LaTrattoria on the square. Club Meeting This Thursday June 6. Late June/July - Ray Morgan Restoration

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1 West Georgia Region s monthly newsletter JUNE 2013 What s Going On 2013 Calendar of Events Late June/July - Ray Morgan Restoration tour - TBA June 7 &21 - Golden City Cruisers VR Bojangle's Cruise-In 5pm 8pm. Bojangles, 750 Carrollton Villa Rica Hwy, Villa Rica - Come hang out at a Friday Cruise-In every first and third Friday night. Music and food coupons! Join the fun! June 8 - Troup County Sheriff s Car Show 9 to Pyne Road Park, 4481 West Roanoke Rd. LaGrange, Ga.[Charles Nixon (706) ] Flyer Available June 15 & 16 Pine Mountain RV Resort Crusin' Cars on the Mountain 10:00 to 8804 Hamilton Rd. (Hwy 27 North) Pine Mountain. www. pinemountain.rvcoutdoors.com/ events-2 June 25 - the Golden Years Cruise In at Cottage Landing, Carrollton. Sponsored by Golden City Cruisers. Aug 31 - Callaway Hot Air Balloon Festival 9:00 to Callaway Gardens. See calendar Sept 7 - Car Show - Lithia Springs United Methodist Church 10am-4pm Lithia Springs United Methodist Church, 3711 Temple St, Lithia Springs, GA Sept Barnesville Buggy Days, 9:00 to Main Street, Barnesville Ga Display and Parade. www. barnesville.org/ Oct 5 -- GA/AL AACA Annual Car LaGrange Mall 1501 Lafayette Pkwy., LaGrange GA. Well 'Ol Number 35 is in the books. I think the move to June 1 for our 35th Annual Car Show was a good one. Our car count was down by a few this year over last but, the general public visitor count was up considerably. We had many positive comments about our Show. We were supported by our sister region GA/Al again. We thank them for making the trip. It's nearly impossible to find an open weekend in the car hobby these days. With competing old car activities hosted by nearby groups on Saturday, I think we did quite well. As usual, the West Georgia Region team pulled together like troopers to make it all happen. Special thanks to Bill Crowley, Mary and Fred Duncan, Bill Hearnburg, Charles Lassiter, Jim Nichols, Glenn and Debbie Novak, and Carol and Gary Moyses for all their efforts to make the show a big success. We're already making plans for improving the show next year. Stay tuned. Our June Event will be at the Cottage Landing Senior Living Center, 150 Cottage Lane Carrollton on June 25th. This is a Tuesday evening. Time will be 5PM to 7PM. We will be part of the Golden Years Expo. Our friends in the Golden City Cruisers were invited to display cars for the residents and graciously extended an invitation to the West Georgia Region to join them. The folks at Cottage Landing have offered to feed us dinner so they need a head count. Let one me or Liz know if you can attend. We'll begin counting noses at the meeting Thursday. How's that for a segue into the meeting notice? The June Meeting will be 6:30PM at La Trattoria on the Square in Carrollton. The meeting portion will be a debrief of the show. If you think this might be a boring meeting, trust me it won't be. In fact it's typically one of our more lively meetings as members relate some of the anecdotes that occurred during the show. One last item on Golden City Cruisers. Many of us have friends in the GCC. Our interests are the same. In the future the West Georgia Region will be partnering with the Golden City Cruisers to have fun. Speaking of similar interests. Nick Ware (Best of Show Winner) has passed on an invitation to ROMEO, Thursday mornings. No, we're not talking Shakespeare. It stands for Retired Old Men Eating Out. Location is the Trading Post restaurant in Villa Rica. Time, arrive 8 to 8:30 AM Thursday mornings. Sounds like fun. No rules, no by-laws, no memberships just breakfast and tire kicking. I'm quite sure ladies are welcome too. The Birdie had his water glass against the wall again. He tells me Bill Hearnburg has chrome shiny bits finished for his 57 Ford project. Also Charles Lassiter has been spotted recently trolling for a 49 Buick. Hope he hooks one soon. Hope to see everyone Thursday night at the Meeting. Happy Motoring Rick Club Meeting This Thursday June 6 LaTrattoria on the square 1

