Dunkin Donuts, Route 1 Dunne's Corners, Westerly, RI
Reg. Club membership meeting: Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 7:00 pm,
North Stonington Senior Center, 691 Norwich Rd. (Rt. 2), N. Stonington, CT
Our May membership meeting will be a member-supplied pot luck dinner.
Our June regular meeting will be a member supplied Brown Bag auction
Our scheduled speakers for 2016 are:
April: Dave Calabrese will explain “AACA Judging”
August: Lee Ratclifff will give us his recollections of “Life on the Road with Evel Knievel”
October: Gerry Lynn updates “Local Repair Shops, as the wrench turns”
We had a fascinating talk about the hobby of old radios at our March meeting by our members Ken Carr and Kevin O’Rourke. Who knew all the deadly voltages hiding in old radios?
Upcoming Events
Fri. April 22 Club dust off cruise with Kevin O’Rourke to the Hereshoff Yachting Museum and the America’s Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, RI. We’re going to meet up for the drive at the Benny’s on Rt 1 in the Dunn’s Corners section of Westerly, RI at 7:30 AM. with a stop at Rt. 138 1/2 hr. later Get an EZpass for the tolls over the Newport Bridge and admission to the museum is $12.
Note: This is a RAIN or SHINE event ! If you do not want to bring your antique car in the rain you are welcome to come in your everyday vehicle.
Thurs. April 28 A club cruise to the Audrain Auto Museum in Newport, RI
The museum is located on the north end of Bellvue Ave. next to the Tennis Hall of Fame. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to see the museum’s restoration warehouse in Middletown, RI as well. We’ll meet at the Dunn’s Corners Benny’s once again at 10:00 AM with a stop at Rt. 138 1/2 hr. later. Bring your EZpasses once again. There’s free parking at the museum and group admission is $8 per person.
Note: This is a RAIN or SHINE event ! If you do not want to bring your antique car in the rain you are welcome to come in your everyday vehicle.
Sat. April 30 A club trip to the grand reopening of Cardone & Daughter Automotive in Old
Saybrook, CT. Members meet at “Somewhere in Time” restaurant on Rt. 184 in Mystic, CT. At 9:00 AM
May 6-8 Fri.-Sun. Rhinebeck, NY car show. Club trip coordinator Don Oster
May 15 Sun. Saratoga NY auto museum car show
May 30 Mon N. Stonnington, CT Memorial Day parade, Jim Varas is our representative at the event. We arrive at 9:00 am and leave at about 3:00 pm. Tom Adams is our point of contact at the fair. There may be party afterwards.
June 3-5 Fri-Sun Shelborne, VT museum car show
Jun 15 Wed Colchester, CT, Good Times Motoring Club Cruise , Gerry Lynn trip coordinator
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 10 Sunday N. Stonnington Fair. N. Stonington, CT , 10 am - 3 pm (Arrive by 9 am)
July 15-17 Fri.-Sun. Good Guys Street Rod Nationals Saracuse, NY
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 17 Wednesday. Washington County Fair Rt. 112 Hopkinton, RI
Aug 28 Sun LaSallette Shrine car show Attleboro, MA (date is tentative; not yet official)
Sept. 9-11 Fri-Sun N. Conway, NH car show (need verification on date and place)
Sept. 11 Sun Brooklyn, CT car show Brooklyn Fairgrounds
Sept. 13 Tues. Apple Rehab cruise, Rt. 1 Westerly, RI. Starts at 3 PM
Sept 15 Thursday, Gillette Stadium cruise night Foxborough, MA. Gerry Lynn trip coordinator
Sept. 18 Sun Southbury, CT car show OR Norwich, CT car show
Oct. ? Babcock-Smith House cruise 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 6:00 p.m. Club members Potluck dinner at the N. Stonnington senior center
June 29 Joyce Curtis
July 27 Bob Degoursey & Vickie VanHorn
Aug 31 George & Sylvia Wingblade
Sept 28 6:00 p.m. Club members’ potluck dinner at the N. Stonnington senior center
Oct 26 Jim and Ann Pattison/Bart Bartholemew
Nov 16 Tom Link/John Parker
Dec No regular membership meeting in December. Club holiday party instead