August TGoM Membership Meeting 2013

Family Night!

IMPORTANT! –  From Herb Fick – please do not be discouraged by the road construction on the way to Dan Pate’s for the meeting. Highway 19 between Northfield and Stanton is awkward, and perhaps the better route for those coming from the west is through Dennison, taking county 9 west to Highway 56 then heading North for four miles to 357th street.Dan is at 357 street.I don’t think there is any problem coming from the North or South.There is construction, but the roads are open.

Dan Pate does auto development and restoration.  This will be the fifth time Dan and his wife, LuAnn have hosted the August meeting.  This makes them some sort of hero team.  If this announcement seems redundant, well, it just might be.

Starting time: Dinner at 6:30.  Set up starting anytime before noon.

Features: This is family night.  We have had some wonderful evenings at Dan and LuAnn’s park-like setting.  Do everything you can to be there.

Dan has a unique collection of ways to form metal sheets into almost anything you desire.  He can demonstrate all of these and offers to take requests.  Dan’s equipment mix has changed again this year, so do not think that you have already seen it all.  He can demonstrate shrinking and stretching of anything through 10 gage steel.  Perhaps Gene Olson will demonstrate on the PullMax.  He is good with it.  Dan often allows members to experiment with a machine.  (Your liability, you learn to handle a machine that will shrink, stamp, fold or mutilate 10 gage steel very carefully.  Someone usually demonstrates the effect of an “English Wheel” on a finger.)

We will also have blacksmithing demonstrations starting late afternoon.  Bring a friend to introduce to the craft.  We are betting that Myron will offer to bring a coal forge.

Legendary corn feed!

This meeting features a corn feed.  Dick Carlson has put his heart into this for years.  Some of us have humbly joined in the effort to make it almost ridiculous.

Cliff Larson will cook something magic.  Herb will roast a hog.  He again promises to cut back a little on the garlic. A few chickens will be prepared for those who avoid pork.  Recognize the chickens will be prepared by smoking and secondary roasting in the cavity of the hog.  The recipe is a bit awkward for small groups.

When planning your contribution to the potluck, please recognize that we will be a bit long on sweet corn and meat, so think salads and desserts and or whatever you think is special.  Myron especially likes oatmeal cookies with raisins.

This is intended to be a very family friendly and social meeting. Oh, and don’t forget your “show n tell” items!