The 1960
International Plowing Match in Elgin County
On February 12, 1957 the Elgin County
Plowmen's Association (ECPA) organized a meeting of representatives of
various Elgin County municipal, civic and agricultural organizations at
the offices of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Elgin
County Branch, in St. Thomas, to discuss petitioning the Ontario Plowmen's
Association (OPA) for the right to hold the 1960 International Plowing
Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration in Elgin County. A delegation was
appointed to present the petition at the Ontario Plowmen's Association's
annual meeting in Toronto on February 26, 1957, at which time the OPA
awarded the event to Elgin County.
The Creation of the Local Committee
The Local committee for the 1960
International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration was
established on a provisional basis on April 17, 1957, and the following
officers were elected: Leslie Armstrong, Chairman; Albert Auckland,
Vice-Chairman; A.V. Langton, Secretary-Treasurer and Lands Committee
Vice-Chairman; Don Grieve, Associate Secretary-Treasurer; and Ken Bawden, Lands
Committee Chairman. The Committee's permanent executive officers,
constituent committees and committee chairmen were appointed on
September 28, 1959: Frank Pineo was appointed Chairman, Leslie Armstrong
Vice-Chairman, A.V. Langton Secretary-Treasurer, and James Galbraith,
Assistant Treasurer.
The committee was responsible for planning,
organizing and administering the International Plowing Match and Farm
Machinery Demonstration held October 11-14, 1960 on the Thomas J. Hume
and Sons farm and various neighbouring farms in the vicinity of
Springfield, Ontario. The event was sanctioned and sponsored by the
Ontario Plowmen's Association, with additional funding support provided
by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Elgin County Branch,
the County of Elgin and the City of St. Thomas.
Please click
here to view our image
gallery for the 1960 IPM.
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Don't forget to check out the
Elgin
County Archives home page for more information.
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