HOF Members
Arlin Colborg
Members of the Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club, Inc. (Branch 54) are pleased to nominate Arlin Colborg for induction into the National Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Branch 54 and is the branch 54 Safety Officer. Arlin is a “country boy” having grown up in northwest Kansas. He has fond memories of operating his father’s model 70 standard John Deere diesel tractors and 420 John Deere. Arlin traveled from Kansas to the University of Idaho; located in Moscow, ID; to attend graduate school in the college of agriculture. After grad school he made northern Idaho his home.
Branch 54 is honoring Arlin for his enthusiastic participation and loyal support of club meetings and activities. In addition being an elected Board Member and safety officer he sponsors the club’s slow tractor drive (5 mph) and he is the co-chairman of the 10 mph tractor drive—helping plan, organize and carrying out both events in a safe manner. And, every fall Arlin is an eager participate in the club’s “recreational straw baling” project. Typically 800 to 1000 small bales of wheat straw are cut, raked and baled with vintage equipment and sold to offset fuel and other cost. Further, Arlin is an exemplary restoration mechanic and is an expert welder/metal fabricator. In addition to his own projects he volunteers to do welding and lathe work for club members. Arlin has a professional pop-corn popper and he provides pop-corn snacks at branch 54’s January quarterly meeting which is held indoors and features a silent ‘fund raising” auction. He has a glorious 1940 John Deere model B tractor that he restored and it is the tractor he drives on the 5mph slow drive.
Brief summary of contributions—Arlin is a stalwart member who has contributed significantly over the years to Branch 54. He serves as a Board of Director member and club safety officer. Also, he has contributed much to all of the club’s meetings, activities and preservation and restoration of antiques. Branch 54 strongly supports his nomination for EDGE&TA’s HOF.
Randy Tiede
Picture of Randy Tiede’s RD6 Cat and 36B JD combine
Members of Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club, Inc. (Branch 54) are pleased to nominate Randy Tiede for induction into the National Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association Hall of fame. Randy is fully committed to the objectives of our local and national organizations. Since 2007 he has been a Board of Director of Branch 54 and is a constant contributor.
Brief summary of why he should be chosen—Randy has been a long-time member of Branch 54 and he attends all quarterly meetings and special events. In 2007 he was elected to the Board of Directors and has served continually since. Further, in an effort to preserve the agricultural history in our area of eastern Washington and northern Idaho, Randy and his wife Joan host an annual fall harvest bee on their farm near Winchester, ID. Every fall Randy sets aside a generous acreage of grain on his farm for the harvest bee. He stores and maintains an antique combines—a John Deere model 36B hillside, pull-type combine and an antique RD6 Caterpillar crawler tractor to pull it—plus a “war-years Massey-Harris model 21. And, he uses his vintage Studebaker truck to haul the grain. To view a short You Tube video of Randy’s 2017 harvest bee click on to this link— (https://youtu.be/AG10IxfKLo0). Randy’s favorite thing is to involve and teach as many club members as possible about running the equipment. Younger members especially, experience “punching the header” (manually adjusting the height of the header) and operating the manual leveling lever. More experienced “Cat-Skinners” (crawler Caterpillar tractor operators) take turns pulling the combine and remembering how to turn square corners. Branch 54 is honoring Randy for his steadfast enthusiasm and support of club activities. He is a “bigger than life type individual” who greets and visits with all members at meetings and special events. Everyone enjoys his company and joking manner.
Brief summary of contributions—Randy is a stalwart member who has contributed significantly over the years to Branch 54. He has served as a Board of Director of 14 years continually. Further, he has contributed much to the collection, preservation and exhibition of antique tractors and equipment. Branch 54 will be honored to have Randy Tiede selected to the EDGETA HOF. Please give his nomination utmost consideration.
Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson is a Charter member of EDGE&TA Branch 106 which was formed in 1999. He has always been an active member who has held the office of President several times and has also served as Vice President and Activities Director. He is now serving as President again. This is a very active branch that has 10 parades and shows listed on their branch webpage.
