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The Chesapeake BulleTin
Volume 59 Number 7 July 2019
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Did I Ever Tell You About My Flight Aboard The Goodyear Airship, 'Spirit Of Akron?'
SPRING OF 1991
Standby, ready for boarding...
By Bill Wurzell, EditorThe Chesapeake Bulletin
Yes, it’s true! I would like to say it was a re-ward for discovering a cure for some horrible disease, winning the Masters Tournament by 12 strokes, or winning an Oscar for a 'walk on' role. Sorry, my friends, it was because I bought a new set of tires! Back in 1991, when I was employed at a quality old line printing company in Baltimore, I made an appointment to have my car serviced at a Goodyear Store in Catonsville, while on my way home. It was a Thursday in May or June, I can’t remember, exactly. I left the office around four o’clock and drove straight to Catonsville. I checked in at the Goodyear Store on Powers Lane, and of course having an appointment they were expecting me. I gave them the keys to my 1989 Plymouth Acclaim and signed the re-pair order; just an oil change and lube if needed. I milled around in the waiting room and
almost immediately I spotted a promotional poster stating that: 'If you purchase a set of Goodyear Tires, you get a ride on the Goodyear Blimp!' Well, I’m nothing if not adventure-some. I read the advertisement and it said the program ended at the end of the month, only
Air National Guard Family Day, Exhilarating!
The A-10 Thunderbolt ('Warthog') is a sin-gle seat, twin-engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the USAF. Its official name comes from the Republic P-47 'Thunderbolt', a fighter particularly effective at close air support.--Bill Wurzell photo
Mel Carson, 2019 AACA President congratu-lates Ken Stevenson on his first place win for his 1947 Ford Convertible at the Grand National, Auburn, Indiana.--Gary Ruby photo
Ken Stevenson TakesFirst Place Award AtAACA Grand National
By Bill Wurzell, EditorThe Chesapeake Bulletin
WARFIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE--MIDDLE RIVER, MARYLAND--Chesapeake Region members were thrilled and proud to be invited to participate in the Air National Guard’s Family Day Celebration, Sunday June 2. This event was billed as 'Family Day', plain and simple! It was for the families of devoted Air Na-tional Guard personnel. All participants had to enter through checkpoint gates manned by armed Guard personnel; after all this is a military base. Chesapeake Region members signed up quickly to be a part of this event, and bring their classic and antique cars for perusal of Guard members and their families.
Two of our contacts were: Major Michael F. Forostoski, Air National Guard; and Captain Benjamin C. Hughes, USAF. Major Forostoski graciously checked on us throughout the day, making sure we had plen-ty of water to drink.What Is The Maryland Air National Guard? Warfield Air National Guard Base--In Bal-timore, our primary concern is the Fighter mission, which involves air-to-air and air-to-ground operations designed to support ground forces and to gain control of enemy airspace. Additional missions include Cyber/Network Warfare and Intelligence, Surveil-lance and Reconnaissance (ISR). The 175th Wing, also located in Baltimore, Maryland, has a dual mission: to augment ac-tive duty forces, and to assist State authorities during civil and natural disaster emergencies. The A-10 Thunderbolt has missions involving close air support, forward air control, combat search and rescue, and night flying operations in either an offensive or defensive capacity. Their motto is: SERVE CLOSE TO HOME, SAVE LIVES AROUND THE WORLD!
The Official Monthly Newsletter of Chesapeake Region
Antique Automobile Club of America
Chesapeake Region Member, Ken Steven-son and his immaculate 1947 Ford Convert-ible (aka 'Henry') strike gold! This time, at the AACA Grand National Meet in Auburn, Indi-ana. Auburn is also home to the Early Ford V8 Foundation Museum. This museum is dedicat-ed to early Ford flathead motors from 1932 to 1953. Ken 'donated' Henry for display in the museum for three days. Henry was released in time to win 1st place in his class at the Grand National, May 30 to June 1, 2019. 'Henry' along Continue to page 7, 'Henry'...
Most of the afternoon, pilots in the A-10 fighters were streaking low over the airfield and making a sharp right climb until nearly out-of-sight. If this doesn’t give you a shudder up your spine, check your pulse.
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This aircraft is an older model 'Flying Boat.' It doesn’t look as though it has been used lately. Another photo of an A10 Thunderbolt 'Wart-hog' fighter jet. During the first Iraq war in 1991, this aircraft was also known as a 'tank killer.' A laser would 'lock onto' a tank or other enemy vehicle and usually with an under wing missile would obliterate the target.
