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FLYING FARMER November/December 2014 Volume 68, Number 6

2015 IFF Workshop - January 12 - 14

Region III Tour - page 14 Rails & Tales of NH - page 24

IFF Liability DisclaimerThe International Flying Farmers (IFF) and its representatives hereby make notification they have no authority and take no responsibility or controlfor: 1-the safety of members or guests, 2-the qualifications of individuals to operate aircraft or other forms of transportation, 3-the situations whenindividuals should or should not fly, and 4-the type of transportation or manner of transportation in which members or guests choose to use. Membersand guests are solely responsible for their own safety and the safety of their families. No liability is assumed or implied by the IFF, its Officers,Directors, or Chapter Officers.

November 201429 – Heartland Christmas Party -- Ogallala, NE

December 20144 – Illinois Christmas Party -- Avanti’s -- Bloomington, IL13 – Arizona Christmas Party -- Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant -- Chandler, AZ

January 201512-14 – IFF Workshop -- Navarre Best Western -- Navarre, FL 850-939-940016-17 – Florida Snowbird Fly-In -- Venice, FL -- contact Mary Gruber by [email protected] or phone 740-244-5599

February 201513-15 – Heartland Convention -- Alliance, NE

March 20155-7 – Iowa/Missouri Convention20-22 – Kansas Convention

April 201510 – IFF Duchess Rosella Day -- Carriage House Inn -- Calgary, AB10-12 – Alberta Convention -- Carriage House Inn -- Calgary, AB17-19 – Manitoba Convention19-21 – Wisconsin Convention -- Sauk City, WI

May 201515-17 – Mid-Atlantic Convention -- Crisfield, MD (includes IFF WOY Day)

June 20155-6 – Tri State Convention -- Richland, WA (includes IFF MOY Day)

2014 - 15 Calendar of Events

If you have an item to be placed on the Calendar of Events, please send the DATE, NAMEOF EVENT, PLACE WHERE THE EVENT WILL BE HELD, and CONTACT PERSON WITHPHONE NUMBER to the magazine email ([email protected]) or mail tothe IFF Office at P.O. Box 309, Mansfield, IL 61854

November/December 2014

International Flying Farmer(ISSN 0020-675X)

Vol. 68 – November/December 2014 – No.6

The official publication of and published by:International Flying Farmers, Inc.

P.O. Box 309Mansfield, Illinois 61854

(217)489-9300 — Fax (217)489-9280email: [email protected]

website: http:// www.internationalflyingfarmers.orgmagazine email: [email protected]

Patricia L. Amdor..........................Office Manager Patricia L. Amdor.......................................Editor

IFF OFFICERS 2013-2014

President Burl Scherler (Cathy)21899 County Road 59Sheridan Lake, CO 81071(719) 729-3367(719) 729-3312 faxemail: [email protected]

Vice President Wayne Wilderman (Terry)Box 220Blackie, AB T0L 0J0 Canada(403) 684-3611(403) 684-3329 faxemail: [email protected]

Treasurer Zelda Thorp Lewis818 Milan Ave.Joliet, IL 60435(815) 740-6417(815)-740-6417 faxemail: [email protected]

Secretary Alex Knox (Lisa)881 N. Oxford Ln.Chandler, AZ 85225(480) 963-2949email: [email protected]

Past President Wendell Rust (Joyce)7817 E. County Line Rd.Bourbon, IN 46504(574) 646-3705(574) 646-3115 faxemail: [email protected]

IFF Queen Colette PierceBox 7Miniota, MB R0M 1M0 Canada(204) 568-4651email: [email protected]

IFF Duchess Rosella Bjornson52111 Range Rd. 223Sherwood Park, AB T8C 1A6 Canada(780) 922-4918email: [email protected]

SPECIAL FEATURES

14 Historical Southwestern Illinois20 Historical Trail Flyers24 Rails & Tales of New Hampshire28 2015 IFF Workshop Checklist29 IFF Queen’s Day34 Wisconsin Fall Color Meeting36 The Glencairn Museum & Cathedral37 IFF Duchess Day38 2015 IFF Convention45 40 Years Ago48 41 Years

REPORTS

4 President 6 Duchess 5 Queen 7 Farmerette

DEPARTMENTS

2 Calendar of Events 40 ‘Round the Regions 8 Conventions 46 Memorial

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President’s ReportBy Burl Scherler

Heartland Flying Farmer

Cathy and I have had someinteresting travels since the IFFconvention in Loveland. Wewere privileged to join theBeidlers and other FlyingFarmers on the Rails and Talestour of New Hampshire. We sawa lot of trees, rocks and water.It was very interesting to watchas the leaves change colors froma slight hint of orange and redsto vivid deep bright colorsalmost daily. We rode the cograilway, constructed in the1860’s to the top of MountWashington. Bad weather iscommon on the peak but weenjoyed clear skies andunrestricted visibility. The daybefore we ascended, denseclouds and rime ice covered thepeak. The mountain is coveredwith clouds over three hundredtwenty days a year. It is amazingto me that a mountain onlyabout 6,300 feet above sea levelholds the record for the secondhighest wind speed everrecorded on earth at 231 miles

per hour. We had a great tripwith incredible scenery, goodfood and warm fellowship.Thanks Gordon and Velda forarranging the trip.

Next we were off to Watrous,Saskatchewan where we werewelcomed with abundantCanadian hospitality. We wereable to enjoy soaking andvisiting in the hot mineral watersof the “Dead Sea of Canada” atthe Manitou Springs Resort Spa.The men toured a localmanufacturing plant where fieldrollers are built. I know that myneighbors here in Coloradowould wonder what in the worldwould you use a field roller for?I learned that the rollers are topush the rocks back down in thesoil after planting to keep therocks out of the combines atharvest. As I travel I amcontinually amazed at theproblems farmers have toovercome to tame MotherNature. Saskatchewan hadrecord high rainfall this year andbountiful crops, but because ofthe wet weather, disease infectedsome of the wheat which madeit unfit for consumption orfeeding and had to be dumpedon the ground.

The Saskatchewan chapter isplanning a big reunion next year

for their sixtieth anniversary.They are asking for all currentand past Flying Farmers to jointhem for the celebration.Sounds like fun, keep your eyeopen for details.

We are looking forward to seeingyou in the panhandle of Floridathis coming January forWorkshop. I hear the Naval Airmuseum is really worth the tripto see. The beachfront hotelrooms are inexpensive too!Watch for more information inthe Magazine and get yourregistration in soon.

After the Workshop CaribbeanSky Tours will be leading IFFmembers on the BahamasAdventure 2015. The tourdeparts two days after Workshopon Saturday, January 17 fromFort Pierce, which is just northof West Palm Beach and willreturn on January 23. The tourwill follow the island chains andmake four stops. The weatheris usually good that time of yearso why not join the tour.Caribbean Sky tours will takecare of all the red tape, flightplans, hotels and customs soyou only need to do the flyingand sightseeing. Forinformation about the trip clickon the Caribbean Sky Tours linkon the IFF website.

Continued on page 10 President

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Queen’s ReportBy Colette Pierce

Manitoba Flying Farmer

No moss has grown under myfeet in the past few months forsure! In September I attendedthe Ontario Flying FarmersConvention as Queen. I washappy that my duties wentsmoothly, and the memberswere very helpful andencouraging. The conventionwas held at Niagara Falls and wewere truly gob-smacked as ourboat approached the base of thefalls. Other tours includedhistoric sites along the way, andKen and I were lucky enough towin a helicopter ride over thefalls. Ontario Flying Farmers area friendly and fun bunch. Iwould encourage anyone whocan visit them or attend one oftheir functions.

When we attend any function,aviation or not, I wear my IFFQueen badge. It’s a good icebreaker and I am trying toincrease IFF awareness andmembership. Just in case, Iusually have membershipinformation with me. We are

also posting information at allthe airports we visit.

While at the IFF Convention inLoveland, CO, Ken and Ipurchased a 1972 Cessna 182.It was just across the highwayfrom the hotel! We are callingour new plane “Queenie”, andwe reclaimed our very first callsign ident of C-FWQK to use forher. In August we were dealt avery sickening blow when welost our floatplane C-FVUW inan accident while enroute to visitDuchess Rosella for her AlbertaQueen’s Day. Our floatplaneflipped upside down in a freakaccident. We were submergedimmediately in dark water and Iwas having difficulty exiting theplane as I was very disoriented.But Ken dove down into thecabin twice to find me, and hepulled me up to the surface formuch needed air. Since thatevent I have elevated his titlefrom Redcap Ken to Sir RedcapKen, as he was very brave andsaved my life. Neither of us hadany injuries, so we countourselves blessed many timesover.

In September, our flying clubhad a fly-in breakfast ofscrambled eggs, pancakes, hamand hash browns. After Kenwashed 2 heaping 5 gallon pailsof potatoes, I baked them, thenprocessed them into hash

browns. The worst job is cuttingthe onions to go with them! Mysecret ingredient for hashbrowns is a pinch of garlic—butdon’t tell anyone! October 17saw us back in the sky for theSaskatchewan Flying FarmersConvention. It was a wonderfulweekend with IFF President Burland Cathy Scherler and Region11 Director Jack Vandervalk andMerry from Alberta joining us.A group of pilots toured RiteWay Manufacturing, makers ofland rollers, etc. Hostess Sandraheld a card making session. Weall enjoyed soaking in the hotmineral waters of the Spa. Nextyear is their 60th anniversary andplans are underway for thismilestone celebration. October19 we flew out to Alberta for agreat visit with IFF DuchessRosella and Bill. We had a greattail wind flying 505 nm in 3.8hours flying time!!

On January 12, 2015, I amhosting a Welcome Receptionpre Workshop. The reception isfrom 2-5 PM, with munchies andlight refreshments at theWorkshop site Best WesternNavarre Waterfront Hotel inNavarre Beach, Florida.Workshop will open later in theday at 6:30 PM with asumptuous cookout supper. Ihope that you can come a fewhours early to attend myreception, then set your sites onWorkshop!


