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What a perfect picnic! John & Debbie Martin and family hosted the picnic at their farm in Attica. Everything was in place, beautiful and they gave us the perfect picnic. There was a nice display of tractors around the barnyard with the most special ones at the door and inside. The swap meet was busy with trucks lined up, guys buying, selling and visiting. The food was great with everyone bringing their favorite dishes. We…

It was a wonderful Fall Banquet at the Der Dutchman in Plain City. Everyone had a great time visiting, eating, and having our annual meeting. We had 95 members in attendance and a guest speaker. As you arrived you could purchase merchandise, look at and bid on the silent auction items and purchase tickets for the 2023 Raffle. Dinner was served and everyone ate until they were stuffed. Larry began the meeting by welcoming everyone…

Our summer show was at the Corn Festival at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Wilmington, Ohio, September 9-11. This was an excellent place for a show. There were 5 building of crafts, antiques and flea market items, many festival displays and food everywhere. We had 68 tractors and implements on display. The numbers were not what we were hoping for but the number of rare tractors was hard to beat. We signed up 8 new…

The weather was up and down but nice all week with it being in the 80’s the first two days and in the 60’s on Thursday. The tent stayed busy, especially on Wednesday. The tent was busting at the seams with the guys gathered around telling stories. I seen some faces that I have not been out in a while. I was glad to see all of you. We had 4 new members join us…

The spring picnic was a great day at Dave Miller’s farm in Clyde, OH. The weather was cool to start with a perfect ending. Dave and Cheryl hosted 95 members and guests. The barnyard was full of tractors on display bringing the guys to gather around and talk about what they were looking at. To the side and back barnyard the Club tent was up and trucks were parked around full of items they were…

The Banquet was again a big success.  We started out with members arriving and being excited to see each other and checking out the room.  Once inside they were able to shop some of the Club merchandise and a few other items for sale.  Raffle tickets were being sold for the two pedal tractors, the lighted picture and the 2255 toy.  The Spirit of Oliver pedal tractor was donated by Jim and Laquetta Kline.  The…

What a Farm Science Review! Set up on Sunday before was excellent weather – sunshine and warm. Everything went as planned with the lot being mowed, the tent went up, tractors parked and all the details in place. Then came the “weather”. The first day of the show it was misting rain, breezy and just not very nice out. Well, Wednesday turned into a zero with the show being cancelled – for the first time…

Our Summer Show at the Mid-Ohio Antique Farm Machinery Show in Richwood July 23-25 is in the books. It was a very nice show with over 100 tractors and implements on display. There was a great variety of tractors for everyone to look at. This fairgrounds was the perfect setting with many trees giving us a lot of shade over our display. We had two tents set up allowing the merchandise to be in one…

April 24th will be a spring picnic to remember. After a year of not having any events other than the banquet I was unsure how the picnic would be attended. Well, everyone showed they were ready to be out and show their Oliver spirit. We had a record attendance with 95 people sitting down to eat. Dennis Baker and family along with Phil and Lauren Wheeler had cleaned Dennis’s barn leaving a fabulous area to…

The November 7, 2020 fall banquet ended up being our only event of the year and it turned out to be a nice one. We had rented two rooms in anticipation that we would over fill one. It turned out that the double room allowed us to spread out and everyone was comfortable. The Der Dutchman had upgraded their video equipment with 4 big screens for the slide show that ran all day. As everyone…

This November 9th banquet was another great one. We had around 90 in attendance which filled the room. We had some big eaters and it looked like we feed more than 100. Lyn Parker gave another outstanding prayer and we enjoyed the great meal. During the entire banquet there was a slide show running covering the 20 years of the club. It was fun to see all the pictures and memories. Larry opened the meeting…

Sept 17, 18 and 19 found Buckeye Oliver Collectors at the BIG SHOW.  If you have ever been to the Farm Science Review you know what I mean.  Outside of London OH a small town is erected devoted to everything agriculture and it is pretty impressive.  If you have been there then you know that at the east end of the show is a large area where the antique tractor clubs have lots of nice…

September 7th was Floyd Hohman’s auction.  The Buckeye Oliver Collectors set up a tent with our raffle, some hats and membership information.  Floyd had a nice collection of tractors, implements and miscellaneous parts and items to be sold.  The crowd was excited and the bidding began.  Throughout the day we sold a good deal of raffle tickets, some hats and two memberships. Once the auction was over Floyd was happy that people were going to…

Hot! Hot! Hot! What an understatement for the weekend! The Oak Ridge Festival and the grounds were perfect for our summer show. Even with the extreme heat and the reported attendance being down by half or more our members and Oliver lovers showed their enthusiasm. We had 56 tractors and a few implements on display. We had visitors that traveled 4 ½ and 6 ½ hours to see our show. Doug Mitchell and his family…

