Iron Man of the Month

By Goe Fahnestock
Published on November 1, 1967
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Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana Three generations of throttle-jerkers gather around Elmer Egbert's cast-iron Case Eagle. This huge, heavy bird is always a conversation piece at the Buckeye Threshers. Elmer says he purchased it from some sh
Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana Three generations of throttle-jerkers gather around Elmer Egbert's cast-iron Case Eagle. This huge, heavy bird is always a conversation piece at the Buckeye Threshers. Elmer says he purchased it from some sh
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Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana Second generation. Jack Egbert, gives expert demonstration at hill-climbing at National Threshers Association, Montpelier, Ohio, on the Egbert 12 HP Frick Engine. Jack is also expert at balancing the engine
Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana Second generation. Jack Egbert, gives expert demonstration at hill-climbing at National Threshers Association, Montpelier, Ohio, on the Egbert 12 HP Frick Engine. Jack is also expert at balancing the engine
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Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana The patriarch Egbert, ''Uncle Elmer'' oils up 12 HP Frick Engine at N.T.A. Reunion, Wauseon, Ohio, ''Uncle Elmer'' Egbert is a veritable fixture at most midwestern reunions and can be counted on with his spe
Courtesy of Joe Fahnestock, Union City, Indiana The patriarch Egbert, ''Uncle Elmer'' oils up 12 HP Frick Engine at N.T.A. Reunion, Wauseon, Ohio, ''Uncle Elmer'' Egbert is a veritable fixture at most midwestern reunions and can be counted on with his spe

UNION CITY, INDIANA

Most of the time he’s so quiet and unobtrusive you’d
hardly know he was around. Yet there’s hardly a Midwestern
threshing reunion that he’s not in there pitching, helping line
up the big belt or at least standing by in the crowd to see if the
job’s done right. For be it threshing, sawmilling, plowing,

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