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April 2020, Volume 22, Issue 4

Laughter is the Best Medicine!

Message from the President

Greetings!

My how times have changed for us all this year. Normally, this time of year we are busy waking up our antiques from their winter nap and getting them ready for the new season of events. As a Club, we would be planning for our Purple Heart Car Show, monthly cruise-ins and club outings. It has now become a time where we shelter in our homes in hopes of dodging this virus. I hope you and your families are well during this scary time.

We’ve cancelled our March and April Chapter meetings. I hope to see everyone in May, but we’ll have to take that one day at a time…. Due to scheduling conflicts, Ruth Ann was unable to reschedule the Purple Heart Car Show. We look forward to hosting this event again in 2021. The Spring Folly Cruise In has been rescheduled for September 26th.

With fingers crossed, we look forward to our June monthly cruise in.

Hope to see you all in May!

Special Interest Articles:

▪ Message from the President

▪ Laughter

▪ Car Events Schedule

▪ Birthdays & Anniversaries

▪ And Away She Goes

▪ Free Meals

▪ A.A.A.D.D.

▪ Big Screen

▪ Pictures

▪ Classifieds

▪ A Word from Our Sponsors

On the Web:

National: www.AACA.org

NC Region: www.ncregionaaca.com/region/

Old Salem Chapter: www.ncregionaaca.com/oldsalem

OSC Facebook: www.facebook.com/

Old.Salem.AACA

Tuesday, April 21st Meeting CANCELED

Per “Stay-at-Home” Executive Order

Until Further Notice

Editors: John & Ruth Ann Ronchetti

1025 Pine Knolls Rd.

Kernersville, NC 27284

Phone: (336) 996-5125

Fax: (336) 996-5253

E-Mail: j_ronchetti@usa.net

ra_ronchetti@usa.net

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Car Events Schedule – Mark Your Calendar!

Apr 21 OSC Monthly Meeting … CANCELED

Apr 25 Purple Heart Car Show, Main St. United Methodist Church … CANCELED

May 5 OSC Spring Folly Cruise-In … CANCELED

May 9 River Landing Car Show, Colfax … CANCELED

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May 15 OSC at Shannon Gray Rehab Center, 2005 Shannon Gray Ct, Jamestown, 2:30 pm

TENTATIVE … NO WORD YET

May 21 OSC Monthly Meeting, Olympic Restaurant, 1541 W. Mountain St., K'ville, 6 pm

TENTATIVE … NO WORD YET

Ron Casey – Apr 28th

Bob St. Laurent – May 13th

Personal Notes

❖ Condolences to our president Crystal & Kevin Tanner on the loss of Kevin's 90 year-old grandmother.

Always very sad to lose a special grandmother.

❖ Congratulations to our member Duke Marley who just celebrated his 89th BIRTHDAY! Way to go,

Duke!

❖ Thoughts and prayers for our member Darlene Crutchfield as she is fighting severe sciatica problems,

not fun! Hoping you will feel better soon, Darlene!

❖ Sorry to hear that members Noel & Donna Sheffield experienced some fallen trees damaging one of

their daily drivers (not their Classics, thankfully) during the latest severe storm we had. Thank goodness

for insurance!

Frank Harris – May 15th

Becky Hancock – May 17th

Bonnie & Keith Tuttle – May 6th

Becky & Bynum Hancock – May 16th

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And … Away She Goes …

A few days ago, our OSC member, Charlotte St. Laurent’s beautiful 1967 Cougar was loaded up for a

cross-country trip to California, now on its way as of this writing. We will be losing our former secretary

and dear friends, Charlotte & Bob St. Laurent, at the end of next month when Bob retires and will be

moving to southern California for their retirement. Charlotte’s sister is there so they will be joining her then.

They have been a wonderful asset to our OSC and fun people to be with, so sorry to see them leaving us!

Charlotte’s Cougar being loaded on the truck for trip to California

FREE Meals for Those in Need

Kernersville is such an awesome town and caring

community! In the wake of this Coronavirus Pandemic,

FREE meals are being offered to the community from the

First Christian Church and the Second Harvest Food Bank

at various times and locations. Check out the newspaper

article to the right for their schedule. I went to check them

out earlier this week and only had to wait about 15 minutes

in the comfort of my car, picked the dinners up through my

car window, and went home to eat a wonderful Mexican

meal. They were also accepting donations, as well.