Mostly all of Sunday afternoon, Ophthalmologist, Dr. Jerry Ross (red hat) had a group of Guards-men surrounding his 1954 Kaiser Manhattan. These young folks most likely, never even heard of a Kaiser, let alone see one in the flesh. Jerry explained to his audience that the Kaiser-Frazier compa-ny started in automobile manufacturing after WWII and went out of business in 1955. However, all the equipment to build Kaisers was shipped to Argentina where the Kaiser was manufactured as the 'Carabela' until 1962 when the stamping dies wore out. Jerry was accompanied by his good friend, Dr. Steven Gandel, son-in-law, Eliezer Medina and grandson Ezra Medina--Buzz Diehl photos
Above, an F-4 Phantom Multi-Role Jet Fighter (see inset for more information.)
This gorgeous 'electric blue' 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle with a 350 V8 and four barrel carbu-retor belonged to a Air National Guardsman.
This 2002-2004 'Retro' Ford Thunderbird be-longed to a Guardsman. It was present when we arrive and still present when we departed.
Many A-10 and other aircraft were parked all over the airfield, ready for action. There were also many different types of ordinance on metal carriers that can be towed by service per-sonnel to be loaded onto fighter jets.
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a few days away. Flights in the airship would conclude after the scheduled flights on this forthcoming Saturday. I’m thinking to myself, I would love to take a ride on the Goodyear Blimp, but I don’t need new tires. My 1989 Plymouth was barely two years old and the tires had less then 18,000 miles. However, they were black walls and I thought white side-walls would make the car look nicer. I approached the manager and told him what I was thinking. I asked him if I bought the tires for my car could I get white sidewalls? ‘Sure’ he replied, ‘I have them in stock.’ I also told him I really didn’t need new tires because the tires on the car have less than 18k on them. He said when they bring your car in I’ll take a look at your tires. Soon after, they brought the car in and put it on a lift. The manager looked at all four tires briefly and said to me, ‘’I’ll allow you $15 per tire trade in if you buy the new tires today, and I’ll give you a ticket for a ride on the blinp on Saturday! Back in those days, tires were much less ex-pensive than they are today. As I remember, my out-of-pocket cost for the new tires was a little over $100 for new Goodyear whitewalls! They installed the tires and completed the service on my car and I went home. The next day, Friday, I told everyone in the office I was going on a flight on the Goodyear Blimp and waved around the big white ticket I had. Shortly thereafter, the president and owner of the printing company came back to my office and said: ‘Bill, I’ll give you $100 for that tick-et.’ I said: ‘I’m sorry, but this is a chance of a lifetime, and the tickets cannot be transferred, which is printed on the ticket. He wished me good luck and a wonderful flight. On Saturday, the day of the flight, I was up early and out of the house. I drove over to Mar-tin State Airport in Middle River, an area I was
completely unfamiliar with, but I arrived at the Airport in plenty of time. I was directed to go to a special entrance and waiting room. There were a couple people in the room, but it didn’t take long for the room to fill. As I remember, the ‘gondo-la’ as they referred to the passenger cabin held sixteen passengers and two pilots. There wasn’t a bad seat in the gondola. Everyone had a com-pletely unobstructed view in all directions. All the people in the waiting room includ-ing myself were escorted to the flight line. We could see way off in the distance the airship ap-proaching. Soon, it arrived at our position. The captain dropped the nose and tail ropes for use by the ground crew of eight to bring the ship closer to the ground for boarding. The gondola was only a foot or two off the ground when we boarded. I could feel the ‘pitch and roll’ much like a boat on water. Once all the passengers were seated, the pilots explained that this Air-ship is the 'Spirit of Akron' is jet powered and is the first one in Goodyear’s fleet of airships. The pilots further explained we will be cruising at an altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 feet. We will cruise at a ground speed of about 60 mph. After we were well on our way, the pilots addressed the passengers and said you can now move about the cabin. However, the cabin (gondola) was very cramped and movement was not easy. I stood up behind the pilot on the right and gave my small Kodak '110' camera to another pas-senger to take my picture. It turned out very dark and I was not able to use the picture. Sixty-miles-per-hour in an aircraft doesn’t sound like much, but above, in the gondola it looks like we were moving much faster. We cruised out over the Chesapeake Bay, its many inlets and tributaries. I was immediately sur-prised by how many swimming pools I spotted in the residential areas of Middle River. The ship continued cruising further out over
the Bay and we could see pleasure boats on the water’s surface: sail boats, power boats and even a couple yachts. I might have forgotten to mention it was a very pleasant day, warm, with a shifting breeze, there was no threat of rain in the forecast. After being airborne about an hour, we turned back for Martin State Airport. The airship ever so gently began to decrease altitude and by the time we were above the ground crew, the ship was only about 30 feet off the ground, from which the ground crew easily pulled the ship down the rest of the way for passenger unboarding. Everybody was all smiles as we milled about under the airship. We talked to the pilots and gave them our impressions of the flight. I never heard one negative comment from any of the passengers. Except one middle aged lady said: jokingly, ''It would have been great to have a nicely chilled Martini while cruising.'' Every-one laughed. I will never forget my one and only flight on the Goodyear, 'Spirit Of Akron.'
