Sorry, sorry, sorry! Please don't hurl used tractor tires at me. I misinterpreted the question about "general public." ALL tractor lovers are very welcome at the Winter Get Together at the Eden Resort Inn and Conference in Lancaster, PA on February 26,27 and 28.
We will even take the "red guys" and the ones with the "off color green" so that we can show them what real tractors are like. This event is being hosted by the Mason Dixon Oliver Cletrac Collectors Association (MDOCCA)which is a local chapter with members in Delaware, Maryland and southeastern PA. We also have a few members in New Jersey, New York and Virginia. As for what is happening at the Get Together, on Thursday, Landis Zimmerman is planning an open house at his business in nearby Ephrata, PA. It is open to everyone but if you plan to eat lunch there, please give him a call,in advance, at 717-738-2573. The date for this Get Together was planned to co-incide with the Beiler sale outside of New Holland, PA so that people from out of the area could experience this event. Thurs., Feb 26 and Friday, Feb. 27 are the dates for the Beiler Sale. Also, on Friday, there is a bus tour planned to Kitchen Kettle village in Intercourse and Chocolate World in Hershey. Advance reservations are needed at $8.00 per person. We have plans for an outdoor tractor/crawler show and encourage all, who can, to bring a tractor. Jerry Webb (410-398-5123) is handling the show. Of course this is very dependent on the weather. We have quite a number of commercial vendors coming, selling a variety of tractor related items. There will also be other chapters selling Oliver/Cletrac related items and there will be toy tractor displays. The MDOCCA will be having a "silent action" to raise money to fund this event. Landis plans to show old Cletrac movie reels on Saturday. Saturday evening is the banquet. Bill Mantz (717-266-0692) is handling reservations for this. A reservation form can be found on the HPOCA website. The banquet begins at 7:00p.m.
--doors open at 6:00p.m. Speaker will be Lyman Dellinger, a former Oliver field man from the midwest. Generally, there is a "fun auction"
following the banquet, handled by the national assoc.,--we have no details on this. We are assuming that there will be a HPOCA general memb-ership meeting on Saturday. We have a meeting room reserved at the hotel but, again, we have no details on it. Hope this has provided some of the information that you all need. Remember, everyone is welcome. Looking forward to seeing you in Lancaster, PA. Betty Moore
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