The Rumble Sheet What's Inside: 1. President's Message 2. OSU Thanksgiving Buffet, Poker Run and Lunch, 2012 Spring Tour Completed, Clear Creek Monastery Pictures 3. Nuts & Bolts 4. Model A Museum Update, Monthly Expense Update 5. Membership Form, Western Hills Pictures 6. Tulsa Air Show, USS Batfish Pictures 7. For Sale, Cookie List 8. Birthdays & Anniversaries 9. Calendar of Events, New Member 10. Play Day Results, Calling Committee, Club Apparel 11. Officers, Board Members, Committee Chairs Visit us on the web at www.tulsamodela fordclub.com Hello everyone, I am sure everyone is enjoying this beautiful fall weather. It is a great time to get your Model A out for a drive. September has been a very busy month with a Club event 4 of 5 weekends. Thanks to Linda and Marvin for an excellent tour of the Muskogee/Wagoner area. Play Day was a huge success thanks to Harold Helton for your planning and organizing the games. Thanks also to those who arranged for the food. The Tulsa Fly In at Bartlesville was a lot of fun seeing vintage airplanes that are the same vintage as our Model A s is quite a beautiful sight to see. Thanks Ken Brust for arranging this trip. Our fall tour with the Oklahoma City Club is coming up October 18. We will rendezvous in Bixby at the Sutherland s parking lot at 8:45 to caravan to McAlester together. November 3 breakfast will be at Mark s Place in Coweta. After breakfast, Margret Soper has organized a poker run in the Wagoner area. I am sure this will be a lot of fun, and we will finish up at Baker s Catfish Restaurant for lunch. Our annual chili supper and fund raiser is coming up Nov 16 th. Be thinking about some items to bring to the auction. Cash would be most beneficial. The Club has been asked by First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow at 161 st St and Elm St, to bring some cars to an Adoption Party through DHS Saturday, October 13 th from 10 am to 2 pm. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served. There will be approximately 100 kids up for adoption and about 200 prospective parents in attendance. This is not a Club sponsored event, but you may be well rewarded. May the Ford be with you, Don October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 1
OSU Thanksgiving Buffet Just a reminder to mark the OSU Thanksgiving Buffet in Okmulgee on you calendar for November 15. All the food is prepared by the OSU Culinary college. It's a wonderful opportunity to enjoy some of the finest eating available. Plus another chance to get those Model-A's out for an enjoyable drive thru the country side. Details of departure times & location plus reservation requirements will be in the November Rumble Sheet newsletter. Visit to Clear Creek Monastery Poker Run and Lunch Notice the November 3rd breakfast is followed by a Poker Run and lunch at Baker's Restaurant. The Poker Run will be around the Coweta and Wagoner areas and includes some interesting stopping places. It will be followed by lunch at Baker's Catfish restaurant on Hwy 69 (just south of Wagoner). Another opportunity to get those Model-A's out and enjoy the fall weather and scenery. 2012 Spring Tour Completed The 2012 Spring Tour was finally completed September 7. As you may recall it was cancelled for April 14-15 due to severe weather predictions. It was reduced to one day and several events omitted. This time the weather cooperated even though a little hot. Everyone seemed to enjoy the Batfish submarine, Atola Indian museum, Clear Creed Monastery, Western Hills Lodge breakfast and Amish restaurant lunch. Plus the 160 plus miles of beautiful Green Country roads and scenery. There were 9 Model-A s and one 1947 Ford driving the tour. Members were Rich & Donna Robinson, Bob & Margret Soper, Ken & Tory Brust, Teresa Wilkerson, Don & Jesse Reed, Harold & Virginia Helton, Roy & Barbara Cail, Kent & Jeanie Washburn, Linda Ochs, Jerry Conrad, and Marvin & Linda Mellage. October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 2
