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January 2019 Omaha, Nebraska Volume 51, Issue 1
Well, my year will soon be over and the new officers and board members will be taking over. We had a lot of fun this year with a few of us going to a regional meet, a national meet. A lot of cars came out for the Norfolk tour and the wiener roast in Blair. At the last meeting the mem-bership voted to support the Skills USA and Vintage Wheels car shows so many volunteers will be needed. Our banquet at Farmer Browns will be here soon. We
have several things planned with time to visit with old and new friends. I have a special surprise for everyone so if you haven’t signed up yet there is still time to send in your reser-vation to Janet. In closing, let’s hope for a mild spring so we can get the touring season started soon. See you soon and thank you all for the past year. Stay safe and healthy in 2019.
Bob
President's Message
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***** Location of January 12 “Meeting” ***** The Annual Banquet is our meeting for January. If you haven’t signed up and paid for your dinner,
it is a little late. But, call up Janet (402-453-7166) to see if you can be squeezed in. If you did sign up, we will see you there! Cocktails at 5:30, Dinner at 6:30
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Upcoming Events
January 12 Banquet at Farmer Brown’s in Waterloo, NE (see p. 1)
January 24 Eat-out at The Special (see below)
January 27 Board Meeting (see below)
February 2 Weather Permitting Ground Hog Day Tour to Unadilla (see p. 3)
P-L-E-A-S-E sign up for the Eat-out at the Banquet or call
Esther (402-593-2009) ) if you plan to attend or you need to cancel.
It really works best if the restaurant knows how many will be attending.
January Eat-out at The Special Restaurant—Bellevue
January 24 6:30PM
303 Fort Crook Rd N
Check out more of the menu at the link above. It looks like a lot of good food at reasonable prices.
Here are some reviews: “Fabulous comfort food that is fresh and authentic. No canned crap.” “Great food and great service”
The January Board meeting will be held from 2 to 4PM at the Sump Library in Papillion. Any member is welcome to attend, but please notify Esther Miller (the 2019 President) so she can plan for the number attending. If you would like to add an item to the agenda, please discuss that with Esther. The Sump Library is at 222 N Jefferson Street. The entrance is on the east side. Go in the main entrance, then turn left and go to the end of the hall.
Thanks to everyone who brought treats to the December meeting. We had quite a feast!
We won’t need treats for the January meeting—since we will be at the banquet. However, we will need volunteers for treats for the monthly meetings after that.
See you there!
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Upcoming Events
Don’t forget to check your odometer!! It’s not too late Dave Miller is figuring out the mileage records for the year and will present awards at the banquet. If you haven’t ([email protected] or call 402-968-0789).
Weather-permitting Tour to Groundhog Day Parade in Unadilla, NE On February 2
John Leddy suggested this tour at the December meeting, but now he has to bow out because Daniel’s Pinewood Derby is the same day. But we can still go! Are we crazy? Maybe. But, if the roads are clear, the forecast favorable, and the temp not too low, it might be a fun early tour.
The Average temp in southern NE in February is in the 40s.
Unadilla is a small town—population about 300. They have celebrated Groundhog Day for several years with a parade and other events like a Quilt Show, craft Fair,
Church Dinner, etc. Unadilla Bill (the resident ground hog) makes an appearance on Main Street at
7AM to see if he sees his shadow. We won’t make it for that, but we should be able to make it for the Dinner and the 2PM parade,
plus possibly viewing a car collection belonging to one of the local residents. Tentative plans are to leave from the Millard Social Hall about 9:30 or 10AM.
Unadilla is about 40 miles from Millard Social Hall (10508 S 144th ST). If you are at all interested in this adventure, please sign up at the Banquet or con-tact Jeff Graves (402-332-9218, [email protected]). We will be touching base in the week before this event to see who is on board and iron out final details.
Plan ahead for our 2019 Shows: • Skills & Grilles Show at Gretna High: June 1 • Vintage Wheels at the Fort at Fort Omaha: August 18
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Eat-out at the Mouth of the South on December 13
We had a nice mid-December eat-out at Mouth of the South, a restaurant that specializes in Cajun foods from Southern Louisiana. Most of us had ham-burgers or pulled pork, but a few adventurous mem-bers had Cajun food like Étouffée (crawfish stew)
and Jambalaya. Those attending were Bob & Janet Benton, Ed & Sue Dellinger, Don & Janet Graves with Great-granddaughter Arielle, Jeff & Tami Graves, Jerry Kotlik, and Jack & Kayla Sanford.