As a young man Dan Thompson worked at several farms in Northern Nevada to learn the trade and the equipment used. Currently retired, he works part time as a substitute teacher in the local school district; in Lowry High in the Future Farmers and Industrial Shop classes. He works with the high school students and encourages them to be participants in the agriculture community. He tries to recruit new members to join EDGE&TA while showing these students how to repair and restore old equipment. He tries to get the kids excited about our hobby. Mr. Thompson has been a volunteer participant with AG in the Classroom Workshops for the younger students in the district.
Dan and other members from Branch 106 display at the “Lazy P Farm” Fall Festival sharing tractors and stationary engines answering questions about how they work to all who inquire. One of Dan’s favorite things to do is run the rope making machine creating bracelets for the kids.
Dan’s interest is both tractors and Stationary Equipment. His 1907 Fairbanks Morse “N” 15 horse power winch engine is fully operational and was used in the local mines of Humboldt and Lander Counties in Nevada. Dan displayed this unique engine at the North West Regional Show in Filer, ID and drew a huge crowd. The Fairbanks Morse and several other hit n miss engines are displayed at various EDGE&TA sanctioned shows each year.
Dan is a true leader and has planned several club activities from Tractor drives, Campout’s, BBQ’s, Annual Labor Day parades and County Fair displays where other EDGE&TA members from Oregon and Nevada have participated. Dan also has planned club activities such as tours at the Giodano Ranch and MSC facility in Fernley, Nevada. He works year around to keep his branch active. Dan always encourages other members to participate at events held by other branches of EDGE&TA. He travels to all the western states to display his old equipment at shows.
In closing please consider Dan Thompson for induction into the “Hall of Fame” as he has demonstrated his true love and passion for the preservation and exhibition of early day engines and tractors.
Gary Simpson
Inducted at the 2019 Western Regional meeting in Shelton, WA.
Western Regional Director Dick Tombrink made the presentations.
Gary Simpson nomination for EDGE&TA HOF 2019 As a past president of Branch 54, Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club, Inc., it is my pleasure to nominate Gary Simpson for induction into the EDGE&TA Hall of Fame. Gary is among our most active and supportive members. In addition he is one our most capable tractor/engine mechanic having been formally trained as a mechanic. Gary has served faithfully on the club’s board of directors 2016 through 2019 (re-elected. In addition, he is a member of Branch 197 The Inland Empire Steam & Gas Buffs. Branch 54 is honoring Gary for his unwavering support and enthusiastic participation in club meetings and activities. He and his wife Julie have the responsibility of maintaining club coolers and supplying beverages for club meetings and events. Plus, Gary has assumed the responsibility of planning, organizing and carrying out Branch 54’s annual tractor drive. Gary typically lines up a 30 to 35 mile drive through the back roads of the beautiful Palouse area of eastern Washington State. Drives usually parallel parts of the Snake River for fantastic views Further, Gary attends club plow days and often loans tractor (s) and plows to members that don’t own plowing equipment. And, he owns a large, well equipped shop and is generous with his time and experience to help club members with tractor and engine repairs. Activities in his shop includes mentoring young members restore their first tractor. Every fall, after wheat harvest is complete in eastern Washington, Gary plans and host “recreational straw baling using antique equipment and involving several club members. Typically 600 to 800 small bales of straw are baled and sold to offset fuel and other cost. Gary’s interest in collecting, restoring and using antique tractors and equipment is pretty much unmatched in our club. His restorations are expertly carried out with absolute original specs being followed. He is an expert when it comes to “bird-dogging” parts and supplies. He is pretty much “color-blind” with it comes to collecting tractors. He tends to favor Farmall and Ford tractors, but he also appreciates the unusual for eastern Washington. He most recent tractor purchase is a MMZTU. There can be little doubt that Gary Simpson is deserving of Hall of Fame status in EDGE&TA. I urge the selection committee to give his application utmost consideration.
