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October 2016 Volume 53 Issue 10

President's Message

WOW, what a time we’ve had since the September meeting. First and foremost is we have suc-cessfully hosted the 2016 60

th New England Meet. Participants came from all of the north eastern

states. A full report will is elsewhere in this issue of the Oil Leak. Secondly, a few of the club mem-bers (Lindens, Erbs, Tallones, Callans, Marshall/Roberson, Stokinger/Johnson) enjoyed attending Model A Day at the MAFFI Model A Museum, located at the Gilmore Museum complex in Hickory Corner, Michigan. And finally we have been able to get out and enjoy our Model A’s on some fun tours and events this month.

October is right around the corner and with it comes the time when we think about winding down our Model A activities. But not before we enjoy some more tours. It is also time for many of us to make our annual trek to Pennsylvania for the AACA Hershey Region Fall Flea Market and Show. This is the king of flea markets, something we have been enjoying for a long time. My first Hershey was in 1973 and I remember pushing the kids around in strollers when the fields were rocks and grass.

The next major endeavor for the club is to come up with a slate of officers for the 2017 season. Finding volunteers always seems to be a chore, so please consider helping the club. The Nomi-nating Committee (JJ, Rich Batstone and Len Michalak) have been canvasing the membership for candidates and will present their recommendations at the October meeting.

I should also mention that we have two dinner tours coming up in October. The first is the Colum-bus Day (October 10) Italian Dinner, which this year will be held at Carbone’s Restaurant in Hopkin-ton. The second is our Wayside Inn Dinner on October 27, a flyer in on page 9. This is always an nice evening out at one of the finest restaurants in the area. Look forward to seeing you there.

Happy Model A’ing

Doug Linden

EDITOR NEEDED Still Plenty of time

to volunteer

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2016 Board of Directors

President - Doug Linden 508-485-7575 douglinden@aol.com

Vice President - Tom Zappala 781-444-5825 t.zappala@comcast.net

Secretary - John Erb 978-897-7953 john.erb@verizon.net

Treasurer - Andy Adams 781-237-1575 andrewtim.adams@gmail.com

Membership - Nan Linden 508-485-7575 met59A31@aol.com

Editor - V-A-C-A-N-T

Steering Committee

Jo Johnson, Jack Stokinger, Clyde Kelton, Rich Batstone

Tour Leaders: Mike Doyle 781-899-8706 / Dick O’Brien 781-223-0259

Sunshine: Grace Doyle

Oct 1981 35 years ago Auction night, Phil Iorio auctioneer.

Doug L says “it’s like squeezing water out of rocks”.

Great stories from tour to Ogunquit.

New club jackets--marked Framingham

Oct 1991 25 years ago Pres Wayne Champagne gaveled meeting to order and prepared for the auction.

Ed Giovanella reminded everyone with over-

drives to change the oil and use 50W.

Oct 2001 15 years ago Sept meeting at Wayland’s Traditions with 70 people attending and waiting patiently for their ice cream.

Bad News--change in staff--NO ICE CREAM.

Meetings at Peace Lutheran Church.

This Month In Minuteman HISTORY - By Art Callan

New England Meet cars at Kimball’s

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The meeting was held at the Memorial

Congregational Church on Concord Road in

Sudbury. Meeting opened at 7:30 PM by Presi-

dent Doug Linden.

He once again thanked Harold and Sally

Legge for hosting the August meeting and com-

mented on the terrific turn out.

The Secretary and Treasurer’s reports

were accepted as printed in the Oil Leak.

John Kearns then spoke about having a

Drive-In Movie at his home on September 20th,

hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn and treats will

be available. Please bring chairs.

Doug mentioned that he was contacted

by Fruitland Museum looking for a few cars to

be on display September 12th (noon to 2PM)

for an event they are having for caregiver’s

recognition. He also mentioned Wayland Rec-

reation Department is holding a “touch a truck”

event and were looking for cars to participate.

Not enough hands were raised to support these

events and Doug would get back to each to let

them know we be unable to participate.

Nan reported one new member to the

club – Rick Pizzi of Pizzi Farm Ice Cream in

Waltham. Doug commented on how much we

love Pizzi Farms ice cream!!

Jo Johnson provided update for New

England meet – 187 registrations. Help will be

needed Friday night to support the games,

there are 8 games that will be running, also ad-

ditional snacks for the Hospitality Suite are

needed.

Craig Martin requested and received a

couple more assistants to provide directions

along the Grand Tour route.

Bruce Marshall discussed the Peer Judg-

ing of cars (Minutemen Club member cars not

eligible). He also displayed a pin that resem-

bles a Ford Factory Badge that will be provided

to participants who complete the Grand Tour in

a Model A.