2 June 25th, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. RSVP to by June 20th, 2013 Join Us For A FREE Informative Health and Wellness Expo, Food, Drinks and Giveaways. Golden City Cruisers Antique Car Club will be displaying vehicles. Area Agency on Aging, Home Health and Hospice Providers, Senior Center, Medical Equipment, Veterans Benefits Assistance, Pharmacy, Financial Planner, Recreational Service, Alzheimer s Group and Much More! 2 Cottage Landing 150 Cottage Lane Carrollton, GA Office:

3 West Georgia Region AACA 2013 Car Show Re-cap By Glenn Novak Our 35th Annual Car Show this year was a big success and the weather cooperated very nicely. Moved from the first Saturday in May to the first Saturday in June this year, we just sort of got lucky and avoided both a potential Mayfest attendance conflict and the very real rain-out of May 4th. Held again at Mike Bell Chevrolet on U.S. 27 in Carrollton but this time on June 1st, we had 51 cars in attendance with only one pre-registered no-show. It may be that we stick with this date in the future but it is always something to consider and re-consider. We all want the best date for the most people and the fewest conflicts. Our team of ten or so showed up early around 8 am to get set up before any early public arrivals, and the first cars began appearing just before 9 am. Music was provided all day by DJ Brock Eady and our MC Bill Hearnburg handled the announcing for both door prizes and trophies. A couple of vendors showed up, one selling boiled peanuts and another doing hot dogs and burgers. Traffic direction, registration, and parking all seemed to run seamlessly, and the judges arrived in plenty of time as the show field continued to fill, row by row. And the temperatures climbed. Good thing we had plenty of free bottled water from Kroger to give away. We had lots of interesting cars and trucks show up, and the photos tell the story. The public milled around a good bit, looking at all the old iron and the newer muscle cars. Some of the more unusual vehicles present this year included a 1910 Model T Ford Touring driven over by Robert Carden, a 1947 Crosley owned by Gary and Carol Moyses, and a 1963 Volkswagon Double Cab driven over by Vince Raburn for his son who is in the Navy and stationed far away. Though in the minority, several nice trucks were present, and a couple of fine automobiles with For Sale signs on them were looking for new owners. Trophies and the 50/50 raffle were all given out just before the first trace of a very light drizzle began, and it took no time at all for our antique car and truck guests to clear out and head home, many with some fine trophies provided to our club by generous local companies and merchants. We met many nice people and made some new friends, and perhaps we shall gain new members from a positive first association with our club. We are again grateful to Mike Bell Chevrolet and to Zack Bell for hosting our event, and we appreciate all of our trophy and door prize sponsors this year. Continue to check our club website at in the coming days and weeks as your webmaster-in-training begins to find the time to load more photos of the event. The plan is to put up a picture of all the vehicles in the show as a supplement to this article with the award-winning cars and their owners. Thanks again to all the club members and friends who worked hard and supported our 35th annual show and helped make it a fun event and a successful fundraiser for our charities. 3

4 And The Winner Is... Robert Carden - Sargeant, GA Best Production Before Ford Model T Touring Frank Cable, Jr. Best Production After WWI 2002 Corvette 4 Joy and Ricky Allen Best Truck 1965 Chevy truck More winners on pages 8, 9,

5 Our registration ladies - Mary Duncan, Carol Moyses, Debbie Novak. Our DJ for the day was the Carrollton' own Brock Eady! Spinning great tunes all day! The show field was full with many new cars to our show. We also enjoyed more spectator participation! Of course, a beautiful summer day helped a lot! 5

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7 Finding Our Way To The 25th Anniversary AACA Founders' Tour The North Alabama Region hit it out of the park for the 25th Anniversary Founders' Tour. They hosted the first one back in The Tour was handled like a well oiled machine even with the typical hiccups that come along with such an undertaking. The Tour was based in Madison, Alabama. Madison is a suburb of Huntsville. Huntsville, known as "Rocket Town", is home to Redstone Arsenal and many high tech companies. This is where the Space Shuttle was created. Our first event was the opening banquet on Sunday evening at the Space and Rocket Center. Among the introductions was the three couples that had completed all 25 of the Founders' Tours. These folks have a real dedication to the AACA. Our first Tour day was Monday. While we had some rain, it did nothing to dampen the spirits of this Tour group. The highlight for us was Cathedral Caverns in Alabama. With world records such as, largest cave opening, largest stalactite column and several others, it was quite an impressive site. Cathedral Caverns has a Big Room, which is 792 feet long and 200 feet wide. Tuesday the skies cleared and we had a great tour to Falls Mill in southern Tennessee. This is a grist mill that has been operating with a water driven grist wheel since the 1850s. Next we headed a bit farther into Tennessee when we arrived in Tullahoma. What a treat to visit the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. Wade McNabb and his staff rolled out the red carpet for us. After perusing the incredible airplanes (the brand has always been one of my personal favorites) and engines on display we were treated an excellent lunch. We were the last ones to leave because Liz got a special treat. Sitting in a Beechcraft Bonanza like the one she flew in with her dad as a little girl and another leap into one of the Staggerwings. These were the Cadillac (or Pierce-Arrow!) of executive aircraft in the 1930s. Wooden surrounds at the windows, wooden inlays in the door and side panels - such a treat and I was jealous. I hated to leave but, on we must go to the Jack Daniel's Distillery. The Jack Daniel's distillery has been in the same location since the 1800s. They can barely keep up with demand. Much of their product goes overseas. Just goes to prove quality American products are still highly sought after around the world. Tuesday was topped off by some fabulous toppings at the Above: Entrance to Cathedral Caverns; below: Cathedral room Jacob Gurley bought the cave in 1955 and opened it to the public. His wife into the cave for the first time, she was struck by the beauty of one big room with all the stalagmites and stalactites and said that it looked like a "cathedral." Cathedral Caverns became a state park in It includes 461 acres of land near Grant, Alabama. The cave has a paved and lighted pathway that is 10 feet above the original path. The walk is a little over a mile for the round trip and takes an hour and 15 minutes. It is also wheelchair accessible. Cathedral Caverns holds six world records: The widest entrance of any commercial cave in the world. It is 25 feet tall and 128 feet wide. Home to "Goliath"--the largest stalagmite in the world. It measures 45 feet tall and 243 feet in circumstance. Largest flow stone wall, which is 32 feet tall and 135 feet long. The largest "frozen" waterfall. Largest stalagmite forest of any cave in the world. The most improbable formation in the world which is a stalagmite that is 35 feet tall and 3 inches wide! Cathedral Caverns also has a Crystal Room which is not open to the public. The formations are made of pure white calcite and just the vibrations from someone's voice would shatter over 70 percent of the formations. 7

8 R. D. Cole MFG, Co. in Newnan, Georgia built the grinding equipment for Falls Mill established in 1873 in southern Tennessee. What a small world! ice cream social that evening. Wednesday brought more sunshine and trips around Alabama to the Calhoun Robotics Center, Tennessee Valley Authority Shop, and Helen Keller's birth place and childhood home. The robots seem to understand each other in the Robotics Center. There was a large number of robots performing many different tasks. This is the only robotics school of it's kind the world. The TVA shops had the largest machine shop equipment I have ever seen. They need the huge machines because they build almost everything the TVA needs. They purchase some hardware items but, just about everything else they make. Truth be told, they even make some hard to find hardware items. Ivy Green is the birth place of Helen Keller and is in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The home contains the original furnishings from Helen Keller's family. It also tells the story of Helen Keller from birth all through her most interesting life. The little cottage where Ann Sullivan lived is nearby on the property. Thursday we remained in Alabama. We toured the world famous Ave Maria Grotto. This is located at the St. Bernard Abbey and Prep School. St. Bernard is a monastery for Catholic Benedictine monks. Brother Joseph Zoettl spent his spare time at the monastery building miniature models of religious and historic Helen Keller's family home, Ivy Green, where she lived with her brothers and her parents and her beloved teacher Ann Sullivan. The museum is a wonderful tribute to a remarkable woman and well worth a visit. 8 Right: the famous water pump.

9 buildings from around the world. Brother Zoettl used cement, sea shells, broken glass, marbles, old costume jewelry and anything else that was donated to build his creations. The detail and the vast number of statures is hard to imagine. He came to St. Bernards from Bavaria in the early 1900s and remained there until his death in It was said that of all the places he recreated, he had only actually been to six of them. The rest of the magnificent structures were done from drawings and photographs he found in books. Friday was a close in tour day. The rain had returned so that wasn't bad thing. We toured the North Alabama Railroad Museum, the old downtown area of Huntsville, and Huntsville Botanical Gardens. The North Alabama Railroad Museum was a real treat for us railroad buffs. They had a diesel switcher running on the siding for us. We were able to climb aboard and check out the old girl's mechanics. The Botanical Gardens is quite place. The flowers were beginning to bloom and the butterfly house was something to behold. We closed out the week with another fabulous banquet at the Space and Rocket Center this time dining in the huge hall that houses a real Saturn 5 Rocket! Liz and I sat at a table under the second to the last stage of the rocket with the nose capsule overhead of the Air Force Jazz Band. To their left was a Lunar Landing craft with all of its foil deployed and on the band's right side was one of the actual Apollo capsules that was retrieved from the Pacific ocean. That is the wonderful thing about old cars - you get to see such neat stuff! Many thanks to Bob Bentley and the North Alabama Region for all their hard work. It was well worth it for all the attendees. One of the hundreds of creations made by brother Joseph Zoettl The Switcher Engine's engine. Imagine a 4 cylinder engine in a locomotive. remember the pistons 24 inches in diameter. The banquet dinner under a Saturn 5 Rocket that stretches the entire length of the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. 9

10 And The Winner Is... Tim Thomas Best Street Rod 1937 Ford Standard 2 door Gary Wright Best Ford 1964 Falcon Sprint Frank Hummel Best GM 1965 Pontiac GTO 10

11 And The Winner Is... Ricky Bradley Best Mopar 1971 Dodge Challenger Vince Raburn Best Import 1963 Volkswagen Double Cab Roy Cummings Best Chevrolet 1966 Chevy II Super Sport 11

12 12 More winners on pages x & x

13 And The Winner Is... Paul Sanford - Best Camaro (trophy presented by Ashley Bush of Southwire) 1969 Camaro Super Sport Kenneth Hinesley Best Mustang 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Donnie Arrington Best Paint 1931 Ford Model A Coupe 13

14 And The Winner Is... Lee Yates Best Interior 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Anita and Tim Thomas Peoples Choice 1937 Ford Standard 2 door Nick Ware Best of Show 1969 Chevelle

15 Antique Auto Club of America West Georgia Region Meeting Notes from may 05, 2013 Minutes 1. Called to order 7:45PM by Rick Horne 2. Minutes from 004/05/2013 accepted 3. Discussion centered on planning car show for June 01 at Mike Bell Chevrolet. 4. Compliments to Glen Novac for selling five trophies to local businesses. 5. All members are encouraged to sell more trophies at $30 each. At least five categories have not been sold or spoken for. Do not commit to a specific trophy category until you check with Liz ( ). Another business may have already requested that category. Be sure to say all profits go local charities (we gave $750 each to Tanner Hospice and Toys for Tots last year). 6. Glen has a business commitment for some door prizes. More is always better. Members can check with those businesses they support for items which will be acknowledged during the show. It would be nice to send every participant home with something. 7. Still looking for a sound system to use or rent for the event. 8. A traffic pattern has been discussed with Mike Bell Chevrolet, to prevent participant cars backing up on highway 27. Signs are being made up to assist the participants. 9. All active club members are encouraged to attend in support of our largest money making event of the year. Wear your club shirts and hats if you have one. Please show up at 08:00AM to set up and divide assignments. The show starts at 10:00AM. 10. Dash plaques have been ordered. 11. Although it was previously determined not to provide goodie bags. That decision was reversed, since we will be giving each participant membership forms to the local, and national clubs, the dash plaque, plus there are extra small items we have left over from previous years. If anyone locates more small items (business name items such as; notepads, key chains or key lights, discount coupons, rulers, candy, etc.), bring them to the pre-show meeting on May 23 at the West Georgia Shopper conference room at 6:30PM. 12. Glen has 96 bottles of water to pass out to participants. 13. Working on getting a food vendor to attend the show. 14. Adjourn at 08:30PM. Antique Auto Club of America West Georgia Region Treasurer s Report Bank balance at 05/16/13 $ Membership dues not deposited $ Total $