Number 77 -
February 2020
L.O.W.
Annual Meeting Time
It’s that time of year again and our Annual Meeting of the Lake of the Woods Steam and Gas Engine Association has been scheduled for 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, located on Rocky Point RD (County RD 17), 6 miles North of Roosevelt. Note the day change, SATURDAY instead of Sunday. It was decided at 2016 Annual meeting to try having the Annual Meetings on Saturday instead of Sunday. So we will try it again this year.
As it is each year, and doesn’t seem to change much, we have a lot of business to discuss in preparation for this year’s show; election of directors, discussion of work that needs to be done, ideas to improve our show, along with good fellowship with old and/or new friends, and of course enjoy some good refreshments. Also bring along any of your friends who may be interested in exhibiting, playing with or just looking at any of the Old Tractors, Cars, Engines, Farm Equipment, and other Old Stuff that was used many years ago by our ancestors on the farm, home and etc. Perhaps we can encourage them to become members of our small, but great, organization.
Call Troy Comstock at 424-7455 or Steve LaDuke at 386-1302 or William Olson at 442-6381 for more information about our association and our show.
You’re welcome to volunteer or help with one of the following: Your pay will the same as for the rest of us, the satisfaction of a job well done.
The support poles for the Snack Shack and Steam Engine Shed that were rotting off have been repaired over the last couple of years. The same problem was showing up for the Shingle Mill & Bessemer Shed & is in need of repair. These are all poles in the ground type of buildings & the poles tend to rot off at ground level after a sufficient number of years.
Spread the news far and wide that we are planning on having a great show and lots of fun this year.
If you have an E-mail address, even if you think I may already have it, please E-mail it to me, because some have changed and are no longer valid & I may have lostsome due to computer problems. Include your phone number, as a lot of you have cell phones only, no land-line, so you are no longer listed in the book, so I am missing some.
My phone, 218-442-6381, Cell, 218-469-3806 whick is usually on only when I'm away from home. My E-mail address: weolson@wiktel.com
Here
are a few websites that were
suggested to be included in
the newsletter.
http://www.itascapioneerfarmers.com/ is Itasca show site
http://www.wiktel.net/lowsteam/
is Our show site
http://www.hitnmiss.com/index.html
is used parts site
http://www.albanypioneerdays.com/
this one is Albany show site
http://www.internalfire.com/index.php
is a museum & manuals site
Find us also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LOWSteam/
Remember, our show this year will be on Saturday and Sunday, August 1 & 2, 2020.
Spread the word to friends, neighbors and acquaintances both far and near about this year’s show dates and invite them to come celebrate & recall our past with us.
Don’t forget, Annual Meeting,
2:00 PM, Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, 6 miles North of Roosevelt.
Note again, the meeting is on Saturday, not Sunday.