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After a little over an hour cruising around the Middle River and bay area we returned to Martin State Airport. Above, the pilot is guiding the airship with instructions from the ground crew. The qual-ity of the pictures is not up to standards. My Kodak 110 camera yielded prints that were a paltry 3.5 x 4.5 inches, from which these photos were scanned. Back then the 110 was a popular choice, not now.
Spirit of Akron approaching ground crew be-fore we boarded the ship for the excursion.
This photo was taken while we were out-bound on our excursion.--Bill Wurzell photos
The glare is caused by shooting this picture through the window of the gondola.
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The President’s MessageFrom Paula Ruby
Fondly, Paula
Hello Chesapeake Members!
Chesapeake Region members were very busy during June. I was one of thirteen Chesapeake Region members who attended the 2019 AACA Grand National in Auburn, Indiana. Ken Ste-venson received his 1st Grand National for 'Henry', his 1947 Ford Convertible, and Gene Sauter represented the 1934 Pierce-Arrow of Charles Gillet, selected to compete for the coveted 2019 AACA Zenith Award. Congratulation to Ken, Gene and Charles. After the Grand National, some of us continued with our travels, on to Michigan and the Detroit area, visiting many other car collections such as Gilmore, Volo and Dearborn Village. Everyone enjoyed their trip but, after so many miles of traveling, were glad to be back home. Another event that occurred in June was our antique car display at the annual Family Day event of the Maryland Air National Guard, at Martin State Airport in Middle River, Maryland. Eight members of Chesapeake Region participated, for a fun day. Buzz Diehl report-ed that there was a very large turnout of Air National Guard families, and the organizers sincerely appreciated having our cars displayed
at their event. Buzz was able to sign up two new members, with possibly another application to be mailed in. If an invitation is extended to us next year, surely more Chesapeake Region members will be eager to participate. Read all about it in the newsletter and check out the many photos on the website. My thanks to Buzz for acting as the Officer of the Day. Don’t put your classic away just yet. This month will be just as busy. July 11 is our annual car show at the Maryland Fire Museum in Lutherville. We always have a great turnout for this event, and I hope that many of our members will be able to attend. This will also be our contribution to 'Collector Car Appre-ciation Day', promoted annually through SEMA. On July 31st a group of 50 Chesapeake Region mem-bers and associates will be traveling to Allentown, Pennsylvania to tour the Nicola Bulgari automobile collection. Unless there is a cancellation, no more participants can be accepted. I was contacted by the Parade Chairman for the Towson 4th of July Parade, inquiring if we would be participating as a group in the parade this year. Since no interest was expressed at the June Membership Meeting, I have notified the parade chairman of our decision to not participate. Individuals, however, interested in participating
in the parade can still do so by just showing up at the established location at the designated time. Several new activities currently being discussed are attendance as a group to some of the local, outdoor, evening concerts in the Hunt Valley and Towson areas. Let me know if this is something that you would like to do. These concerts are usually on Friday and Satur-day evenings. Also, we are looking into a mid-week driving tour to Cambridge, Maryland for lunch at the Suicide Bridge Restaurant. It is a beautiful location on the shore of Cabin Creek. With enough interest, we might also arrange a sternwheel riverboat cruise on the Choptank River. Information about the restaurant is available on their website: suicidebridge.com. If interested, please contact me. Plans are in the works for a revival of our traditional Poker Run event, for our Membership Picnic, and for a trip to the MECUM Collector Car Auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We have started a list of people interested in these events, so if you were not at the June Membership Meeting and wish to get on the list for participating, please give me a call. Final pricing for the Poker Run and Membership Picnic will be forth-coming after the Board meets at the end of June. Flyers with details will be prepared, posted on the website, and inserted within our newsletter. At the May Board meeting, we discussed elections for the upcoming year 2020. Everyone presently serving on the Board expressed interest in running for another year, except our Chief Judge: Gene Sauter. Gene has served on the Board for many years and I sincerely appreciate everything Gene has done for our Chesapeake Region. That position will need to be filled for the 2020 year. The position of Chief Judge is primarily responsible for overall management of our Autumn Harvest Collector Car Show, held at the Manchester Fire Company carnival grounds in Manchester, Maryland. With the help of many Club members who handle the paperwork, assem-ble the awards and manage the parking of vehicles, the task is quite easy to perform. The fire company operates the food concession independently, and we thank them with a donation at the end of the event. If desired, we offer space to independent product or service vendors. The position of Chief Judge also entitles you to a vote on the Executive Board. Board meetings are usually held about 2 weeks after the General Membership meeting. Never feel that you must attend every meeting. Remember family ALWAYS comes first. All Board positions are open at this time, so if anyone would like to run for a position, even mine, please give me a call. I hope that everyone noticed in the last newsletter the contest for the recruiting of new memberships. Starting in June, through the meeting in November, anyone who signs up a new 2019 member to National AACA and Chesapeake Region will receive a coupon, for participation in a drawing to select lucky winners to receive FREE tickets to our Membership Banquet. Memberships in National AACA are now so easy to offer. Until October, they are only $20.00, plus there is an AACA Military program that offers 'FREE' first year membership to all active and retired military personnel. With free first-year Chesapeake Region memberships, let’s all get busy and talk to as many people as we can about joining one of the best car clubs on Earth. In closing, I hope to see everyone out and about, attending the many local, summer events. Remember, however, to stay in contact with many of our Chesapeake Region members and associates, unable to do so. They would surely appreciate hearing from you.
