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Plowing Match Aylmer
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 2, 1951
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_2971
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_2972
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 51-2270 (1_2971)
- 51-2271 (1_2972)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_2971
- M7 S1 Sh1 B1 1_2972
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 2, 1951
- Publication
- 1_2971 was published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 3, 1951, page one.
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives: plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs from the plowing match in Aylmer, Ont.
Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 3, 1951, page one: “East Elgin Junior Plowing Match Is Successful Event.”
1_2971: “The youngest contestant at the East Elgin Junior Plowing Match on the Leon Bodkin farm, one mile north of King’s Highway No. 3, Aylmer, Tuesday, was also the top winner in his class. He is shown to the left, in the above photograph, Ronald Prong, R.R. 1, Aylmer. Next from the left, seated behind the tractor, is Ronald’s brother, Fred Prong, aged 15, who finished second in their class. To the right is Bev Herman, aged 15, who finished fourth in this class. Stan Heffner, 16, was third in the class, but was not available when the photograph was taken. Ronald Prong scored 68 points to 67 points by his brother, Fred Prong. The boys were all complimented on their work by the judges and match directors. They drove tractors with single furrow plows, brought from their own home farms. John Woolley, R.R. 1, Aylmer, was first in the class for junior plowmen, 17 years to 20 years. Ronald Howe, Jaffa, was second; Peter Honsinger, third.
“The boys who took part in the match were virtually all students in the East Elgin District High School, Aylmer, members of the agricultural course in the school. They were organized by William Wood, agricultural instructor at the school, who is shown at the right in the above photograph.”
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- East Elgin District High School
- Subject Access
- Plowing
- Plowing Matches
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B11 11_184
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Profile Photographs, General Interest - The Prong Family
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 22, 1953
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh6 B4 225
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R12 S1 Sh6 B4 225
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- October 22, 1953
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Profile Photographs, General Interest file
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs: b&w
1 p. textual record
- Scope and Content
- Black and white profile photograph showing Ronald Prong, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 22, 1953. (R12 S1 Sh6 B4 225a)
- Black and white profile photograph showing Mr. and Mrs. Ray Prong, published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal on October 22, 1953. (R12 S1 Sh6 B4 225b)
- Clipping, St. Thomas Times-Journal, October 22 1953, describing the Prong family, of R. R. 1 Aylmer, who have each won an award at the Elgin County Plow Match. (R12_S1_Sh6_B4_225a.pdf)
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Plowing Matches
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