September 2015 Driver s Seat Table of Contents President s Report 3 New Members 2 Club Minutes 3 Calendar 6 Tifton Car & Bike Show 2 Sponsors 7 Cruise to Tallahassee 4 Editor s Comment 8 A monthly publication of the South Georgia Classic Car Club
About SGCCC The South Georgia Classic Car Club was founded in April, 1984 as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and enjoyment of special interest automobiles. The Driver s Seat is the official publication of the SGCCC. It is printed, published, and distributed during the last week of each month to all club members. All information contained herein is not necessarily the opinion or the position of club members, its officers, and/or advertisers. To submit content for inclusion in the newsletter, please e-mail the editor, editor@sgccc.org or mail to SGCCC Newsletter, 4017 N Oak St Ext, Valdosta, GA 31605. All other correspondence should be sent to, SGCCC, P.O. Box 403, Valdosta, GA 31603, or e - m a i l t o : p r e s i - dent@sgccc.org Your Officers President: Rick Hastings 1st Vice President: David Boyd 2nd Vice President: Walt Prettyman Secretary: Bob Raffaele Treasurer: Donna Roberson Chaplain: Paul Worth Driver s Seat Editor: David Boyd Web Master: Madonna Terry Tifton Car & Bike Show - Logan Birdsong Saturday, August 15, 2015 found the following SGCCC members traveling to the CAR & BIKE SHOW at the Harley- Davidson Dealership in Tifton, GA.: 1) Mike & Evelyn Bennett 2) Bill Higgins 3) Jerry Ellis 4) Charles & Madonna Terry 5) Johnny Swilley 6) Richard Runnalls 7) Chester Speed 8) Richard & Anna Lasseter 9) Mike Fuches & Johnny Knight 10) Dan & Chris Bremer 11) Tracy 12) Logan Birdsong Upon arrival, you could sense the excitement in the air as cars, trucks & bikes began arriving. When the air cleared there were 40 cars & trucks and over 250 bikes participating in the show. The Harley- Davidson Dealership has a magnificent facility and staff that lent itself to an enjoyable time for all. The TODD WILLIAMS BAND played music from the 50 s, 60 s & 70 s throughout the day with Todd doing quite a Jerry Lee Lewis rendition on their last song -- Great Balls Welcome New Members Tim & Tammy Sears Richard & Sharon Rykard Afire. He played the keyboard, with every part of this body, to the delight of the audience. Richard Runnalls with his 1932 Chevy and Chester Speed with his 1970 Mach 1 Mustang both brought plaques back to Valdosta. Weather was good, little hot, and a good time was had by all. Good turn-out of SGCCC Members and great to see some of the ladies along for the ride.
Minutes President s Report August 4, 2015 Meeting: the August meeting was convened by club President Rick Hastings at 6:50 pm at Austin s Cattle Company. The opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance were led by David Boyd and Rick Hastings respectively. There were 24 members and 1 guest in attendance. Rick opened the meeting by welcoming our newest members Tim & Tammy Sears and Richard & Sharon Rykard. Minutes: the July minutes were read by club Secretary Bob Raffaele and approved by those present. Treasurer s Report: the July report presented by club Treasurer Donna Roberson was approved by those present. Old Business: Both the cruise to Barney for peaches and ice cream and the cruise to the Bradley Country Store and Tallahassee Auto Museum were enjoyed by the many members who participated. The club s new trailer is on hand for inspection. Thanks to Walt and Chris for the interior work and club lettering on the exterior. New Business: Rick introduced Kathy Walker of the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce. She presented a plaque to the club in appreciation for our support and participation in their events. Dan Bremer was also given a plaque for always supplying his antique fire truck at chamber events. Charles Terry brought members up to date on the Fall Car Show and the proposed classes and trophies. In addition to the top twenty awards there also will be trophies for the numerous best categories. And due to the cost of these trophies, sponsors are needed to underwrite the cost. A motion by Bob Barrett was made and seconded to set the sponsorship fee at $50 per trophy. By a 16 to 7 vote, the measure was defeated. A subsequent motion by Madonna Terry to set the fee at $25 per trophy was seconded and passed unanimously. All are invited to attend the Fall Show planning meeting on 8/11 where the classes will be refined. Logan Birdsong, Jim Kelty, and Fred & Donna Roberson received 10 and 15 year membership pins. Madonna Terry won the 50/50 drawing Meeting: adjourned at 8 pm Submitted by Bob Raffaele, Club Secretary C. Rick Hastings Aw September--what a great month. The temps will be cooling, at least some, the days will become shorter and