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Chesapeake Region Members attending the Air National Guard Fam-ily Day Event are, l-r: Nick Prevas, Steven Gandel, (friend of Jerry Ross), Jerry Ross, Bill Wurzell, John Shenton, III, Debra Janney, Pat Wenderoth and John Shenton, Jr.--Buzz Diehl photos
Pat Wenderoth’s luxurious 1964 Lincoln Continental four door convertible. This car is loaded with electronic technology to raise and lower the top.
The two Chevrolet Corvettes above, belong to: Nick Prevas; green 1966 Corvette Coupe. The Corvette convertible belongs to Buzz Diehl. It is a 1990 model. Both members have owned these cars for years.
Debra (Shenton) Janney just recently acquired this 1973 Opel GT coupe. This show was its first time out!
The first four cars in this row all belong to Air National Guard personnel.
The red Chevrolet Camaro also belongs to a Guard member.
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It works...it actually works!
Pictures From Auburn, Indiana
Shelly & Phil have the Rampside ready to go!
Continued from page 1, 'Henry'...
This photo of Ken and Henry was taken before judging began in Auburn.--Gary Ruby photos
with the Stevensons, Ken and wife Sally are scheduled to be in an HBO movie filming in Wash-ington D. C. the weekend of the 15th and 16th of June. The Early Ford V8 Museum appealed to Ken to allow Henry to stay all summer in the museum. Ken, however, explained to the Museum folks that Henry has prior commitments such as appearing in the HBO movie shoot. Ken says Henry is loving all the attention. Congratulations to Ken, Sally and Henry for their First Place win in Auburn!
Above are two Fords and a Mercury with 'flathead motors.' The sporty looking one on the end is a new for 1950 'Crestline.' It’s a custom two-door sedan with vivid paint colors and paint scheme. It also has a Naugahyde roof. Mercury Division offered a similar model. This was done to blunt the sales of the new 1950 Chevrolet Bel Air two-door hardtop, a first in the low price field. Ford got its own two door hardtop, 'Victoria' in 1951, Mercury got a two-door hardtop in 1952. This picture was taken at the Early Ford V8 Foundation Museum in Auburn, Indiana.
After a nearly two year process, Activity Di-rector Phil Hack and his wife Shelly are finally in their new home. ''We started way back in the fall of 2017 when we discovered our dream lot off of Falls Road in Cockeysville.'' Verifying we could actually build on the property, which is in a Forest and Water Conservation area, took until March 2018. After a summer of acquiring neces-sary permits we broke ground October 2018 on the dream garage and home. May 27th, Memorial Day we finally moved in. Overall, the process went very smoothly. I would highly recommend our builder. Now for the good stuff. Anyone familiar with a Corvair Rampside knows that this is a very versatile vehicle. Quirky? Absolutely! Mine qualifies as a nice 'driver.' Since owning it, I’ve used it sparingly and gently for hauling stuff that nothing else can. The bed is 9 feet long. It’s rated at ¾ ton (yes, really). There is simply no other vehicle more convenient for getting big heavy stuff into the back. My Rampside has proven invaluable many times over the years. This last month it really got pressed into service, hauling the snow blow-er, lawn equipment, generator and even our new appliances effortlessly. That side ramp is an engineering marvel. Now for even better stuff. My new lift arrived last Saturday. Installing one of these on your own is not recommended. The gentleman that installed my lift had a crane on his truck and had it all up and operating in about three hours. WOW! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d own one of these. Jack Anderson, Stew Chandler (VCCA) and I chose to raise the '47 Chevy Woodie wagon for the maiden voyage. Everything went up and down without a hitch.Now, I have to get back into the house and hang pictures. Later this year after we finish moving in, Shelly and I plan to host a Cars and Coffee. Hope you come out and join us!
