Approximately 500 persons attended the first annual Golden
Spread Antique Machinery Show Saturday and Sunday, August 19, 20,
1978 at the Donald Sell farm, southwest of Booker, Texas. They saw
the old time threshing demonstrations, antique machinery and other
attractions.
Besides the threshing demonstrations and showing how wheat and
demonstration of the old wheat header and header type barge driven
by mules, some old time baling, and a plowing demonstration by an
old-time horsedrawn plow.
They also put on parades of the old time machinery, held a slow
tractor race, and on Sunday morning held church services with the
Rev. Richard Edwards of the Booker United Methodist Church giving
the sermon and Onnie Griffin of Booker leading the song
service.
Side features included some horseback rides for children given
by Glenda Sell, Donald’s daughter, and a ride on a fire
truck.
Members of the association and Donald Sell had more than 50
tractors, steam engines, threshing machines and other antique farm
machinery on display at the show and some 6 or 7 steam engines or
Rumely oil pulls were in operation.
A tent was set up at the site and the weatherman cooperated with
cooler weather that was only in the 70s and 80s on Saturday and up
to the low 90s on Sunday.
People from Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and even Nebraska attended
the show and from all neighboring towns, plus Pampa and
Amarillo.
A concession stand was operated by Alpha Epsilon Delta Sorority
of Booker.
Donald Sell and association directors thanked everyone who
helped put on the show, moved the equipment and did the various
work involved.
