Next Meeting: 2 nd Saturday - 9:30AM Fruitdale Activity of the Month Annual Luncheon at the Grants Pass Golf Course Our club members all gathered to visit with one another and enjoy each other s company as well as fill our bellies with excellent food and drink! We had a great turn out and even a few Model A s showed up in the parking lot. Above: Bob S. and Rusty W. share with the Aguirre s their secret to being frequent lucky lottery winners! Eloise listens patiently. Above: Young Simon educates the table with facts and hand drawn pictures of the sunken Titanic. Right: John makes his rounds sporting yet another cup of coffee seen here with DJ Jordan, our local Model A engine rebuilder. Page 1
2018 Officers and Executive Committee President John Firth 541-474-1516 jnfirth@charter.net Vice President and MAFFI Rep Lynn MacDougall 541-299-0346 lanie.514@aol.com Secretary Kitty Waud 541-415-4472 kwaud@frontier.com Treasurer Nancy Firth 541-474-1516 jnfirth@charter.net Past President Bill Hallows 541-955-9280 wkhallows@hughes.net Committee Chairs: Newsletter Editor Todd Calvert 541-441-6773 calvert.todd@gmail.com Tour Coordinator Tom Rogers 541-592-2213 Sunshine Pam Green 541-471-9214 pgreenrn@hotmail.com Librarian Art Peary 541-471-3393 Coffee Bill MacDougall 541-582-0374 Membership Chuck Green 541-471-9214 NWRG Representative John Firth 541-474-1516 jnfirth@charter.net MAFCA Representative Rick Black 541-499-1356 Rick@RickBlack.org Web Master Rick Black 541-499-1356 Rick@RickBlack.org Restorer Chapter News Reporter Mike McKey 541-944-6491 mndmckey@msn.com We just returned from a trip to LA to pick up a Model A and visit friends and family. As long as we were passing through the Central Valley, we decided to take in the Turlock Swap Meet. In size, it s second only to the Portland Swap Meet, but like Portland, Model A parts which once were plentiful, are now few and far between. But it was well worth it just to see many of our California friends. It was also great to get a respite from the fog and cold, rainy weather. Saturday at Turlock was sunny and warm. There was a lot of anticipation amongst Model A ers there about the upcoming MAFCA National Meet June 24-29 in Reno. It s a fairly short drive from southern Oregon, and if you ve never been to a MAFCA National Meet, this is your chance. Here is a link to the website http://ncrgmafca.com/2018mafcaconvention/2018index.html You don t have to drive your Model A. You can trailer it or drive your modern. Please give it some thought. Let me know if you have any questions. You may have seen that MAFCA has hired a new editor of The Restorer magazine. His name is Andy Scheer and he is from Colorado Springs, Colorado. The issue you just received in the mail will be the last one from current Editor Jim Spawn, who is retiring after being on the job for 17 years. In my mind, the new editor has some pretty big shoes to fill, but I am hopeful he is up to the task. Before you throw away the wrapper for the January-February issue, be sure to make a note of your MAFCA membership number that is located on the mailing label. You can write it on the 2018 membership card that came with the magazine so you will always have it handy. See you Saturday, February 10 for our regular business meeting. Afterwards we will head to Medford to tour Aries Muffler, Joe Davis Model A muffler assembly facility and restoration shop. Joe and his wife Sid Fredericks are new members of Henry s Lady. John From the President s Desk John Firth President s Letter: February 2018 Rogue Ramblings is a publication of Henry s Lady Chapter, MAFCA, an Oregon non-profit corporation. If information is borrowed from other publications, credit is given herein. We thank others for sharing with us, and are happy to have others use any article herein, provided proper credit is given. Information submitted for publication must be received by the 25th of the month for publication in the next month s issue. Page 2