Nuts & Bolts (or Miscellaneous Tidbits!) by Ken Brust We had a very nice Spring Make-up Tour on a Friday with 9 Model A s and Teresa s 47 Ford. (Her Model A was in Ralph s shop for major engine work!) It was nice to see Harold and Virginia driving their new, 31 slant windshield, Rosemary. They bought Lindell s car so it is nice to see that it has stayed in the club. The day was full of scenic routes and fun stops. Many thanks to Marvin and Linda Mellege, Jerry Conrad and Linda Ochs for organizing everything. Never assume that these tours just happen by themselves. There are always many hours spent beforehand making sure of the mileage, good routes with many interesting stops and places to eat. Be sure to thank this group who did an excellent job. The weather was perfect most of the day. We did get a little dusty on a short portion of dirt road, but the heavy wind and rain soon washed our cars clean again! Breakfast at Western Hills lodge was superb and the scenery was unsurpassed. Rich and Kent, our Navy veterans, piped us all aboard for a tour of the Bat Fish, an old diesel World War II submarine. It certainly makes you appreciate even more those who served aboard such vessels. We enjoyed a very informative presentation in the Bacone College Museum along with the numerous Indian artifacts. Our lunch at an Amish restaurant was delicious. Many of us brought home some samples from their gift shop. For those who are wondering, my jalapeno pickled eggs were quite tasty! The tour of a mostly unknown monastery was our last point of interest before racing the storms home. Who would have thought such a facility could be found in the backwoods of Oklahoma?? Watching a young artist carve faces into the stone was incredible, just like stone sculptors have done for many centuries. It was a most enjoyable day spent with friends driving our Model A s over 175 miles through some scenic landscapes. If you missed it, you really missed a great time. Harold and Rich, with help from several others, organized and officiated at this year s Play Day. The weather was perfect. There seemed to be more women drivers this year with Virginia Harris, Lesa and Tory doing a super job of driving. Rodger was caught on camera trying to bribe Rich to help his pal, Ralph, win one of the events. Cheaters never win, Rodger! A Scout leader should know that! We had ten Model A s from our club (plus Scott and Judy from Wichita in their very nice Sport Coupe) attend the Tulsa Fly-In at the Bartlesville Airport. It was another beautiful day. We had a nice pancake breakfast, watched lots of airplanes, and even watched Rich celebrate his 70th birthday by flying in a 70-year-old PT-19 World War II open cockpit trainer. Unfortunately, Marvin and Jerry Conrad worked most of the time at the airport trying to determine what the problem was with Jerry s car and its not-sofunny noise. Jerry ended up coming home with the AAA wrecker again, so he was not a happy camper! After a long, frustrating day, he was really searching for Al K. Hall for some help! We hope you get your car fixed soon, Jerry. The Fall Tour is just around the corner. We only have limited space for pictures every month in the Rumble Sheet, but you can go to our web page and find many, many more photographs. Be sure to thank Steve for doing such a wonderful job with the web page and email notifications for coming events. Many thanks, Steve. Keep up the great work. Okay, here is a little trivia question for everyone. What two Model A s in our club have Mickey Mouse on their front ends? Happy Trails to You October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 3
MODEL A MUSEUM UPDATE By Roy Cail The Model A Museum Building is a reality! Over 200 cars and at least twice that many people attended the Building Dedication on Model A Day at Gilmore on September 15th. After an invocation and breaking of a bottle of champagne on the corner of the building, a ribbon was cut and the front doors thrown open for the crowd of eager Model A'ers to view the new building. Gilmore Trustee Jon BOWERS welcomed the crowd, MAFFI President Stan Johnson gave an overview of plans for the future displays, and several people and organizations presented gifts and donations to the museum. Visitors were invited to have a photo taken of their car in front of the museum gas station, and also inside under the New Ford On Display sign and in front of several of the museum cars already inside the building. Now the difficult work of creating the displays of cars, parts, tools, accessories and fashions begins. Anyone having items or collections to donate should contact Phil Ierardi at pni1938@gmail.com for instructions on how and where to donate items. "Thank you, thank you, thank you" to all who have bought bricks and donated money, time or items toward the construction of the museum building. Please don't stop now as we work to create a museum inside. MAFFI Trustees Keeping Tabs Correction: Deposit of 8/24/12 should have read: Cake Walk $184, New Mbr $20, Name Tags $40 for a total of $244. MONTHLY INCOME TOTAL: $75.00 EXPENSES CHECK# DATE EXPENSES Ollie Harris/water 1803 9/4/2012 $ 4.96 Rick Jensen/donuts Play Day 1804 9/15/2012 $28.00 Rich Robinson/duct tape 3.66 1805 9/15/2012 $ 9.51 Stop Watch batteries 5.85 PlayDay Connie Hudson/Postage $45/Paper 35.79 1806 9/15/2012 $80.79 Linda Mellage/donuts 17.91/supplies 28.17 1807 9/15/2012 $46.08 Don Reed/flowers(Soper) 29.23 Flowers/hospital/Lindel 42.23 Prizes PlayDay $75 Food 132.03 1808 9/15/2012 $278.49 The Flower Shop/Lindel/flowers 1809 9/15/2012 $ 78.70 Townsend Marketing/clothes 1810 9/15/2012 $ 69.87 Ollie Harris/ice,pepsi 10.80/cokes 5.50 1811 9/15/2012 $ 16.30 TOTAL MONTHLY EXPENSES: $612.70 October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 4