Phil And Shelly Are NowLiving In Their New Home!
The sign to the right is in front of the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum in Auburn, Indiana. The sign is very significant in its own rite. It was the sign at the Ford Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, it stood for years in front of the Ford Rotunda Building until a fire de-stroyed the building. The sign was restored by volunteers at the early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum.
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NOTE: MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH WILL NOW BEGIN AT 7:30 PM
Chesapeake Reg ion Activ ities For 2019DATE DAY TIME EVENT LOCATION
ITEMS IN RED DENOTES CHESAPEAKE REGION OR PROMOTED EVENT
JULY 4 Thur Morn. Towson Independence Day Parade Towson, MD 7 Sun 10-2:30 BaIt. Cancer Support Car Show Joppatown Ctr. Parkville, MD 8 Mon 7:30 PM Membership Meeting Divinity Lutheran Church Towson, MD13 Sat 11-2 Maryland Fire Museum Car Show Lutherville, MD13 Sat 10-3 Eastern Grand Classic Show/Turf Valley Resort Ellicott City, MD12-14 Fri-Sun Daily Chrysler Nationals Carlisle, PA16-21 Tue-Sun Daily Pontiac-Oakland National Convention Gettysburg, PA28 Sun 9-3 VCCA Reisterstown Regional Park Reisterstown, MD31 Wed Morn. Nicola Bulgari Center Tour Allentown, PA AUGUST31-3 Thu-Sat Daily Mecum Classic Car Auction Harrisburg, PA2-4 Fri-Sun Daily Carlisle Truck Nationals Carlisle, PA2-4 Fri-Sun Daily Das Awkscht Fescht Car Show Macungie, PA10 Sat 9-3 All GM Show Montgomery Community College Rockville, MD12 Mon 7:30 PM Membership Meeting Divinity Lutheran Church Towson, MD16-18 Fri-Sun Daily Great American Nationals York Expo Center York PA24 Sat 9-3 Lions Club Car Show Chesapeake City, MD22-25 Thu-Sun Daily Corvettes at Carlisle Carlisle, PA25 Sun 10-2 Museum of Industry Car Show Baltimore, MD31 Sat 9-2 'Wheels From The Past' Car Show/Greene Turtle Edgewater, MD SEPTEMBER 9 Mon 7:30 PM Membership Meeting Divinity Lutheran Church Towson, MD15 Sun Day Hagley Museum Excursion (Must Pre-Register) Wilmington, DE28 Sat 10-2 PM Autumn Harvest Show Car Show Manchester, MD OCTOBER 6 Sun 12-4 Chesapeake Region Picnic Patapsco State Park Elkridge, MD14 Mon 7:30 PM Membership Meeting Divinity Lutheran Church Towson, MD20 Sun Day Car Show Excursion Media, PA26 Sat 11-3 Sunshine Grille Car Show Fork, MD27 Sun 9:30 AM POKER RUN Balt/Carroll Counties NOVEMBER 4 Mon 7:30 PM Membership Meeting Divinity Lutheran Church Towson, MD10 Sun 12-3:30 Membership Banquet Friendly Farms Upperco, MD
-- NEW MEMBER CONTEST --
Attention all members of Chesapeake Region!Membership to both National and our region is the responsibility of all of us.
