Tired iron to hold fall show

20th Annual Fall Show set for Friday through Sunday at Tired Iron of the Ozarks show grounds

John Burger, Pat Morrison, Glenn Smith and Larry Morrison are getting their tractors and garden tractors ready for the fall show on the grounds of the Tired Iron of the Ozarks in Gentry. This year's show will also host a meeting and showing of the Missouri Regional Garden Tractor Club. The show runs from Friday through Sunday.
John Burger, Pat Morrison, Glenn Smith and Larry Morrison are getting their tractors and garden tractors ready for the fall show on the grounds of the Tired Iron of the Ozarks in Gentry. This year's show will also host a meeting and showing of the Missouri Regional Garden Tractor Club. The show runs from Friday through Sunday.

— Tired Iron of the Ozarks will hold its 20th annual fall show this weekend, with this year’s show promising to be bigger than ever.

In addition to old tractors and farm implements, antique engines, saw mills, antique household items and a fully-functional blacksmith’s shop, this year’s show will include a gathering of the Missouri Regional Garden Tractor Club, meaning many antique garden tractors will also be at the show grounds for visitors to see.

The show opens Friday and will continue through Sunday at the club’s show grounds located between Gentry and Siloam Springs at 13344 Taylor Orchard Road.

The show features displays and demonstrations between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day in the home antique building, where old sewing machines, washing machines, water pumps and other antique household items will be on display.

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Tired Iron of the Ozarks member Don Heavener gets his Farmall tractor ready for the show which begins on Friday, Sept. 9. He also will preach at Sunday morning church services on the club's show grounds. Photo by Randy Moll

Exhibitions will be held at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday in the Blacksmith shop, with the Blacksmiths of Arkansas giving demonstrations all day Saturday. The shop will also be openfor visitors on Sunday.

Sawmill and bandsaw demonstrations are set for 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Demonstrations will be held at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Engine-powered saws will be demonstrated each day at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Threshing demonstrations are scheduled at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day.

A parade of power, in which club members drive antique tractors past spectators at the bleachers, is planned each day at noon.

A kiddy pedal tractor pull will be held on Saturday only at 1 p.m. by the bleachers.

Tractor games will be held at 2 p.m. each day at the bleachers.

A church service on the grounds is planned for 10 a.m. Sunday, with club member Don Heavener conducting the service.

A kitchen will be open each day, with breakfast served from 7 to 10 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drinks, chips and ice cream are available all day.

As always, admission to the show is free and everyone is invited to come out and learn about rural life in the region in the first half of the 20th Century.

For more information, visit the Tired iron of the Ozarks website at www.tiredironofthe ozarks.com or contact Glenn Smith at 736-2841 or by e-mail at [email protected].

News, Pages 1 on 09/07/2011