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Shade Tree A’s News, Volume 41, No. 6, June 2012

ABOUT THE SHADE TREE A’S http://www.shadetreeas.org

The Shade Tree A’s is a non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to the preservation and the restora-tion of the Model A Ford automobile. Shade Tree A’s annual dues ($65) include membership in the Model A Ford Club of America (MAFCA, $40) and a subscription to The Restorer Magazine. Mem-bers are also urged to join the Model “A” Restor-ers Club (MARC, $38) which includes a subscrip-tion to Model “A” News. The club also is a member of MAFFI, the Model “A” Ford Foundation, Inc.

Meetings are generally held on the 2nd Monday of each month at Richard Dunevent’s garage, 4338 Owens Road, Evans, GA. Meetings begin at 7p.m. and are followed by refreshments.

ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER © 2012 Shade Tree A’s, except as noted.

Please contact Rachel d’Entremont ([email protected]) concerning re-printing of articles, illustrations, or photos.

Shade Tree A’s News

Sketch 1930 Model A Tudor Sedan Steven Brown

HOW IT ALL BEGAN...

I can tell you the exact day I decided I wanted

to own a Model A. I was sitting in my office in the City of Aiken

Municipal Building on June 19, 2003, when my boss called for me to look out the window. There were a few model A’s passing by and he, being a Georgia Tech grad (home of the Ramblin’ Wreck), was naturally drawn to the Model A’s. We scooted down the stairs to see what was going on and found ourselves in the middle of a Model A pa-rade. It turned out to be the MAFCA Southeast Meet touring Aiken. As I watched the cars go by, little did I know that some of these folks would later become my Model A family.

Every car that came by was different and there must have been a hundred of them. I kept pointing out my favorite, which of course changed every two or three cars!

I followed the last of the parade around the corner and discovered that they were parked up and down Laurens Street– the main drag of the downtown– waiting for admirers to come and talk cars.

When my lunch break came, I remember going from car-to-car looking at them all and thinking how much fun the owners seemed to be having. The owner of a beige roadster invited me to sit in the driver’s seat. I was hooked.

Since I was in junior high school (about 40 years ago), I had always pictured myself behind the wheel of a vintage Mercedes Sports Coupe but that day, the Mercedes disappeared from my dreams; good thing, too, since they’re so expensive to keep running. Since the Model A parade, I had my sights on an A.

It took me 5 years to build a garage and to take the plunge and buy a car but now I’m one of those lucky folks having so much fun driving and show-ing off my Roadster (and occasionally sitting on the side of the road awaiting rescue).

Please join me in Aiken on September 22, In-ternational Model A Day; maybe we can get anoth-er convert or two!


CONTACT INFO Mailing Address: Shade Tree A’s Model A Club 4424 Reynolds Street Hephzibah GA 30815-7909 Web Page: http://www.ShadeTreeAs.org

Craig McMullin President

803-637-3790 [email protected]

Tom Roberts Vice President


Doug Wilson Secretary


Richard Dunevent Treasurer


Eric Shogren National Director


Tom Roberts Membership Coordinator


Stuart Smith Board of Directors


Alan Stewart Board of Directors


Rachel d’Entremont Newsletter

[email protected]

Shelia McPherson Photographer


Frankie Dunevent Shady A Ladies


Anne Neely-Beck Era Fashions


Dan Perla Webmaster


This spring the club approved a few purchases

such as new hats, technical manuals for the library, and a brick with inscription as a donation towards the MAFFI museum construction.

I want to acknowledge Bob Collier as Bob was instrumental in the purchase of our new hats. The club approved purchasing 8-dozen hats to be sold at $12 each. Bob, through his contacts, was able to get good-quality hats at a reasonable price. They look great and if you would like a new hat, they’re at Richard’s garage and can be purchased anytime.

As many of you know, Alan Stewart has re-cently inventoried and cataloged our entire library during the move into the new part of the garage. In so doing, Alan has made a list of recommended technical manuals to purchase for our library in order for it to be current. The BOD’s approved the list and the club voted to purchase the suggest-ed manuals over the summer. By September, our library should be up to date and ,as always, is free to members; just sign and date the log in/out card.

The Model A Ford Foundation, Inc. (MAFFI) has been planning to build a museum for years and in April a bulldozer was on the construction site to start excavation. The steel for the building is in place and in September the building will be com-plete. Grand opening is scheduled for May 2013. As with many activities like this, various fund rais-ing promotions are put in place to support con-struction, like purchasing a brick. We have pur-chased a brick that will be engraved with “Shade Tree A’s, Augusta, GA”. The next time you are near Gilmore, MI, stop in and spend some time.

