@gmail.com.

4 A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TRUSS DONORS Eunice Michaud Fairfield, Maine In memory of my family Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK Ken Buzzell NEWPORT TRACTOR SERVICE Newport, Maine (207) Bruce Grant THE GRANTS Northport, Maine William Rust & Family RUSTY KNOLL FARM Gorham, Maine (207) Fairfield, Maine The HIGHT FAMILY of Dealerships Chevrolet Ford Dodge Barry & Ann Cooley York, Maine Erin Margaret Cooley York, Maine Randy & Denise Chapman CHAPMAN SERVICES Troy, Maine (207) Used Trucks & Equipment Ralph & Linda Bagley Pulling To Stop Domestic Violence In loving memory of Amy Coty Monica Norridgewock, Maine Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK JORDAN COLLISION REPAIR Mark & Barbara Jordan Anson, Maine (207) Keep Them Tractors Rolling! Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK Eva & Warren Davenport The Davenport Family Wayne, Maine Leland & Donna Bessey Albion, Maine BRACKET & WOOLEY Farmington, Maine Randy & Denise Chapman CHAPMAN SERVICES Troy, Maine (207) Used Trucks & Equipment ENGSTROM LOGGING Licenced-Insured Wood Cutting Processor & Forwarder System Dover Foxcroft, Maine (207) Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK Norridgewock, Maine Eunice Michaud Dedicated to Terry & Harriet Spencer for all the years of dedication to MATC. Nicholas Lambert LAMBERT FARM Norridgewock, Maine Hilton Family In Memory of RAYMOND BAILEY from friends Hilton Family Farms Norridgewock, Maine Windy Hill Restoration (207) TM Tractor Parts Dean & Gerard PAINE FARM Arthur Hertell OLD DEERE YARD Debbie & Kirstie Tim & Sandi Conley Portland, ME HAMPDEN, ME n DONATED BY R.S. McCarthy Farmington, ME Dickinson Farm Norridgewock, ME In Memory of George, Ruth & Frank Dickinson In Memory of Sy lv i a Bagley Charles, Ronnie & Brian Bagley Are you, or someone you know, interested in having your name, or your business name, displayed in the MATC Pulling Arena? Join these people by sponsoring a roof truss!

5 A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TRUSS DONORS John & Lynda Sanders Rockwood, Maine Frank & Susie Caverly In Memory of DALE H. CAVERLY Flood Brothers Clinton, Maine RPH Enterprises LLC Robert Hamlin Turner, Maine John & Gloria Ekholm Brownville Jct, Maine Lawn & Garden Tractors Arthur Child Farmington, Maine Russell & Betsy Hayes Barrington, NH Ray & Kathy Baker Ashford, CT Mel & Donna and The Nickerson Family Michael & Deborah Rivard The Rivard Family Peru, Maine In Memory of RAYMOND BAILEY from friends This could be your truss! LAND & BUILDING/FESTIVAL COMMITTEE March 9th Meeting Notes 13 Members present. Wes Jordan shared with the committee a revised plan for the new pulling arena. This new plan met the approval of those present. Wes will sure up this plan with more concrete figures, and will present this to the committee at the April 13th committee meeting. With standing room only at the March monthly meeting comes many ideas shared on how to handle the size of our clubhouse. It is a goal of this committee to make our events fun and comfortable for members and guests; that way you will want to join us for the next event/meeting as well. Discussion was held and decided the best use of our donated Angel building would be to use the building as storage/office space for our clubs many material items,(office supplies, records, signs, flags, ladders, tools, speaker equipment, etc). We will propose at the April meeting to move the Angel building next to the existing clubhouse, move the stored items to the Angel building allowing more room in our clubhouse. The committee will discuss ways to improve our space in the existing clubhouse at the next committee meeting. This will include making our facility handicap accessible. We thank Joe Landry for is drawing and ideas on rearranging our clubhouse space to be more user-friendly. We have also received a letter and picture from Ken Mayers on a handicap ramp and thank him for taking the time to help the committee with his input. We will need to have some good draining gravel added around the clubhouse to help with the water issues. The committee discussed our camping permit for our upcoming Tractor Festival in June. With the permit costing $ and charging for camping last year, we profited about $ It was decided to forgo the permit, which is required only when we charge for camping and offer camping to our members for free with donations gladly accepted. Primitive camping will be available for Thursday thru Sunday nights. The Show and Shine event was discussed. Bob Gilcott will talk with Doug and Holly s Restaurant about putting calcium down on the dirt driveway as a way to keep the dust from reaching the show vehicles at the event. We are looking for a few bags of donated calcium should you or someone you know be interested in helping with that. Bob has a spreader that will lay the calcium down. We are looking into having a demonstration of radio control pulling at both of these events. An auction will be held at both these events. We are asking our club members and sponsors to donate one item to be included in these auctions. New items, handmade items, woodworking/craft items, home baked goods, slightly used items are all good auction items. There will also be a flea market at both events. All club members are welcome to attend these meeting held at our clubhouse starting at 6:00 pm the second Wednesday of each month. This is the place to have your ideas considered. Should you have ideas to share and cannot make the committee meeting, please consider mailing/ ing them to Pam or any committee member. We have new additions to our webpage! You can link to our club sponsors right from our sponsor page. Burl Ewell has been busy keeping our webpage up to date with club announcements, newsletters, pictures, links, etc. We ask a lot from Burl, and he is always very able and willing to help out. Thank you, Burl, for keeping our club connected.

