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November 2009 - January 2010

Newsletter

November 2009 - January 2010 Newsletter

Minutes from the November 11, 2009 Meeting Vice President Joe Stanton called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m., welcoming everyone. One new member - Jim Cunningham from Newbury - Welcome! Update on Ruth Rosencrantz and Bill Humes - Ruth had her first chemo treatment last Friday and Friday night and Saturday she seemed fine. However, the last couple of days have been hard. Bill is holding his own and will be having more tests. Hopefully he'll make the Christmas party. Best to both of them. Minutes - from the October 14th meeting were reviewed by our wonderful FFA Girls, Paige and Danielle. Motion & 2nd to accept the minutes - voted on unanimously. Treasurer’s Report was presented by our FFA girls and reviewed in detail. To date there is $4,254.37 in the checkbook. Also the Deerfield Fair is forthcoming as of this meeting. Motion & 2nd to accept - voted on unanimously.

Committee Reports Christmas Party - Russ Levesque -There is going to be a DJ this year who will be playing mostly country with some other genres mixed in. We will be having the same food on the buffet as last year. Also, there will be a modified Yankee Swap, i.e. everyone purchases a Female gift and a Male gift - limit $10. Everyone who is participating will get a ticket and will then choose their gifts. There will also be tickets given out in order to win all of the woodworking items that were made by some members of the Club. Thanks to Marty & Ann Humes for the use of their house/woodworking facilities. Dave Tilton made a motion to give Marty $200 for letting us use his tools to make the gifts for the Christmas Party. Elections - Ballots were handed out for everyone to vote. Joe Stanton announced that Bill Humes has already voted and has given Joe a sealed ballot. Joe asked if everyone approved of accepting Bill's vote. All agreed. Kyle Ware and Rita Carr will be our ballot counters tonight. The meeting will continue while ballots are being counted.

Old Business * October Tractor "Pulls". Well, it was rainy and cold, so we didn't pull. But we had a great time visiting and great food was provided. Also Megan Megrath had put together a DVD of pictures of some of our events and we all had a chance to take a look. We had a great raffle! Billy Paskiewicz won the 50/50 of $81.00 and Squash. The other gifts are as follows: Billy Pepe: Mum and Pumpkin; Jim Cooney, Jr.: Mum; Barbara Capobianco: 2 Mums; Barbara Gaspar: Squash; Zachary Lytle: Jar of pops, Mum, Squash; Deb Lytle: 2 Pumpkins, Mum, Bat; Kaitlin Demers: Mum, Dish, Salad Bowl, Blueberry Jam; Bill Humes: 2 Mums, Pumpkin; Joe Stanton: Bread; Blanche Levesque: Mum; Jim Rosencrantz: Pumpkin; Kyle Ware: Pumpkins; John Stanton: Mum, J.D. Book; Bill Colby: Barry Moore's Plaque; Ed Syvinski: Mum: Dave Tilton: Rosencrantz T-Shirt; Russ Levesque: Bowl, Dish; Bob Megrath: Pumpkin; and Trudy Tilton: Squash. * Apple Crest Plow Day - Only had 4 tractors - would have liked to have more. It was a day of pumpkin picking. The tractors, when standing still, were very popular with the

”DOING BUSINESS WITH A MEMBER!”

To place your business card here for a year ($25) please contact Dianne Howes, Club Treasurer.

SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 2010

2010 Club Officers Jim Rosencrantz, President 765.8235

Joe Stanton, Vice President 603.382.2429 Dave Tilton, Second Vice President 603.898.7122

Lisa Colby, Secretary 978.465.8868 Dianne Howes, Treasurer 603.434.7086

Blanche Levesque, Historian 603.898.7241

Activities Committee

Bill Jubinville Nils Rittweger

Garden Tractor Pulling

Nils Rittweger Bill Humes

Christmas Party Committee Russell Levesque

Bill Humes Joe Stanton

FOR SALE

1963 Allis Charmers, 40 hp, 6 cylinder, gas, with snow bucket/material bucket, new rubber on back. $3000.00. Contact: Barry Cooley 207-363-3378 (Posted 1/27/10)