P.O. Box 691524 Tulsa, OK 74169 Membership Renewal Form: Tulsa Model A Club 2013 $20.00 Check # Cash Date Paid (mm/dd/yy) Your Name MAFCA Membership # Spouses Name Member Since (mm/yyyy) Address E-mail Home Phone ( ) Cell Phone ( ) Work Phone ( ) Model A Changes Do you wish to receive the Rumble Sheet by: E-Mail: Regular Mail (please circle one) Western Hills Lodge and Passing through Ft. Gibson October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 5
USS BATFISH SUBMARINE - MUSKOGEE Rich takes a ride in a vintage plane to celebrate his Birthday at the Tulsa Air Show October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 6
WANTED: 1928 tool box, built by Bob Ramey that installs behind the front bumper. James Bond 918-587-4224. WANTED: 1930 single bulb headlights. Like to trade for my 2 1930 seal beam headlights. Charlie Sewell 918-437-5743. FOR SALE: 1931 Coupe fenders. 2 front $185.00 each. 2 rear $140.00 each. Gary Sullivan work 405-379-5477 M-F 9am-5pm. FOR SALE: 1929 Closed Cab Pickup passenger door. Black with no rust, ever. Complete with glass and all hardware. $500.00 obo. Ed Hammit 918-855-6375. and drives good. $13,800. Marvin Mellage 918 633-4875. Sep-2012 FOR SALE: 1929 Model A Sports Coupe. All original with rumble seat..older restoration approx 20 years ago. Some new parts, fuel line,gas strainer, water pump, spark plugs, battery, Photo available thru the club. $10,000. Clarence(Bill) and Pat Denton Cell 918-809-5509 COOKIE LIST: OCTOBER Mayleta Duncan & Lisa Ramsey FOR SALE: 1928 Special Coup. All original with rumble seat. Plus new Firestone tires, 6- volt alternator, turn signals, and like new interior. Body is Arabian Sand with Dawn Grey revels, plus Straw pinstripe and wheels. Runs October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 7
Members Birthdays & Anniversaires October 1 Dennis Gougler 1 Dan Morris 1 Gary Sullivan 3 Joanna Cooper 5 Linda Ochs 7 Helen Gentry 8 Malcom "Gene" McDonald 11 Karon Krcmar 13 Marlene Duke 20 Don Reed 20 Ed Reiser 22 Roy Cail 24 Lesa Jensen 25 Deborah Pilmaier 26 Stephanie McCartney 27 Joyce Weber 3 Dave & Deborah Pilmaier 17 Tom & Delma Birbills 17 Ted & Nancy Forcum 23 Marvin & Linda Mellage Carolyn Plucknet proves you are never too old to have fun! She was a willing contestant at Play Day in our drop-inthe- bucket game. October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 8
2012 Calendar of Events Date Event/Location Time September 7... Spring Tour Makeup (1-day only), Muskogee/Wagoner area... 7:30 am. September 15... Model-A Play Day & Monthly Meeting, Lewis & Clark School... 9:30 am September 18... NO MONTHLY MEETING October 6... Breakfast by Day II & Mid-Town Garage Tour,... 8218 South Harvard Avenue... 8:00 am October 16... Monthly Meeting, Lewis & Clark School... 7:00 pm October 18-21... Fall Tour w/sooner Club, McAlester/Poteau, OK area November 3... Breakfast, & Poker Run, Mark's Place Coweta, OK 13731 E. Hwy 51... 8:00 am November 9... Veteran s Day Parade, Claremore, OK... 11:11 am November 15... Thanksgiving Buffet at OSU, Okmulgee, OK... 11:00 am November 16... Chili Supper & Pie Auction, Lewis & Clark School... 6:30 pm December 1... Breakfast, TBA... 8:00 am December??... Christmas Parades... TBA December 15... Christmas Party, Uncle Buck s Grill, Bass Pro Shop, B.A., OK... noon Thomas H. & Wanda Sue Payne 9920 S. Louisville Ave. Tulsa, OK 74137 (h)918-298-5132 (c)918-813-5132 ka5hzd@att.net His birth date Jan. 2 Her birth date May 8 Anniversary Sept. 2 1929 Sport Coupe Partially restored Cabriolet October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 9