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Duchess’s Report

By Rosella BjornsonAlberta Flying Farmer

September was a very busymonth for Bill and I. September3, we flew Air Canada toWinnipeg to visit friends, onSept. 4, we drove to Brandonand met up with Ken and ColettePierce to deliver Colette’sInternational Queen’s gifts.While there we toured the BritishCommonwealth Air TrainingMuseum at the Brandon Airport.What a great Museum - if youare ever in Manitoba - it is aworthwhile stop. Back inWinnipeg on Friday, we attendedthe Transair Reunion Luncheon- what a wonderful time toreminisce with 110 of the peopleI worked with at Transair. The following week - we wentto Niagara Falls for the OntarioFlying Farmer Convention. Whata great convention! The “ViceSquad” ( Jim & Jane Ferrell andAdrian & Hortense Verburg) dida terrific job of planning theConvention. Friday, September11 - started with a big breakfast,then onto the buses. The first

stop was “Journey Behind theFalls” - where we followedtunnels that had been dug intothe bedrock behind the Falls andcame out at viewpoints wherewe could experience the rush ofthe water over Horseshoe Falls.Back on the buses over to thedock where we boarded the“Hornblower” for a ride on theNiagara River to the face of theFalls. The provided plasticponchos to keep us semi-dry butthey did not provide towels withthe free shower. Back on the busfor a beautiful drive along theNiagara Parkway to a big parkfor a boxed lunch. Next stop wasa vineyard for some wine tasting- very interesting! Back toNiagara Falls to the SkylonTower for a ride to the top anddinner at the revolvingrestaurant. What a wonderfulcompany, great dinner andbeautiful scenery!

After lunch we were free toexplore Niagara Falls, Colette andKen, Bill and I decided to go tothe IMAX Theater to see“Legends and Daredevils”, ahistory of the Falls. Amazingsights and sound! Ken andColette had won the door prizeof a ride with Niagara Helicoptersso Bill and I bought tickets andwe went for an excitinghelicopter ride over NiagaraFalls. We were back in the city

in time for the Dinner TheaterMusical “Oh, Canada, EH!” Thisis a two hour show featuring allCanadian Music from maritimefolk songs to modern pop. Whilewatching the show we wereserved an excellent Canadianfamily style meal of Alberta Beef.What a great way to spend theevening with wonderfulcompany, good food and greatmusic!

Sunday morning was the electionof officers and Colette (as IFFQueen) did a great job ofswearing in the executive. Afterlunch we were free to leave -since our flight did not leaveHamilton until 18:00, we hadtime to do some exploring onour own before going to theairport and flying back toEdmonton. Many thanks go tothe OFF for a wonderfulConvention. Our next trip was a drive to theOkanogan September 24 toattend the West Canada SectionMeeting of Ninety Nines inPenticton, BC. They had awonderful conventionplanned and we had a chance tocompare Okanagan wines withthe Niagara region wines.Okanagan wines are definitelybetter! We took 2 days to drivethere and 2 days to drive backso we made it a nice holiday.

Continued on page 10 Duchess


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Farmerette’s Report

By Reilly ShoreKansas Flying Farmer

Hello everyone! I hope this findseveryone happy and healthy!The school year is really goingby quickly. Our first 9 weeksparent teacher conferences arealready here. My grades arereally good so far, but geometryis proving to be a little tough. Idesigned my class ring and nowI’m waiting for it to get in. Mybirthday is in January so mybirthstone is a garnet. Red ismy favorite, so I’m pretty excitedto see how it turns out.

In the last magazine, I wastalking about how I waspreparing for the Kansas StateFair in Hutchinson to run barrelson my horse Dale. It was myfirst time pulling my new trailerand that thing is HUGEcompared to my old bumperpull. It’s 27½ feet long and 2feet wider than my pickup. Itwas freezing and there was roadconstruction everywhere. Theydefinitely don’t put those trafficcones up for anything biggerthan an SUV. It was interesting,but we got there safely.

The first day it was a lot coolerthan it usually was so therewasn’t much of a crowd to getthrough. We got to enjoy theexhibits and vendors freely. Thenext day was a completedifferent ball game. They brokea record for the number ofpeople at the fair. That madeeveryone with horses prettynervous. They have the entrygates right in front of the barns,so we had to ride through thecrowds to get to the stalls or thearenas. I ran barrels the nextmorning and I was so nervous.I was really thankful for mygrandma calming me down. Ihad a little boy in a wheel chairwith a man pushing it come upto me and want to pet Dale. Iwas really nervous since myhorse wasn’t aware of what hewas about to do and might’vespooked at his wheelchair. Hedidn’t. He stood still and heldhis head down for the boy topet him. I looked closely at theboy and realized he was coveredin bandages and his feet werewebbed. He had what they callbutterfly skin. It’s a horribledisease and I felt really bad andfought back tears. He asked mequestions about Dale and thenhe petted him one last time andflashed me the biggest smile Ihad ever seen. It felt greatknowing that we made his day

brighter. I know that momentis going to stick with me for therest of my life.

Kids were having problemshitting barrels or getting no-times prior to me so that mademe even more nervous. A littlelater on it was our turn to runand I had my brother-in-lawwalk us up to the gate to makesure we got in. We were slowgetting around the first 2 barrelsbut the 3rd was the best we’veever done. We didn’t winanything, but we did better thana lot of kids. It’s a great learningexperience running there and Ihad fun.

Soon as everything settled downfrom the fair, our FFA chapterstarted setting up for our annualspook house. We do it out atour chapter barn south of town.It’s our biggest fundraiser of theyear and helps pay for ouractivities. This year we’re talkingabout expanding outside one ofthe side sliding doors, but thatwill add on to all of the work!Our advisor works on plans allyear then all of us students pitchin and help with the construction.

Thanksgiving and Christmas aresoon approaching, which seemscrazy. Safe travels everyone!


Conventions

Ontario Flying Farmers Convention

by Ron LewisOntario Flying Farmer

More than sixty people took partin the annual O.F.F. Conventionheld in Niagara Falls. Mostpeople arrived on Thursday tobegin renewing friendships andmaking new ones in what wasto be a fun filled time.

We were honoured to have anumber of I.F.F Officers andRoyalty in attendance includingIFF VP Wayne & Terry Wildermanfrom Alberta; IFF Queen Colette& Ken Pierce from Manitoba; IFFDuchess Rosella Bjornson & BillPratt from Alberta; Region FourDirector June Pendleton & EdWoodams from New York;Michigan FF President Gary &Emily Wilcox as well asDelmarva President Joel & TinaWharton from Delaware.

It should be noted that thefounder and first President of theOntario Flying Farmers somefifty two years ago (Peter Irwin)is still an active member andmade the trip from his home inBC to attend.

Friday morning, after joiningtogether for breakfast, weboarded two buses for a busyday. Space does not allow fulldetails of the sights and soundswe experienced but for thoseunable to attend this convention–you missed a great time! Stopsincluded a Journey behind the

Falls, a ride on The Hornblowerboat to the falls, picnic lunchalong the Niagara Parkway anda visit to Joseph’s Estate Wineryfor an explanation of how theyuse every part of the grape and,of course, some welcome tastetesting! By this time theafternoon was waning and timehad come to head for the SkylonTower. Going first to theobservation level for a look outover the area and the falls, wethen went one level down to beseated in the revolving diningroom for a wonderful dinner.

After this we headed back to thehotel for the traditional FlyingFarmer Ice Cream Social and alot more visiting.

Saturday morning was taken upby the annual business meeting.Following reports from thevarious officers, considerablediscussion centered around threemotions that had beenpresented to the members inadvance of the meeting. All threepertained to membership feesand how they would be collectedat both the chapter andinternational levels. All threemotions were passed. Thisaction brings us in line with therest of the Canadian chapters.

The nomination committee thenpresented the slate of officers forthe coming year made up of:Past President Jim Farrell,President Adrian Verburg, 1st VPKim Murphy, 2nd VP DaveHawthorne, Secretary/TreasurerGale Gray, Newsletter EditorMary Hawthorne and Directors

IFF Queen Colette and Red Cap Kenreally got into their Niagara Falls visit!

L to R: IFF Vice President WayneWilderman, Jim Farrell & Jim Miles areready for the Hornblower excursion inthe mist.

A lookout area below the falls


ConventionsMike Gray, Paul Irwin, MarilynBruinsma, Marlene Black,Yvonne Martin and GeorgePaisley.This slate of officers wasaccepted by the membership.Before lunch and some free timein the afternoon, a number ofdraws were made from raffletickets sold among those inattendance. Prizes includedtickets for helicopter rides overthe falls, jet boat rides, cable carrides, IMAX theater shows andone $200 gift certificate for a406 ELT purchase.

Our evening meal was at thedinner theater “Oh Canada Eh?”where a wonderful group ofpeople gave us a nonstopperformance of music, comedyand skits, all the while doublingas our servers. Sunday morning was ourchurch service led by our hosts,Adrian and Hortense Verberg,and presented by a number ofdifferent participants. Following

Ontario Executive Standing L to R: 1st Vice President Kim Murphy, President Adrian Verburg, Past President Jim Farrell,Director Mike Gray, Director Paul Irwin, Director George Paisley. Seated L to R: Secretary/Treasurer Gale Gray, IFF QueenColette Pierce, Director Marilyn Bruinsma, Director Marlene Black, Director Yvonne Martin.

Jim Farrell passes the gavel to AdrianVerburg.

L to R: IFF Duchess Rosella Bjornson,Ontario MOY Bill Cattle, Ontarion WOYIsabelle Cattle

this our new slate of officers wasinducted by IFF Queen Colette

Pierce.

A number of awards andrecognitions were made tomembers of the group torecognize achievements orservice. Probably the mostnotable was the announcementof our Man and Woman of theYear. Bill and Isabelle Cattle,from Brownsville, ON have beenOFF members for many years.They rarely miss a chapter event

even now they have given upflying to drive. Both have servedin several OFF offices over theyears and are a greatencouragement to us all. Theyare both 88 years young andhave been married 68 years.What an accomplishment bytoday’s standards.

Congratulations to you both!!!!!

All good things must come toan end and it was now time forsaying farewells until next time.The consensus was that this hadbeen an unforgettable andsuccessful convention.


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Please remember to markDecember 6 on your calendar forthe AFF Christmas Party. Phoneand make reservations at thePomeroy Hotel in Olds, AB at403-556-8815.

We are looking forward to seeingeveryone there.

Continued from page 6 Duchess

The IFF website has beenredesigned and has a new look.If you haven’t visited the websitebefore, go towww.internationalflyingfarmers.organd brouse around. Themagazine is published online incolor and all the latest chapternewsletters are there also.

See you in Navarre.

Continued from page 4 President The first-graders were attendingtheir first music lesson. Theteacher was trying to being atthe beginning. She drew amusical staff on the blackboardand asked a little girl to comeup and write a note on it.

The little girl went to theblackboard, looked thoughtfulfor a minute and wrote, “DearAunt Emma, just a short noteto tell you I’m fine.”


Conventions

Saskatchewan Flying Farmers Convention

by Clément and Sylvia DionSaskatchewan Flying Farmers

Friday, October 17th started withthe hope of flying in to Watrousfor the 59th Saskatchewan FlyingFarmer Convention.Unfortunately, the weather wassocked in so we turned leftinstead of right and arrived bycar in time for last minuteconvention details.

