Hey Guys,
Terry Beulow, your point is well taken. Our former IH dealer went out of business when Case took over. My Grandfather had traded tractors, and I wanted to find his trade-in. Since I had my other Grandfathers HG-68, and had returned it to showroom condition, I thought it would be nice to get back the old model H Farmall, and do the same, that would really be neat, because that H was the first tractor I drove, I was of the ripe old age of 6 or 7, pulling the haywagon for the big guys to load. Talk about high cotton! That was a big deal!! Folks wouldn't even think of doing that today, but it was common place then. If a kid could work horses, or drive tractors, it was expected they do so. The owner of the former IH dealership is a good friend of mine, and a local collector. I asked him if I could go back to 1965 in his trade in records, he told me he had burnt all the old records when he was cleaning out the building, the city had condemned the building to build a new city hall, they gave him 30 days to vacate, not much time to move stuff dating back to 1927. That made finding that H much more difficult, as there is no starting point. I have an idea where it might be, the only problem is it is within a 50 mile radius. I wonder if this sort of thing has happened much with Olivers. I know several years ago Ollie Schaefer was telling about how his family cleaned out their dealership, and threw load after load of literature in a hole and buried it, never realizing some day it would be of value. So, you do have a valid point.
Hey Chris.
Do you remember the cause of the World War, what we now refer to as WWI? If not, at that time, there were numerous treaties, and alliances between major world powers. The assasination of Duke Ferdinand was the trigger that turned various major powers against each other, resulting in war. As I view the actions taken by the UN Security Council in recent years it is obvious there are treaties, and alliances worldwide. Russia aligns with Iran, China gets along with Korea. Both Iran and Korea are actively developing nuclear weapons, there should be no doubt of that. If they are developing these, it is logical to assume they are also working on a way to deliver them. With this being the case, I doubt we would need to worry too much the Discovery Channel's estimate of 5 billion years. The balloon goes up, and we have mutually assured self destruction. Why do you think we have forces in Iraq, and Afganistan? How about South Korea? If Iran was to lob a warhead into Istanbul, or Korea was to send one to Tokyo, that would likely start the same sort of chain reaction that lead to WWI. The only real military deterrent is to have ground forces deployed within range of the objectives, we have that currently, though for supposedly different reasons. I suppose the Department of Defense can remember the Normandy invasion, and the costs of a beach head assault. So much for the lesson in the political aspects of modern warfare, in a world context. Things can and will happen, and 5 billion years is a really long time.
The internet is good, but doesn't reach nearly as many of our members as publication do, you know, paper and ink. Proof is to look at how many members log in, compared to our mailing list. Heck, our website doesn't get as many members as our shows do. I think those who do use the website think well of it, but many members don't use or even want to use a computer. I hear that all the time. If everybody would computer it would certainly make communication easier. But, that is not the case. Old habits are hard to break. It is kinda like my Cingular cell phone, any other Cingular phone can call for free, but quite a few people hesitate, they still have the habit of avoiding long distance toll calls. Cell is the way to go!
I am not reluctant to saving this information, it is good to do, but I do make the point that at some point it should be shared on hard copy with our Historian, for the purpose of archival. Has anyone spoken to Wayne?
Take care!!
Andy