I am offering this challenge to all Chesapeake Region members!Membership to National starting in June until October is half price which is $20.00 for the first year. Also membership for the first year to Chesapeake Region is FREE! Remember you can also offer a first year
membership to anyone that has served in the Military.President: Paula Lynn Ruby
4th Fridays Amish Market Cruise-In Shrewsbury, MDSaturday Evenings Lost in the 50’s Cruise-In Harundale Mall, Glen Burnie, MDSaturday Mornings Hunt Valley Cars and Coffee Hunt Valley, MD Towne Center3rd Saturday Evenings 4-8 PM Harford Winery Cruise-In Forest Hill, MD4th Saturday Evenings 4-8 PM Dallastown Family Restaurant Cruise-In York, Pa
THE CHESAPEAKE BULLETIN PAGE 9 JULY 2019Chesapeake Region Antique Automobile Club of America, Monthly Membership meeting minutes, June 10, 2019
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Dawson, Secretary
The monthly membership meeting of the Chesapeake Region of the AACA, (CRAACA or Club), was held on June 10, 2019 at the Divinity Lutheran Church in Towson, Md. There were 31 members in attendance.Welcome: President Paula Ruby: - President Paula thanked everyone for coming and called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. She then passed around sign up sheets for the members to indicate interest in a possible Club tour to the Suicide Bridge Restaurant in Cambridge, Md. for lunch and also a Club trip to the Mecum Auction in Harrisburg, Pa. later this summer. Secretary’s Report: Tom Dawson - Tom read the minutes of
the May Board meeting. A motion was made by Mark Stershic to approve the minutes as read and seconded by Gene Sauter. The motion passed.Treasurer’s Report: Jack Treadwell - Jack gave his report on the financial status of the Club. Jack reports that the Club’s regular 2018 books have been audited with everything found to be in or-der, and the audit of the records for the National Meet held last year in Gettysburg are under way. A motion to approve Jack’s report was made by
Ron King and seconded by Ruth Synodinos. The motion passed. Jack’s report will be held for audit.Vice President’s Report: Al Zimmermann - Al reports that route plan-ning and the gathering of landmark questions for the Poker Run are to begin shortly. Beginning, ending and stops along the way have been established and a request was made for playing cards to be donated. Al circulated a sign up sheet to get an initial idea of attendance. Membership/Facebook Report: Vicky Wilmer - Vicky reports 370 adults, 13 students and 10 juniors for a total of 393 members. Vicky then presented the following applicants for the memberships approval; Bill and Linda Dorsey, owners of a 1937 Ford Coupe, Lea Marcus who owns a 2016 Corvette Z06, and Mart Thomason, owner of a 1999 Acura. These applicants were unanimously approved except for Bill Dorsey. There were one or two questions regarding his ability to purchase proper under gar-ments in a proper manner. (Linda was approved unanimously). Vicky re-ports that the Club’s Facebook page is becoming more and more popular and urges the membership to visit it and give it a 'like.'Activities Report: Phil Hack - Phil and Shelly are vacationing in Italy af-ter their recent move into their new home. Along with the sign up sheets that were circulated earlier in the meeting to measure interest in new activities, President Paula suggested possibly putting a group together to attend some of the weekly summer concerts held in various local town centers. A poll was taken to determine the Club’s interest in participating in the Towson 4th of July Parade and there was none. As always, a list of Club and other local organization activities and events can be found on our Web Site, the Bulletin, and now the Club’s Facebook page.Technical Report: Gary Ruby - No report.Chief Judge’s Report: Gene Sauter - Gene reports that all is ready for the Club’s upcoming Manchester Show. Gene went on to say that he was honored to accept the Zenith Award, (best of the best), on behalf of Charles Gillet for his 1934 Pierce Arrow at the AACA Grand National Meet in Auburn, Indiana. Congratulations Gene and Charles!!Chesapeake Bulletin Report: Bill Wurzell - Bill remains satisfied with the amount of copy he has for current Bulletins. He also had high praise for the National Guard’s Family Day, (next report), held at the Martin State Airport on June 2.Publicity/Web Site Report: Buzz Diehl - Buzz is busy working on de-tails to be included in the flyers for the Bulgari Collection Tour, the Annual Club Picnic, the Poker Run this fall, and the Club’s Banquet at Friendly Farms. Buzz is also posting pictures of the National Guard Family Day to the web page. Buzz went on to describe the National Guard’s Family Day, where the Club displayed cars for the first time, as a pleasant success. Buzz praised the day as well attended by the public and a terrific recruiting opportunity for us. President Paula thanked Buzz for managing this new event as the Officer of the day.Director’s Report: Gary Wilmer - No report.Director’s Report: Tom Young - No report.
Sunshine Report: Margaret Werneth - President Paula states that Mar-garet has sent a get well card to Paul Habicht and a sympathy card to Tom and Ellen Golden on the sudden passing of their son, Mark.Old Business:- None.New Business:- President Paula announced that all of the elected Board members have agreed to stay on, if elected, except for Chief Judge Gene Sauter, who has asked to step down. The Club thanks Gene for his many years of service. We need someone to fill that position. If anyone would like to run for Chief Judge, or any other position, please contact Paula.Round Table - President Paula asked several Club members who at-tended the AACA Grand National Meet in Auburn and beyond to give a brief talk about their trip. Gary Wilmer spoke of the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Museum as well as the National Automotive Truck Mu-seum of the U.S. Gary also described some of the action at the RM Auction taking place during the National Meet. Gary Ruby gave a brief description of the beautiful Gilmore Museum and campus plus the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo. The Early Ford V8 Museum, and its new additions were described by Norm Heathcote. Al Zimmermann and Tom Dawson went on to describe the Oliver Mansion in Auburn, Ind., The Studebaker Museum in South Bend, Ind., the Sports Mascot Mu-seum in Whiting, Ind., the Volo Museum in Volo II., the Piquette Plant Museum in Detroit, Henry Ford and Greenfield Village in Dearborn and the magnificent Edsel and Eleanor Ford Mansion in Grosse Point Michigan. What a trip!Refreshment Coordinator: Nancy Matheu - The refreshments were provided by JoAnne Day and Nancy Matheu. The Club thanks both, they were delicious!50/50 Raffle: - The winning number tonight was selected by Nick Prevas and belonged to Tom Dawson.There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Anne Marie Ramsburg and seconded by Trip Franklin. The meeting adjourned at 8:55 P.M.
