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Blue Bag Media
New Steam
Thresher attractions designed to entertain
YORK WOODS – Kendra Price was enjoying a family tradition… she was
eating a watermelon slice cut with a buzz saw. Actually the watermelon
wasn’t the tradition; going to the Steam Threshers Reunion was. Her
family has been attending it for years.
This unique method of slicing watermelon was a new offering for the
58th Annual Steam Threshers Reunion at York Woods. It was cooked up by
Steve and Cary Countryman, along with their grandson Wyatt Downard, as
a way to attract young people. “We try to think up things that would
keep the kids interested,” he said, noting they come to the shows to
entertain, have fun and keep busy.
“You see a kid at one of these shows, he looks around, he doesn’t come
back. We have to find a way to get him interested if we don’t want to
lose this part of our history.” So they came up with the watermelon
buzz saw. Steve said Cary saw a can crusher one time, then asked “why
can’t we make an arm that crushes cans.” They did.
About a dozen people gathered around as the model steam engine was
fired up. It was attached to a long belt which drove the ‘crusher’ arm.
The cans were fed one at a time and crushed almost flat; better than
most can-crushers in use today...
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