What better way to commencethe gathering than the privilegeto have lunch with IFF PresidentBurl Scherler and his wife, Cathyas well as IFF Queen ColettePierce and her husband, Ken.

Our meal orders had just beennoted when Clément received acall from Region 11 director JackVandervalk and his wife, Merry,confirming their arrival at theWatrous airstrip. We wereindeed honoured to have threeIFF dignitaries and their spouses

attend our convention. Therecould have been four but IFFVice-president Wayne Wildermanwho had planned to come wasunable to for health reasons.Evidence that Wayne and hiswife, Terry, are also appreciated:their names did come up manytimes over the week-end.

Although hosts at theregistration table were offeringname tags and issuing receipts,accolades and hugs were moreurgent. Suddenly the rush wason. Some couldn’t delayspending relaxing time in theMineral Spa. Others eagerly spedoff to a tour of Rite WayManufacturing in Imperial, ashort 35 minute drive south.There they were welcomed byShawn Langlois who guided thetour of the facility showing thehistory of the company and theirmanufacturing processes. Theirmain line: heavy harrows andland rollers. The harrows areused for land conditioning andthe rollers to smooth the fields,especially lentils and peas inorder to facilitate harvesting.

After enjoying a delicious turkeydinner, Jack Vandervalkpresented reports on the IFFTucson workshop followed bythe Baja adventure withCarribean Sky Tours. Jack couldnot be remiss in congratulatingBurl and Cathy for an absolutelyincredible IFF Convention inLoveland, Colorado. Theevening continued withentertainment by a dynamic trio“The Three of Hearts”. Theirmelodious renditions of livelyold time music from the 40’s,50’s and 60’s were muchappreciated. Everyone thenenjoyed the traditional cake andice cream social.

Saturday meant more friendshipand business meetings – in thatorder. Burl and Cathy’s report ontheir trip to Israel offered manycaptivating historic details.

Ken and IFF Queen Colette Pierce

The Three of Hearts

Continued on page 12


Conventions

Hostess Sandra Monteyne re-iterated and confirmedmemories of her recent trip toItaly with two of her daughters.President Burl and IFF QueenColette were enticing with avisual presentation of theupcoming IFF workshop to beheld in Navarre Beach, Floridaas well as the 2015 IFFConvention to be held in Helena,Montana. Burl is an astoundingpresident and IFF Queen Coletteis assuming her role at 110%!

Card-making with SandraMonteyne in the afternoon wasindeed a fun-filled experience.Others, mostly men, braggedabout their therapeutic time inthe Spa’s mineral waters.

Following a delicious eveningroast beef banquet, IFFPresident Burl Scherler dulyinstalled the 2015 officers. Allformalities complete, Clémentand I rendered a revised versionof Abbott and Castello’s “Who,What, I don’t know”. Of coursethe central focus was notbaseball but most appropriately:pilots and planes.

The evening agenda indicated“Open Mike – 2014 HarvestTales.” The Swansons insouthern Saskatchewan had 36"of rain this past summer. WhenWilf Brandt’s son called him forhelp to unstuck the combine,Wilf’s first reaction was: “Whydid you go so close to theslough?” His son’s reply, “Dad,I’m up on a knoll!” Vern Wilcoxshared that he had gone to pickup his grand-son despite the factthat there was water runningover the road. When he cameback shortly afterwards, therewas no more road. The expectedone mile trip turned into afifteen mile detour to get backhome.” Adventures! Challenges!Adventures!

Saskatchewan Executive Back L to R: IFF President Burl Scherler, Vice President Clément Dion, Secretary Sylvia Dion,Directors Art Yaworski, Louis Sparks & Bernie Nash. Front L to R: President Dwight Monteyne, Treasurer Bev Nash, HostessSandra Monteyne, Directors Gerry Swanson & Doug Knox.

Saskatchewan President Dwightand Hostess Sandra Monteyne

Continued from page 11


Following a bountiful breakfastbuffet and a closing executivemeeting, FF gathered forSunday Worship to thank Godfor his many blessings. This wasa closing opportunity to confirmfamily ties of the Flying Farmers.Special prayers were voiced forBelva Knox who is strugglingwith cancer. Prayers ofcondolence and reassurance ofsupport were offered forLorraine Brandt, our dedicatedtreasurer for 20 + years whopassed away in February, 2014and for John Hoegl, a dearflying farmer active pilot whopassed away suddenly onOctober 11th. Music ministry ledby Camille Dion Lapierre and herdaughters Joëlle and Cézanne

L to R: Joëlle Lapierre, Camille (Dion)Lapierre and Cézanne Lapierre

confirmed we are one in theSpirit, we are one in the Lord.

Weather conditions on Sundaywere excellent for flying. A fewof us envied Colette and Ken asthey took off in their newlyacquired SKYLANE … and thenMerry and Jack as they headed

Conventionsback to Alberta in their PiperCherokee 300.

Manitou Springs Hotel andMineral Spa does offer a verywelcoming and relaxingatmosphere. You are all invitedto join us for SFF’s 60th

convention which will be held inthis same location next October2015.

Cathy Scherler instructing CézanneLapierre about identifying luggage.


Special Feature

Historical Southwestern IllinoisRegion III Tour

by Florence LutesIndiana Flying Farmer

The Region 3 tour took placemostly in Macoupin and MadisonCounties the third weekend inOctober. Lindell and JeanLoveless hosted the group for alight supper on the 16th in theirlovely home. He thenintroduced Ken Doyle who leases

their buildings. He told thegroup about the hog operationon the farm. For this operation,they employ 8 to 9 persons intwo shifts; some days startingat 3:30 a.m. seven days a week.Every Tuesday they artificiallyinseminated 123 females. Theyhave 115 farrowing pens. If thefemales has less than 14 piglets,her piglets are given to fostersows. The piglets are weanedand contracted to feedlots inIowa, Illinois and Indiana. Theydeliverer roughly 1600 head ina special 53’ trailer with eight

compartments. The females areused for six litters; 90 to 95%of the breeding is done in oneday. It cost them $7 per vialand 1.4 vials are used for eachfemale plus a fee of $2.40 perhead.

Matt Cole, Jean Loveless nephewthen told about his education,and career of tiling and cement

crushing. A member of theIllinois Flying Farmer Chapter, herecently flew to the East coastenjoying the fall colors. Lindellalso told about his guncollection.

Lindell narrated the Friday tour,leaving the Quality Inn viaCavalla deluxe coaches. Our firststop at Virden was the site of aMemorial to the mine massacre.This beautiful 3-D copperMemorial was hand crafted in2006. The following quote wason the Memorial, “175 GoodColored Miners, Pay 30 cent perton”. This area is known for

agriculture and the largest coalmines. Part of our route wasthe old “Route 66”, now knownas Route 4. The second stopwas “Doc’s Soda Fountain” andDrug Store Museum at Girard.The soda fountain is still

The miner’s memorial in Virden, IL

Ken Doyle

Matt Cole

Jeff Thompson and Doris Shultz listen toKen Doyle tell about the hog operation


operating today and is wellknown for their chocolate sodas.Coffee and rolls were ready, butsome opted for sodas or rootbeer floats. Deck’s Drug Storebegan in March 1884. BrothersBob and Bill were the lastowners. They decided to retirein 2001 ending three generationsand 117 years of Deck FamilyDrugs. Bill Deck, a WW IIsurvivor and surviving brothershared the story, and pointedout various antique drug items.Have you heard of an InfantNose Cushion? He alsoexplained the difference inschooling through the years to

become a pharmacist. His fatherhad 2 years, his brother 4 yearsand now it requires 6 years ofcollege. In 1940 Bill became a

Pharmacist apprentice alongwith teaching school. Years laterhe was upgraded to a PharmacistTechnician. He also served inHonduras and Quatemala as partof a Christian Medical team.

Our lunch at Nick’s Pizza Buffetwas included in the tourregistration. Ben Strode, aretired school teacher joined usand “Welcomed the group toMacoupin County and the town

of Carlinville”. This area is notedfor 1) the Underground mines,2) Blackburn Liberal Artsworking College, 3) a Milliondollar Court House, and 4) thelargest area of “Sears Roebuckhomes”. Their first court house

Bill Deck explains old remedies to Anita Meyer

L to R: Virgil Shultz, Jim Meyer, Don Leis, Dolores Green, Bob Finley, Lindell Lovelessand Phil Peterson listen to a local historian tell about the miner’s memorial.

Bill Deck shares his expriences whileworking at the family business

Ben Strode

One of the remaining original bagsfrom Deck’s Drug Store Macoupin County Courthouse


was a log cabin built in the‘round square’; in 1867 theystarted building the$1,000,000.00 court house ablock away. The constructionstopped in 1870 due to lack offunds, having already spent themillion dollars. It is constructedof all marble floors, 3’ thick wallsand is all stone, iron and glass;the stair rails are delicate ornateiron. We entered throughsecurity in the lower level, whereone small court room is located.We toured all three floors. Thelargest court room is on the 3rd

floor with a marble bench, andthe huge iron doors weigh oneton each. (The second floor

court room was in use, so wedidn’t see it.)

After touring the court house,Robert Cook welcomed us to his‘Sears’ home. Standard Oil ofIndiana opened two new mines,the sudden influx of hundredsof mine workers and theirfamilies created a housing crisis.For the first time customerscould order home kits (5 or 6rooms) on two floors rangingfrom $3,000 to $4,000 from theSears Roebuck catalog.Standard Oil ordered 52 – fiveroom and 102 – 6 room homesin 1940, which were deliveredby rail cars, 2 per house, andwithin the year, all 156 had beenerected. Today 152 of theoriginal homes still stand. This9-block Standard Additionneighborhood is the largestsingle repository of Sears Homesin the United States. Each homewas built on a 47’ x 144’ lot withtwo trees. All the homes faceeast or west and had basementswhich were dug with a huge slipscoop. Mr. Cook purchased his

home in 1999 for $60,000 fromthe 2nd owners. They hadenclosed the front porch, addeda large room with an additionalbath off the kitchen and built agarage. It took him four yearsto renovate it. He stripped allthe paint off the pine woodwork,and finished it natural; strippedoff all the old wall paper,repaired the walls, textured andpainted, and put down newflooring. It was a very lovelyhome.