Have a safe trip, Craig

OFF THE RUNNING BOARD Craig McMullin, President

JUNE MEETING

Our June meeting is on June 4th which is

not our normal meeting day...mark your calendar.

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PENNY PINSON HOT DOG DAY May 12 near Greenwood SC

Those of you who did not attend missed a

wonderful tour. The weather was perfect, the loca-tion outstanding , the picnic delicious, and the company delightful. Sorry you missed it.

Three cars from Aiken and one from Hephzibah met near Trenton for the trip to Emer-ald Farm near Greenwood for a picnic sponsored by the Old 96 Club. Some members of the Pal-metto A’s also made the trip from the Columbia area.

As soon as we drove into the gate we were wel-comed and directed to park on the grass so that other visitors wouldn’t damage our cars. We were told to make ourselves at home and I believe they meant it.

Emerald Farm is a working goat farm and some of the milk from the Saanen goats is made into soap and sold on site in a gift shop. The soap maker welcomed us into her workroom and point-ed out the Model A-shaped bars she had created in anticipation of our visit.

We visited a store selling antiques, wine and beer-making supplies, health food, model train supplies, and other interesting stuff. Upstairs was a model train layout and outside, a miniature CSX locomotive pulling an open passenger car around the farm. Those tending the store were quite inter-esting and seemed to truly be glad we were visit-ing.

We saw goats, llamas, chickens with tiny chicks, ducks, cats, and dogs, cows, and some pea-cocks who were putting on an impressive show for their lady friends; one had a fan that probably was 8 feet across!

The Old 96 Club supplied hotdogs with all the fixings and others brought sides and dessert. This is an event not to be missed next year. A big

“thank you” to the Old 96 Club.


JOHNSTON PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE

May 5, Johnston SC Eight STA cars gathered in Johnston, SC on a

sunny, warm spring day to celebrate the peach blossoms (six cars actually made it through the pa-rade). Because of the unseasonably warm winter and spring, instead of blossoms, we passed acres and acres of ripening peaches instead of blossoms.

Nevertheless, the crowds packed the streets and cheered the STA’s who were followed by the hillbilly Model A group with their tin-can hubcaps, pots and pans strapped to the running boards, bot-tles of moonshine, and dead possums hanging from the bumpers. Fortunately there were a couple of other entries between the two groups so folks could tell one group from the other.

The most memorable parts of the day were the 5 or 6 “roadside technical seminars” and Palmer the Wonder Dog who sat proudly behind the wheel listening as everyone gave an opinion on what the problem was. Jim and Sheila stayed be-hind during the parade to help Walker get his car going, only to have is conk out again. The good news: once it got started, it practically flew back to Aiken leaving the rest of the cars scrambling to keep up.

Some of the group ended up at the Stop Light Deli in Aiken for lunch before heading their sepa-rate ways.

If you weren’t there, you missed a lot of fun


NEWS FROM UNDER THE SHADE TREE Sam Mason is under the weather following

surgery but is improving daily. Pascal Bryant continues his recuperation; He

and Barbara appreciate your prayers and good wishes.

Abbie’s recovering from a smashed finger; keep your hammers out of his reach.

Ralph Neitzke received his 25-year pin at the April meeting.; Tina still has health concerns.

Dottie Shogren’s dad is recovering from a stroke.

REFRESHMENTS June

Stuart Smith Richardson Peters

July Mason Neal Gazette Bryant August Collier Turley Sutherland

September The Gordon

Clan October: Stewart Towe Young November Holley Duvall Brannan

FROM THE JUNE ASSEMBLY LINE

Our club’s meeting room is looking pretty spiffy. If you haven’t been to a meeting lately, you don’t know what you’re missing. Thanks to Richard and Doug and everyone else who’ve helped.

THE CLUB ROSTER The Roster on the web page is kept current.

Please check it to make sure your information is up to date; let Tom Roberts know if changes are need-ed. If you need the password to access the roster, contact one of your club officers. A paper copy of the roster will be distributed later in the year.

1 – Jim Smith 4 - Donna Markwalter 4 – Billy Hughes 9 - Don Neal 20 -Tom Roberts 22-Eloise Young 25– Bob Collier

PHOTOS ON THE WEB There are additional photos of club events on

the STA web site. If you don’t know how to access it, ask a grand kid!