1937 Farmall F20, restored, new paint, decals and rear tires Call: Arnold Martel, 508-254-8601, Selling Price: $3,900. (Posted 10/23/09)

1929 Farmall C, restoredw/ dirt plow, new paint, decals, battery and new front tires. Call: Arnold Martel, 508-254-8601, Selling Price: $3,500. (Posted 10/23/09)

Allis Chalmers Farm Tractor, last run in 2005 $700.00 Farmall Model A Cultivision Tractor, last run in 2003 $700.00

Estate of Kenneth Piaseczmy Sr. Contact Bill Clark, Pittsfield NH 603-435-6214 or 603-344-4714 (Posted 10/23/09)

*One pair Firestone 12.2 x 28 tractor tires NEW (road & field) $395.00 Please call Barry Moore cell 978-857-7003, Rowley MA (Posted 5/6/09)

*1939 Ford 9N Restored, new tires, new battery, new front bumper, new paint & decals, has rear wheel weights. $3,900.00 3 point hitch.

Please call William Mugford 978-774-0262.

*1948 Ford 8N Restored, new tires, new battery, new front bumperm new paint & decals, has lights, has 3 point hitch $3,900.00.

Please call William Mugford 978-774-0262.

*1946 Farmall A Restored, converted to 12 volt system, new paint & decals, good condition. $3,800.00. Please call William Mugford 978-774-0262.

*1958 Farmall Cub Low Boy Restored, new battery, has lights, snow plow & cordwood saw, new paint & decals $3,900.00. Please call William Mugford 978-774-0262.

WANTED

Need rear end ring gear & cast center section for Gibson Model D (1943-1949) tractor. Would consider entire rear end or parts tractor if reasonable.

Contact Doug Kimball 207-590-2507 or email doug11k@roadrunner.com (Posted 10/23/09)

*Narrow front end wheel weights wanted for John Deere H, Please call 603-772-6016 (Posted 9/1/09)

*Centerlink for John Deere 40S. Excellent to very good condition preferred. Snowplow blade (Complete). To fit John Deere 40S or U

Please call Mark Kulmacz at (860) 529-9441 or email at bigmarkpro@aol.com (Posted 10/22/05)

*John Deere 3020 Tractor. Please call Mark Kulmacz (860) 529-9441 or email bigmarkpro@aol.com (Posted 10/22/05)

Ads with an * will not be run again unless notified otherwise. Thanks! Please send email to info@ecatc.org to post your ad.

kids - as always. Lots of pictures were taken. * Salem Parade - Wally Norton - is Sunday, November 29. Trucks to the end of the parade route no later than 10:30 as it is VERY difficult to make it back down Main Street to the beginning of the parade route. It will start at the same place - the old Digital parking lot. After a quick count it looks like around a dozen people will be there.

New Business * 2010 Refreshments: January - Ralph Capobianco; February - Steve Cunningham; March - John Dozibrin; April - FFA girls, Danielle & Paige; May - Joe Stanton; June - Jim & Lauri Cooney; July - Joe Stanton; August - Picnic; September - Russ & Blanche Levesque; October - Nick Brett; November - Trudy Tilton; December - Christmas Party. Thanks to all! * Election Results: President - Jim Rosencrantz; Vice President - Joe Stanton; 2nd Vice President; David Tilton, Secretary: Lisa Colby/Lauri Cooney; Treasurer: Dianne Howes; Historian: Blanche Levesque; 4 Directors: Barry Cooley, Trudy Tilton, Megan Megrath and Nick Brett. Congratulations to all! * Rye Lions Club has invited us to join their Christmas Parade. It is December 6, 2009 @ 1:00. For more information, please contact Ed Kohlhase at 603-964-4318. Additional information: 603-964-6411. * Steve Cunningham brought a laptop for anyone who would like to watch a salt hay stack built by hand. He also mentioned 2 VHS tapes from possibly the mid 1990's showing plow days at Bruce Merrill's place. * Alan Gaspar spoke about the State Grange Session he had attended. He spoke about veterans and their experiences and how families should ask their family members about this and either write them down or record them as we are slowly losing our veterans and the history of our country. Thank you to Megan and Bob Megrath for the wonderful refreshments as well as Barry Moore, Trudy Tilton, and Dianne Howes. Thank you also to Joe and Lauri for running the show while Lisa and Bill are out of town. 50/50 Raffle and extra prizes to follow! Motion and 2nd for an 8:35 p.m. adjournment - voted on unanimously. 50/50 - Don Sowa T-Shirt - Trudy Tilton Candy - Peter Rousseau Candy - Rob Pilon T-Shirt - Bill Cassidy T-Shirt - FFA girls, Danielle & Paige Tin with Candles - Gale Eaton Snow Man - Joyce Norton Snow Lady - Nyklaus Lytle T-Shirt - Bill Cassidy