shorter, and, of course, the beginning of high school, college and pro football. So purchase your season tickets and get ready to rumble. And get ready for much nicer weather to attend our cruise-ins and whatever car shows are close enough to attend. And let me take this opportunity to welcome our new club members. We have had several new folks to join in the past few months and I/we all look forward to getting to know you good folks and to share our hobby of classic cars. Our club s 32 nd Annual Fall Classic Car and Truck Show scheduled for November 7 th is getting closer and closer. The Organizing Committee has been hard at work planning what we all hope to be our best show ever. Participation by all club members in planning this show is necessary, so if you have not volunteered to be a part of this process, please do so now. Specific committees consist of parking, judging, hospitality, registration, trophy and door prizes, marketing and advertising, and entertainment to name just a few. So everyone please join in the fun. We had a very fun and enjoyable day long cruise to the Tallahassee Auto Museum on Saturday, August 1. Thank you to Logan Birdsong and Bill Higgins for planning out a great route. We also cruised up to Barney, GA, to the Brooks Burton peach shed for some great homemade ice cream. The 2 nd Saturday cruise-in for August was very well attended by both participants and spectators thanks to cooler weather and no rain in the forecast. Thank you Mr. Weatherman. Upcoming events include the club s monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 8 th, 6-8pm at Austin s Cattle Company. Our Second Saturday cruise-in will be September 12 th, 5:30-8:30pm and the 3 rd Thursday cruise-in will be September 17 th, 5:30-8:30 as well. On Saturday, September 19 th, Agri-Supply on US84W will be hosting their semi-annual Customer Appreciation Day--they have invited us to have a cruise in that day which has been scheduled from 10am to 2pm. Food and beverages will be provided by Agri-Supply. Keep you copy of the Driver s Seat handy for easy reference or visit our club web-site at http://www.sgccc.org or our Facebook page for on-going updates on up-coming events.
- Logan Birdsong Saturday, August 1 st found members of the SGCCC and South Georgia Corvette Club embarking on a back-roads cruise from Valdosta to Bradfordville, Florida and on to Tallahassee, Florida. Our first stop was Bradley s Store in Bradfordville where we all enjoyed our picnic lunch along with their world famous sausage dogs. Bradley s Store was built in 1927 and has operated continuously in the same building since then. Their world famous sausage recipe was created in 1927 and is still produced on location today. From there, we journeyed on to the Tallahassee Auto Museum. There we were amazed at the vast variety of items on display. In addition to an outstanding collection of antique, classic, muscle cars and trucks there was one of the largest knife collections; pedal car display; largest Bat mobile collection; vast collection of outboard motors; boats/canoes; Steinway pianos and many more items too numerous to mention. If you haven t been All-Day Cruise to Tallahassee there, you owe it to yourself to take a tour. Cost is $15.00 per person or, with ten (10) or more it is $10.00 per person. Leaving Valdosta we had 15 vehicles with the following twenty-seven (27) people: 1. Bill Higgins, 1986 Corvette 2. Rick & Dyna Hastings, 1955 Chevrolet 3. Jerry & Carmen Ellis, 2003 Corvette 4. Dennis & Cheryl Smith, 1970 Monte Carlo 5. Chris Dooley & Walt Prettyman, 1964 Ford Galaxy Club Police Cruiser 6. Paul & Sue Worth, 1972 Checker 7. Bob & Sue Raffaele, 2003/50 th Anniversary Corvette 8. Chance Armstrong, 1969 Buick Skylark 9. Bob Barrett, 2012 Corvette 10. Richard & Anna Lasseter, 1987 Buick GXP 11. John & Leah Zakar, 2008 Corvette 12. Johnny & Wanda Swilley, 1980 El Camino 13. Josh Jarvis & Robyn Arkins, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 14. Mike Fuches & Jimmy Knight, 2001 Ford Bullitt Mustang 15. Logan & Maria Birdsong, 1990 Buick Reatta
Tallahassee Cruise (cont d) For those of you that missed this outing, let me encourage you to keep abreast of future events and be a part of the fun. The fellowship and travel with other club members is part of what the club is all about. If you have a suggestion for a future cruise, please make Rick, or one of the officers, aware of it. As you can see, we had our own mobile parade drawing attention all along our route. We went through Quitman, Georgia with a Police escort. We were on back-roads & canopy roads most of the way. It was great to see so many ladies on the trip. From comments I heard, they enjoyed Bradley s Store and the Tallahassee Auto Museum as much as the guys.