Tour Schedule from Tom Rogers Note: If you have some ideas for tours, please chat with Tom and he will work them into our annual tour schedule. This is the tentative schedule subject to revision as the schedule is worked out by Tom and our club members. Be involved helping us to come up with tour ideas and finalize the schedule for adventure! February 10 March 10 April 14 April 27? May 12 June? Tuesday July 14? August? September? October 13 Aries Muffler; 16 West Jackson Street, Medford, Oregon Countryside Village/ Retirement Living; 1700 Kellenbeck, Grants Pass, Oregon Kerbyville Museum; Kerbyville, Oregon Larry and Marianne Fuller Picnic and Garage Tour; White City, Oregon Ted and Elizabeth Aguirre s house picnic; Glendale, Oregon Historic Ashland Fire Engine Tour with Rick Black; Central Point, Oregon Chuck & Pam Green Acres Picnic food from all; Grants Pass, Oregon Swiss Precision; Grants Pass, Oregon Open Galice Resort Lunch; Galice, Oregon Other ideas: Onion Mountain Tour, Del Rio Winery, Medford Hat Shop, Grave Creek to Sunny Valley/ Grave Creek Covered Bridge, Hamm s Body Shop, Dutch Brothers Coffee, Siskiyou Christmas tree farm, Josephine County Airport, Wolf Creek Inn In this Issue Annual New Year Luncheon... Page 1 MAFFI Minute... Page 3 New Officers/ Restoration Tips...Page 4 Sunshine/Refreshments... Page 5 Birthdays/Anniversaries... Page 5 Meeting Notes...Page 6 Classified Ads... Page 7 MAFFI Newsletter Minute MAFFI is a non-profit organization Founded by the Model A Ford Foundation. What a nice collection of history available for all to see. If you are not able to go see the museum in person there is a lot of neat information on their website. An interesting link I have enjoyed looking through involves articles of past and current displays at the museum. Type in: http://www.maffi.org/wscontent/displays.html Page 3 One featured interactive display allows visitors to learn how to start the mighty Model A. Lights prompt the driver what to do in the sequence of events leading up to the engine acutally starting. This Model A Ford sounds really good, but won t be going down the road any time soon! What a great idea to spread that historic car itch to future generations.
Remember: Name Badges All of us are getting older, and for some of us, remembering the names of our members, both old and new, is sometimes a challenge. So help us by wearing your name badge to all meetings, either the Henry s Lady badge or the MAFCA badge. Thank you! Page 4 2018 Henry s Lady Model A club officers being sworn in by past President Chuck Green. From left to right: Chuck Green, Lynn MacDougall (VP), Kitty Waud (Secretary), Nancy Firth (Treasurer), John Firth (President). Technical Tips and Resources The following two notes are provided from Mike McKey: I got a great deal on my Model A tires. It is "Performance Plus Tire Ctr.", in Long Beach, CA, 562-981- 2689 or you can just type that name on the computer and the site will come up. They sell 440/450-21 tires (Lucas) for Model T's for $99, 450/475-21 and 500/550-19 (Universals) for Model A's again for $99, these are black walls and all tires are free shipping. They also have tubes for $19.95 with free shipping. If you need wheels sandblasted and powder coated Les Schwab will do it for $32. They are limited to about 7 colors but have some Model A colors. I sent two off today for them to do. It takes about a week to get them back. John Firth put me on to them. I sent it through the Schwab store there in GP. John said they do a great job! Note: If you have any tips or suggestions that have helped you to restore your Model A, send me a note with the details and I ll share it with the club through the newsletter ~ Todd
Birthdays SUNSHINE Lou Murphy is physically doing well, but is having some memory difficulties. Joanne would appreciate calls to let them know they are in your thoughts. Please call Pam Green at 541-471-9214 if you know of someone in the club who could benefit from our thoughts and prayers to get through illness or adversity. We will respect the need for privacy. Our desire is to help without being intrusive. 2018 Refreshments February Rogers March Firth April Hallows May Green June Hodges July August Fleishman September.. October McKey November MaryAnne Kightlinger 2/8 John Addison 2/10 Ray Franze 2/10 Todd Calvert 2/11 Dotty Pearson 2/11 Marianne Peterson 2/13 Bill Hallows 2/21 Roger Huffman 2/24 Anniversaries Rusty and Bob Wall 2/27/57 Mike and Paula Stitt 2/15/?? Rick and Dana Black 2/14/82 Cindy and Ed English 2/1/63 Best Wishes Everyone Henry s Lady Chapter, MAFCA General Business Meeting January 13, 2018 John Firth called the meeting called to order at 9:30 AM and welcomed members, and Jerry Schulte s guest, Marilyn Chartier, to the meeting. Thank you to Rick Black for doing the newsletter and thank you to all officers for 2017. Announcements: Andy Scheer is the new Restorer editor. John mentioned those with birthdays and anniversaries this month. Number of members present is 52 and guests 1 Mail was circulated. Turlock Swap Meet is coming up soon on January 27-28. John introduced new members Joe Davis and Sid Frederick and Ed and Cindy English. Page 5