6 MATC SPONSORS Thank you for your support! BACKSIDE 2 TESSIERS FARMS Skowhegan, Maine (207) We started farming in 1999 in Skowhegan, Maine. We have grown and expanded through the years in order to meet the needs of our community. We love to chat about farming especially new ideas good or bad, share our experiences, and help others. Our desire was to move forward in farming by building a state inspected processing facility in This gave us the opportunity to provide other families with naturally raised meats besides just our own. We have the ability to provide high quality fresh (or frozen) meat for our customers in the central Maine area. We specialize in Poultry and Rabbit. We raise heritage breed chickens, broilers, rabbits, Muscovy ducks, and turkeys. We also raise a few beef and pork. All of our animals are raised naturally in pastures, chicken tractors, or the barn. We take pride in our farm and we stand behind our quality. Stop by our farm stand at 337 Malbons Mills Road in Skowhegan, Maine. We will be open for Maine Maple Sunday, (Saturday as well), March 26 & 27, from 10-4, with our evaporator in full swing. Our barns will be open and our tractors displayed for you to enjoy. Jason, Carrie, MaKenzie, and Kelly Tessier CHAPMAN SERVICES Troy, Maine (207) Chapman Services has been in business since 1996 and is located at 135 Rogers Road, Troy, Maine. We sell used trucks, farm equipment, construction equipment, industrial engines and parts. If you do not see what you are looking for, give us a call at We may know where it is. We are looking forward to our big Auction in May and invite you to join us. Randy and Denise Chapman THE CURRAN HOMESTEAD: A LIVING HISTORY FARM & MUSEUM Orrington, Maine (207) The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum will capture for future generations the values and customs of rural Maine and demonstrate a time when self-reliance, cooperation, industry and thrift were honored traditions. The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum will enrich the lives of our children, offer our community many opportunities for wholesome family fun, and serve as an excellent educational resource through museum displays, hands-on activities, public events and custom-designed classes and workshops. We are located at 372 Fields Pond Road in Orrington Maine. Irv Masters DEWS DOOR COMPANY Cumberland, Maine (207) Dews Door Company is a family owned and operated business, with over 25 years of garage door expertise and know how. We are a full service Garage Door Company based out of Cumberland Maine. Sales-Service-Installation, we are the anything garage door related experts! We will take care of that broken spring or even change your remote s battery. We also would be happy to bring our office to you and choose a new garage door or opener. We are an independent dealer so we can offer an unbiased opinion. We Proudly serve Central and Southern Maine. The Dews family will be happy to provide you with an estimate, a repair, or if you are looking for a brand new garage door or opener; we re the company you want! We are open Monday thru Friday from 7:30am to 5:00pm and offer weekend appointments by request. Chuck & Sherrie Dews and Family WINDY HILL RESTORATION Windham, Maine (207) I started the business in It was a hobby turned business restoring tractors for myself and began repairing and restoring tractors for other people. I also sell replacement parts for all makes and models of farm tractors. I have been around tractors from a very young age growing up on a farm. I was a machinist for 10 years prior to starting the business which is very helpful in the restoration business. In 2014, I bought a TM Tractor which specializes in Farmall Cub parts. I manufacture many parts not available from Case IH. Because of many loyal customers throughout the years, I have been able to do this business for this long. I enjoy meeting great antique tractor people at all the shows I attend throughout the year. I am located at 115 River Road in Windham, Maine. I will be at the MATC Tractor Festival in Norridgewock on June 25th and 26th. Call me ahead of time and pick up your items there. Ron Windship

