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

Classy Chassis for April, 2017

4/13/2017

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Meetings:
Executive Board: Wed., April 19, 2017, Dunkin Donuts, Rt. 1, duns Corner, Westerly, RI. 6:30 PM, all welcome
Regular Club Meeting: Wed., April 26, 2017, N. Stonington Senior Center, 691 Norwich Rd. (Rt. 2), N. Stonington, RI, 7:00 PM.

Announcements:
We will be starting this year’s club events with our dust off cruise on Sat. April 29th followed by our regular first week end car show to Rhinebeck NY May 5-7
   
Recent Club Events
 We had a special guest speaker at our March meeting.  Stve Rossi, a contributing editor for the AACA magazine, gave us a talk titled “how the West won.”  He discussed the contributions Germany and France
 made to the development of the early auto industry from 1885 to 1925.  And how this all lead to Detroit being the capital of car production.​

Upcoming Events
 
4/29 Sat Dust off cruise  Our annual dust off cruise to warm up our engines.  This is a one day cruise in our area held on a week end day in April.  We’ll be going to the Submarine Force Museum on Rt 12 in Groton CT.  We’ll meet at 10 A in the parking lot of the north Stonington senior center.  After touring the museum we’ll head to Old Mystic Village where we’ll be dining at the Steak Loft and strolling through the shops after lunch. http://www.wpraaca.com/dust-off-details.htm
 
5/5-5/7 Fri.-Sun. Rhinebeck trip: Don Oster has booked six rooms at the New Quality Inn of Hyde Park.  http://www.rhinebeckcarshow.com/swaps.html This has always been a big show, swap and car coral to start off the season.
 
North Stonington Memorial Day Parade Monday May 29th  Club members wishing to drive their old cars in the parade should meet at the N. Stonnington fairgrounds 21 Wyassup Rd. N. Stonington
6/11 Sun. RI Street Rod Assn. Washington Co. Swap meet Sun. June 11 Washington Co. Fairgrounds RT 112 Richmond, RI  https://www.ristreetrodding.org/
6/17 Sat. Klingberg Show New Britain CT The day before Fathers’ Day http://klingbergautoshow.org/
 
9/8-9/11 Sat-Mon. North Conway NH Show will be the first weekend after Labor Day. If you are interested in attending please contact Don Oster. .  http://www.whitemountaincruisers.mysite.com/index_3.html (events 9/10)
 
Oct. 4-7 Wed-Sat Hershey PA 2017: AACA fall show swap and car coral  We will be staying at the Day’s Inn. Dave Calabrese has made all the reservations on his credit card. Each person will be able to pay on the day of arrival. Six rooms for twelve people have been reserved. http://www.aaca.org/

​Cruise Nights and Car Shows
These are listed on our website and calendar.
 Peggy Varas is also checking into local nursing homes that might want to host a club
​
2017 Club Meetings
April  Wed. 4/26/17  refreshments Gerry Lynn Charlie Nash 
May  5/31/17  pot luck dinner
June  6/28/17  refreshments  Pat Calabrese
July  7/26/17  refreshment Bonnie Oster & Steph Prterson
Aug  8/30/17  refreshments  ?
Sept.  9/27/17  pot luck dinner
Oct  10/25/17  refreshments ?
Nov.  11/29/17  date changed to make the meeting the week after Thanksgiving
Dec.  (no set date yet) no membership meeting, Holiday dinner out instead

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Steve Rossi explaining, with much enthusiasm the finer points of the arrival of automobiles in New England.
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