Bruce and Jenny Petty
Inducted at the 2019 Western Regional meeting in Shelton, WA.
Western Regional Director Dick Tombrink made the presentations.
Bruce & Jenny Petty nomination for EDGE&TA HOF 2019 Members of Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club, Inc. (Branch 54) are pleased to nominate Bruce and Jenny Petty for induction into the National Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association Hall of fame. It would only be fitting that they receive this honor as a couple because they have worked tirelessly the last 18 plus years as a couple to support, grow, and serve Branch 54. Both are fully committed to the objectives of our local and national organizations. Regarding their significant contributions—shortly after they were married Jenny was elected secretary of Br. 54 and served for 5 years straight—2001 thru 2005. Further, she is a constant when it comes to setting up meetings, potluck meals, plow-days and harvest bees. Bruce has been a “work-horse” leader since joining the club some 20 years ago. He was elected treasurer in 2004 & 2005: vice-president & board of director 2010 & 2011; president 2012 & 2013, immediate past president and board of director 2014 & 2015.
Branch 34 is honoring this young couple for their dedication and willingness to support club activities with near 100% attendance at quarterly meetings and special events sponsored by the club. They have a growing family, four young daughters–all of which are club members, and still find time to operate their family small grain farm, host plow days and harvest bees at their farm/ranch. They have also hosted a club quarterly meeting at their place. Bruce is a graduate of Wyo-Tech where he studied diesel mechanics. And, he gives advice freely to club members with mechanical questions. He stands ready to help in any way he can.
Bruce and Jenny are devoted collectors, preservationist and exhibitors of engines and antique harvest equipment. Being formally trained in engine rebuilds Bruce stands willing to take on restoration projects that others would have to pass up. His latest restoration involved a complete disassembly and rebuild of an antique Holt, 4-cylinder engine. During the restoration of this beauty he reported progress, to include pictures, in the club newsletters. They also have an antique Caterpillar 60 tractor undergoing restoration and other antique tractors.
Barry Bender
Barry and his wife Kim joined Branch 29 in June of 1999. Garry became an active member right from the start with his first restoration of a Case VAC. He was elected president in 2002 and served until 2004 when he decided he could no longer devote the time
needed for the position due to work and his kid’s school activities. True to form and wanting to stay involved, he accepted the position of secretary, a position he holds to this day.
Barry is a tireless volunteer in helping get Branch 29’s threshing bee ready each year. He arranges the loan of a forklift to help with set-up, he picks up the Pepsi products from the distributor and coordinates with a local restaurant to provide food for our Saturday night BBQ. He then does the cooking that evening during the event. He shares his love of old iron with his family and has got them all involved as active members. Wife Kim, his three kids Dawson, Mason, and Madison along with his dad Clarence have become huge International Harvester fans. They have a modest collection of Farmall tractors that they display and operate at the show each year. During the show Barry volunteers on the kid’s barrel ride and helps out with the saw mill and stationary baling.
Barry leads our annual tractor drive each year and hosts a BBQ at his place at the end of the drive. I believe Barry demonstrates the enthusiasm and value necessary to be a candidate for the EDGE&TA Hall of Fame.
William Clark
I would like to nominate William (Bill) Clark for the EDGE&TA Hall of Fame on behalf of EDGE&TA Branch 133, The Maine Antique Tractor Club, located in Norridgewock, Maine.
