Third Weekend in October Marks Annual Thresherman Fall Festival

The American Thresherman Association’s 37th Annual Fall Festival kicks off on October 20th and continues throughout the 22nd at the Fairgrounds in Pinckneyville.

Attractions include:

• Flea Market with a variety of arts & crafts, train rides, steam and gas engines on display, broom making machine on display and rope making demonstrations, draft horses and ponies in action all day, corn shelling, corn shredding, corn grinding, burr milling, hacksel cutting, corn pickers and corn binders, cider and apple butter making, kettle popcorn made on the grounds, sawmilling, sawing firewood, crosscut sawing and buck sawing, animal teams and blacksmithing.

• Other activities include antique tractor pull on Saturday, October 21st, starting at 10:00 a.m. The antique only consignment sale has household items, machinery, hand tools, engines, tractors and more for sale on Sunday, October 22nd at 10:00 a.m. A new worship service will be this year at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Come join us! Admission is FREE! Exhibitors are welcome!

For general information, you can visit the ATA’s website at www. americanthresherman.com or call (618) 318-0745 before the show and (618) 357-6643 during the show.

For more information, contact any ATA Board member. The Executive Board currently includes ATA President Josh Giacomo, 1st Vice-President Richard Farthing, 2nd Vice-President Chuck Hoene, 3rd Vice-President Kent Jansen, Secretary Helen Whitworth, Treasurer Beth Giacomo and Chaplain Aaron Whitworth. Board of Directors include Matthew Elders, Darren Percival, Roger Lee, David Logsdon, Brett Naeger, Larry Gaertner, Trish Sherman, Josh Hamiliton, Michael Storck, William Jansen, Paul Kurtz, Tom Nikrant, Mike Pearson, Kurt Jansen, Ralph Schrader, Chuck Hoene, Mark Heberlie, Gilbert Helvey, Tom Jansen, Linda Crouch, Jason Mohr, Jerome Ripperda, Mark Kellerman and Gaylen Greer.