The town of Benld, whereSuperior Coal Mines #1, #2,#3, and #4, was our next areato tour. All four mines closed inthe early 1950’s. This town wassettled by Italians, Slavs andother ethnic groups. TheCatholic Church and the RussianOrthodox Church were built in1915. The Russian pioneers aregone and the church no longerhas a Priest. At the edge oftown, a large Coliseum with thelargest dance floor betweenChicago and St. Louis was builton ‘Route 66’. Some famousbands that played there wereDuke Ellington, Eddie Howard,Sammy Kaye, Glen Miller,Dorsey Brothers and others. Itburnt in 2011. Charles Lindberglanded his plane at the edge oftown. Word has it that there wasa still east of the landing strip.It was built to look like a mine.Benld had one of the bestknown gangsters of the 1920’s

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Inside the Macoupin County Courthouse

Ornate iron door

Barbara Leis sits in the judges big chair


running the rackets there, AlCapone and his gang ruled.

Dinner was on our own Fridayevening, and the Quality Innsuggested “The Ariston Café”located on Old Rt. 66 and Route16. When we arrived, six otherFlying Farmers were just leaving.We all agreed it is a neat place,it had been in business since1924, and I’m sure revamped afew times.

Saturday morning Tim Lovelessand his friend, Katherine joinedour tour. Tim narrated theforenoon. We left the hotel andtraveled south on I-55 towardthe Cahokia Mounds located onthe Mississippi River floodplain.This is the largest prehistoricIndian site north of Mexico.Mounds covered about 4000acres and included at least 120mounds, although only 80survive today. The State ofIllinois now protect 2200 acresof the central portion of the siteand 70 of the remainingmounds. It was named a U.S.National Historic Landmark in1965. As we continued ourtravels toward Alton, Illinois, we

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could see the St. Louis archfrom our coach. Our next stopwas the Lewis and Clark HistoricSite. On December 12, 1803,Lewis, Clark and a group ofrecruits set up Camp RiverDubois at the confluence of theMississippi and Missouri Rivers.Here they spent the next fivemonths preparing for theirjourney west. The ImperativeCenter was very well done andvery interesting. From thecoach, we viewed the historical‘Lovejoy Monument’. It is thetallest in the State of Illinois at110’ and weighs 8700 pounds.This monument is a memorialin the United States to theadvocate of free speech and theabolition of slavery. Elijah P.Lovejoy was a pastor who wroteanti-slavery editorials socontroversial he was an objectof hatred by slaveholders.Despite threats to his life, hecontinued his writings in theAlton Observer even after threeof his printing presses werethrown into the Mississippi River.An angry mob attack and killedhim in 1837. Alton, located

along the Mississippi River isalso known for the Owens IllinoisGlass Company, a brick factoryand the largest steel mill in thearea. Lock #26 is located nearthere and is one of the largestlocks. It holds 16 barges plusthe tow.

Lunch on our own was at “FastEddy’s”. It was different! A longline, speedy ordering and longwait for our food it seemed.

They took the orders so fast,they got ours and Don Leis allon the same ticket. Theirhamburgers and shrimp werevery good. A step-on guidejoined us after lunch. Our firststop was at Robert Wadlow’sstatue. A great picture takingspot. Robert had an over-activepituitary gland in the base of hisbrain; thus he grew to 8’11" tall

Flying farmers waling into theLewis & Clark Interruptive Center

Waiting for lunch at Fast Freddie’s L to R:Norman Clapper, Virgil Shultz, DorisShultz, Pat Clapper

Virgil Shultz & Bob Finley take a breakwhile visiting the Lewis & Clark Inter-ruptive Center


and had a shoe size of 37½ AA.He was only 22 at the time ofhis death from a severely hightemperature caused by a blisteron his foot. The guide pointedout several historical places: theState House Square, the Levy,

the Haskell Playhouse and Park,(Dr. Haskell had a Queen Annestyle playhouse built for hisdaughter’s 5th birthday in 1885.The family home wasdemolished in 1916 but kept theplayhouse and ground for amemorial. It was added to theNational Registry of Historicplaces July 1974.), Home ofSenator Lyman Trimble (friendof Abraham Lincoln), DudeBakery, Enos Apartment Building(connected to the under-groundrailroad), and a life size statueof Abraham Lincoln and StephenDouglas (where the famousdebate took place). Travelingalong the Mississippi River onthe Great River Road to Grafton

we viewed the water line fromthe 1993 flood, what was left ofthe first prison wall built in1833. The prison closed in1865. We heard the legend ofthe Piasa Bird and saw the muralacross from the Mississippi River.

We were to visit the GraftonWinery, but there was a 2-hourwait so the guide took us to aWinery Outlet where she was to

In front of the Robert Wadlow statue standing L to R: Nevoy Culp, Jim Meyer, Phil Peterson, Lindell & Jean Loveless, Virgil &Doris Shultz, Don Leis, Florence & Bob Lutes, Norman Clapper, Sue Neff, Zelda Lewis, Pat Amdor, Pat Clapper, Bob Finley. SeatedL to R: Carol Peterson, Barbara Leis, Dolores Green, Karen Bradd.

The Piasa bird

IFF Treasurer Zelda Lewis sits in a rep-lica of a chair built for Robert Wadlow


be picked-up. We could seewhere the Illinois River joinedthe Mississippi River from theoutdoor area. We then travelednorth to the Pere MarquetteLodge, a CCC (CivilianConservation Corps) projectfrom 1933-1939 at a cost of$352,912.00, opening forbusiness in 1940. The massivepoles, as much as 3’ in diameter,are Douglas fir, western andpecky cypress. Limestone,which was taken from theGrafton rock quarry, was usedin the construction of the cabins,the floor in the lodge, and the700-ton stone fireplace, whichdominates the Great Room andRestaurant. Then the bus tookthe Brussels Ferry across the

Illinois River into CalhounCounty, where we had dinnerSaturday evening at theWittmond Hotel. We had a

Numbers above the door of theWhittmond Hotel represent the year itwas built

Loading the ferry

delicious family style dinner. Wethen traveled north to St. Rd.16, crossed the river via a bridgeand back to the Quality Inn. Avery informative two day bustour, thanks to those whoplanned it.

The history of the WhittmondHotel follows:Conrad Wittmond immigratedfrom Germany to the UnitedStates around 1840. He settledin Calhoun County, Illinois withhis wife, Mary, and built the firstportion of what would becomethe Wittmond Hotel in 1847.Originally the Hotel operated asa trading post. The general storesold dry goods, furnishings,livery items, clothing and allother goods that a pioneerfamily might need. With therapid growth of the riverboattrade after the Civil War, thefamily saw a need to provideaccommodations to rivertravelers. In 1863 the Wittmondsconstructed the two story brickhouse that formerly housed theBrussels post office, on the westside of the store. In 1885, theyrenovated the structure, adding15 rooms for overnight guests.Ownership of the WittmondHotel passed on to Conrad’s sonCharles and his wife Caroline.In 1905, Charles and Caroline’sonly son, Carl Wittmond, wasborn. In addition to operatingthe Wittmond Hotel for most ofhis 92 years, Carl also served

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Thank YouThank YouThank YouThank YouThank YouI personally want tothank the IFF membersthat have taken theirtime and effort to puttogether and lead toursfor us. Gordon andVelda Beidler for theIFF Color Tour, Lindelland Jean Loveless andJim and Anita Meyerfor the Region 3 tour toname a few. These toursare a great way for usto enjoy each other anddifferent parts of thecountry outside ourscheduled conventionsand workshops. I amgrateful that we havemembers that arewilling to do this and Iam looking forward tofuture IFF tours.

Zelda D. Thorp LewisIFF Treasurer

six terms in the Illinois Houseof Representatives. With thepassing of Carl Wittmond in1997, ownership of TheWittmond Hotel transferred tothe Burch family, descendents ofCarl’s sister Virginia WittmondBurch. Today, two generationsof the Burch family are activelyinvolved with the WittmondHotel.


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Historical Trail FlyersCLARK’S RETURN VIA THE YELLOWSTONE

by Audrey LedgerwoodWashington Flying Farmer

We left our home in Ephrata, WAaround 9 am on SundaySeptember 14 to fly to Missoula,MT and joined with the rest ofthe Historic Trail Flyers. Whenwe arrived at the airport inMissoula another plane had justflown in from Independence,OR with John and Allan Sedey.They had ordered the shuttle tothe hotel so we went with them.We visited in the breakfast roomwith other flyers as they camein and with those who came byautomobile. After dinner, therewas a short session where theyreviewed previous trips andintroduced everyone. Burgess& Maxine Lange were new aswere John and I. That madetwo couples from Washington.Lorraine Gabel and FrankKummerfeldt from Oregonrounded the Flying Farmers tosix active members and threemembers that have droppedtheir Flying Farmer membership.There were 25 participants in all.The oldest Mary DeCanter (90)of Independence, OR.

The Historic Trail Flyers havebeen going on the Historic TrailsFlights since 1993 and are a veryclose knit, friendly group. Theyhave so many memories of pasttrips. The group started in 1993to celebrate the Sesquicentennial

of the Oregon Trail. It was theidea of Andy Anderson andLorraine Gabel (Oregon FlyingFarmers), they advertised theevent in flying magazines. Thefirst year they started inIndependence, MO and traveledto Independence, Oregon.People enjoyed it so much thatit became an annual event withplanning for other Trails: Lewisand Clark, Deadwood Gold RushTrail, Santa Fe Trail, Whoop UpTrail from Ft. Benton ending inRed Deer, Alberta, Can. The OldApplegate Trail in 1996 was ledby former IFF member DickApplegate, The Old SpanishTrail, Chisholm Trail, ChilcootGold Rush Trail in Alaska, andThe Old Spanish Trail. Some ofthem by air some with a baseand day trips from the base.

John and I had our firstadventure starting in Missoula.We hopped a chartered bus withhistorian Dan Pence and went

to the Lolo Pass visitor center.Some of us walked to themeadow where they think Lewisand Clark camped. It was a nicewalk. We heard lots of birds andgot close enough to a grouse toget some pictures.

Dan Pence, our guide

View of Glade Creek Camp

Grouse

Maxine Lange & Audrey Ledgerwood


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Then we went to Lolo HotSprings for a buffalo stewprepared according to the Lewisand Clark recipe, by the LoloHot Springs Chef. After lunchwe had time to soak in the hotsprings. John and I did not takeour suits so we just visited whileothers got wet. Then we wereoff to Traveler’s rest. It is a newsite with a small visitor center.They have documented the siteby finding the latrine area thathad mercury traces from themedications the men took.There were signs where theythink the cooking area and thesleeping area and the latrinewere. There was a Frenchmanthat had written a manual thearmy followed as to where tolocate the areas. Since theExpedition was a militaryexpedition they are sure theyfollowed this pattern. This siteis where Lewis and Clarkseparated on the journey eastin 1806.