LIBRARY Alan has been busy sorting and shelving the

club’s library at the back of the new meeting room. He has inventoried the books and other materials and will be listing the contents on the web page. The membership approved the purchase of 11 items to be added to the library; they will be pur-chased in the most cost-effective manner whether that be at swap meets, via the internet, or through the national clubs.

It’s your library so make use of it. Just be sure to sign out the cards so we know where the books are.


SHADE TREE A'S BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MINUTES

May 7th, 2012, 7:00 PM The president, Craig McMullin, called the meet-

ing to order. It was decided to bring a motion before the

membership to request money to purchase publica-tions to update the library. All existing materials have been checked and organized by Alan Stewart.

Several items of business were discussed. The club hats, ordered by Bob Collier, have arrived and are for sale at $12.00 each. The new roster of 74 members has been published. We have all the tech-nical programs set up for the year. The refreshment roster is filled for the year. The ads for a full sheet in the newsletter have been paid for. Rachel has the newsletter in great shape, thank you.

The activity calendar was discussed and we have changed some events, so see the newsletter. There were a lot of discussions on attendance at club events and parades. Please increase your participa-tion. The board decided to list the events in the newsletter with no mention of Non-Club Events. They will be Other Events. This way they can all be club events when we show up.

We have a brick with our club name on it in the walk at the new museum under construction.

The next BOD meeting will be July 2nd, 2012.

Please read the newsletter often to remember the right dates and EVENTS.

Respectfully submitted Doug Wilson, Secretary

OUR NEWSLETTER SPONSORS

Please take a look at our updated pages of

Shade Tree A sponsors. Your business card could be there; contact Craig to arrange it.

THE NEXT CROP OF MODEL A DRIVERS

The STA’s have been invited to display some

Model A’s at the annual City of Aiken “Touch a Truck Day” on July 21st from 9am – 12 noon at the Weeks Center. This event is designed to allow kids (and their parents) a chance to get up close to emergency vehicles, construction vehicles, police cars and the like. This is a chance to promote our hobby to another generation or two.

MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES May 14th, 2012

President Craig McMullin called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

Steve Young demonstrated a jet engine and ran it thru the sequence, very noisy.

There were 31 members present. No members were fined for lack of name badges. Walter Mobley, Paul Felburg and Tommy Gilley were guests.

Dates were given for May birthdays; see the newsletter.

A motion to approve the April minutes as written was made by Richard and seconded by Ralph. They were approved.

Sam Mason is recovering more every day. Richard Dunevent’s gave the Treasurer’s re-

port. No news from national director; he’s still out

of town. Old business and past events can be found in

the newsletter. New business and future events will be in the

newsletter, please read and participate. The renewals for ads have filled a page. Show and tell was a ring nut wrench and a

windshield wiper pressure tester. The program was the jet engine demonstra-

tion. Refreshments were provided by Morse,

Neitzke, and McMullin. The next meeting will be at Dunevent’s gar-

age on June 4 @ 7:00 PM (not our normal meet-ing date). SEE NEWSLETTER

The meeting was adjourned with everyone having a good time.

Respectfully submitted Doug Wilson, Secretary


WWII Vets who rode in Model A’s are Mel Knowles, Dick Witter, Jim Dover, Al Dalimonte, and Dick Philipp. Not pictured, Posey Jacobs. Photos by Greg Jones

AIKEN’S MEMORIAL DAY PARADE “Largest Memorial Day parade in SC’- Channel 12 News

Pat Roberts

We had an excellent turnout for Aiken’s Me-

morial Day parade May 26. Thirteen cars took part, including those of Sharon Stewart, Larry Lamb, Richard Dunevent, Jim McPherson, Greg Jones, Don Cerefin, Tom Roberts (3), Jim Dover, Ken Jackson, George Gordon and Eric Shogren. Following the parade Dolores and Don Cerefin invited us to their Cedar Creek home for light re-freshments.

Six WWII vets rode with us in the A's. Sharon and Alan Stewart’s guest, Posey Jacobs, was in the Navy, Pacific Theater and served on a minesweep-er from New Guinea; he is credited with taking out a Zero during a kamikaze attack in the battle of Okinawa. Tom Roberts’ passenger, Dick Philipp, was in the Navy, too, serving on the USS Appala-chian, an amphibious flagship which later served as the floating press headquarters for Bikini atomic bomb tests.