7 HIGHT FAMILY OF DEALERSHIPS Skowhegan, Farmington, and Madison, Maine Sales: (844) Service: (844) In early 1911, more than one hundred years ago, Walter Hight introduced the motor vehicle into his line of products a big change from potatoes, hay, straw, and hemlock bark. Beginning with Fords, which came disassembled, six to the box car, and later Buicks that were driven home straight from the factory, Walter imparted early the Hight tradition You put us first in sales, we put you first in service. This was, of course, important in the early days when a vehicle came without a large manual but a personal driving lesson, as Walter had to convert trusting customers away from the horse and buggy. Through four generations, the Hight family has continued to provide the best possible experience to its customers of central Maine. From the brave early drivers who converted their Model T s into snow machines in order to drive in the winter, to today s drivers that need not worry about the snow, the mud, or better yet, a hand-cranked starter. From Walter, to Kirb, to Lou and Walter, and to Corey, Toby and Sam, the entire Hight family would like to thank everyone who has helped make 100 years possible to its employees, its customers and its community. Walter Hight and Family, Lou Hight and Family Don sells old tractors and farm equipment along with new and used tractor and farm equipment parts. The garage is located at 78 Corn Shop Road in Fryburg. Don welcomes all MATC members to give him a call to see if he can help you with any tractor and/or equipment needs. Don Chandler CHIPPIE S OLD FARM TRACTOR Poland, Maine (207) Ron Chipman is retired and has now turned his hobby into a small business of working with Ford Tractors manufactured between 1939 and Ron sells tractor parts for these tractors as well. He is located in Poland on the Range Hill Road. Need a little advice or just want to know more about these ole Ford s, give Ron a call. He would love to talk with you. Ron Chipman HARVEY FARM EQUIPMENT LLC Dover Foxcroft, Maine (207) UNION FARM EQUIPMENT Union, Maine (207) or Toll Free (800) Union Farm Equipment on Rt. 17 in Union, Maine The Friendly Folks! Located in Mid-Coast Maine and serving the whole state and beyond. We are authorized dealers and carry a full line of new Kubota and New Holland tractors, farm, homeowners and landscaping equipment representing Honda Power Equipment, Echo, Land Pride, Walker, Woods, Toro and more. Our used equipment inventory changes regularly. Consider trading in when making a new tractor purchase! The Friendly Folks authorized Service Department provides in-warranty coverage for farm equipment both in-house and onsite. Please call to schedule service for out of warranty equipment and for information on items we are not authorized dealers for. The Union Farm Equipment Parts Department carries parts and accessories for a wide variety of farm equipment you can purchase right from our website for pickup or shipping to you. We offer all MATC members a 10% discount on all antique tractor restoration parts with your membership card. We are located at 1893 Heald Highway in Union, Maine In business since 1949 and growing, we value and thank you for your trust and business. Mark Buck, Assistant Manager DON CHANDLER S GARAGE Fryburg, Maine (207) or (207) Don Chandler opened his business in 1962 and it was called the Lovell Village Garage, where he also sold gas and other items to his customers along with his repair services. About three years ago, Don moved his business to his home in Fryburg Center. Raymond Harvey started working with his father when he was 6 years old out of a tar paper shack in Dover-Foxcroft Maine. The business catered to a multitude of farm families throughout the region. As farming declined over the years, they purchased equipment discarded by the farmers and moved it to their field. Word spread that this was the place to go to for many needed parts and pieces to put your tractor and equipment back together. In 1975, Raymond took over the business from his father. Harvey Farm Equipment was purchase about 7 years ago by family member, Steve Hartford. Steve continues to help farmers and people who are looking for parts to restore their old tractors and equipment. The business also sells new parts and equipment and is located at 1251 Bangor Road in Dover-Foxcroft. Give Steve a call, he may just have what you re looking for. Steve Hartford JORDAN COLLISON REPAIR Anson, Maine (207) Mark Jordan has been in the collision repair business for 37 years. Mark opened his own collision repair business 17 years ago with the help of his wife Barbara. Mark is an ASE Certified Master Repair Technician who has a reputation for great service throughout the state. Mark s business is located at 18 Finch Street in Anson, Maine. Mark and Barbara Jordan

m a rch 2016 The first MATC meeting, November 1993.

8 m a rch 2016 The first MATC meeting, November Front row: Nancy Peabody, Shannon and Ken Lewis, John Healey and son, Alden Peabody, Harold Peabody Back row: Don Stevens, Gary Clark, Bill Clark, and Terry Spencer Photo provided by Gary Clark

SECRETARY NEWSLETTER EDITOR Pam Vaillancourt 110 Cross Rd, Anson, ME (207)

SECRETARY NEWSLETTER EDITOR Pam Vaillancourt 110 Cross Rd, Anson, ME (207) d ec em b e r 2 017 www.maineantiquetractorclub.com M E S S A G E F R OM THE PRES IDENT I would like to say thank you to everyone for your support, the fun, the laughs, and the friendships we have made