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After Bernard Kellner's death in August 1997, the equipment was moved. The combine may have been in mint condition, but it was in need of a bath.

"I spent three days washing 30-plus years of barn dust off the combine, and it looks like new," Rick said. "It has been washed only; no polish has been used on it. If we polish the paint, I feel it can't be called 100 percent original." After the spit-and-polish routine, the combine was ready for a trip to town. "In July, our local antique tractor club Gasper County (Ind.) Retired Iron) had their annual show at our county fair," Rick said. "With a lot of persuasion, the club takled me into showing the 82 at the show along with the Minnies. It was the first time it had ever sat out over night. It bothred me some, but what good is owning something unique, if people can't see it?"

The combine and other equipment have become a sort of living memorial.

"We now show the equipment as a tribute to 'Bean'," Rick said. "He was a man everyone in our area knew and liked. He was a walking, talking history book on farming, and the way of life of the 20th century." FC


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