Doug discussed MAFCA ballots for the

coming year, please complete and send in, also

mentioned the “Restorer” is now available elec-

tronically for an additional five dollar fee.

Doug mentioned a couple of new mem-

bers were looking for assistance getting their

Model A’s running smoothly, once the New

England Meet is over he is sure someone will

step-up and provide assistance.

After a quick break for refreshments’,

Rich Batstone conducted a presentation on re-

storing Model A shock absorbers and the pro-

cess used by Roger Harvey.

Respectfully submitted,

Anonymous

(actually, thanks Rick)

Secretary’s Report Minutes of the Minuteman Model A Ford Club September 6, 2016

Artie Facts

President Theo Roosevelt went bear hunting, but

had no luck. To avoid disappointing the Pres, his

staff got an old bear and tied it to a tree. When

the President was offered a chance to shoot the

bear, he refused. When a journalist wrote up the

story, he changed it to a little bear cub. An en-

terprising store owner selling kids toys and

stuffed animals put some bears in his front win-

dow with a sign “Teddy Bears”.

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TOUR REPORTS

Sept 1 - Carriage House Senior Housing

Thanks to JJ we were invited to display our cars for the residents at

Carriage House in Wayland AND treated to a buffet dinner. The resi-

dents enjoyed viewing the Model A’s and we enjoyed listening to their

stories about days gone by.

The staff at Carriage House treated the Minuteman very nicely by pre-

paring a spread for us to eat before we again showed off our cars to

the residents.

Thanks to the members who attended.

Sept 20 - Drive In Movie Night

The Kern’s side yard really took on the look of a era Drive in as

about 10 Model A’s lined up getting ready for the big screen

presentation.

John and Martha went above

and beyond to set the stage for

the night. They had burgers

and hot dogs on the grill and

plenty of pop corn in the popper.

And plenty of snacks on the table. Our chairs were set up on the

patio for the feature presentation, a classic Harold Lloyd movie

titled “Speed”. The hijinks was fun and watching the old cars in

the movie were an extra treat. The movie was made in 1928 but I don’t recall seeing any Model

A’s in the background. Ice cream was served at the conclusion of the movie. Thanks to the hospi-

tality of John & Marth and the nice weather it was a great night.

It may be early, but a note about the Holiday Party. This year we are trying something

different by holding the event during the day on Sunday December 4th. Attendance in past

years has been waning so we hope this will increase attendance. More information will be

forthcoming.

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Minuteman Model A Ford Club

Treasurer’s Report

Aug 17 thru Sep 22, 2016

Income

Coffee Can $32.75

Member Dues 60.00

Misc.(Int./Div./Change Val. 0.31

Parades 500.00

Raffle (Club) 29.50

Total Income $622.56

Expense

Oilleak Postage 250.00

Coffee Supplies 7.49

Oil Leak Printing 40.00

Total Expense $297.49

Net Income $325.07

Coming Events

Tours Start at Sudbury Grange unless noted

Sept 29: 6:30 Food & Ice Cream

Oct 1: 11:30 Apple Picking & Lunch TL Craig Martin

Oct 10: 6:30 Italian Dinner @ Carbone’s, Hopkinton

RT 85 (go direct - map below)

Oct 21- 23: Weekend tour - Canceled

Oct 27: 6:00 Wayside Inn Dinner (go direct)

Nov 6: 10:00 Wright’s Chicken Farm

TL = Tour Leader

Sunshine Grace Doyle

No Cards were sent out

this month. Glad to see

that everyone is well.

Please contact Grace if you know of someone

who needs a little cheering up.

November Auction

November is our annual

Auction and traditional-

ly we have had the reg-

ular car parts and stuff

auction AND a silent

auction. The silent auc-

tion has been overseen by Jo Johnson but

she will no longer be doing this. Is someone

interested in overseeing this? If not,

there will only be the parts auction.

Italian Dinner - New Location

October 10 @ 6:30PM

This year the dinner is going to be held at Carbone’s res-

taurant in Hopkinton, MA. Carbone’s has been a favorite

family restaurant in Hopkinton since 1936. We will have a

room our own room and can order off the menu. Thanks

go to Bob Mangan for setting up this night out,

MAP to CARBONE’S

RT 135

RT 85

RT 9

Carbone’s RR Tracks

Hopkinton Center

Ashland

Southborough

Westboro

Framingham

RT 30

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2016 New England Meet Sept 9 - 11, 2016

A great big thank you and congratulations for a job well done to

all the club members that helped make the 60th New England

Meet a great success. Many of the attendees came up to

us to express what a great time they had at the

meet.