September 2015 1- SGCCC Monthly Business Meeting Austin's Cattle Company 2101 West Hill Avenue Valdosta, GA eat at 6:00, meet at 7:00 5 - Bainbridge Cruisers Cruise Dairy Queen, Bainbridge, GA Info: Lee West 229-246-4694 5 - Tallahassee Cruise-In Sonic, 5814 North Monroe Street 5:30pm until 5 - Albany Cruise-In Location: San Joe's in Leesburg 5pm start time 6 - Webster Swap Meet Sumter County Fairgrounds, Bushnell, FL 8am-2pm info: 800-438-8559 www.floridaswapmeets.com 10 - Live Oak Cruise, Huddle House (Hwy 129 & I-10), Live Oak, FL 6-9pm info: Ralph Towner 386-752-4725 12 - Cars, Caffeine and Donuts hosted by the Corvette Club, Georgia Power building, Norman Drive, 9-11am 12 - Valdosta Cruise-In at Steak N Shake parking lot, Valdosta, GA, St Augustine Rd (I-75 exit 18) 5:30-8:30pm 12 - Tallahassee What-A-Burger Cruise 1101 Thomasville Rd, Fords & Chevies 17 - Valdosta Cruise-In at Steak N Shake parking lot, Valdosta, GA, St Augustine Rd (I-75 exit 18) 5:30-8:30pm 19 - Thomasville Pecan Region Car Club Cruise Dairy Queen, 14375 Hwy 19S, 6:30pm until info: Steve Gordon 229-226-2266 19 - Albany Artesian City Car Club Cruise-In Mellow Mushroom, 2825 Nottingham Way 5pm until info: Wendell Hill 229-435-2560 19 - Perry Cruise-In 221 N. Jefferson St. Perry, GA 6-9 p.m. Call Bob Taylor, 672-0848 23 - Lake City Hardee's West Cruise info: Ralph Towner 386-752-4725 26 - Tallahassee What-A-Burger Cruise 1101 Thomasville Rd, info: http://www.tallahasseestreetrodders.com Call the contact person before leaving for an out of town cruise to be sure it has not been moved or cancelled. See the SGCCC web site (www.sgccc.org) for more info and flyers on these events. Birthdays and Anniversaries Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Terry & Amy Burton 2 3 4 5 6 7 Paul & Sue Worth Charles Dixon 8 Terry Dees 9 Terry & Amy Burton 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Buddy & Analease Walker Don & Barbara Bay 21 22 23 24 James & Cheryl Kelty 25 26 Bob Raffaele 27 28 29 Rick Hastings 30 Bob & Doreen Barrett
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P.O. Box 403 - Valdosta, GA 31603-0403 Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Eat @ 6:00 Meet @ 6:45 Austin s Cattle Company 2101 West Hill Avenue Cruise: September 12, 2015 Steak n Shake parking lot 5:30 8:30pm Thurs Cruise: September 17, 2015 Steak n Shake parking lot 6:30 8:30pm Cover Photo Design and Media Production at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College The club s new equipment trailer tows easily behind the police cruiser. Thanks to Walt and Chris for their work in getting the lettering done. Editor s Comments September! - where has 2015 gone? Labor Day - marking the end of summer vacation - and the The Autumnal Equinox - marking the official end of summer are this month. Temperatures are finally beginning to moderate, and the feeling of fall is in the air most mornings. Football season is in full swing and Baseball season is winding down. Scholl is back in session and hunting season is just around the corner. Before we know it, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years will be upon us! Time to get some cruises in, and make sure we make it to the Annual Fall Classic Car and Truck Show. More members are still needed in the planning and preparation for this show. The club took a couple of cruises during August several went on the cruise to the Tallahassee Car Museum and several went to the Tifton Cruise at the Harley Davidson Dealership. Thanks to Logan Birdsong for reports and photos from these activities. Enjoy them in this issue. We are looking for others of you to share some of your cruising experiences with us here in the newsletter. Happy Cruising! - David Boyd, editor