Meadowlark Name Tags are “required” at all general meetings. The penalty for not wearing one is a quarter, honking the horn, and announcing your name out loud. It is also nice to wear your name tag at any club event.
If you would like a new name tag, please notify the Membership Chairman (Don Graves, 402-453-7166). The rectangular ones shown at the left cost $10. We will be putting in an order after the banquet, so that would be a good time.
Active members are also given a bar every 5 years to show how many years they have been a member. Officers and board members also receive bars. If you have bars that you are not using because they have been replaced or are no longer accurate, PLEASE return them to the Membership Chairman.
Thanks to Howard Denker for giving the December Tech Talk on the subject of
the Tool Kit that folks who bought a new Model A received. Howard showed a complete kit for ‘31 Model As and some variations of tools during the Model A production years. You missed a good, informative Tech Talk if you were not there. If you would like to know more about Model A tool kits, you could ask Howard for some details or check out the Judging Standards book in the Club Library.
Molly Member
Board Member
10 YEAR MEMBER
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May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.
Interesting Production Figures for US Automobile Manufacturers From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures
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Volume 51, Issue 1 Member News
Contact Mary McKinney (402-332-3993; [email protected]
if you have any member news, good or bad, that you would like to share.
Roster Update The Meadowlark 2019 Roster for 2019 will be distributed with next month’s newsletter (to members only). If you would like to have any changes made to your information, please let me know by January 26. Janet Graves ([email protected], 402-453-7166)
Congratulations to Gayle and Nancy Hanshaw who were honored recently as Volunteers of the Year at the Homestead National Monument. The Hanshaws have volunteered on several activities at the Home-stead for the last eight years. One of the major activi-ties they have helped with is the annual car show.
Former Meadowlark mem-bers Bud & Cleo Wells cele-brated their 70th anniver-sary in December. The Wells were members from 1994 to 2009.
January Day Name Event
2 Bob McKinney Birthday
2 Bill & Barb Patterson Anniversary
5 Kayla Sanford Birthday
9 John Schmid Birthday
9 Verl & Shizuko Chase Anniversary
11 Barb Patterson Birthday
12 Ken & Anne Krueger Anniversary
25 Priscilla Bowden Birthday
25 Myrna Vercruysse Birthday
27 Don Chase Birthday
31 Brian Gernandt Birthday
February Day Name Event
16 Jack & Kayla Sanford Anniversary
18 Bob Benton Birthday
19 Lucy Lorence Birthday
23 Leroy Rima Birthday
Members’ Birthdays and Anniversaries Recently updated. Let the editor know if we missed yours or got it wrong.
We are sorry if we missed your news! If it wasn’t published in the World-Herald, you have to let us know!
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Wanted: 3 more ads for this page. Business card size ads cost $24/year. The ads are displayed here and on our Newsletter web page. Let the Newsletter Editor know if you have a good lead.
This is the official publication of the Meadowlark Chapter.
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.
The Newsletter Editor is Janet Graves
([email protected], 402-453-7166)
Monthly meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month (except January) at 6:30PM
In January, the Banquet at Farmer Browns will take the place of our meeting. See page 1.
Club Address: PO Box 6011, Omaha, NE 68106
The Meadowlark Club is a chapter of both national clubs.
MAFCA http://www.mafca.com/
MARC http://www.modelaford.org/
Membership dues for the Meadowlark Club are $24.00 per year. Membership
in one of the national clubs is required. You may join both national clubs if
you wish. MAFCA dues are $50.00 per year and MARC dues are $45.00 per
year.
Prospective Members: Please call Membership Chairman,
Don Graves, (402-453-7166) for more information. Club web address: http://meadowlarks.omahaneb.org
Club web master: Janet Graves ([email protected]) Newsletter editor: Janet Graves ([email protected])
2018 Officers
President Bob McKinney 402-332-3993 [email protected]
VP/ Pres. Esther Miller 402-593-2009 [email protected]
Secretary Sue Dellinger 402-699-1853 [email protected]
Treasurer Janet Graves 402-453-7166 [email protected]
2018 Board Members
Howard Denker 402-333-1393 [email protected]
Don Graves 402-453-7166 [email protected]
Dave Miller 402-593-2009 [email protected]
Jim Musel 402-995-1005 [email protected]
Karen Noodell 402-234-6110 [email protected]
We have decided to continue hav-ing our general meetings at the Elks Club for 2019. If you hear of a meeting place that might work for us after that, be sure to mention it to a Board Member.
2019 Officers and Board Members will be listed here after they are installed on January 12.