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Editor’s Comments: A little humor for you during these indoor Stay-at-Home days.

I am thinking some of us can relate, I know I can! 😊

Thank you to our member, Bettie Moody, for passing it on to me!

A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

"Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder"

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first...

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox then I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, So I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

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I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

• The car isn't washed,

• The bills aren't paid,

• There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter,

• The flowers don't have enough water,

• There is still only 1 check in my check book,

• I can't find the remote,

• I can't find my glasses,

• And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired!

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail....

Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I don't remember who I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

P.S. I don't remember who sent it to me, so if it was you, I'm sorry.

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Our Old Salem Chapter was on the Big Screen! Ruth Ann Ronchetti, Old Salem Chapter

The Old Salem Chapter was very honored to be a part of this fine

film, "The Ultimate Life," in March 2013, shooting in various

locations around our area. We thought it might be an interesting

article to reprint now since we have been shut down with no activities

going on because of this coronavirus … and since it was just seven

years ago last month that it was filmed. It has been shown on the

Hallmark Movie Channel numerous times since then and it also had

its theater debut in Winston-Salem in September 2013 where we went

to see it. What great fun it was to see “us” on the BIG SCREEN!

Our Old Salem Chapter AACA story begins:

In February, I was contacted by our OSC member, Tim White, regarding a wonderful opportunity for our

Old Salem Chapter members. A friend of his, DJ Hall, was involved with the local film industry and he

asked Tim if our club could maybe help them out by providing some antique/classic cars for a movie that

was going to be shooting locally during the month of March. W E L L … OF COURSE WE COULD …

HOW EXCITING!

After I made a phone call to talk to DJ, the ball started rolling. He sent his transportation coordinator, Billy

Gregg, to our monthly Old Salem Chapter meeting February 19th and Billy filled us in on all the details. The

movie was called “The Ultimate Life” and we were told then that it would be shown on the Hallmark

Channel in September with a DVD release around Christmas of this year. The director was Michael

Landon, Jr., and stars Peter Fonda and Lee Meriwether and with a cameo of James Garner. It takes place

during 1941-1968 and is a sequel to the "The Ultimate Gift" that James Garner starred in a few years back.

We started signing our OSC cars up for it right away … what an opportunity!

The first shoot involving our cars was on Friday,

March 8th in Wentworth, NC, at the old Wentworth

High School. Our members Jimmy Hailey came

with his 1936 Studebaker, Charlie Crutchfield with

his 1931 Dodge Brothers, and Frank Harris with his

1929 Ford Model A Coach and his 1938 Chevy

Sedan, and Jim Quick came with his ‘ole black

1946 Chevy Pick-Up truck. It was bone-chilling

cold that day, low 40’s, cloudy, and windy … but

the show went on. Right from the git-go, they

really took a special liking to Jim Quick’s beautiful

'ole truck … and we kinda wondered why. (I will

get into that a little later in this article.)

We found out that the shoots that were involving our cars were for “flashback” scenes Pre-1941 and that is

why they were requesting our older cars. The shoot in Wentworth was a scene where the kids were getting

out of class for the day and were being picked up (by our cars/truck) … and they did this scene over and

over again, all afternoon. It was really interesting though to watch all the detail and labor that goes into the

filming … never realized it was so involved. Then after the shoot was done for the day, we were offered a

delicious prime rib dinner from their cast and crew caterer … wow … absolutely wonderful!

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Now, getting back to Jim Quick’s truck. Later, we found out that Jim was asked to go to another shoot in

East Bend that following Wednesday with his truck. Come to find out, that was a shoot with THE Peter

Fonda and Jim’s truck was going to be “Peter’s truck” in the movie … how ‘bout that! (Folks, we now have

a celebrity in our OSC … way to go, Jim!) My understanding from Jim is that he was in his truck at one

point and having a conversation with Peter. Afterwards, DJ

Hall, the aforementioned contact, took a great picture of the

two of them together … CHECK IT OUT!

And then … they asked Jim to bring back his truck again

the next day on Thursday for a third time at a location

outside of Mocksville for a “cowboy shoot” with Mr. Peter

Fonda. John and I were there for that one and saw Mr.