Mel Knowles rode with Dave Rosling. Mel was in the Naval Beach Battalion; at Okinawa, Sai-pan, and the Philippines, and saw the flag being raised (twice) in Iwo Jima. Eric Shogren’s passen-ger, Dick Witter, was with MacArthur in Manila (Philippines) and recently was on one of the HoSC SC Honor Flights to Washington, D.C. He missed the Battle of the Bulge because of a broken leg right after graduation and played baseball for the camp team and, later, a pro team, too!

Al Dalimonte, Don Cerefin’s passenger, served in the Marines. STA member Jim Dover drove his own "A". Jim was an Army paratrooper; he was in Europe and involved in the liberation of Europe. The crowd at the parade clapped each time a car with one of the vets passed by, showing their ap-preciation for the vets and their service.


17TH ANNUAL SOCIAL SECURITY RUN Alan Stewart

The Shade Tree A’s were well represented at

the 17th Annual Social Security Run in LaGrange, GA which started Thursday May 17th and ran through Sunday, May 20th. STA attendees were Anne & Jim Beck, Richard & Frankie Dunevent, Tony & Carol Gazette, Jim & Sheila McPherson, and Alan & Sharon Stewart.

There were 86 cars in attendance with a large number of Model A’s, a Rolls Royce, a couple of Lincolns, two Pierce Arrow’s, a Marmon, and quite a few Model T’s.

The event kicked off with a BBQ dinner on West Point Thursday evening and a short scenic tour (a lot longer if you did not see the sign for Alabama Highway 266 like several of us).

Friday we took a tour to the Wild Animal Park and fed the animals and received copious amounts of saliva from some of the more grateful stars of the show. The highlight was the Giraffe that stole food by sticking his head completely in the bus and taking whatever he wanted. This tour ended with a leisurely ride through Warm Springs past FDR’s Little White House and a return to LaGrange.

Saturday included a poker run through Wood-bury, Meansville, and a stop for lunch at the Gar-den Patch in Barnesville. We were greeted by the Mayor at the restaurant and by a lot of friendly people. The tour of Barnesville included a police escort. The winning overall average tour time for the 115 miles was 3 hours, 48 minutes and 20 se-conds. The Shade Tree A’s are not poker players and came up short on the Poker Drawing.

Carol Gazette captured the prize for the win-ning female costume. We all enjoyed a Mexican fiesta accompanied by entertainment including a

bullfight, singing, and a more-than-hilarious skit perform by Tony, Carol, Jim, Ann, Jim M. and Sheila. It was a really fun event, good food, and a really pleasant drive.

Additional photos will be posted on the STA website.


STILL AROUND AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS…

It’s amazing how many products or companies from the Model A era are still going strong! From 1928 Woman’s Home Companion


LOOKING AHEAD

CLUB EVENTS June: 4 STA’s meeting (NOT Regular day) 16 Trenton Peach Festival Parade July: 9 STA’s meeting 14 Jim Fuller, Aiken 21 Tech Session #31 August: 13 STA’s meeting TBA- Poker Run September: 10 STA’s meeting 22 International Model A Day in Aiken October: 8 STA’s meeting TBA- Steak Cookout November: 12 STA’s meeting 9 & 10 BMW Factory Tour December: TBA- Christmas Parades

OTHER EVENTS May: 5 Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Parade 5 CSRA Spring Mustang & Ford Power Show 12 Penny Pinson Hot Dog Day 17-20 Social Security Run – LaGrange, GA June: 2 Grandfather’s Day at Mike’s 29- 7/1 Fletcher Swap Meet July: 4 Gilbert, SC Parade 21 Aiken “Touch a Truck Day” August: 11 GA Chapter Model A Swap Meet, Tucker GA September: 7-9 Hickory Knob State Park: Western Carolina’s 50th Anniversary Tour 16-20 Chattanooga – MARC on Tour 20-23 Charlotte Autofair 22 International Model A Day 28-29 Swap Meet – Palmetto A’s October: 19-21 Sweet Home Alabama Tour November: 3-4 All Model A Swap Meet, Lebanon TN

ARTICLES WANTED If you have articles to include in future news-

letters, please send them along. Auto repair, period architecture, fashions, toys, tips for Model A maintenance, whatever. The more the better.