The next morning we were upearly and off to the airport forour next destination of ThreeForks, MT. We were going tofollow Clark’s route of down toDillon but weather had us

turning back. What would havebeen about 1½ hours becametwo hour flight for us. In ThreeForks we stayed at the renovatedHistoric Sacajawea Inn. Wechecked out the museum intown and drove out to theheadwaters of the Missouri Riverthus three Forks is where theGallatin, Madison and JeffersonRivers merge to form theMissouri. For me it brought backmemories of the time my familyfloated from the headwaters 10½ miles to Toston in our canoe.We had dinner in the bardownstairs then sang songs onthe porch while sitting in rockingchairs. It was a very pleasantevening.

We were off again in themorning for our next stop,Laurel, MT about a 1 hour flight.I was glad to use that airportsince it is not as busy as theBillings airport. However, it wasa very busy general aviation

airport. They give a lot oflessons and had planes of allsizes, even a helicopter. Weasked them about the need ofthe helicopter. Yakima, WA iswhere they take it in the springto dry the cherries when it rains.That is a long flight from Laurel.I think they probably trailer it toYakima rather than fly since theyare so expensive to fly.

We had dinner at the Owl Caféin Laurel. The owner, Lindaopened just for us and we hada wonderful meal. The speaker,Amand Lohof talked about

Clark’s trip down theYellowstone and some of theproblems Clark encountered, likeloosing all the horses that theyhad hoped to use as trade withthe Mandan Indians when theygot to North Dakota. The Owlalso made our lunches for theouting the next day when we carpooled to Pompey’s Pillar. Wehad a great talk by the rangerthere. Pompey’s Pillar is

Burgess & Maxine LangeSacajawea Hotel in Three Forks, MT

Relaxing on the porch of the Sacajawea

Pompey’s Pillar

Lorraine presenting plaque to Amand


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operated by BLM, not the parkservice which is interesting. Wehiked up to the glass encasedsignature of William Clark thatis the only remaining identifyingmark of their trip. Other markswere left on trees that have longsince died. The mark is believedto establish the United StatesClaim to the territory.

When we left Pompey’s Pillarwith Burgess and Maxine Langewe drove to the CavePictographs, a Montana StatePark. There we climbed up tothe caves and saw Pictographpaintings of fish, buffalo andother drawings that are very old.The bushes were starting tochange color and it wasbeautiful. Some of the groupwent to The Big Horn Battlefieldbut we did not go there.

A reporter from the LaurelOutlook Newspaper wassupposed to be at the airportthat morning to interview us and

photograph the planes. She didnot appear so we were off tothe next stop of Miles City, MT.,another hour flight. Ouradventure on that day was todrive to Pirogue Island whereClark had camped. In the 200years since Clark was there theriver has changed course so theisland is much closer and usuallythere is no water separating theisland from the mainland and noneed for a bridge. However, thecloudburst that day added plentyof water to the ditch so we couldnot cross on foot or car to theisland so we missed seeing thesupposed campsite. Thearcheologist from the BLMspoke about the sites hemonitors which include anythingfrom Indian sites to dinosaurs.We then drove to MatthewsCounty Park where a cateredMontana steak dinner awaited usalong with a nice view of theMissouri River.

There was a very good collegerodeo in Miles City that night.The stock was fantastic and theparticipants good. It moved fastfor competition and notemphasizing entertainment.

The next morning we flew toSidney, MT, again about 1 hourflight. We wanted an early flightbecause the winds were pickingup, which didn’t happen. Weflew formation with Jerry andNancy Grout from Ogden, UT/Mesa AZ which was great. Theyhad to fly their Bonanza veryslowly to stay back with our littlePiper Archer. This is the firsttime we have flown withsomeone like that and the firsttime we have used the radio totalk to other flyers in the air. Itmade the flight great fun.Sidney has a great MonDakHeritage Center that many of thegroup visited. We opted to restas John and I were comingdown with colds.

The next morning we again carpooled to Fort Union and FortBuford. Fort Union was atrading post for the John JacobAstor American Fur Company.It was built on the site Lewis andClark suggested in their diariesfor a trading post. The partiallyreconstructed fort is made tolook like it did in 1881. It waspainted white then and now andreally sticks out against thebrown plains. We were met bya guide dressed in period garbof the 1800’s and he told usabout the fort and what was

Pictograph Cave near Billings, MT Planes at Sidney, Montana

Listening to the ranger atPompey’s Pillar


Special Featuretraded there. Buffalo hides werethe big item of trade and themost traded item was for calicofrom France, other items weretobacco, coffee, muskets,blankets, knives, and clay pipes.He had examples of trade goodsand said that beads were givenas a bonus and not an expensivetrade item. It was surprising tohear these facts.

Fort Buford was for protectionof whites during the IndianWars. It was built in 1866 andit was at this fort that Sitting Bullsurrendered in 1881. Of the 100buildings that had once beenthere only a handful remain.

Fort Buford Trading Post

The buildings were sold offwhen the fort wasdecommissioned. Theadministration building whereSitting Bull surrendered is nowa small museum, having beenused in the past as a storagebuilding for grain and what everuse the farmer had for it. Thefarmer eventually deeded theland to North Dakota for ahistorical site.

Both forts were located near theconfluence of the Yellowstoneand Missouri Rivers. At the newvisitor center at the Confluencewe were entertained by a greatdocent who talked about Lewisand Clark and his interpretationof some of their trials. Somestories we heard are differentthan that of Stephen Ambrose’sin “Undaunted Courage”.

That evening we had thefarewell dinner at the South 40restaurant. Gifts and awards

were handed out and thelocation of the 2015 HistoricTrails Flight was scheduled forOmaha, NE being the hub andday trips from that location. Rickand Sharon Hannen of CenterPoint, Iowa are hosting.

We thought we would get anearly start home on September22 but we were the last ones toleave. Leaving Sidney we couldhear the radio calls of planeslanding in Williston, ND wherethe oil boom is going on. It wasa busy airport that Mondaymorning. Our flight was smoothpart of the way home andbumpy in some places. Westopped in Helena to refuel andeat lunch. We had a 6 hour flighthome compared to the otherflights of 1 to 2 hours. It wasnice to be on the ground athome and log in over 13 hoursof flight time.If you are interested in flying with thisgreat group or want more informationcontact Marilyn Husser and get on theemail list. Her email [email protected].

WA & OR Flying Farmers L to R: John & Audrey Ledgerwood, Burgess & Maxine Lange, Lorraine Gabel, Frank Kummerfeldt


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Rails & Tales of New Hampshire TourSeptember 22-26, 2014

By George ConardNew Jersey Flying Farmer

IFF Tour Planners Gordon andVelda Beidler very appropriatelynamed this tour for us.

We departed from the DaysHotel in Allentown,Pennsylvania at 7:30 Mondaymorning for a wonderful drivethrough the northeast to ourbase of operations for the weekat Indian Head Resort in theWhite Mountains of NewHampshire.

The road time provided anopportunity to become betteracquainted with our fellow tourparticipants during the journey.

Our motor coach driver, JoeRuth, pointed out the sights forus to view while passing by, andbefore long we were at theIndian Head Resort where areception for us was held in theThunderbird Lounge while ourbags were being delivered toour rooms. Next we headed intothe Profile Room where asumptuous dinner meal markedthe beginning of our tour.

Tuesday morning we re-boardedour coach for a drive by SquamLake where the movie On GoldenPond was filmed before headingpast Moultonborough to tour theCastle in the Clouds, thebeautiful mountaintop estatenamed “Lucknow” by late owner,Thomas Plant, a shoe magnatebuild in the early 1900’s. Todaythe 5500 acre property is ownedand operated by the LakesRegion Conservation Trust andCastle Preservation Society.

These organizations are in themidst of restoring the propertyto its former glory.

Later we boarded the MS MTWashington for a luncheoncruise on Lake Winnipesaukee toWolfeboro and return. Theweather cooperated favorably,and our captain pointed outcertain islands on the lake as wepassed them during our cruise.

“Lucknow” - The castle in the clouds

L to R: bus driver Joe Ruth, Gordon &Velda Beidler and guide Kevin Winter

MS Mt. Washington cruise ship where wehad lunch & tour of Lake Winnipesawkee


Wednesday morning weboarded our coach and headedoff to the Mt. Washington Cog

Passengers on the cog railway going up Mt. Washington

Engine & car on the cog railway

Railway where we rode a cog-driven train up some precariousslopes to the peak of Mt.Washington. The skies were blueand beautiful, very much in ourfavor, because it was snowingthere the day before. The peakof Mt. Washington has a climateall of its own and can varyabruptly.

L to R: Barbara & Don Leis, TerryWilderman, IFF Treasurer Zelda Lewis

Passengers exiting the cruise ship after cruise & lunch L to R: Judy Conard, Terry &Wayne Wilderman, Gordon Beidler, Burl Scherler

The world’s highest wind gustof 231 mph was recorded therein 1934 to give you an idea ofweather extremes that can beencountered there. We weretruly blessed with sunshine anda mild breeze during our visit.

Upon leaving the Cog Railway,we went to North Conway to visitshops and enjoy ice cream inthe center of town beforeheading back to the Indian HeadResort for the Night.

Our Thursday tour stopped bythe Kancamangus Collectiblesand Antique Car Museum, andthen headed off to the HoboRailway where we had our lunchaboard the train ride through themountain country.

Later we took the Loon GondolaSky Ride for another mountaintop view near where a weddingwas about to commence just aswe departed.

A grand hotel resort at the foot of theWhite Mountains


Before long we were back at theIndian Head Resort for anotherfine dinner and entertainment tocap the delightful week in theWhite Mountains of NewHampshire during the near peakof fall colors.

What a joy it was to spend timein such pleasant surroundingswith our Flying Farmer Friends,

At the top of Mt. Washington L to R: IFF Vice President Wayne Wilderman, IFFTreasurer Zelda Lewis, IFF President Burl Scherler

The tour group in front of wigwam at Indian Head Resort

a true benefit whenever onetakes a Flying Farmer Tour.

Recently I went to the doctor formy annual physical.

The nurse asked me how muchI weighed. I told her 135pounds. Then she weighed me,and the scale said 160.

She asked me how tall I was. Isaid, “5 feet, 5 inches.” Shemeasured me and I was only 5feet, 3 inches.

So she took my blood pressureand told me it was high.

“Of course, it’s high,” I said.“When I came in here, I was talland slender. Now I’m short andfat.”


2015 IFF Workshop Checklist

January 12, 13, 14, 2015

IFF Registration

Mail your registration to the IFF office @IFFP.O. Box 309Mansfield, IL 61854

Motel reservations

Call Best Western Navarre Waterfront Motel850-939-9400Ask for IFF rate of $69.99 plus tax per night

Airport Pickup

Flying your aircraft to Milton:Call Joyce @ 574-250-8338 to make advance arrangements assoon as you know your date of arrival.

