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West GeorGia reGion’s monthly neWsletter oct 2017

What’s Going On

2017Calendar of events

Oct 3-8 – 20th Annual Cruisin the Coast in Biloxi, Ms. www.cruisinthecoast.com (888) 808-1188 [Jerry Stanford]

Oct 14 - GA/AL AACA Annual Car Show 8:00 to 2:00@ LaGrange Mall 1501 Lafayette Pkwy., LaGrange GA. [Joe McConnell] Come Early!

Oct 21 - Golden City Cruisers 14th Annual Open Charity Car Show 10 to 3 @ The Mill, 106 Temple St., Villa Rica, Ga., Billy Glover (678)713-1265 or see www.goldencitycruisers.com

Oct 20-21– Cruise the Smokies Fall Cherokee Rod Run @ Aquoni Expo Center Cherokee NC www.cherokeerodders.com (800)438-1601 [Ask Jerry Stanford for info.]

Nov 4 - Three Club Picnic MEETING hosted by Carrollton AACA Club 11:00 to 3:00 @Glennloc Baptist Church,2807 Glenloch Rd., Franklin Ga. [Freddy Duncan (678)234-8328] We will caravan from WalMart in Lagrange @ 10:30

West Gerogia Region AACA Christmas Party - December 16

It’s almost October now and the weather may finally be cooling off a bit and allowing some of our more active members to enjoy their non-air-conditioned antique vehicles a little bit more. There are several things coming up that members not going to Hershey may wish to put on their calendars.October 7 is the Southwire Car Show in Carrollton at the Quilt Museum parking lot. See our website for this date to learn more and for the link to pre-register.October 14th is the big annual car show sponsored by our sister region of AACA down in LaGrange, the Georgia-Alabama region. Let’s support them in big numbers this year as they come up to Carrollton each June to support our show. Their flyer is on our website.October 21stth is the annual Golden City Cruisers judged car show at The Mill amphitheater in downtown Villa Rica. It’s always a great show with plenty going on, so let’s support our friends right up the road. Details on our website and, of course, theirs too. Go to http://www.goldencitycruisers.comOctober 28 is the Big Bad Wolf Car Show, 10 am to 3 pm at 1584 Roopville Veal Rd, Roopville, GA, door prizes, auctions, top 15 cars, DJ, food, $15 pre-reg, $20 at door, contact Ronnie Nation at 678-787-3601 for details.November 4th is our Three Club Picnic hosted by our club from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Eastern time at Glen-loch Baptist Church, 2807 Glenloch Rd., Franklin, GA. More details to follow by email and on the website.

November 5th is the Lineville car show with swap meet, Lineville, Alabama.Take a look at the sidebar in this issue of The Greasy Rag, as well as the Coming Events section of our web-site, to see what else may be coming up in these next weeks and months. See you at our monthly meeting at American Pie on Thursday, October 5th at 6:30 pm. We will discuss and vote on a worthy charity recipient. And we will accept nominations for club officers for 2018. November is election month. Enjoy the Ride!Glenn

President's Message ~ October 2017 President's Message ~ October 2017

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By Glenn Novak

The week of September 10-16, 2017 was National Assisted Living Week and this year’s theme was “Family is Forever.” Cottage Landing Senior Living in Carrollton invited members of our club to participate in their special celebration event held on Wednesday, September 13th.

To make for a bigger and better show, we expanded this invitation to our friends in the Golden City Cruisers, and we had a total of 14 collector vehicles show up from both clubs for an informal car and truck show from 3:00-5:00 pm. Residents, staff and family members walked around and enjoyed looking at the old and new cars and sharing some of their recollections of cars owned and days gone by.

Cottage Landing hosted and publicized the activity and provided a special parking area for our display. They also engaged the services of a musician, Ken Taylor of “The Klassics,” who performed a wide variety of oldies and country favorites throughout the event. In addition, all in attendance were welcome to enjoy the free ice cream and snow cone treats provided by the Kona Ice truck.

Some of the vehicles showcased for spectators to enjoy included a 1928 Model A Ford owned by Gary and Carol Moyses, the Horne’s 1934 Pierce-Arrow sedan, a 1954 Chevrolet 3100 pick-up and 1970 Chevelle owned by Lynn and Nick Ware, a 1955 MG-TF owned by Cameron Covert, the Hearnburg’s 1957 Ford Skyliner, Walt and Jenny Smith’s 1957 Thunderbird, a 1992 Corvette owned by Johnny and Barbara Waters, two of the Novak’s Buicks, Danny Nixon’s 1963 Impala coupe and some later model Corvettes owned by members of the Golden City Cruisers. It was something like a small car show without the judging and the trophies. The rewards were in the eyes and smiles of this very special target audience, who seemed to enjoy our display from

either the parking lot or the covered porch area.