Fonda on the set then. It was a shoot where Peter’s

character (on the left side of the truck) was choosing some

hired hands … and it was shot … over and over and over

again.

This is a little interesting, unrelated side story:

Before the shoot took place with Peter Fonda, Jim

Quick, John and I were talking with some of the

"would be ranch hands" and during our

conversation, one of them introducing himself as

"Bo," knew we were providing the cars/truck for

the movie and asked me if I thought our car club

could help out Winston-Salem with an upcoming

event. I told him I felt sure we could and gave

him my contact info and asked him to email me

the details.

When I got home, his email was already there … I

read it and couldn't believe the name I saw on it.

It was signed Bowman Gray … and I thought … wow, is this THE Bowman Gray of the very prestigious

Bowman Gray family in Winston-Salem, the same well-known family that the Bowman Gray School of

Medicine and the Bowman Gray NASCAR race track is named after, to name just a few? In my return

email, I asked him, and his reply was: "Indeed I am, Bowman Gray the IV." OH, MY GOODNESS … I

COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! Here, he was a "cowboy" doing what he loved, I am sure, and just an ordinary

kind of guy. Amazing … the wonderful people we are meeting and the doors that have been opened to us,

just by owning our classic car! Never, did I ever

think any of this was possible! Wow! Well …

getting off my soapbox, I will continue on …

The next day, Friday, March 8th, was another

shoot that took place in Winston-Salem in one of

the nicer neighborhoods. The antique car “star of

the show” that day was our past OSC president

Matt Eastling’s beautiful yellow 1940 Ford

Convertible. Also, showing up for the shoot were

our OSC members Jim Taylor with his 1936 Ford

Convertible, Jimmy Hailey in Clarence Lambe’s

1930 Model A, and Charlie Crutchfield with his

1931 Dodge Brothers, that were used for street shots … and we came in our ’55 Chevy, just to bring it. It

was a good thing we did, because Matt's '40 Ford had a mechanical problem … and thankfully … we had

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our big toolbox in the trunk of the ’55 … and they were able to get it fixed temporarily to finish the shoot …

whew!

It was another interesting day and the shoots weren't over yet. Our ’55 Chevy was next to be filmed the

following Tuesday in East Bend. John and I arrived mid morning after a very rainy night and the shoot was

going to be in a huge open field close to where "the oil rig" was set up. The only way in … we were told …

was a very muddy, deep-rutted, dirt road from all the rain … one look at that John said, "no way." After

some discussion, John finally wound up driving through the grassy part of the field as an alternate route and

he got the car in OK.

The fella driving our '55 Chevy in the film was

playing a process server and he was driving in

the "oil field" to serve a warrant. Sounds simple

enough … but not so in the movie making

industry. They film take after take after take,

getting all different angles and making sure it is

exactly what they want, until it's finally a

"wrap." This was all sooo interesting to watch

and to be a part of, especially since our car was

being used in this particular shoot! Then after

our day was over, we were treated to a

wonderful catered dinner, again … just great!

The following Thursday (two days later), I had to get together 11 cars for a Pre-1941 shoot that was in the

downtown area of Madison, NC … that was a fun day! Our member Joe Huygens (what a guy!) provided

four of the cars for us: a 1926 Ford Model T Runabout, a 1927 Ford Model T Convertible Pick-Up, a 1929

Ford Model A Roadster Pick-Up, and a 1930 Ford Cabriolet, and extra drivers, our OSC David Hawks and

Three Rivers Chapter Paul Gover.

Also there were: Frank Harris with his 1929 Model A Coach, Clarence Lambe's 1930 Ford Model A,

Gurney Yokeley's 1932 Studebaker, William Carter's 1935 Ford Coupe (that John and I drove), Mike

Riegelman's 1935 Ford Sedan, Jimmy Hailey's 1936 Studebaker, and Roger & Brenda Hockaday's 1939

Chrysler.