Flying airlines to Pensacola:Call Joyce @ 574-250-8338 to inquire about availability oftransportation. Do this as soon as your purchase airline tickets.

Wheel Chair needed at Museum

Wheel chairs are available for use during the museum tour andlunch. Call Joyce @ 574-250-8338 to make advancearrangements for enough units to be reserved.

Early Arrival

If you plan to arrive prior to January 12, and wish to take somelocal excursions on your own, call Joyce @ 574-250-8338 for theinformation you will need.

Any Questions or Special Requests

Call Joyce @ 574-250-8338 or email [email protected]

Early registration is critically and vitally important to the planners so thatadequate plans can be made for buses, meals and tours.


Note: This reception is Colette’s IFF Queen’s Day


SENDING YOU WARM WISHES FORA BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!

Zelda Thorp LewisIFF Treasurer

Wishing You All theTrue Gifts of Christmas

The feeling of Christmas is JoyThe spirit of Christmas is Peace

The gladness of Christmas is HopeThe message of Christmas is Love

And may Jesus – the reason for theseason – fill Your heart and home with

all these things

Have a Blessed Christmasand New Year

From IFF Vice-PresidentWayne & Terry Wilderman

It’s Christmas, It’s ChristmasEach merry bell chimes

A time for remembering Old friends and old timesA time for warm greeting

Old ties to renewAnd a time for good wishes

For good folks like you!

Burl and Cathy Scherler


Wishing all IFF members aVery Merry Christmas and

A Happy and Healthy New Year

IFF Duchess Rosella& Duke Bill


GREETINGS FROM REGION 9

WE INVITE YOU TO CELEBRATEWITH US

HONORING THE MAN OF THE YEARART SAGER

JUNE 5 -6, 2015AT THE TRI-STATE CONVENTION

RED LION INNRICHLAND, WASHINGTON

For more information contactAudrey Ledgerwood (509)246-1734 or

[email protected]

May this Christmas seasonbring your closer to all thosethat you treasure in yourheart.

Have a Merry Christmasand a Happy New year!

Pat AmdorIFF Office Manager

May your heart bewarmed by the sweetmagic that Christmasalways brings, and mayall your dreams befulfilled.

Wishing you a MerryChristmas and a HappyNew year!


Wisconsin Flying Farmer Fall Color Meeting

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by Phil & Carol PetersonWisconsin Flying Farmers

On a beautiful overcast sky onQctober 2, 2014, in Hillsboro,Wisconsin, the WisconsinChapter held its fall colormeeting.

The City of Hllsboro (Czechcapital in Wisconsin) opened itsarms for the invasion of theflying farmers. We first touredthe Alcam Butter Creamery, withmanager Lenny Schaub, a newenterprise in town.

We had lunch at Barbies Kitchenwith homemade pies. A specialsurprise showed up whenMarguerite Herbeck, ourchapter’s first secretary-treasurer

joined us for lunch. She is 90years young, drives her car andgoing strong. Tom Hotek,

L to R: Phil Peterson, Lenny Schaub

Enjoying visiting at Barbies Kitchen L to R: Marcia Thompson, Ruth Du Charme,Marguerite Herbeck, Carol Peterson

president of the historical societyand involved in manycommunity services andorganizations told the history ofthis small Vernon Countycommunity.

Hillsboro was the birth place ofAdmiral Marc Mitscher who wascaptain of the USS Hornet andcommanded that aircraft carrieron the Doolittle raids againstTokyo, April 18, 1942. After thewar he went on to becommander-in-chief of theAtlanic fleet. Hillsboro was thebirth place of the Kickapoo OilCompany, which we know todayas Quik Trip.

A tour of the historical museumby volunteer members gave usa real exposure to the life andexperiences in the Hillsboro area.


We ended our day by stoppingat the Cheese and More store atthe end of runway 23 for icecream and take home cheese.

Joshua Sanford Field Airport(KHBW) was named after JoshuaSanford, a Hillsboro resident andthe only Native American pilotand flight commander to fly withthe renowned flying Tigers ofWWII fame.

Another day of adventure,learning and fun with the flyingfarmers.

CREAMY NEW ORLEANS PRALINES

3 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup light corn syrup 1 quart pecans 1 pinch salt

Combine sugar, buttermilk, corn syrup and salt in a very large pan(it will foam considerably when soda is added) and bring to a nicerolling boil. Add soda, stir and cook until soft ball is formed whendropped in cold water. Then remove from heat and add vanilla.Beat until color changes and candy thickens. Stir in pecans. Dropby teaspoons on greased cookie sheet. (DO IT FAST before thecandy hardens)

5 Ingredient Gooey Butter Cake

1 box yellow cake mix ½ cup butter, melted3 eggs 4 cups (1 lb.) powdered sugar8 oz. cream cheese, softened

Preheat oven to 300 o F and spray a 9 x 13 baking dish withcooking spray. Mix cake mix, melted butter and one egg to asoft dough. Press into the bottom of the pan.

Mix powdered sugar, softened cream cheese and remaining twoeggs until smooth, about 1-2 minutes. Pour on top of crust.Bake at 300o F for 40-50 minutes until top is golden brown.

Strawberry Mandarin Creamsicle Fruit Salad

Beat together 1 large container of Cool whip1 box of orange jello (dry).Stir in a couple of tbsp. of plain yogurt and some cut fruit(strawberries & mandarin oranges)

Refrigerate until it sets - about an hour, or overnight.

I decorated it with strawberries and mandarin orange pieces.


The Glencairn Museum and Cathedralat Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

Special Feature

by George ConardNew Jersey Flying Farmers

The Glencairn Museum, nowopen to the public, is located inthe Bryn Athyn Historic Districtjust outside the corporate limitsof Philadelphia. The museumbuilding was once the home ofRaymond Pitcairn. Raymond’sfather, John Pitcairn was anindustrialist of Scottish lineagesimilar to Andrew Carnegie whowas also involved in the oil, coal,and steel industries and later thePittsburg Plate Glass Co. inwestern Pennsylvania whilealways still calling thePhiladelphia area his home.

John and a group of his friendsoften traveled to the HuntingtonValley to escape the heat andhumidity of downtownPhiladelphia and later built theirhomes in the area that is now

Bryn Athyn and established it asits own municipality.

These gentlemen followed theChristian teachings of EmanuelSwedenborg and wanted toconstruct worship facilitiesreflecting their faith. JohnPitcairn provided the funding fora Gothic Cathedral to be builtand later his son Raymondoversaw the building’s mainconstruction which took placebetween the years of 1913 and1928 with work continuing intothe 1940’s and beyond to thepresent day.

The New Church faith of theBryn Athyn congregation has itsorigins in eighteenth centurySweden with the remarkablespiritual journey of EmanuelSwedenborg, a scientist,philosopher and theologian.Swedenborg was the son of aprominent Lutheran Bishop bornin Stockholm, Sweden, educatedat the University of Uppsala andwent on to publish 25 books onsystemic theology.

The museum is located in whatwas formerly the home ofRaymond Pitcairn. The tour ofthis museum facility providesmuch insight into the life andtimes of the Pitcairn family. Thecathedral located near themuseum is an architecturalmarvel well worth visiting justto view first hand, itsconstruction detail and the widevariety of material used tocomplete the project.

The museum’s tower provides abeautiful view of the woodedcountryside nearby and also thePhiladelphia skyline on thedistant horizon. Should you everbe in the Philadelphia area, theBryn Athyn Historic District iscertainly deserving of aneducational side trip. The homeof John Pitcairn is also availablefor visitation, but our timeschedule did not permit us tosee that beautiful Beaux Artsstructure.

View of the grounds fromthe museum tower


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Reserve prior to March 10th and quote ALBERTA FLYING FARMERS CONVENTIONRoom rate (standard room) $139.00 plus taxes; includes hot breakfast for 2 guests

Room cancelation accepted by the hotel till 48 hour prior to arrival

The BIG Event will include an area tour, dinner and speaker. There will be time to toast and gentlyroast our Duchess. (please contact us to be on the program)(The full convention program will be in the AFF Magazine in January)

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What Does Helena, Montana Have to Offer?IFF 2015 CONVENTION – SECOND INSTALLMENT

Deer Lodge, MT is the destination with a full day of sightseeing activities for our pre tour onSATURDAY, JULY 18th. The second oldest city in Montana, Deer Lodge is situated midway betweenYellowstone and Glacier National Parks. The city was established in 1862 as the result of a nearbygold discovery. With fresh food and a blacksmith as drawing cards, Deer Lodge was a welcome stopfor the many settlers and miners who passed through the area.

Our first top will be at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch Historic Site. The ranch wasestablished by Canadian fur trader John Grant and expanded by cattle baronConrad Kohrs. The site shows the history of the Western cattle industryfrom the 1850s to recent times. The working ranch still has livestock andmore than 80 buildings from the bunkhouse row

to the 23-room ranch house. As a point of interest, this ranch is a sisterranch to the Bar U, which we toured at the IFF Convention held in Calgary.While at the ranch, we will have guided tours of the Ranch House. Followingthis, there will be a power point presentation by one of the park rangers aswe enjoy our box lunches.

The rest of our day can be billed as “Cowboys, Cars and Cons” as we continue to learn the history ofthis area. The Old Montana Prison Complex is made up of four different museums.

(1) The Old Montana Prison was Montana’s only home for convicted criminals for 108 years. It wassited in Deer Lodge in 1871 when Montana was a territory, and built out, byinmate labor to the eight acre complex open today. The facility standstoday much as it was when the last inmates weremoved out in 1997. Those inmates included atleast one member of the Butch Cassidy “WildBunch” and two of the top three suspected “Zodiac

Killer” candidates. There will be guided tours of the prison.


(2) Visitors can step fondly back into the past at the Montana Auto Museum.More than 150 vintage motor vehicles dating from an 1886 Bentz to a 1970Chevelle are on display. A 1910 Kissel Kar and a 1913 Cole are among theone-of-a-kind vehicles to be found on display. USA Today has listed themuseum as one of the “Top Ten Must See Auto Museums” in the UnitedStates.

(3) Frontier Montana Museum houses an extensive private collection ofWestern Memorabilia from the 1800s. Also featured are Civil War items, agun collection comprising 250 weapons, Native American artifacts, a railroadsaloon diorama, railroad artifacts and a display of “gamblers’ essentials”.

(4) Yesterday’s Playthings Doll & Toy Museum focuses on the history ofchildren’s toys from the 19th century to the present. The collection includesan extensive Raggedy Ann and Andy display, dolls from different culturesand dolls made from materials ranging from papier-mâché to china. Amodel railroad collection also is displayed.