Bill is one of the Founding/Charter Members of our club which started in 1994. Bill has served as President and is a long time Board Member who is very active with the events, meetings, and the direction of our club. Bill has not missed any meetings or events, with the except of a couple, in our 25 year history. He is the “go to” person for our annual antique tractor raffle which is held each year to sponsor our “Club Member/High School Senior Scholarship Fund”. Bill searches, negotiates, (usually gets the tractor donated to the club), trailers, fixes, and sells tickets at numerous locations throughout the year, to make our antique tractor raffle very successful. “Like to buy a ticket”? Bill has one in his front shirt pocket at all times. Bill can be seen at most all the antique tractor pulls on his John Deere 730. He has some very heavy competition as he is in the same class as his brother, Bob, on his John Deere 720, which makes for some very good ribbing on most days. Bill’s oldest son, Gary, is also a Founding/Charter member and current Vice President of the club. Three of Bill’s grandchildren are active members in the club, all pulling in the antique Lawn & Garden pulls and two have moved on to the larger Farm Tractor Pulls. Bill can be seen in many of the parades our club participates in, usually following the grandchildren, as they proudly parade their antique tractors for all to admire. Bill, his wife, and family host the April monthly meeting each year by inviting club members to their home for a pot luck meal, meeting, and a tour of the farm. One of the clubs most heavily attended meetings of the year.
Bill, being raised on the family farm, comes by tinkering naturally as he worked closely with his father buying, selling, and fixing tractors and other agricultural equipment in his spare time as a younger man. Something he continues to do today, along with his son and grandsons, in the same location on the Skowhegan homestead. Bill is the proud owner of more than 40 antique John Deere tractors, along with many other pieces of antique farm equipment, with many pieces being restored by him. Bill enjoys sharing his knowledge of tractors and what makes them go “putt putt” with anyone, especially our club members. Bill displays many of his collected tractors and equipment at the clubs annual Festival each year.
As our club, EDGE&TA Branch 133, The Maine Antique Tractor Club, celebrates our 25h Anniversary this year, we would be honored to have our Founding/Charter Member, Bill Clark, inducted into the EDGE&TA Hall Of Fame, as one who has made significant contributions to the collection, preservation and exhibition of antique tractors, engines, and equipment here in the State of Maine.
“Pat” Morrison
Patricia “Pat” Morrison joined Tired Iron of the Ozarks in 2001. She has been an active member ever since. At the time she joined, the club was engaged in a search for land to purchase as a permanent base for club shows, but, in the meantime, shows were held on borrowed property, which included the grounds of a local airport and a wild–life safari. A couple of shows were held in a large circus tent. This was not much to encourage involvement of the wives of club members, but Pat participated every step of the way,
A big activity for many club members was and continues to be to attend club shows and community activities throughout a four–state area to acquaint people with Tired Iron and the marvel of vintage tractors and engines. For example, our clubs exhibitions of fly–wheel engines are known throughout the region. Pat‘s valuable contribution was to attend her and her husband‘s exhibits at these scores of venues. She can and does tell folks the backgrounds of the four–wheel 1946 Gibson, a riding, (and rare) 1947 Perrin, and much more. She even exhibited basket weaving for a time. Many people have enjoyed the information and look at their unusual tractors and craftwork.
When Tired Iron purchased land for the club in 2003, active members now had a great responsibility to build and maintain facilities for club activities. Bathrooms were built in 2004 and a clubhouse in 2005. With the note that Larry and Pat live only 4 miles from the club land, she, especially when her husband served as president of Tired Iron for three years, spent time almost every day at the club. Clubhouse up–keep became very important. She, along with a few others, have seen to the sweeping and arranging of the building for all occasions.
Since the club grounds are at least five miles from food services, it was very important that our club kitchen, which had been added to the clubhouse by some determined members, be used to provide food for the visitors to the shows. For a few years Pat was in charge of all the food concession. She bought all drinks and food for the occasions. The kitchen served doubly for Tired Iron in that profits were added to the general fund of the club and helped provide backing for many projects.
Another important part of club activity she takes a lead role in when needed is the preparation of three potluck dinners every year for the club membership. Perhaps, more importantly, she brings home–made cookies and other goodies and provides coffee and soft drinks for people attending the meetings.
Pat currently serves as treasurer of Tired Iron. As a part of her job, she collects dues and maintains the club roster. Every club needs members such as she, and this fact serves as the basis for our club members‘ nomination of Pat to the EDGE&TA Hall of Fame.