Kitsy Wikkerink and Pam Green made and seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the November meeting as published in the December newsletter. Motion passed. Nancy Firth gave the treasurer s report. Grace Peary and Rick Black made and seconded a motion to approve it. Motion passed. Sunshine: Pam Green asked all to remember Lou & Joeann Murphy and Paul & Betty Jones who are experiencing health challenges. John Firth reported that founding member Dorothy Allen of Carlsbad, California passed away recently. The club will make a $25 donation to the Model A Ford Foundation Inc (MAFFI) in her honor. Old Business: 2018 dues are past due as of today. Nancy Firth is still working on the order for the club caps. John asked if the club wants to continue meeting for lunch at Allen Creek McDonalds on the last Tuesday of each month. General consensus was in favor of continuing. New Business: Club books for 2017 were audited by Bob Fleishman and Nancy Firth. All bank statements and other records were reviewed and found to be in order. An income statement will be created for the books. Motions were made to pay the following current bills: Rick Black and Kitsy Wikkerink made and seconded motion to pay the $75 insurance invoice from MAFCA; Jerry Schulte and Mac MacDougall made and seconded motion to pay the $10 annual dues invoice from the Northwest Regional Group, MAFCA. Both motions passed. Nancy Firth reported that the price for our luncheon today has been reduced by 50 per person because our headcount was greater than expected. Bob Fleischman and Art Peary made and seconded a motion to add the extra money paid by members, approximately $30, to the gratuity. Motion passed. John asked for volunteers for refreshments for September and November meetings. There were no volunteers. Tours and Activities: Tom Rogers will continue as tour coordinator. John asked new member Joe Davis if he would give us a tour of his shop in Medford after the February meeting. He agreed. Tom is working on some additional tours. Membership: John mentioned that MAFCA offers free one year memberships if you have not been a member before. Chuck Green has the forms and a list of who qualifies. Chuck Green said he will continue as membership coordinator. Editor: Our new newsletter editor will be Todd Calvert. Rick Black said he would offer any help Todd might need. Other committees: Art Peary will continue as the librarian. Jerry Schulte will continue to make club name badges. Lynn MacDougall will continue to be the refreshments coordinator. Mike McKey will continue as Chapter News reporter for The Restorer. Page 6
Car Talk: Mike Wing gave warning to all when approaching a police car at night in the fog that it may be difficult to see. Art Peary explained why a modern points setup is more efficient than original. 50/50 Raffle: Total collected $71, winner Bob Schmidt $36, club treasury $35. Meeting adjourned @ 10:35 AM Respectfully submitted, Kitty Waud Henry and Edsel pose with the new Ford Classified Ads: FOR SALE: Model A and T parts, including engine head and suspension parts. Contact Carter Rose, 541-866-2407 oct17 WANTED: 1930-31 Coupe Driver Door window garnish moulding. Contact Rick Black, 541-499-1356 dec17 WANTED: Reasonably good Pitman arm with a nearly round ball on the end. Contact Todd Calvert, 541-441-6773 jan17 Page 7
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COMING EVENTS Check out MAFCA on the web www.mafca.com Model A Ford Club of America Inc. 250 S. Cypress Street La Habra, CA 90631-5515 Phone orders only: 866/379-3619 Other Business: 562/697-2712 Fax: 562/690-7452 E-mail: info@mafca.com February 10 Business Meeting, Fruitdale Grange, 9:30AM. Afterwards drive to Aries Muffler in Medford for a tour and lunch after. June 24-29 - 2018 MAFCA National Meet, Reno/Sparks Nevada Page 9 Henry s Lady Chapter, MAFCA P.O. Box 1442 Grants Pass, OR 97528