Cottonwood City and the Powell County Museum present a glimpse of localhistory over the past 150 years. The Milwaukee Railroad was important tothat history, and icons of its period include and E-9 diesel-electric enginealong with an authentic Milwaukee ‘bay-side’ caboose.

Located right beside the railway cars is thePrison Cow Ice Cream Shop. This former gas stationhas been remodeled and serves a selection ofMontana-made ice cream treats, hot dogs, colddrinks and other tasty snacks. The name comesfrom the Montana State Prison Dairy, where a newrange of ice cream flavours has been producedfor the shop.

Following a busy day of touring Deer Lodgeattractions, we will board the bus and return to the BW Great Northern Hotelfor a scrumptious dinner and visiting.

WATCH FOR INSTALLMENT THREE – “HIGHLIGHTS OF HELENA” TOUR – COMING INTHE JAN/FEB MAGAZINE


‘Round the Regions

By Florence LutesIndiana Flying Farmer

The Region 3 Tour for this yearis now history. It was a lot ofbus travel, but very interesting.The buses were deluxe coaches,very comfortable and gooddrivers. Attending from Ohiowas Don /Barb Leis; fromIndiana – Nevoy/Shirley Culp,Bob/Florence Lutes, Doris/VirgilShultz; from Illinois –Pat Amdor,Karen Bradd, Norman/PatClapper, Bob Finley, DoloresGreen, Lindell/Jean Loveless,Jim/Anita Meyer, Zelda Lewis.There was two planes that flewto Loveless’ farm strip fromWisconsin – Jeff Thompson andPhil/Carol Peterson. Guestswere Tim Loveless and specialfriend and Sue Neff, Bob Lutes’ssister. See the Magazine specialreport for more details of thetour.

We were unable to attend theMichigan Color tour and Fly-In.Hopefully they had a goodweekend. It was sure cold forour annual Applebutter cook out.Everyone’s harvest is going to

be late this year. Most peoplegot started early, but with all therain, some people will not beable to get in the fields for quitea while. We saw water standingin lots of areas on our way toLitchfield.

Around the RegionUpcoming Activities:

Nov. 15 – Florida Fly-inat Sebring airportrestaurantNov. 22 – Michigan FFChristmas Party, JadeRestaurant, OwossoDec. 4 – IllinoisChristmas Party,Bloomington, IL DougLewis, Ch.Dec. 7 - Ohio FFChristmas Dinner, PlazaInn, Mt. VictoryDec. 13 – Florida Carry-In Dinner at Don & SallyApplesJan. 12-14 - IFFWorkshop, Best WesternWaterfront, Navarre, FLJan 16-17 FloridaSnowbird, Venice, FL;Contact Mary Gruber at740-244-5599 or [email protected] more information.

A Suggestion for yourConventions:

This past year, Michigan had anew twist for the door prizes.Instead of just calling outnumbers or names, they gaveAwards. See if you can matchthe “Awards” with the“Recipients”. I’ve mixed theanswers up.

Appreciation Award -Traveled Farthest Distance-Married the Longest -Most Grandchildren -Greatest age difference betweencouple-Largest Garden -Decided to marry a certain girl priorto dating-Met her on Broadway; married inthe country-Married High School sweetheart-Walking/Running the tail of theplane

Mildred & Glen KernohanDon & Barbara LeisHerb & Bunny CallBob & Florence LutesDon & Mary RentschlerPat & Norman ClapperChuck & Peggy KauffmanDuane & Loyola DysingerWendell & Joyce RustArt & Mary Gruber

We extend our sympathy to thefamilies of the members whohave passed on this year andpray for healing for thosemembers with conflicts. Boband I wish everyone a MerryChristmas and a veryprosperous New Year.



By Diana HamVermont Flying Farmer

Our friends ‘Vermont FlyingFarmers’ Dawn and Chris Deniofrom Bennington joined with 20‘National Assoc. of RailwayBusiness Women’ (my otherawesome club) and friends foran excellent fall travel day. Wewere in the comfortable ‘retro’

dome car (pictured) where onecan relax and enjoy food, drinkand lovely scenery as in railroadtravel in the 50’s. (Tom said thathe and Chris were the onlyroosters - but they really didn’tseem to mind the odds at all!) We had our lunch at the B&Bwhere Chris and Tom posed bythe sign - yummy! I had a classicCobb Salad, in case you were

wondering. Tom had what themenu called a ‘portabellaburger’. Alas - he was verydisappointed to find the bunonly held a big mushroom - nohamburger. The few shops thatwere still opened in North Creekwere good - no junky souvenirstuff where we went. But thetown would be livelier earlier inthe season. We loved the sunnyambling the 3 hours we werethere. Our Saratoga & NorthCreek Railroad Train departed at10:15 AM out of the SaratogaAmtrak Station (pictured), anhour and 1/2 trip each way withgreat service on board, for a 6PM return. We were SO luckyto have had a perfect day forthe trip! It was Dawn’s first trainride - and it whet her appetitefor many more.

Vermont Flying Farmers playedat Old Orchard Beach Main inSeptember 2014.

Davene and Gail walked milesand miles on the beach, visitingall the way. Neida caught thisgreat picture. Davene found awhole sand dollar - very rare thissummer Gail had said. The daybefore, Gail had found her firstof the season and had given itto me! Neida and I couldn’tbegin to keep up, but weenjoyed our walk too.

Happy ladies L to R: NeidaFischer, Diana Ham, DaveneBrown and hostess GailMacDonald posing coyly on OldOrchard Beach. We stayed, aswe do every year after LaborDay, in Gail’s family’s motel onthe shore. The Scrabble gamesare hotly contested. We girlsshopped in Freeport (L.L.Bean)


‘Round the Regionsin process and several of thegrain bunkers were beginning tofill with good old yellow lookingcorn. A nice number of flyingfarmers were gathered for toursthat had been programmed byBill and Margaret Bunger.

First it was to the RoyalEngineered Composites andPlastics Manufacturing plantwhere a variety of parts weremade to fill numerous orders forover the country. WardcraftHomes, makers of modularhomes of the large size like 30’x 60’, was next on the list. Thenit was out to the PatriotEquipment plant “HelpingFarmers Feed America Since1984”. Just over a dozendifferent pieces of equipment forhandling grain and feeding cattlewere their specialty ofmanufacturing. The old hotelthat was once three stories tallwas the next thing on thetouring list. Dave, Margaret’s sonand his wife, Carolyn were in theprocess of renovating thislandmark and making it into aliving quarters and a center forsocial events. Dave is in chargeof the sound and music systemin the Minden Opera Housewhich we also had a tour of.What would the flying farmer fly-in be without eats? A favoritecafé in town called, by the

group, “The Cosy Corner”, withgood ole country cooking wasthe popular watering hole.Thanks to Bill and Margaret forplanning a full and wonderfulday.

Thanksgiving and the Christmasholidays will be up soon, rightafter Halloween. Everyoneneeds to take part with familyand friends and enjoy the timeto the fullest while giving thanksto those that can’t be there orcan’t partake and to those thatassist our life styles whileprotecting the liberties andfreedoms that we share.

We wish each and everyone ajoyous and Merry-MerryChristmas and a ProsperousNew Year.

By Audrey Ledgerwoodand Colene Sager

Washington Flying Farmers

Washington Flying Farmers hadtheir annual meeting onSeptember 27 with 15 memberspresent. One plane flew in toRitzville, Washington where wehad the meeting at the BowlingAlley. The owner was veryhospitable and we had a greatmeeting. Art Sager agreed tobe president, Sheila Slinkard VP,

By Darrell LemonsHeartland Flying Farmer

The 17th of October was agorgeous fall day in Minden,Nebraska with the tree colorsshowing a variety of shades andthe morning with a cool andbrisk breeze. Corn shelling was

one rainy day while Howie, Tomand Jerry drove to the Owl’sHead Museum. They sawvintage machines and visited anold friend (Bob Bailey) whoshowed them around. Themeals? Seafood, of course!

Three brave VTFF in the chillyAtlantic - Diana, Howie andGail. The latter 2 really stayedand swam. I only swam 7+minutes, got knocked flat by thewaves, ran and sunned. Upontaking off my suit for a showerlater, I found mud pies inside!!!


‘Round the RegionsChris Clinesmith Secretary, NinaRichardson Treasurer. Theschedule of activities for thecoming year were discussed

.The October meeting was heldin Davenport, Washington on the18th. The Black Bear CowboyCafé welcomed us into aseparate eating area where wewere able to visit, eat, and havea business meeting. The décorwas worth the trip but it wasimpossible to take in all of theantiques and memorabilia withone trip. Speaking of the trip, itwas a lovely fall day and all butone person arrived by plane.The airport is at the opposite endof town as the café but DebbyDammel drove and she waswelcomed at the airport toprovide transportation. We werealso offered a courtesy car sowe all were able to load into thetwo cars.

The calendar for the year wasfilled with a host and hostess foreach month. About the time wethink we have exhausted ideasthat will work for our group fora monthly meeting, someonecomes up with another idea.Thank you to Dammels forsuggesting this Cowboy Café asI am certain we will want toreturn at some future date.

This is the time of year for someof the Washington and Oregonmembers to head south for

sunshine and warmth someeting attendance is down.Washington lost a longtimemember Gordon Ebbert whodied at the age of 101.

Oregon is celebrating AndyAnderson’s 90th birthday onNovember 3. Andy is hopingfor a great party and has invitedall his friends and neighbors. Hehas planned the party so he canparticipate and then “When hemakes the “Last Flight West”, allthey will need to say is “Amen”for the Memorial Celebration ofmy life.

Andy and Gordon had somecommon ground. Gordondonated a 100 plus year oldtrunk that Gordon’s familybrought to Oregon on theOregon Trail. Andy was able toget in on display at the PolkCounty Museum in Rickreall,Oregon along with the PolkCounty Covered Wagon.

On Friday, October 17th, Merryand I flew to Manitou BeachSaskatchewan. It was sad that

By Jack VandervalkAlberta Flying Farmer

Wayne Wilderman was notfeeling good so we landed at hisfarm to bring the 2015convention video with us. Wehad a good flight but 40 mileswest of Watrous airstrip therewas some cloud building up. Intalking on the radio someonetold me he was 35 miles southof Watrous and at 3700 feet itwas clear below the cloud. Thismade me feel a lot better so wewent down through a hole in thecloud to find more than 1000feet clear vision under theclouds. After circling the airstripI still found myself lined up ona narrow strip of canola stubbleright beside the airstrip. Twoquick turns and we landed okay.Shortly Clément Dion was thereto give us a ride to the hotel.