After the event, we brought our cars home and some of us met later at Applebee’s for dinner and conversation.

Thanks again to members of both car clubs who brought out their fine rides for all to enjoy.

Cottage Landing Show Re-cap

Enjoying the day with pals from the Golden City CRuisers

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Admiring Cameron's MGTFSome great exposure for our region at the event!

Thumbs up for this guy!Gary Moyses and his 1928 Model A Ford Coupe

Bill Hearnburg is keeping and eye on things!Nick and Lynn Ware with Walt Smith and Rick Horne. Featured is Walt's Ford T-Bird

Lots of smiles from this Cottage Landing resident!

Hoods up! Kona Ice participated in this annual event

By Rick Horne

The Hornes and the Smiths participated in this year's Fun With Dick and Jane Tour in Hiawassee, Georgia. It started with a Friday rendesvous at the fabulous Gibbs Gar-dens. Folks began arriving at Gibb’s Gardens around 11:30. There is a beautiful stream flowing through the middle of the valley, with hundreds of springs intersecting the stream. The springs are surrounded by millions of natu-ralized ferns making it one of the largest ferneries in the nation. Native azaleas, dogwoods, and mountain laurels add to the view. Jim Gibbs designed 24 ponds, 32 bridge crossings and 19 waterfalls. There are hundreds of varieties of plants and are carved into pockets surrounded by acres of trees that provide spectacular color in the Fall. We enjoyed boxed lunches on homemade breads from the Gibbs Gardens Café outside under cool shade trees. We then toured the gardens either walking or riding the trams. Mr. Gibbs has certainly created a showcase, and I under-stand from our guide he is very ‘hands on’ in the mainte-nance and upkeep of the gardens. Around 3:00 it was time to depart for Hiawassee. Those that drove their A’s had a scenic tour over the mountains and all arrived safely at the

Lodge. Our host hotel was the Lake Chatuga Lodge, aptly on beautiful Lake Chattuga in Hiawassee Ga. Folks relaxed on the veranda overlooking the Lake for a spell. Jim Cannon came by the hotel to say howdy. Jim is the Technical Editor for MAFCA. Jim has a summer home in the area. Dinner was on your own. There are many nice res-taurants in the area. Thanks to Jim Cannon’s guidance we found a great place that served Italian and American cuisine. After dinner there was a great deal of meeting new friends and reacquainting with long time ones. Saturday morning many of us had a good old fashioned Southern breakfast at Mary’s in Young Harris, Georgia just west of Hiawassee. By 9 AM we were on the road to Blue Ridge, Georgia and a highly anticipated train ride on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. A straight shot drive of about an hour and we arrived in Blue Ridge. We had some time to explore there historic and quaint downtown. It was “All Aboard” by 11:00 AM. We rode in open sided vintage train cars. The motive power was supplied by a pair of GP 10 Diesels. The weather was perfect. Even the locals remarked at how perfect the temperature and humidity were. The train ride takes about an hour at about 15 miles an hour. Along the Toccoa river we rode a good part of the way. Beautiful woods and Mother Nature's finest

West Georgia Members Head to Hiawassee For Some Model A Fun

Model A’s parked in line as participants in the 2017 Dick & Jane Tour boarded the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

The Blue Ridge Railroad’s power house engine

CAMAFC members Katie Herrick, Rick Horne and Ed Herrick pose on Ocoee River bridge in Copperhill, TN on the route of Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway is an hour long train ride along the picturesque Toccoa River. Open cars as well as closed train cars are available. During Fall Leaf times must be even more breathtaking.

along the route. I imagine that in the fall the color must be fantastic on this train ride. We arrived in McCaysville GA/Copperhill TN about noon. Yes McCaysville and Copperhill are essentially one in the same. In fact the state line between Georgia and Tennessee runs at an angle right through both towns. We had several hours for lunch and exploration. Some had lunch overlooking the Ocoee River. Others did some antiquing. Both villages were jumping with activity on that Saturday. Visitors and locals were all having fun. At 2 PM we boarded for our train for the ride back to Blue Ridge. All the passengers swapped sides in the train cars for a different view of the beautiful mountain terrain. Along the way the locals greeted our passing train with hands wav-ing and thumbs up. After our return to Blue Ridge some of us took a side trip mentioned in the Tour Book to Crane Creek Vineyards in Young Harris, GA. What treat that was. This vineyard has been in operation for about 20 years and is well established. The have tables and chairs in the shade overlooking the vineyards. As well as red and white wines, they offer cheese and crackers of all sorts for your enjoyment. After some complimentary wine tasting we chose an excellent red and enjoyed the view until dinner. The closing banquet was held at Brothers Restaurant in Hiawassee. A tasty buffet was offered with a variety of entrees. Sunday morning saw another large contingent at Mary’s for breakfast once again. Everyone said their goodbyes and headed home.