THIS JUST IN: Richard Boyd and Nick Prevas traveled to Mason-Dix-on Dragway, near Hagerstown, for the sixth annual 'Rocking Chair Na-tionals' June 22. In addition to the drag races there was a giant swap meet, car corral and a huge car show of 150 cars. Nick was awarded the giant trophy you see him tenderly clutching in the photo above. The judges ob-viously had good taste in selecting Nick’s 'cherry' 1966 Chevrolet 'Stingray' coupe for the award. Congratulations Nick! A tip of the editor’s cap to Rich Boyd for submitting this news item.--Bill Wurzell, Editor
President: Paula Ruby2332 Mt. Ventus Road #1, Manchester, MD 21102-1128, H-410.239.3492, C-410.627.1642 [email protected] President: Al Zimmermann12887 Eagles View Road, Phoenix, MD 21131 H-410.560.0237, C-443.470.0637 [email protected]: Thomas R. Dawson 1920 Gibson Road, White Hall, MD 21161 H-410.688.8358 (cell) [email protected]: Jack Treadwell 2034 Freeland Road, Freeland, MD 21053, H-410.925.7024, [email protected] Chairman: Vicky Wilmer52 North Houcksville Road, Hampstead, MD 21074, [email protected] at Large: Gary Wilmer 52 North Houcksville Road, Hampstead, MD 21074, C-443.340.7690, [email protected] at Large: Tom Young613 McHenry Road, Baltimore, MD 21208, H-410.653.3108, [email protected] Chairman: Philip Hack220 Gateswood Road, Timonium, MD 21093, H-410.292.3656, [email protected]
Elected & Appointed Officers For 2019Elected positions make up the Executive Board of the Club with full voting rights:
Chief Judge: Gene Sauter 8431 Old Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043-6120, H-410.461.1354, [email protected] Chairman: Gary Ruby 2332 Mt. Ventus Road #1, Manchester, MD 21102-1128, H-410.239.3492, C-410.299.3887, [email protected] & Website Administrator: Harold ‘Buzz’ Diehl 6514 Ma-plewood Road, Baltimore, MD 21212, H-410.377.5265, [email protected]/A.A.C.A. Reporter: Margaret Werneth9701 Oak Summit Avenue, Parkville, MD 21234,H-410.668.3749, [email protected]: Position open: (Francis Werneth has recently resigned). Chesapeake Region Bulletin Editor: Bill Wurzell, 8801 Bosley Road, Suite 104, Ellicott City, MD 21043, H-410.750.0056 C-410.245.7164 [email protected]: Nancy Mattheu, Coordinator20600 York Road Parkton, MD. 21120 H-410.357.8481 [email protected]
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The Chesapeake Bulletin is published monthly and is the official newsletter of the Chesapeake Region AACA. Articles and comments are welcome and should be sent to the editor, Bill Wurzell at: [email protected], telephone: 410.750.0056 by the 15th of the month for inclusion in the current month’s edition. All ads must be submitted to Advertising Manager, Gary Ruby at: [email protected], tele-phone: 410.239.3492. If you have not received your copy of the Bulletin, contact the editor or any club officer. Event photos courtesy of Harold and Barb Diehl, Paula and Gary Ruby; Philip Hack, and Bill Wurzell; proofreaders: Harold Diehl and Lynn Horn. Reprinting of articles and photos is permitted provided due credit is given to this publication, the author and photographer.
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By: Margaret Werneth
I sent a get well card to Paul Habicht and a sympathy card to Tom and Ellen Golden on the sudden passing of their son, Mark. --Margaret
Automobile Workshop & Seminar, June 29, 2019Sponsored by: DeSoto Owners Club Of Maryland
If you have an old car or truck that has a problem you haven’t been able to repair, bring it to the Workshop, we may be able to fix it, or at least iden-tify the problem. Murray Cole’s private garage is equipped with three bays, two have lifts. You don’t have to have a DeSoto or Chrysler product. RSVP: [email protected] need to know how many people to expect.