SAVE THE DATE International Model A Day, September 22

The Aiken gang will be hosting the STA’s in

Aiken for International Model A Day on Saturday, September 22. Plans tentatively include a trip to the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum housed in the reconstructed 1899 Train Depot, a car display in the historic downtown, visits to the downtown shops, perhaps a side trip to the Aiken County Museum, a group photo, and a covered dish lunch (in air-conditioned comfort). We will give more details as our plans crystalize.

Let’s make this an event where we can really show off our hobby.

PAPER BOYS & GIRLS If you’ve agreed to print a copy of the newslet-

ter for someone without internet access or who has difficulty with the computer, don’t forget to follow through. For members who cannot make all of the meetings, this may be their only link to their STA family. A big thank you to all who have agreed to take on this task.


NEWS LETTER ON THE WEB If you can’t find your newsletter or it

doesn’t show up in your e-mail, it is available, along with past newsletters, at www.ShadeTreeAs.org.

JUNE MEETING PROGRAM

(June 4th) Tom Roberts

Jim Mason will present a program on “How to Install Halogen Headlights on your Model A”. You won’t want to miss this! It is something that every one of us should consider doing to promote safety while driving our Model A.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

PAT & TOM ROBERTS…

for many years of excel-lent newsletters. Here’s one more award to add to their collection. They’re a hard act to follow!


VINTAGE VISIONS Anne Neely-Beck

Fashion from Needlecraft Magazine June 1928

Dress 3412 was designed for young

adults or women, the drape on the side adds smartness, perfect for a day of shopping.

Dress 3414 has exquisite lines and

was designed for young adults and wom-en and could be worn to a spectator sports event.

Dress 135 is smartly simple, designed

for young adults and women and could be worn shopping or to a sporting event.


adults and women, and could be worn shopping and to church.


adults and women, its pleasing style could be worn shopping or to church.


NUTS & BOLTS To keep potatoes from budding, place an ap-

ple in the bag with the potatoes.

Remove rust from tools by adding salt to 1

tablespoon lemon juice until it forms a paste.

Apply the paste to rusted area with a dry

cloth and rub away the rust. If you have tips to share, send them to your STA Newsletter editor.

THE CLASSIFIEDS

FOR SALE

1928 “At the Tea Dance” Goebel-W. Germany Signed & Dated $200 or best offer. Contact Sheila McPherson 706-399-6705

WANTED

Need Model A Ford Running Board Step Plates. Contact Jim McPherson at 706-592-4835.

FOR SALE Shade Tree A’s hats are back in stock. We have

navy blue and a limited supply of white. $12.00 See Richard or Frankie.

INVITATION: HICKORY KNOB TOUR

Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club Please join the Western Carolinas Model A Ford

Club as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary with a Model A Tour and Banquet to be held Friday, Satur-day and Sunday, September 7, 8, and 9, 2012 at Hick-ory Knob State Resort Park, near McCormick, SC. Optional mini-tours will be available Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Saturday will be an all day sce-nic tour visiting several Southern museums. Saturday evening will be our 50th Anniversary Banquet with a special program reviewing our past 50 years.

Come and join WCMAFC for all three days, the Saturday tour, or only the Banquet. For a registration form for the Tour(s) and Banquet email John Latham WCMAFC Tour Committee at [email protected] or phone 828-687-9138.

Room reservations must be made directly with Hickory Knob State Resort Park by calling 1-800-491-1764, referencing Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club when making the reservation. A block of rooms will be held until July 7, 2012. Room rates are $89.21, including taxes, per night. At the time of registration, one night’s deposit will be charged to a Visa, Master-Card, Discover or American Express, or a traveler’s check or money order can be sent to the resort.

The Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club looks forward to seeing you in September.

THE COFER COLLECTION The Georgia MAFCA Swap Meet is scheduled for

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Coffer Museum, “Stable of Thoroughbreds” in Tucker, Georgia. The museum is private and well worth the trip to the At-lanta area. You can preview the collection at www.thecofercollection.com.

For more information about the swap meet, the GA MAFCA contact person is Rob Powell 770-925-8076.


http://www.thecofercollection.com


YOUR AD COULD BE HERE

Contact Craig McMullin

FROM THE PAST Do you recognize the beige car on the left,

4th down? It was taken June 19, 2003 in Ai-ken.

I found this photo on the internet. I’m pretty sure this is the first Model A the edi-tor ever sat in (see page 1).


AVAILABLE

Contact Craig McMullin to have your card here.

The program for the May meeting was a demonstration of a jet engine restored by member Steve Young. It’s pretty safe to say that no one fell asleep during his presentation, or if they did, they didn’t doze off for long!

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