So the question is, will there be a Sixth (not necessarily annual) Fun With Dick and Jane Tour and how many West Georgia AACA Model A owners are going to attend?

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Wayne & debbie areheart: 1929 Tudorterry & neva adkins: 1930 FordorJerry & Margaret Boutwell: 1929 FordorMark & sandra Bowen: 1931 FordorRichard & Susan Buff: 1930 Fordordick Carne & Pam rader: 1929 RoadsterJason & tina Carne Wayne & rosie Colson: 1931 VictoriaMarshal & Marilyn Corley: 1931 RoadsterGareth & debra eich: 1929 Tudor - Note: Gareth and Debra had to cancel due to Hurricane Irma. We hope they sur-vived the storm without damage.david & anna Garmon: 1931 Coupe dick & Jane Haldeman: 1931 Tudored & Katie Herrick: 1930 Deluxe DeliveryHenry & diane Hinds: 1931 Coupe

rick & liz Horne: 1931 Pickup (West GA AACA)Chuck & regina Johnson: 1930 CoupeJim & Jackie Johnson: 1930 Tudortaylor & Judy Merrill: 1929 Roadster George & Jane Merry: 1929 Tudortom & Betty Miller: 1930 Tudordon & sandra Mims: 1930 Coupe Brooke & Mandy reeve: 1931 Pickupsteve & Brenda rinaldo: 1930 TudorGordon & Jane sherman: 1931 Roadster Pickup Bob & Cheryl simpson: 1930 Tudor Walt & Jenny smith: 1930 Roadster (West GA AACA)Bobby & Hilda sullivan: 1931 Pickup Pat & Pam tyler: 1930 Phaeton

the following Model a-ers attended the tour this year.

The Toccoa River’s Cherokee Indian “fish trap.” Cherokee settlements were common along the Toccoa River. The natives used an ingenious method of catching fish. By piling rocks and boulders across the river in a distinctive “V” shape, the Cherokee were able to trap and catch fish as they swam into the “V.”

A late afternoon of fun at the Crane Creek Winery in Young Harris, GA. The Hornes and their pals the Herricks almost missed the Farewell Dinner because of wine, fun with Hurricane Irma evacuees and a three legged rescue dog named Crutch!

Ed and Katie Herrick’s Sedan Delivery at Crane Creek Winery after a wonderful day of Model A touring

Liz Horne’s new 1931 Pickup “Jesse” who ran like a champ on his first Dick and Jane tour

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Submitted by: Debbie Novak - Secretary

Minutes from September 7, 2017

President Glenn Novak called the meeting to order at 7:14 pm. There were 20 members present and no guests. One birthday this month: Debbie NovakThe minutes of the August 3rd meeting were approved by voice vote.Gary Moyses gave the Treasurer’s Report and indicated that there was an apparent discrepancy between his number and the recent bank statement, and that he will investigate and resolve it.Old BusinessGlenn reported that there were 388 cars at the Callaway show this year, up from 297 last year, and that the hot air balloons were tethered.Charities for 2017 were discussed and Geoff presented the idea of our club making a donation to help victims of the hurricanes. He suggested The American Red Cross and Rescue for Dogs from Hurricanes. Liz proposed that we might also consider the Salvation Army. These are possibilities for the club to consider at our October meeting.The Cottage Landing car show is still on for September 13th from 3-5 pm and they will have live music there. Members are invited to bring out their cars and those interested may want to have a meal together afterward.The Tri-Club picnic is still on at the Duncan’s church for Nov. 4. LaGrange will provide salads and sides and Anniston will bring desserts. We will provide the main dish and plates, cups and napkins.The annual Christmas Party is set for Dec. 16 at the Hearnburg’s church.new BusinessNominations for club officers for 2018 will be at the October meeting.Upcoming shows are on our website, including Senoia on Sept. 30 which is pre-registration only at $30 and which will have Dennis Gage of “My Classic Car” on site filming cars and interviewing owners. We should try to support our friends by attending the LaGrange AACA show on Oct. 14 and the Golden City Cruisers show on Oct. 21The Smiths, Hornes and Moyseses are organizing the national show for American Austin and Bantam on June 4th of 2018 at Callaway Gardens. If they need any help with this project, perhaps our club could pitch in.Meeting was adjourned at 7:48 pm.