Respectfully submitted, Lauri Cooney

Minutes from the January 13, 2010 Meeting President Jim Rosencrantz called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m., welcoming everyone. New members - Pat McMullen, Roger Laplante, Cape Neddick, ME, Linwood Dall, Shapleigh, ME, and Ellis Beals, Springvale, ME, Ron Turner, Rochester, NH- Welcome!. Update on Ruth Rosencrantz and Bill Humes - Bill called Trudy and is doing very well. He has a Dr. appt. at the end of this month and is hoping that he will get his driving privileges restored. Ruth is doing well and is with us tonight! Minutes - from the November 2009 meeting were not available due to extenuating circumstances. Treasurer’s Report was presented by our FFA girls and reviewed in detail. As of 11/11/2009 there was $4,254.35 in the Treasury. As of 1/13/2010 we have $9,339.08. Motion to accept Treasurer's report; seconded, unanimously accepted.

Committee Reports Christmas Party - Russ Levesque -Party was a great success! Great turnout, great food, great music! Salem, NH Parade - We had 18 tractors a fire engine and a hay wagon. We took the award for the antique category.

Old Business * Deerfield Fair - Again what a great success! Set up was wonderful. Any chance we will have the same amount of space available this year?

New Business * 2010 Events - Any chance we might be able to find more this year? For example, any possibility of more plow days? Possible Dracut plow day. We can look in to it. Event calendar to be worked on at the January 21, 2010 O & D meeting. *Suggestion to maybe change our 50/50 raffle a bit? At a meeting that Ralph Capobianco attended, it was 1 ticket for $1, 6 tickets for $5 and an "arm's length" of tickets for $10. The question of "who's arm length" was asked. At this meeting the pot was approx. $400. *Dianne Howes has been nominated by the NH Association of Agricultural Educators to be the FFA Coordinator at the Deerfield Fair. She has also become a Trustee of the State of NH FFA Foundation. Congratulations! *Our FFA girls (Danielle & Paige), have both been accepted to college for the Fall.

Miscellaneous *At our February meeting, we will be having guests. Anne Demaro who is a teacher at the Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter will be coming with the President of their FFA program. *Steve Cunningham will be bringing a projector for us to watch some footage. *Jeff Reynolds- new hats at last year's prices. As always you can get your Tractor Club clothing by ordering from Jeff at any meeting.

ECATC Cookbooks are now available. Get your copy at

the next Club meeting! Only $14.95 a copy.

If anyone is unable to attend a meeting to get a copy of the cookbook please call either Trudy (603-898-7122) or

Megan (978-948-2823)to make arrangements to get a copy.

Dracut Plow Day ??? June - Marini Farm Strawberry Festival- Ipswich, MA, Contact: Lisa Colby, 978-465-8868 August - Rosencrantz Farm & Country Festival- J.R. Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH Contact: Ruth Rosencrantz, 603-772-4414

Invitation to All

Volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others, to promote good or improve human quality of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill

development, to meet others, and to have fun.

There is no better way to get to meet the members and get involved than to volunteer. Any one interested in joining the clubs committees, there will be sign up sheets at the

upcoming meeting February 10, 2010.

