"Rust & Dust" - the last tractor event - at least for Roger, this summer - was this week-end at Heritage Park in Hanover. A gathering of antique tractors and farmers that compete doing "pulls" and demonstrations of old time threshing machines, horse plowing, and a wheelwright making old wooden wagon wheels - all followed by a pig roast and potluck dinner. Back to our rural roots! Nice to see old classmates and family friends we haven't seen in years. Duane had 6 tractors and Bill had 2 on display. Roger drove Duane's tractor in the tractor pull but didn't win - according to him, it is the tractor not the driver! I think he would have had a better chance if he had worn bib overalls!The original high school - which became a middle school in 1959 - where Roger went to 7th & 8th grade - is now a museum full of antique organs and memorabilia from yesteryear's. It brought back lots of memories for Roger as he walked through the building remembering school days - four classrooms, an office and a tiny gymnasium (remember the movie Hoosiers?) There are pictures of all the graduating classes - fun to look through them and see so many familiar names.
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