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  THE WESTERLY-PAWCATUCK REGION OF
THE ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA

May 04th, 2016

5/4/2016

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Announcements
Our May membership meeting will be a member-supplied potluck dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Our June regular meeting will be a member-supplied Brown Bag Auction.

Our Scheduled Speakers for 2016 are:
August:         Lee Ratclifff will give us his recollections of “Life on the Road with Evil Knievel”
October:     Gerry Lynn updates “Local Repair Shops, as the wrench turns”

Recent Club Events
At our April meeting Dave Calabrese gave a short talk on what  its like to be a judge and to be judged at an AACA meet.  We learned about the different classes and the fact that 20% of the judges are women.

Fri. April 22  Club dust off cruise ran with Kevin O’Rourke to the Hereshoff yachting museum and the America’s cup hall of fame in Bristol, RI.  Everyone enjoyed the story of the Hereshoff brothers and their sailboats and there were no breakdowns on the trip.

Thurs. April 28  A club cruise to the Audrain Auto Museum in Newport, RI. Four of us went in three cars to see the museum’s display of Supercars. Then we went to a restoration shop in Midletown where we had a fine time shooting the breeze.
 
Sat. April 30  A club trip to the grand reopeing of Cardone & Daughter Restoration Body Shop in Old Saybrook, CT 
 
Upcoming Events
May 6-8  Fri.-Sun. Rhinebeck, NY car show.  Club trip coordinator Don Oster  Meet at Somewhere In Time restaurant Rt. 384 Groton CT at 8 AM
May 14-15  Sat-Sun  Misquamacut Spring Fling car show Westerly, RI
May 15  Sun.  Saratoga NY auto museum car show
May 30  Mon  N. Stonnington, CT Memorial Day parade  Picnic at John Parker’s house after the parade.  Rt. 384 Sonnington

June 3-5  Fri-Sun  Shelborne, VT museum car show
Jun 15  Wed  Colchester, CT cruise night  Gerry Lynn trip coordinator  Meet at commuter parking lot at intersection of Rt. 78 and Rt. 2 Stonnington, CT 4:30 PM
June 18  Sat. Klingberg Car Show New Britain, CT  Club trip coordinator Bob Degoursey
June 19  Sun  Porthsmouth Abbey car show Portsmouth, RI
June 23-25  Thurs-Sat.  Initial Barrett-Jackson Northeast car auction at Mohegan Sun casino  Uncasville, CT

July 9-10 Sat-Sun  Vermont State Fair
July 15-17  Fri.-Sun.  Good Guys Street Rod Nationals  Saracuse, NY
July 16  Sat.  N. Stonnington Fair. N. Stonnington, CT
July 24 Sun Time Machines Show Guilford Fairgrounds Guilford, CT OR Goddard Park Show Warwick, RI

Aug 7  Sun  Belltown Car Show  East Hampton, CT
Aug 11  Thurs.  Washington Co. Fair  Rt. 112 Hopkinton, RI
Aug 28  Sun  LaSallette Shrine car show Attleboro, MA

Sept. 9-11  Fri-Sun  N. Conway, NH car show.  Don Oster club trip coordinator
Sept. 11  Sun  Brooklyn, CT car show Brooklyn fair grounds OR Pavilion car show Hopkinton, RI
Sept. 13 Tues.  Apple Rehab cruise, Rt. 1 Westerly, RI  starts 3 PM
Sept 15  Turs  Gillette Stadium cruise night Foxborough, MA  Gerry Lynn trip coordinator
Sept. 18  Sun  Southbury, CT car show OR Norwich, CT car show

Oct.  2 ? Sun.  Babcock-Smith house cruise and presentation Westerly, RI
 
Cruise Nights
Mon.     Oak harbor shopping plaza Rt. 2 Exeter, RI  Starting 5/2
Thurs.   Misquamicut beach  Westerly, RI  paddy’s East parking lot  Starting 5/19
Fri.         The Pavilion Rt. 3 Ashaway, RI near I-95 exit 1  Starting 5/13
 
2016 Schedule of members providing refreshments at club meetings
April 27     Anne Roark/Peg Varas
May 25      Club members Potluck Dinner at the N. Stonington Senior Center (6:00 p.m.)
June 29      Joyce Curtis
July 27      Bart Bartholemew and Vickie VanHorn
Aug 31       George & Sylvia Wingblade
Sept 28     Club members’ Potluck Dinner at the N. Stonington Senior Center (6:00 p.m.)
Oct 26       Bob DeGoursey
Nov 16      Tom Link/John Parker
Dec            No regular membership meeting in December. Club holiday party instead
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    President: 
                  Merrill Moone
    Vice President: 
                  Charlie Nash
    Secretary: 
                  Ken Carr
    Treasurer: 
                   Dave Calabrese
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    Newsletter: 
                    Gerry Lynn
    Trip Organizer:
                     Don Oster
    Webmaster:
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