It was a very cold morning, but "our" cars all

arrived on schedule. We weren't really sure what

the day was going to bring, but we knew it was

going to be exciting and a once-in-a-lifetime

experience! The first shoot of the day was at the

downtown intersection. Two of our cars were on

one side of the traffic light and another two were

on the other side … when given direction (each

driver was given a walkie talkie), they drove

slowly through the intersection … over and over

again. In another shot they had them drive

through town on the main street, passing one

another in opposite directions … over and over

again. (This is a shot of Jimmy Hailey's 1936

Studebaker and Roger Hockaday's 1939 Chrysler, with Joe Huygens' 1929 Ford Pick-Up in the background.)

And during the "off time," some of our cars were just parked on the street for still shots while we enjoyed

watching everything going on. Another fun day!

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The next day, Friday, we only needed three cars for the residential shoot in Madison. Our Gurney Yokeley

(one of the original founders of our Old Salem Chapter in 1967) brought his beautiful 1932 Studebaker

again (such a gorgeous car, real class), Buddy Hutchens

(a past OSC member) brought his wonderful 1940 Buick,

very nice (both pictured to the right, next page), and then

John and I drove William Carter's lovely wine color 1940

Ford Coupe. They were mostly using these cars for drive-

by and still shots but after only one run, they decided that

the '40 Ford Coupe that John and I were in was going to

be the "family" car and wanted it parked in front of the

garage at the house that was being filmed, so that's were it

stayed for the remainder of the day.

This gave us a lot of time to be able to just take in all that

was happening. During all of the filming, every day, we

were very welcomed and made to feel like we were "one of the gang" … it was great! At this particular

shoot, they even had chairs for us to sit across the street so we could watch comfortably. We broke for

lunch about mid afternoon and they shuttled us all back to home base where we were treated to an excellent

catered meal … yum! They REALLY feed their people well! After we were done eating, they shuttled us

back to the shoot site again and we remained there until after dark … this being our longest day.

This was also a very special day for us personally, for

several reasons: 1) It was our last day on the set and it

was March 15th, my husband John's birthday, and I said

to him driving on the way to the shoot: "Well, how

special is this? Not everyone can say they have driven a

beautiful 1940 Ford Coupe to a movie set on their

birthday!" That was pretty cool! And, 2) This was the

day that we finally were able to talk to Michael Landon,

Jr., director of the film, and thank him for allowing our

OSC to be a part of this movie, and what an honor it was

for our Chapter. He was equally pleased with the quality

of our cars and thanked us in return. And … on our final day … here we are in a picture with Michael

Landon, Jr.! Wow!

NEWS FLASH! On July 31, we went to the private

screening of "The Ultimate Life," by invitation … wow …

how exciting! Gotta tell 'ya … THIS WAS SO COOL TO

SEE OUR OSC CARS / TRUCK ON THE BIG SCREEN!

NOTHING LIKE IT! SUCH AN AWESOME

OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR OLD SALEM CHAPTER!

Originally, we were told it was going to be on the Hallmark

Channel, but when the trailer came out, it showed a theater

release date of September 6th … wow … was this a

surprise!

IT IS A WONDERFUL FAMILY MOVIE WITH SOME

GREAT LIFE LESSONS (a lot of what is missing in today's

society) and points out THE things that everyone SHOULD

be grateful for, EVERYDAY! And, of course … IT WAS

GREAT SEEING OUR CARS AND THAT OLE BLACK TRUCK ON THE BIG SCREEN, TOO!

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“The Ultimate Life” Movie Kernersville Cruise-In

Mayor Dawn Morgan proclaimed it as

“The Ultimate Life” Day in Kernersville.

September 14, 2013

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22" Aluminum Radiator, used 100 miles, I guarantee it for 3 years. $145 or best offer.

Alternator, single pulley, for 1961-1985 Chrysler Corp. vehicles, used 100 miles,

I guarantee it for 3 years, $95 or best offer.

Contact: Jerry Whitfield, 336-749-5922 and leave message.

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1928 Ford Model A Tudor (AR)

Serial No: 5265, Matching numbers

Completely Restored, Good Parade Car

Local car - $11,000

Contact Terry Rothrock – 336-816-3276

or twrock@triad.rr.com

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1928 Buick, Standard Model, all original

Car has been stored inside most of it’s life. Stored off the floor for the past 47 years

Can be hand cranked. To be sold As Is.

$7500

Contact for car and restoration history: linlay2@hotmail.com

Owner is a former OSC Secretary/Treasurer in the 1980s.

Classifieds

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