{"id":2,"date":"2012-05-19T07:20:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T07:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2012-05-19T07:33:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T12:33:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Established in July 2005 these are the Goals and the Purpose of the club::<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gilbert Tractor Club was started July 12, 2005 when the five original members: (Jon Davis, Bob Gibson, Al Cox, Kim Redling, and Dick Struve) gathered at the Daisy Chains &amp; Laughs Coffee House for their first meeting. Dick drove his John Deere &#8220;A&#8221; to the meeting! These members met to share stores of \u201cthe old iron\u201d, gather information on restoring their old treasures, plan future activities for the group, and serve as a resource for the students of Gilbert High \u00a0School Ag department.<\/p>\n<p>Since that first meeting in 2005, the club has expanded to include over 185 members with over 500 tractors and engines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Monthly Meetings with \u201cMachine of the Month\u201d \u00a0\u00a0discussion from selected member.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Winter Tour \u00a0(ie:\u00a0 John Deere Works, Hart-Parr Museum, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Web site listing parades\/shows, relevant auctions, activities at fairs, classifieds\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Continuation of an annual Gilbert Tractor Show.<\/p>\n<p>5. Encouragement of youth involved in projects through the FFA and\/or 4-H youth programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8\" title=\"Boone Fair 08\" src=\"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DSCN0241-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in July 2005 these are the Goals and the Purpose of the club:: Purpose: The Gilbert Tractor Club was started July 12, 2005 when the five original members: (Jon Davis, Bob Gibson, Al Cox, Kim Redling, and Dick Struve) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}