Committee's Deerfield Fair

Tractor/Lawn tractor Pulls Picnic

Christmas Party Education: scholarship

individual special events: TBA

Upcoming Events

February 2010 February 25-27 -IHCC Winter Convention, Waterloo, Iowa, Contact: Bob Caloud, 319-479-2486

East Coast Antique TractorEast Coast Antique TractorEast Coast Antique Tractor- 2010 Club Events2010 Club Events2010 Club Events Note: Not all dates have been finalized yet, see list at bottom.

May 8- Applecrest Farm Plow\Show Day- Hampton, NH, Contact: Dave Tilton, 603- 898-7122 June 13- Spring Tractor Pull- (Rain or Shine) Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH, Contact: Bill Colby, 978-465-8868 August 1- Annual Club Picnic- (Rain or Shine), Raitt Farm, Eliot, ME, Contact: Ralph Capobianco, 603-435-6361 August 29- Summer Tractor Pull- (Rain or Shine) Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH, Contact: Bill Colby, 978-465-8868 September 12- Applecrest Fall Harvest Festival- Hampton, NH, Contact: Dave Tilton, 603-898-7122 September 30-October 3, 134th Deerfield Fair- Deerfield, NH- Contact: Jim Rosencrantz, 603-772-4414 October 17- Fall Tractor Pull-(Rain or Shine) Rosencrantz, Kensington, NH, Contact: Bill Colby 978-465-8868 October 24- Applecrest Farm Plow\Show Day , Hampton NH- Contact: Dave Tilton, 603-898-7122 November 20- ECATC Christmas Party, Green Gate Inn, Exeter, NH, Contact: Russ Levesque 603-898-7241 or Bill Humes 508-802-1458 November 28- Salem Christmas Parade, Salem, NH- Contact: Wally Norton 603-898-4724

Dates still to be determined April - Goudreault Farm Plow Day- rain date May 3rd, Plaistow, NH, Contact: Sam Cafiso, 603-382-5058

Thanks to Ralph Capobianco, Barry Cooley and Megan Megrath for our wonderful refreshments tonight. 50/50 Raffle Barry Moore - won the money and gave $40 back Harley Davidson puzzle brought by Barbara Gaspar - won by Don Sowa Zucchini Relish brought by Barbara Capobianco - won by Billy Pepe Candy Assortment brought by Billy Pepe - won by Bill Megrath, Jim Rosencrantz, Ed Syvinski, and Bill Colby. Motion to adjourn at 7:57; seconded and accepted unanimously.

Respectfully submitted, Lauri Cooney

Club Announcements The new officers for the club for 2010 are; One year terms- President Jim Rosencrantz Vice President Joe Stanton 2nd Vice President David Tilton Secretary Lisa Colby/ alternate Lauri Cooney Treasurer Dianne Howes Historian Blanche Levesque Directors Two year terms

Ralph Capobianco (2009 & 2010) Russ Levesque (2009 & 2010) Ruth Rosencrantz (2009 & 2010) Barry Cooley (2010 & 2011) Trudy Tilton (2010 & 2011) Nick Brett (2010 & 2011) Megan Megrath (2010 & 2011)

The club would like to thank Barry Moore for his donation of a tractor sign, wooden coat and hat hook and Helen Potter for her donation of two beautiful hand painted slate tractor welcome signs for the Christmas Party Raffle.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of members who transported sale items to several events throughout 2009, the club raised a total of $944.85 in cookbook sales, $187.00 in calendar sales, $129.00 in framed pictures and $93.00 from donated wooden plaques. The total raised for the club was $1353.85. Thank you to everyone who helped make this effort a success for the club in 2009.

Bill Humes and Ruth Rosencrantz are convalescing at home; please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Membership dues for 2010 are due by the end of March. See Dianne Howes at the next meeting or mail renewals to ECATC, PO Box 135, East Hampstead, NH 03826

Monthly Meeting Cancellation Policy- meeting cancellations due to inclement weather will be posted on the clubs website www.ecatc.org and Dianne Howes phone 603-434-7086.

This years plow days at Applecrest Farms will also include a tractor show, so if you are not interested in plowing, bring your tractor and show it off or vice versa.