Well it’s time for winter and the many things that come with it.  I hope by now the harvesting is complete and you did better than what the experts anticipated. In our local area we had 100+ bushel corn and a lot of 60 bushel beans. I don’t know if we are ready for the winter months but it will come regardless with an expected colder and wetter winter than last year. Maybe by the time the winter convention comes we will be ready to head south for the convention hosted by the Florida Flywheelers February 20 – 22. I hope to see you there!!

Our first quarter meeting will be held in Greenwood at Jonathan Byrd’s on January 27, 2013 with lunch at noon followed by our annual winter meeting. Make your plans to be there and kick off 2013 with a bang. Our directors and advisory members will be meeting at 10:30 AM.

Our second quarter meeting will be held on Saturday June 29 at 1 PM. The show dates are June 28 - 30 for our IHC Chapter 7 State Show at the Osgood fairgrounds hosted by the Farming and Antique Related Machinery Club of Southeastern Indiana. Make your plans to experience a truly unique show in southern Indiana. 

We will be requesting to have a Third Quarter meeting at the Antique Machinery Show in Clay City on August 3, 2013. Clay City is just a few miles south of I 70 on State Road 59 in Southwestern Indiana. Just 30 miles from Terre Haute. This would be a lunch meeting. Since this is a one day show we would encourage you to bring an exhibit and spend the day.

Tillage day at the Gatewood and Thieme farms was a lot of fun even though we were short of mile. The host families and directors did a great job of organizing and getting things ready for the day. We had 116 Tractors of which 44 were from out of state from RI, NY, NC, OH, MN, MI, IL, AL, IA,TN, KY, and TX. What a great group! We added two new members to Chapter 7 and the IHC National added several new members. Our support included: FBI Buildings, Farm Credit Services, Vendors, and the Hamilton Southeastern FFA who provided workers for the day. Our fourth quarter meeting was held during the lunch hour and many door prizes were given out to the group.

Our Fourth quarter 2013 meeting will be held at our state plow day and the problem is we still do not have a host.  We need at least 60 acres to plow and would like to take this to southern Indiana if possible. If you know someone or you’re interested please contact us with your proposal. Its work but a lot of fun for all involved. Please consider having Chapter 7 plow day.

IHC Indiana Chapter 7 will be hosting the 2013 National IHC Auction on November 8 & 9 with Ted Everett Auctioneering doing the auction.

Our dates for 2014 are slowly coming together. Thanks to all of you who have attended meetings, worked for the club, and care about our International Harvester Heritage.

                                                            Randy