Play Day Results Results submitted by Harold Helton We had great weather for our annual Play Day. Thank you to Rich Robinson and Marvin Millage for helping organize and bring the material for the games. Thank you to all of club members that helped with setup and scoring the five events. Gift cards provided by our club were presented to the top two winners in each event. Tire Pump Bust 1 st Place Carolyn Plucknett 2 nd Donna Robinson 3 rd Linda Ochs 4 th Charlotte Clevenger Bulls-Eye Stopping 1 st Steve Reiser 2 nd Virginia Harris 3 rd Marvin Mellage 4 th Roger Johnson & Ken Brust Slow Poke 1 st Ollie Harris 2 nd Roger Johnson 3 rd Don Reed 4 th Ralph Hudson Race Around the Pole 1 st Steve & Kenda Reiser 2 nd Ted Forcum 3 rd Don Reed 4 th Harold Helton Spark Plug Drop 1 st Marvin Mellage 2 nd Steve Reiser Three way tie for 3 rd Benny Benson Charlie Clevenger Kent Washburn Jackets, Hats and More If you re interested in purchasing a new jacket, hat or shirt with the club logo on them, here s the cost of each: Wind breaker - $34 black nylon, windbreaker lining Jacket - $44 black nylon, flannel lined Polo Shirt - $33 Men s and $31 Women s T-Shirt - $12 Men s and $18 Women s front and back print Ball Cap - $10, khaki cotton twill w/embroidered club logo only Ivy Cap $17 black, embroidered club logo on back Sweatshirt $17 29 colors to select from, club logo on left front For ordering or more information please call Benny Benson at 918.296.5000 or see him at the next business meeting or club function. Calling Committee Chairperson Linda Mellage 918.451.9179-918.629.2978 cell Committee Members: Tory Brust (918) 728-2015 Jerry Conrad (918) 749-3730 Melody DuVall (918) 458-7111 Harold Helton (918) 230-4906 Linda Ochs (918) 749-4311 Jeannie Washburn (918) 249-9539 Jessie Reed (918) 451-2124 (alternate) October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 10
OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS President...Don Reed...918.451-2124...donreed@windstream.net Vice President...Rick Jenson...405.200.5905...Rick1956j@cox.net Secretary...Chris DuVall...918.816.0839...chrisdduvall@gmail.com Treasurer...Virginia Harris...918.451.1957...olhvlh@windstream.net Director...Steve Reiser...918.455.6512...sreiser@valornet.com Director...Benny Benson...918.296.5000...blenson426@sbcglobal.net Director...Linda Mellage...918.451.9179...marvinmellage@cox.net COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON Advertising...Virginia Harris...918-451-1957...olhvlh@windstream.net Calling Committee...Linda Mellage...918.451.9179...marvinmellage@cox.net Editor Information Technology...Steve Reiser...918.455.6512...sreiser@valornet.com Publisher New Members...Virginia Harris...918.451.1957...olhvlh@windstream.net Photographer...Barbara Cail...918.299.5691barbcail@cox.net Scrap Book Programs & Entertainment Refreshments...Ollie Harris...918-451-1957...olvh@windstream.net Clothing, tags, etc...benny Benson...918.296.5000...benson426@sbcglobal.net Sunshine Person...Mayleta Duncan...918.482.3801...lmdfarm@windstream.net Tours...Marvin Mellage...918.451-9179...marvinmellage@cox.net Activities and Events Supplies...Linda Mellage...918.451.9179...marvinmellage@cox.net Cookies...Harold Helton...918.230.4906...heltoha@tulsaschools.org October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 11
About the Tulsa Model A Ford Club Chapter #8231 of the Model A Club of America (MAFCA) This is the official publication of the Tulsa Chapter of Model A Ford Club of America. This monthly newsletter is mailed to members, prospective members, advertisers and editors of similar publications. It s purpose is to keep you informed of what has taken place, scheduled activities and to promote fellowship among club members. Members are encouraged to submit articles containing technical or any club related information. Articles must reach the editor by the 5th of the month to insure publication in that month s newsletter. Articles received after that will appear in a following newsletter. Membership dues for the Tulsa Model A Ford Club are $20 per family annually payable at the end of the year. Contact the New Member chairperson for new memberships and the Treasurer for renewals. The Tulsa Model A Ford Club recommends membership in the national MAFCA organization. Members may advertise at no cost, non-business ads in the newsletter For Sale, Wanted or Trade section. Businesses may advertise with cost by the ad size, (business card size or 1/4 page) in the advertising section. The number of ads are restricted to space available in the Rumble Sheet. Contact the Advertising chairperson for details. Meeting Schedule Business Meeting - 7:00 p.m.3rd Tuesday of each month at Lewis & Clark Elementary School, 737 South Garnett, Tulsa Breakfast - 8:00 a.m., 1st Saturday of each month, location to be announced Board Meeting - 7:00 p.m., 1st Tuesday of each month, Martin Library, 2601 South Garnett Road, Tulsa The Rumble Sheet Tulsa Model A Ford Club P. O. Box 691524 Tulsa, OK 74169-1524 October Rumble Sheet - Volume 46 - Volume 10 Page 12