John Randall

1915 - 1970  (55 years)

• Name	John Randall
  Born	1915
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	1954	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	plowing match, weather
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-216090
  Died	1970
  Person ID	I216090	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob C. Randall,   b. 23 Jun 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Feb 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Ida May Schiedel,   b. 8 Oct 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1973, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice Lichty,   b. 17 Oct 1923
  Children	1. Connie Irene Randall
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F59088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Barn destroyed by fire sat on site of 1954 plowing match BRESLAU - The region is set to lose the barn on a farm property that hosted one of the most tumultuous events in the region's history - the 1954 International Plowing Match. The John Randall barn, located just outside of Breslau across from Belgian Nurseries on Highway 7, fell victim to two fires apparently set by vandals, and will be torn down at some point this week. The farmhouse has already been demolished. The 1954 plowing match, a farm exhibit show, was dogged by rain on its first two days, and on Oct. 15 it was struck by the full force of the infamous hurricane Hazel, which killed 81 people in Ontario and left 1,868 families homeless. At the plowing match, strong winds blew over much of the tent city that had risen on the farms of Randall and neighbours. More than 100 tents were destroyed, which cost exhibitors about $500,000 in damages. Helga Hartman, the current membership chair of the Waterloo Historical Society, was in Grade 7 when the plowing match took place. She remembers travelling to the event with the senior grades from Lexington Public School the day before the hurricane struck. "It had been raining for more than a week and everything was saturated," she said. "I remember how gooey the mud was. A lot of people lost their shoes and boots," she added with a laugh. She also remembers the hurricane, calling it a "major event," and said the levelling of the tent city was a "disaster." As for the barn, Hartman will be sad to see it go. "It was a beautiful, white barn," she said. "Once it's gone, there will be nothing to mark the event which took place." While there are usually plaques placed at the sites of international plowing matches, there is none at the Randall farm. Hartman said she is going to raise the issue with the Waterloo Historical Society. "It was something that was really big at the time, and it will be wiped off the surface of the earth." mderuyter@therecord.com "Barn Destroyed By Fire Sat On Site Of 1954 Plowing Match". 2011. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2011/05/31/barn-destroyed-by-fire-sat-on-site-of-1954-plowing-match.html.

  
  

• Event Map

  Interesting - plowing match, weather - 1954 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth