Volume 37, #8 August, 2005 President's Message While I'm setting here thinking about what to write for this month, it crossed my mind that in only a few short months it will time once again to pack up and store the "A's " away for the winter. However, we still have a little summer left to enjoy driving our ''A's". After this past month, I'm ready for some cool weather. It's not real pleasant to be driving when the outside temperature is nearing the 100 degree mark. My air conditioning just doesn't seem to function very well. Be sure and watch the newsletter for upcoming events for the remainder of the year. We have some events still in the planning stage, and others already scheduled. Hope that we see a lot of members get out and enjoy the remaining summer days. See ya at the meeting. Lee Our By-laws Review Committee has been busy looking over the by-laws and is ready to present some of the revisions they believe need to be made at the August meeting. If you are interested in how the club operates, be sure to be there. Although we have business to take care of, lots of fun and interesting things happen at our regular meetings. One thing we do each meeting is make sure all of our members wear their name badges. This is to help new members (and those of us with poor memories) to learn and remember each others names. What happens if you don t wear your name tag? You have to blow the horn, say your name, and put a quarter in the cup. Sometimes we increase our treasury by as much as $1.00. We also have treats, of course, with 2 volunteers bringing goodies each month (except December when we all bring holiday goodies). This is one way you can serve the club in a not too too taxing way. Since we have to clean up after ourselves, we ask that the treats are not the kind that make a mess on the floor. Leonard likes to vacuum, but not that well! The volunteers for August treats are Norma Johnson and Gary Rohrberg. Thanks to those who bring the treats. One of our projects for service to the community is that we bring non-perishable food to give to the food banks in Omaha and Council Bluffs. This is optional, but we have given lots of food so far. We have another optional fun activity that was designed to encourage consistent attendance at the meetings. Those who want to put a quarter in the Kitty each time. Near the end of the meeting, someone s name is drawn. IF that person attended the previous meeting and is at this meeting, he or she gets the Kitty usually around $10 worth of quarters. Names drawn last month included Esther Miller and Terry Williams but neither were present. The winner was Dave Miller! Many Meadowlarks go out for a bite after the meeting. We don t always mention this, but any member is welcome to join us. Right now we seem to have 2 groups going one to the Millard Road House and one to Sortino s Pizza. Our By-laws Review Committee has been busy looking over the by-laws and is ready to present some of the revisions they believe need to be made at the August meeting. If you are interested in how the club operates, be sure to be there. 1
August 2005 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 Cleo Wells 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Brenda & Stan Joyce Sacha s Barbara Bunch s Regular Dunn s Meeting Leonard & Gloria 7:30PM Johnson s Jan Hartenhoff s 14 15 Irma Graves Lori Rima s 16 Judy Beckman s 17 Maryann & Terry Hanson s Eat-out at Round the Bend* 18 19 20 Commemorative Air Force Event* Week-end Tour* 21 22 Paul & Susie Shyken s 28 Karan McManis Lavonne Olsen s 23 24 25 26 27 Week-end Tour* 29 30 31 Carol Hendrix s * more information in this newsletter Board meeting at Hendrix s 6PM Beyond August -- More upcoming events September 5 Septemberfest Parade -- call Lee Hendrix for the latest info 895-2432 September 10 King Korn Festival in Plattsmouth -- tentative club tour September 17 or 18 Apple Jack Festival in Nebraska City tentative club tour September 25 Club Picnic at the Narrows in Council Bluffs October 22 Fall Highway Pickup tentative date Fall tour one Sunday in October waiting for other dates to plan around any ideas for tour? Important Notice change of date: **September 25 Club Picnic** The date for the picnic was previously published as September 18. It has been changed to September 25. It is still at The Narrows a great park by the Missouri River just north of Council Bluffs. More details next month, but keep this date open. You don t want to miss the picnic! 2
Let s attend the Commemorative Air Force Great Plains wing Open house Saturday, August 20 10AM 4PM They will have some WWII Aircraft and Military Vehicles on display and have invited us to put on a car show. http://www.greatplainswing.org They are providing Free Burgers, Hot Dogs & Drinks At the Council Bluffs Airport 16803 McCandless Road We need to tell them how many cars/people we will have so sign up at the meeting or call Don or Janet Graves (453-7166) if you plan to attend or need directions. (no, you don t need to stay the whole time) DON T MISS the August Eat-OUT at the Round the Bend Steakhouse & Saloon August 18 7 PM Great food and fun It s a little far away for some of us, but it s worth the drive. Lots of good food from a Pork Fritter Sandwich for $3.25 to Broasted Chicken dinner for $7.10 to T-Bone Steak for $15.95. See the whole menu at http://www.roundthebendsteakhouse.com/menu.htm. The address is 30801 East Park Hwy. Ashland, NE, but it is really between Ashland and South Bend. That is 2 Miles South on Nebraska 66 from I-80 exit 426 (Mahoney State Park & The SAC Museum Exit). If you are drivin the A and want to avoid I-80, take HWY 50 south to a little south of Louisville, turn right (West) by Platte River State Park and proceed through South Bend to Round the Bend. As usual, we want to know how many we will have, so PLEASE sign up or call Lee Hendrix at 895-2432. 3
Our trip on the River City Star It was a hot day, but we enjoyed our trip down (and back up) the Missouri on the River City Star Riverboat. Most of us sat in the shade of the middle deck and soaked up the sites. We were able to follow the Rules of the River that included no brawling and no throwing people overboard! Afterwards, we ate burgers and other goodies at The Hollywood Diner. We found out that the Diner really likes to have car clubs visit. Instead of charging us an extra 18 to 20% for serving a group, they took 20% off our tab! If you belong to another car club, be sure to pass on the hospitality info! Howard Denker and Ed Jankowski shared their Model As with residents of Pacific Springs Village before they and Mary and Millie joined us at The Diner. Rodney Lorence was at Pacific Springs Village also but he must have gotten lost because he didn t make it to Diner. Thanks to these members for representing us there. Other events in the past month Mike and Sharon Kauss hosted the club for lunch after the Gretna Parade. Many thanks to them for a fine lunch. Art Push, who is president of the Camp Creek Association, hosted the Camp Creek Thresher s Show that many of our members attended. Sunshine Reports Leonard Johnson was hospitalized for gall bladder surgery and appendectomy, after which he developed pneumonia and a staph infection. We hope he is doing better this month. Bob McKinney also suffered from pneumonia and had to be rescued at the Gretna parade. He seemed to be back to his old rascally self at the July meeting. On our publication date (August 6), we received word that Dick Sacha was hospitalized for tests. We hope all goes well for him and those docs get him back to ship shape in a hurry. On a happier note: Dick and Mary Knapp s daughter, Cheryl, visited from Australia with her family during the month of June and most of July. They all visited Yellowstone and other points west. Mark Wulff, the grandson of Don & Janet Graves and great-grandson of Don & Irma Graves, attended the Boy Scout Jamboree in Virginia in July along with 45,000 other scouts. El & Dot Gertner had a visit from a son and his family who live in Sweden. Fred & Norma Mann visited with Fred s brother in Laramie, toured North & South Dakota, and went to Minnesota to visit Terry & Maryann Hanson. Sounds like they know how to beat the heat. 4
August 26-28 Tentative Agenda: Leave West Omaha on Friday evening about 6PM to drive to Grand Island. (those who can t leave Friday can join the group in Grand Island on Saturday morning) Saturday 9AM to 5PM or until we have seen everything Visit the Stuhr Museum ( just four minutes north of Interstate 80, Exit #312, at the intersection of US Highways 281 & 34) http://www.stuhrmuseum.org/ Admission Fees: Adults $8.00, Seniors, $7.00, Youth ages 7-12 $6.00, Age 6 & under Free. Saturday evening do the town in Grand Island or just sit in the hot tub and cool it (is that an oxymoron?) Sunday morning Go Tanking on the Cedar River near Ericson Nebraska. What is Tanking? It s a float trip. The outfitter we plan to use has plastic horse tanks with picnic tables in them. It s like rafting without having to man the oars or do any work. Each tank holds 4 to 6 people depending on their size and the condition of the river. Most of us can probably plan on 4 per tank. It costs $40 per tank so about $10 per person. It would be a 2 hour float trip. See more at http://www.get-tanked.com/ Sunday afternoon a pleasant drive back home. Wanna join us? We really need to know. We have to make reservations (and a deposit) for the tanking ASAP. So, sign up at the meeting or call Don and Janet Graves (453-7166) by August 15. Ford Production 1928 January...... 7,000 February...... 14,000 March....... 27,000 April....... 38,000 May........ 51,000 June........ 58,000 July........ 72,000 August.......100,000 September..... 91,000 October......121,000 November......122,000 December......110,000 Total.......811,000 From the Automobile Trade Journal and Motor Age, February, 1929 --811,000 Model A s! Wouldn t it be fun to know where all those Fords are today? 5 Will Trade - Oil Pressure Gauge or Temperature Gauge Strap Part #: A6602 RS 30-31 For Part #: A6602 OS 29-30 John Mabry 402-333-3568
[ ] BIEBER ON YOUR BALLOT FOR MAFCA BOARD We have received a request from Arlyn Bieber to vote for him for the MAFCA Board of Directors. Arlyn has many great qualifications for this position, but the most important one for us is that he was once a Meadowlark! Arlyn and his wife, Nayola, joined the Meadowlarks in 1966 and were very active club members until Phillips Oil moved them away to Bartlesville in 1970. Arlyn was Vice-President of the Meadowlarks in 1968 and President in 1969. Nayola was Secretary in 1967. One of Arlyn s campaign messages is that he is enthusiastic. One of our favorite stories about the Biebers backs that up. The first time we met the Biebers was when they joined us for a tour to Harrison County Museum in Missouri Valley. Arlyn was in the process of restoring a roadster and did not have the top on it yet. That didn t prevent him from driving it on the tour. The enthusiasm part comes with the fact that it was pouring down rain that day. Of course, we were all younger and a bit crazier in those days, as you can see from our 1968 photo of Arlyn. It does sound like Arlyn s enthusiasm and willingess to serve Model A clubs has survived the years, though. As he has moved around the country, Arlyn has served as an officer in 9 Model A clubs and is currently serving as President of the San Diego club. That experience with clubs all over the country is a wonderful background for serving as a Director in the national organization. Arlyn is also a very accomplished Model A restorer and has won several prizes at the national level. His most recent restoration was on the cover of the July- August issue of The Restorer. So, we plan to vote for Arlyn and we hope you will consider it also. If you are a MAFCA member, you should be receiving a ballot soon. Don t throw it away this time! If you would like to read more about Arlyn and see photos of the Biebers and their Model As visit the San Diego Model A Club site at http://www.sdmodelaclub.com. We will bring a printout of these pages to the meeting for those of you without internet access. 7 Don & Janet Graves
Monthly meetings are now at Faith Westwood Church. See map and directions below. This is the official publication of the Meadowlark Chapter of the Model A Restorers Club (MARC) and the Model A Ford Club of America (MAFCA).This monthly newsletter is mailed to members, prospective members, and editors of similar publications. Its purpose is to keep you informed about what has taken place and to remind you of future activities. Members may publish at no cost, ads for items wanted, for sale, or trade. They are also invited to submit technical Model A information and other interesting tidbits. Material should reach the editor by the last Saturday of the month. MONTLHY MEETINGS: Second Saturday of each month (except January) at 7:30PM at the Faith Westwood Church enter on west side & go down hall to the right. 2005 Officers President Lee Hendrix 895-2432 VP/ Pres. Elect Bob McKinney 332-3993 Secretary Karen Noodell (402) 234-6110 Treasurer Janet Graves 453-7166 2005 Board Members Dave Beckman 388-0008 Howard Denker 333-1393 Harley Heckman 733-0475 Leonard Johnson 493-3830 Mike Kauss 332-4331 Membership dues for the Meadowlark Club are $24.00 per year prorated monthly for new members. Membership in one of the national clubs is required. You may join both national clubs if you wish. MAFCA dues are $30.00 per year and MARC dues are $35.00 per year. Prospective Members: Please call Membership Chairman, Don Graves, (402-453-7166) for more information.