The Buckeye Oliver Collectors spring picnic 2019 was hosted by Larry and Suzy Reilly of Norwalk and will be remembered for the weather.  What a beautiful day we had, temps in the seventies with much sunshine; and what a nice well-kept farm our hosts live and work on.  The hard work of the Reilly’s with son Scott and his wife Stacey really show with the appearance of the farm.  But this day also had its…

We attended the Winter show March 22 & 23 in West Lafayette, IN. Our club looked great with our raffle prizes out and the grand prize, a neon sign, light up on its stand where everyone could see it when they came in the room. We sold 198 tickets and signed up 2 new members. At the Presidents meeting Larry was congratulated on our club membership growth and ask what we are doing to have…

The Buckeye Oliver Collectors 19th annual banquet was held November 10 at the Der Dutchman in Plain City. The day was filled with excitement as the room was filled with our largest crowd ever, 104 members! Raffle tickets were being sold, door prizes were out and the excitement of seeing old friends flourished. The day was kicked off with Lyn Parker delivering an excellent prayer. Our dinner was again a fine meal and I’m sure…

The Farm Science Review was held September 18 – 20 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, OH. The Buckeye Oliver Collectors were last there in 2013 and we were excited to return. Our new lot was excellent with plenty of room to have a great tractor display and our new tent. One of the first things people would say is that they could see our green and white tent from the parking lot…

The Buckeye Oliver Collectors participated in the Buckeye Classic Power of the Paint tractor show in Marion, August 10 & 11. Our new tent looked great and all agreed that it was an excellent idea. There were 20 tractors on display. Back in March at the winter show we met a gentlemen named Larry Young from North Carolina. He has called and talked to Larry and myself several time since. With nothing to do this…

MAID RITE, no I’m not talking about how Oliver Farm equipment was put together. But rather I’m referring to a small extremely busy sandwich shop in downtown Greenville. If anyone who attended the show knows what I’m talking about, then we know about the dozen cars lined up at the drive thru, the never ending line of folks going out the door and the unique sandwiches that had some people at the Oliver tent going…

Oliver, Cockshutt and equipment were featured at the Ashland County Yesteryear Machinery Show, July 7 & 8, 2018. The Kopp’s, Don, Joanne, Larry, Bob and Jane had the Buckeye Oliver Collectors tables. They had a good turnout of people and tractors. There were 24 Oliver’s and 4 pieces of equipment. One Oliver boat motor and two Oliver pedal tractors. The show is now in its 26th year. The people come to see the tractors they…

Location, location, location, the magic words in the real estate world but it definitely applies to the Buckeye Oliver Collectors spring picnic held April 7 at the beautiful Smith Farm in West Mansfield. Even with the presence of “other green” tractors the Smith Farm was a superb location, just a beautiful site. The picnic was well attended with 70 Oliver folks enjoying the day that was sunny and cool to begin and overcast and chilly…

The Buckeye Oliver Collectors held their annual banquet and meeting on November 4, 2017 at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City.  The meal was very good as it always is.  Larry started the meeting by telling everyone this year’s meeting would be different from any other.  Larry introduced the officers and then called each one to the podium to give their thoughts and comments for the year.  They all knew of this assignment for…

Marion, OH    August 11 – 13, 2017 The Buckeye Oliver Collectors participated in the Buckeye Classics Power of the Paint tractor show in Marion, August 11-13. This was the 2nd year for this show and is growing. We had a good turnout of tractors and help at the tables. Our tractor display had about 30 excellent Olivers and a beautifully restored Cockshutt 1550 displayed by Doug Mitchell. Raffle tickets were sold and the memorial…

Wauseon, OH    June 22-25, 2017 The Buckeye Oliver Collectors summer show was a success even with the HPOCA National Show going on at the same time.  The weather did not cooperate on Friday with a lot of rain and wind but Saturday’s nice weather brought out many Oliver enthusiasts making up for the slow Thursday and Friday.  Saturday we had a lunch with around 30 members attending.  Jan Yaple coordinated the lunch and led the…

Madison, IN    June 22-24, 2017 The Buckeye Oliver Collectors were also at the HPOCA National Summer Show the same weekend as the Wauseon show with officers and board members split between the two places.  Our presence was quickly recognized as we displayed two club tables with the feature being the three raffle prizes on display and tickets being sold non-stop.  What a great response to the Oliver pedal combine and the 1850 Purple 1/8 scale…

Hosted by Dave Miller On a somewhat cool breezy day on Sat. April 22 in Clyde, OH a group of about 60 green clad hungry Oliver fans gathered at Dave Miller’s farm to greet, eat, and talk Oliver. Thanks to Dave for hosting but more important for having a large heated building where everyone, I think, were comfortable. Following a beautiful Grace by Lyn Parker at noon we ate. If you couldn’t find something that…