DB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1981
Gene Brenneman checks the ground corn type that he’s ever found in his years of
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manning exhibits throughout the
display,' "one engine was just a
beginning. Later, he acquired a
two-horse New Holland engine,-
operating a cob crusher, an item
used by fanners to turn waste cobs
into livestock beddmg.
Retired as an electrician from
Yorktowne Kitchens, 75-year-old
Dellinger spends a good deal of
tune tinkering with the engines at
his Red Lion home. He he
remembers using this type* -Of
equipment when he was a boy,
growing' up on the family farm
near Mt. Pisgah, today the Sam
Lewis State Park.
Others with similar memories,
and a younger generation seeking
ties with their past, ale helping to
create' a scarcity of the prized
collector machines.
“They’re getting hard to hnd,”
Dellinger laments. "People are
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hanging on to them. ’ ’
Shll another effect of the hobby
resurgence in old- farmstead
hardware is escalating prices.
According to Dellinger, it’s not
uncommon for a "good working
machine’’ td bring well over a
thousand dollars for a small gas
engine, while some extremely
scarce items may bring two or
three times that figure.
Dellinger, the Brennemans, and
some, 125 other members of the
Steam Engine Society keep the
past alive with their annual Steam-
O-ftama convention, held just
north of Stewartstown. ~ t
While seeking new and younger
converts to steam and gas engine
hobbyism, the collectorsare
planning, full steam ahead, tor
their silver anniversary, July 15
through 18, 1982, at the Steam-O-
Rama exhibit grounds.