Garage is located at rear of 1370 Coleus Drive, Millersville, MD 21108-Topic: Back-Flushing Cooling System-
More Information On 6/12 Battery In last month’s edition of The Chesapeake Bulletin, I mentioned a product called the '6/12 Automatic Battery.' Member Ken Briers did due diligence and provided the following information: ''What I have learned is Antique Auto Battery (AAB) closed a couple years ago.'' Last year, the business reopened as 'Jim’s Battery Mfg. Co.'; same address and phone number. I have doubts about Jim’s though, because their website doesn’t come up, and the email listed doesn’t work either. A few weeks ago, Jim’s website was 'under construction.' At this time, I can’t even get that. The AAB website comes up, but you can’t order anything there, even though the products are displayed. You only get a response to the 'contact us page'. I filled out the form to send a message, we’ll have to see if they respond. The 800 number does work, and the message refers to Jim’s. I’ll keep you posted. Many thanks Ken!--Bill Wurzell, Editor
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Mel Carson, 2019 AACA President, presents Chesapeake Region member, 'TW' Scott with the 'Century' Award for his 1912 Model 35 Brass Era Buick, and attending the 2019 AACA Southeastern Divisional Tour in Wilmington, North Carolina, April 29 to May 1. The tour was hosted by Cape Fear Chapter of North Carolina Region of AACA. It was the first time that 'TW' had the 1912 Buick on a tour. 'TW' added: ''we proudly display our Maryland license plate when we tour around the USA and also in Canada next month.'' We were so lucky to find an original 1912 Maryland License plate in good condition, and the Maryland porcelain plate colors for that year matched the Buick’s factory color!--Bill Wurzell, Editor
Waxing Nostalgic...By Myron Smith, AACA Secretary/Treasurer
I recently read in the newspaper that the NECCO Candy Company is going out of business. NECCO stands for the 'New England Confectionery Co.' They are the makers of the nickel size candy wafers and had been around for 171 years. They also produced the little valentine hearts with the cute sayings printed on them. This got me to thinking about other candies from my childhood that I don’t see anymore. Candies like Walnut Crush, Chuckles and Butter Brickle. Walnut Crush and But-ter Brickle had unique tastes. I know of nothing that tastes like the Walnut Crush. The Butter Brickle is very similar to today’s Heath Bar. Most of this candy came from Grandma and Grandpa. I especially remember 'Chuckles' which were about five little blocks of candy in one wrapper and resembled larger square gum drops. Grandpa would bring them home from work at Goodyear in his lunch box, and since he had false teeth, I knew he couldn’t eat them. This really has no bearing on cars other than I was getting nostalgic about the fun things I enjoyed and took mostly for granted as a child. I remember with fond-ness the ‘Chevrolet Shows’ which would occasionally come to town. Sometimes they would be in the city auditorium and sometimes in a inflatable tent bubble at a shopping center. They were fun and exciting to see the new and special offerings from Chevrolet. The traveling trucks were even special. I recall the Chevrolet semi-tractor even had whitewall tires and full wheel covers. Show day for the new cars, whatever the brand, was always close to being like Christmas. Dealers would cover the windows of the dealership the night before ‘show day’ so no one got a peak of the latest offering until it was show time. I got to thinking about what ‘special’ car things we had for our son, now 28, as he grew up. Gone was the Chevy traveling show and special show day for new cars. Were the swap meets we attended exciting enough as we searched for the next automotive treasure a suitable replacement? Or was there some other ‘special event’ we attended such as tours and AACA meets that we at-tended a replacement for the things in my memory. I don’t know. He has the car bug. The closest thing I can think of right now is the recent phenomenon, called cars and coffee. In our area it is a 8:00 to 12:00 come and show your car at a local auto museum. No trophies, no classes just come and have fun! If you have not participated in one of these, check them out, and if possible take a young person with you. You might just be making a memory for their trip down nostalgia lane when they grow up.--Reprinted from AACA Rummage Box, Fall of 2018.--Bill Wurzell, Editor
While visiting Auburn, Indiana for the 2019 Grand National, Chesa-peake Region President, Paula Ruby visited the Early Ford V8 Museum. They have an authentic Ford Dealership from 'back in the day', complete with sales desks. Paula donned a 'fedora' and was ready to sell some new and used Ford cars and trucks! Unfortunately for Paula the newest car on the showroom floor was a 1953 Ford Customline sedan and no air!
When former Ford Automobile dealer Joe Floyd donated EIGHTEEN, 1936 Ford cars to the Early Ford V8 Museum, the above vehicle was also donated. It is a fully restored 1936 STAINLESS STEEL bodied Ford that was manufactured by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Both Ford Motor and Allegheny Ludlum benefited greatly from this promotion. Initially, six cars were produced, one was destroyed in an accident, four exist intact and the whereabouts of the 6th car is unknown.--Gary Ruby photos
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