Mostly men toured the RitewayMachine Plant on Fridayafternoon. Them make heavyharrows, stone pickers, landrollers and more. After a tourof the plant which showed ushow the company had grownthrough the years, we looked ata 78 foot land roller. It wasimpressive to see how it foldedup to go down the road. Wewere told that more farmers arerolling their fields now. Most oftheir sales were in the UnitedStates. The ladies did some craftwork and enjoyed the pool. AtManitou, the lake has no exit forwater. As a result, evaporation



thought they were doing a goodjob this year to make up for lastyear. After the Sunday worshipservice Clément gave us a rideto our plane. We had a pit stopin Kindersley breaking up thelong flight. That made it a verynice trip home.

We want to thank theSaskatchewan crew for the goodtime and good fellowship.

Because of weather, Merry and Imissed the Alberta Queen’s fly-

causes high salt and mineralcontent. It is called the deadsea of Canada. The hotel has aheated pool of the lake waterwhich is very enjoyable. Manyclaim health benefits frombathing there. That evening wewere treated to a banquet andafterwards 3 ladies singing oldtime songs.

Saturday we enjoyed themeetings and had time to soakin hot mineral pool. Saturdayevening we enjoyed a very nicemeal. Because last year the hotelcatering was not the best we

in. We were told that it was avery good day with goodweather even though theweather in the south got worselater in the day. Due to beingover committed we missed theFairmount Golf weekend andagain were told it turned out realgood. We are planning not tomiss the Christmas Party in Oldson Dec. 6.

Merry and I wish all a blessedChristmas and a Happy NewYear.

Hope to see you all in Florida.

Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

Cookie:2/3 cup unsalted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla½ cup sugar 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour2 egg yolks

Filling:1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream¼ cup unsalted butter sea salt

Combine 2/3 cup butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowloften, until creamy. Add flour; beat at low speed until well mixed. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 houror until firm. Heat oven to 375o F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart ontoungreased cookie sheets. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or end of woodenspoon handle. (edges may crack slightly) Bake 7-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Coolcompletely.

Combine ½ cup brown sugar and ¼ cup butter in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirringconstantly, until mixture begins to boil. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Removefrom heat. Stir in whipping cream. Cool caramel mixture about 15 minutes.

Spoon about ½ teaspoon caramel mixture into center of each cooled cookie. Let caramel set about5 minutes. Sprinkle tops of each cookie lightly with sea salt.


IFF Workshop 40 Years Ago

The IFF Workshop was held at the Broadview Hotel, Wichita, Kansas on November 8-10, 1975.Representatives from 34 of the organization’s 41 chapters flew in for this annual event.


MemorialWalter Sieg1916 – 2014

Walter Paul Sieg died onFebruary 18, 2014 at thePleasant View-Good SamaritanCenter in St. James, MN. Hewas born on July 11, 1916 toHerman and Mathilda (Krenz)Sieg. He was a lifetime memberof St. John’s Lutheran Church,South Branch. He married NinaReckard on September 1, 1948.She died in 1996.

Walter’s farm was a Centuryfarm built and farmed by hisfather. 94 years were spent onthis farm. When his healthdeclined, the St. James GoodSamaritan Nursing Homestepped in and providedexcellent care to Walt since 2011.

Walter build airplanes and wasa licensed pilot. Over the yearshe also owned planes and didstunts like wing walking. Walterwas a charter member of theInternational Flying Farmers. Heloved people and was always thefirst to ask, “what’s your name?”

Walter is survived by his childrenLee Sieg, Truman, MN; JudyNuese, White Bear Lake, MN; hisgrandchildren Tammy Hilliard,Sharon Juntunen, DebraBehrens, Jeffrey Sieg, Jeni Sieg,Matthew Sieg and four greatgrandchildren.

Ralph Jenson1935 - 2014

Ralph Jenson, 79, Reynolds,North Dakota, died Monday,September 8, 2014 at home.

Ralph was born on January 20,1935 in Grand Forks, NorthDakota to Bert and Agnes(Sjosvold) Jenson. He marriedJune Gilbertson on June 29,1958 near Niagara, NorthDakota. They lived inHeidelberg, Germany, whereRalph served in the US Army,until 1960 when they moved toReynolds where they lived andfarmed for many years. Hebecame a private pilot at the ageof 40 and was active in theInternational Flying FarmersAssociation. Ralph displayed hisnumerous handmade smallengines for more than 20 yearsat the Western Minnesota SteamThreshers Reunion at Rollag,Minnesota. He was a longtimemember of Faith EvangelicalFree Church in Grand Forks.

Ralph is survived by hisdaughter, Julie (Robert) Koepp,Colfax, WI; son, Ron (Lorie)Jenson, Lino Lakes, MN;grandchildren, Kristi, Amy, andJenna Koepp, and Clara,Matthew, and William Jenson;and many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by hisparents, a brother, John, step-mother, Alice, and his wife June

Michael Nutter1950 - 2014

Michael Taylor Nutter, 63 ofLebanon, Ohio died on Sunday,September 14, 2014surrounded by his loving family.Son of Walter and Mary Frances(nee: Cochran) Nutter, Michaelwas born on December 12, 1950in Salem, Ohio.

Michael was an active memberof the West Side Church of Christ,a past member of RiversideBaptist Church in Red House,WV for over thirty years, aprivate pilot for over 20 years,a member of the Ohio FlyingFamers Association, a memberof the Masons and Eastern Starin Buffalo, WV, and participatedin the Shriners of Dayton, OHand Charleston, WV. Michael wastalented in so many ways. Mostimportantly he was a greathusband, an amazing father,loving grandfather, and loyalfriend.

He is preceded in death by hisparents.

Michael is survived by his lovingwife of 43 years, Bibby (nee:Sergent) Nutter of Lebanon, twodaughters, Shelly Pembelton ofBlanchester, Melody Jackson ofHyde Park, one sister, PatriciaNutter-Brewer of Eleanor, WV,one uncle, Bud Cochran, onebrother-in-law, Tom Sergent ofRavenswood, WV, fourgrandchildren Madison, Conley,Zoe and Nina, three nieces andfour nephews.


MemorialJohn Hoegl1941 - 2014

John Hoegl passed away at theLloydminster Hospital,Lloydminster, Saskatchewan onSaturday, October 11, 2014 atthe age of 73 years.

John was born May 18, 1941 toTony Hoegl and Hilda Otto. Thefirst years of his life were spentat the family farm. At a youngage they relocated to the presentHoegl Farms Location. MarilynNelson and John Hoegl weremarried in July 1965.

He spent many years on theHillmond School board,Irrigation committee, CreditUnion board, SaskatchewanWheat Pool, SaskatchewanFlying Farmers to this day andof course his latest favorite theLloydminster Exhibition Board.

In 1980 John acquired hisprivate pilot’s licence whichbecame a magnificent hobby anduseful ability to check on cattleand travel further and get therefaster! Flying was a PASSION forJohn. The “Flying Farmers”community provided Marilyn andJohn with a wide array of friendsthroughout the continent.

John is survived by Marilyn, hisbeloved wife of 49 years; fourchildren and their families,JoAnn Lider, Shari Garnier,Colleen Hoegl and Murry Hoegl;nine grandchildren, Ashley,Justine, Savanna, Dyson, Jayna,Taylor, Shania, Devyn andQuinn; sister, Julie Rayson;brother-in-law, George Nelson.

Gordon Ebbert1913 - 2014

Gordon Mason Ebbert, 101, ofMoses Lake, WA passed awayon October 20, 2014, atSamaritan Hospital. He wasborn July 23, 1913, inMonmouth, Oregon, to ElbieEbbert and Ruth Mason Ebbert.Gordon married his high schoolsweetheart Juanita Nelson in1935.

Gordon began a long time flyingcareer when he soloed in 1933in a Frank Taylor Cub at EyerlyFlying Field in Salem, Oregon.

Gordon was instrumental inhelping form the first Civil AirPatrol in Moses Lake. He was amission check pilot for the CivilAir Patrol for 35 years andconducted numerous search andrescue missions throughout thePacific Northwest. In 1961, hewas given a permanent reserveassignment with the Civil AirPatrol and he achieved the rankof Lt Colonel. In 2007 Gordonwas promoted to Colonel.

Gordon was an active memberof the Washington FlyingFarmers and in June 1994 wasawarded the Flying Farmer of theYear award. He joined the FlyingFarmers in 1946 attending thecharter meeting in Spokane.

Gordon was preceded in deathby his wife, Juanita and his sonGordon Jr. He is survived bynieces and nephews.

Belva Knox1938 – 2014

Belva Yvonne Knox died 30October 2014 in Assiniboia,Saskatchewan. of ovariancancer. She was born 3 February1938 in Weyburn, Sask. Belvamarried Douglas Knox, a localaviator, on May 7, 1955. Familyand friends, aviation and flyingwere to be the mainstays ofalmost 60 years of marriage.She tackled her concerns aboutflying by confronting thesituation head on by earning herPrivate Pilot’s licence in February1965. Belva and Doug wereearly members of theSaskatchewan Chapter of theInternational Flying Farmers(IFF) organization, building asocial network of lifelong friendsacross North America. In 1977,Belva was selected by thedelegates to the IFF Conventionin Duluth Minnesota as IFFDuchess.

Belva appreciated music; andtook steps to ensure her childrendid too! She took great pleasurein mastering the French Horn asa member of the AssiniboiaCommunity Band.

Starting in 1980, Belva andDoug wintered in Arizona.

She was predeceased by parents,Ida and Lyle Lawrence, and son-in-law Gerry Beam, Belva issurvived by her mate of 60years, Doug, children Hal,Michael, and Liz Ann Beam, sixgrandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, three brothersJim, Ron, and Greg.


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25 or 50 YEAR MEMBERS

If you have been an IFF memberfor 25 or 50 years and have notreceived your 25-year or 50-yearpin, please notify the IFF office. Besure to give the year you joined IFF.

HISTORYInternational Flying Farmers is an organization offamilies with a mutual interest in the promotion anduse of airplanes in agriculture. The organization,founded in 1944, consists of state and provincialchapters throughout North America. While originallyfounded by farmers and ranchers who owned aircraft,the membership now consists of individuals from allwalks of life, from storeowners and factory workersto bankers and lawyers. Direct involvement inagriculture or aviation is not, in and of itself, arequirement for membership.

PURPOSEThe purpose of the organization is: To create andmaintain a compact representative and centralizedorganization with a spirit of cooperation and mutualhelpfulness among its members; to explore andemphasize the importance of flying and the use ofthe airplane in agricultural production, including thebreeding, raising and feeding of livestock; and toengage in research and extension service, includingpublishing magazines or other periodicals todisseminate among its members informationpertaining to the purposes of the organization.

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