The following is a list of Oliver shows and events. 
Shows listed in green are official HPOCA or Oliver Gang events.
Shows listed in purple are shows that the Oliver Gang trailer and merchandise will be at.
Shows listed in black are Oliver related shows and events that are listed for your convenience. 

September 5-8, 2002 
HPOCA Secondary Show. Nittany Antique Machinery Association Show, College Station, Pennsylvania. For more info call Jess at 717-527-4087, Ed at 717-994-7873 or Dean at 717-789-3277

September 13,14,15, 2002 
F.A.R.M. Harvest Days Antique Machinery Show, Held on the beautiful grounds of the Perfect North Slopes Ski Area, Pribble Rd., Just off Rt.1, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.  Gen. Info. Chuck & Sherri Heck at 812-926-3654 or deeringheck@yahoo.com

September 21,  2002 
Oliver Gang Fun and Plow Day 
Clio, Michigan
Held in conjunction with the Mid-Michigan Antique Machinery Association show at the Clio Fireman's Park. More info on Page 9.

September 27,28,29 2002 
26th Annual Fall Harvest Festival and Antique Equipment Show, Northern Indiana Historical Power Association. Located at Sunset Hill Farm County Park in Valparaiso, Indiana. For more info contact Mike Howton @ mhowton@niia.net or 219-464-7777 
or Matt Howton at  mwhowton@hotmail.com

October 26th, 2002 
Oliver Gang Halloween Party 
Hosted by Jim and Barb Brown,  Clinton, MI. 
See ad on this page.

March 21, 22, & 23, 2003
HPOCA National Winter Get-Together,  Wentzville, Missouri. Hosted by the Hartland Oliver Collectors

Spring, 2003 
Oliver Gang Spring Fling. 
Currently looking for hosts......

July 10-13, 2003 
HPOCA National Summer Show hosted by the Hartland Oliver Collectors. 
I&I Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Club show grounds. Pennfield, Illinois. For more information visit www.antiquefarm.org

August 8-10, 2003 
Oliver Gang Summer Show hosted by the Wheels of Yesteryear Antique Club. Bluffton, Indiana.

Fall, 2003 
Oliver Gang Fun and Plow Day. Hosted by Hix Dairy Farm and Mike Hodupp, Marion, Indiana.

Alta M. Blue, 80, of Harrod, died Saturday, July 13, 2002 at her residence in rural Harrod. She was born October 16, 1921 in Santa Fe, Ohio, to Benjamin H. and Minerva (Musser) Parr. On December 31, 1940 she married Roger M. Blue, who died July 11, 2001. Survivors include two sons: Russel (Mary Kay) Blue of Alger and Keith (Bobbie Britt) Blue of Harrod; a granddaughter, Diane (Kevin) Shepherd of Kenton; a grandson, Alan R. Blue of Urbana; four great-grandsons: Joshua and Jarrod Blue, and Derrick and Philip Shepherd; a brother, Robert Parr of Marion; and four sisters: Annabel Smith of Lima, Juanita Bourland of Marion, Betty Nogle of Columbus, and Charlotte Brendahl of Cooksville, Tenn. She was preceded in death by a son, Rodney F. Blue in 1963; and by five brothers: Merle, Charles, Orville, Bernard and Junior Parr. Mrs. Blue attended the Alger First United Methodist Church. She was a beautician and owned a beauty shop, and later was a Correction Officer at the Marysville Women's Prison and Lima Correctional Institution. She was an active member of the family farm, and she was a school bus driver for Logan County and the Alger School District. She was a former member of the Three Arts Club of Alger and a former advisor for the 4-H Club of Logan County. She was a member of the Logan County Agrarians and a member of the Oliver Gang. She was a graduate of Lakeview High School. Services were held Wednesday, July 17 at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Alger, with Rev. Barbara Dafler officiating. Burial was in Zanesfield Cemetery, Zanesfield. 

Reprinted from the Ada Herald.     www.adaherald.com