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Welcome to the Middlecreek
Valley Antique Association, Inc. Located
on a former farm in Snyder County, Pennsylvania just west of Selinsgrove; join us in our efforts to preserve agricultural
artefacts and educate the public about farming and rural lifestyles of bygone days. To view pictures from
our shows, go to the Bulletin Board page of this website. For information on becoming a member and joining in our activities, contact Michael Smith, 104 Oak
Lane, Middleburg, PA 17842
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Shows
are held on our 43 acre gently sloped grassed show grounds. A newly leveled field for tractor square dance performances compliments
the newly added announcers stand at the adjacent tractor pull track and the expanded covered eating facilities. Our shows
feature exhibits and demonstrations of numerous antique equipment items from rural Pennsylvania as well as many flea market/craft
items and food vendors ranging from kettle cooked potato chips, kettle cooked ham pot pie, french fries, hot dogs, hamburgers,
cheeseburgers, fish sandwiches, ice cream, funnel cakes, hot sausage, cheese steaks, barbeque chicken (all three days), breakfasts
each morning, and all kinds of drinks including cider, fresh squeezed lemonade, coffee, water and all kinds of soft drinks,
plus much more! No alcoholic beverages or illicit drugs may be brought
onto or consumed on the grounds at any time! Monthly members' meetings
are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Community Room of the Weber-Rinck Health Center, Middleburg,
Pa..
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Annual Show Schedule: 14th
Annual Spring Show dates are:
May 14-16, 2010. The feature tractor is Allis-Chalmers and the
hit 'n miss engine for the show is the Ideal. Show contact information: (Phone numbers): Flea market/food vendors - Ira Lessman, 570-374-6591; Entertainment - Ray Hummel 570-743-7953; Tractor
pulls - Mark Cromley 570-524-0249; Security - Mahlon Boop 570-374-8894 2010 dates for 14th Annual Fall Show will be August 27-29. Please
note that this is a month earlier than previous years! There should be less conflict with other events and hopefully
the weather will be better. The feature tractor for both 2010 shows is Allis-Chalmers and the hit-n-miss engine
is the Ideal. New events are being planned for both shows. Free Admission, Free Parking, Free Camping and Free Fun for members! DIRECTIONS to Ass'n Show Grounds:
Drive West out of Selinsgrove
on Route 522; travel 1.8 miles;
turn
right onto Salem Road;
travel 1.1 miles; turn right on
Old Colony Road; travel 1/2
mile to SHOW on left. ENTERTAINMENT for the 2010 Spring Show will be listed when available. Our Middle Creek Tractor Swingers will begin their 2010 season performing
their famous antique tractor square dancing exhibitions at the Pa. Farm Show on Friday, January 15, 2010 in
the big arena. Their video of the 2006 show on U-Tube has had over 350,000 hits. PCN-TV carried their
Jan. 9, 2009 performance LIVE from the big arena and is expected to do the same in 2010.
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Members and collectors of antique farm machinery
(especially tractors) are invited to bring and exhibit their collectibles at both our spring and fall shows. While the 2010
show feature tractor is Allis-Chalmers and the hit and miss engine is the Ideal, exhibitors are encouraged
to exhibit any antique farm machinery and equipment of other makes. For those who wish to join our Middlecreek Valley Antique Association, memberships are available
on-site at the office during shows or from Treasurer - Michael Smith, 104 Oak Lane, Middleburg, PA., 17842, or call (570)
374-9108. For more information on our tractor square dancers group, including pictures of them performing on our show grounds, click on the underlined words above for
a link to their website. For more
general information about the Middlecreek Valley Antique Ass'n. memberships call: (570)
837-0156. To e-mail the web site editor: send to forestlands@evenlink.com and specify subject as MVAA website. |
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- Our shows feature all of the following:
- Antique tractor square dancing by the Middle Creek Tractor Swingers
- Antique
sawmill demonstrations
- Shingle and broom making
- Evening entertainment
- Antique stone crushing machinery demonstrations
- Antique tractor and truck parades
- Antique and Stock
tractor pulls
- Flea market, crafts and antique dealers
- Gas and steam engines
- Farm, utility and garden tractors
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The 2009 Fall Show was again marred
by rain on two of the three days. This recurring problem will be resolved (we hope) by the August scheduling dates for
2010. Despite the rain the show was an overall success with many tractors, garden tractors, hit-n-miss
engines and a miniature working sawmill displayed. The featured tractor - Farmall had 55 registered.
A total of 141 tractors were registered, but quite a few unregistered tractors were also displayed. 28 hit-n-miss
engines were registered as well as several equipment items including a working shingle mill. Please register any equipment,
engines and tractors that you bring to our shows so we can publicize all the displayed items for the public to see! Officers elected at the November, 2009 meeting for 2009-10
are: Mike Lessman - President; Carl Landis - Vice-President; Mike Clark - Secretary;
Michael Smith -Treasurer and the two re-elected members of the Board of Directors are: Donald Athey and Mark
Cromley. 2010-11 elections will be held at the November 2010 meeting. Expansion of this website to a five page format was authorized at the June meeting. We now
have a members' page, a bulletin board for announcements by and for members, a special events page and a buy/sell page where
members can list antique ag equipment they have for sale or wish to purchase. The content of the expanded website
will continue to be determined by the communications committee who are seeking MVAA members' input on what
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