International Plowing Match, 1985 - Match Coming To Elgin - Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas

Publication: Published in the Bygone Days section of the St. Thomas Times-Journal: March 16, 2010; Published in "Harvest of Memories: Elgin's History Through a Photographer's Lens-Volume II" on page 16

Series: St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - International Plowing Match, 1985 file

Scope and Content: Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published March 12, 1980 with caption: "Bid Committee- The following are members of the Elgin Bid Committee that obtained the 1985 International Plowing Match. Front row, from left: Bill Martyn, Leslie Armstrong and Keith Bawden of the Elgin Plowmen's Association; and Lester Longhurst, Elgin County Warden. Middle row: St. Thomas Mayor Don Hitch; Ronald McNeil, MPP, Elgin; Shirley Bechard, Elgin Women's Institute; Bill Caverly, committee chairman and Malahide Reeve; Mary Withenshaw, Elgin IODE; Ken Bawden, Elgin's Ontario Plowmen's Association director; and Reg Clinton, EPA. Back row; Ralph Millman, EPA; Jim McGuigan, MPP, Kent-Elgin; Bob Moore, Elgin County Engineer; Elgin Wells, EPA secretary; John Anderson, Elgin County associate agricultural representative; and Morris Taylor, EPA."

Name Access: St. Thomas (Ont.); St. Thomas Times-Journal; Elgin County Plowmen's Association; McNeil, Ron