Guests started arriving on Thursday, although the

bulk of the attendees would be arriving on Friday. A

lot of work had to take place on Thursday as we had

to set up the Registration area, Hospitality Room and

the Raffle Room. Thanks to the hard work of a lot of

people, including the hotel staff, we were able to get

these areas open in the afternoon to register those

who had already arrived and wanted a snack AND to

buy raffle tickets.

As part of the registration our guest received a great

tote bag, coasters, microfiber towels, number plate

all with a meet logo and a Ford Employee Badge.

Everyone sure seemed to enjoy these items.

Friday saw another busy time at Registration and at

last count we had 191 registrations for the meet.

Hospitality was busy all day as attendees grabbed

snacks for the self guided tour suggestions that we

had provided. The Raffle Room was also busy as a

number of people and clubs brought last minute do-

nations and we had to make room for them. The fi-

nal count was 160 raffle items, 12 silent raffle items

and three special raffles. The buzz in the raffle room

continued until the doors closed at 5:00 PM on Sat-

urday.

Friday Night was our State Fair event. We had a

number of games to be played and food similar to

what would be found at a fair. The food was a bit of

an issue but the games proved popular and fun for

those who participated. Plenty of candy was given

away as prizes.

Saturday was the grand tour. All the cars were on

the road in record time. The tour took them through

some country roads around the Quabbin Reservoir

and ended at Kimball’s in Lancaster for lunch and

peer voting of the cars. It sounded like everyone en-

joyed the food and ice cream at Kimball’s.

Saturday night was our 60’s party with great food

and music by the Reminesent’s. Table decorations

were record platters for placemats and popcorn filled

jars for snacking. The band was excellent and it kept

the party going well into the night. We did announce

the winners of the Silent Auction items and the spe-

cial raffle for the beautiful quilt donated by the Tread

Heads and framed pictures donated by Wayne

Champagne.

Sunday was the breakfast, which was also very

good, the car awards and the raffle drawings.

Car Awards went to:

Class 1st 2nd 3rd

28/29

Open M. Butler K. Kostek M. Smith Closed K. Trudel N.Wilmot M. Barnes

30/31 Open G.Naverrette C. Linatsas N. Hussey Closed C. Howard M. Bergervine K. Costello

Comm’l D. Mosca J. Fehl D. Pelly

Orig’l R. Hermann C. Tinnin B. Edgerton

Peoples Choice C. Howard

Hard Luck: Keith & Geraldine Schedlbauer

Keith & Geraldine were on there way to the meet in

their Model A when a deer ran out in front of them

and they crashed into it causing major damage to the

Model A and unfortunately a deceased deer.

The last item of business was to draw the raffle win-

ners and that was done in record time and everyone

was ready for 2017 in North Conway, NH.

The very last item was the drawing of the 50/50 raffle

and thanks to the hard of Tony, Don and John the

split was $750. Barbara McElhiney

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Photo credits:

Bruce Adams

Doug Linden,

Nan Linden

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Model A Ford Foundation Inc (MAFFI) Model A Day

The MAFFI Model A Museum is located on the

grounds of the Gilmore Museum complex in the

sleepy town of Hickory Corners, Michigan. On

September 17, the museum celebrated its 3rd

anniversary with its own Model A Day at Gil-

more. For those of you who have not been able

to visit the museum the museum displays not

on-

ly

the

Model A Ford, but the lifestyles during the Model A

era.

The past few years the local Model A clubs have been

including a Model A flea market as part of the activity

and this year was their largest with about 40 vendors

planning to participate. Many of us were able to get a

preview on Friday as a about 10 vendors were set ear-

ly. There were some great looking parts and accesso-

ries for sale.

The festivities also included a special tribute to

our own Art Callan who is stepping down as Ex-

ecutive Director of MAFFI after 18 years in that

position. Art has helped guide MAFFI from a

struggling organization to one that now has

what many of us consider the best museum that

we have visited. Those of us from the Minute-

man club were very happy to be on hand to be

part of presentation to Art.

And since we were at the Gilmore complex we took

the opportunity to visit some of the new museums

added since our last visit, namely the Lincoln and

Cadillac museums. We also were able to check out a

few of the other museum on the grounds.

If you are in Michigan be sure to visit the Gilmore

Museum complex, you won’t be disappointed.

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pre teen cars in Dean’s collection

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October 2016

Minuteman Model “A” Ford Club

PO Box 545, Sudbury, MA 01776

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REMINDER

Monthly Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the Month at the

Memorial Congregational Church on Concord Rd in Sudbury.

Meetings start at 7:30 PM, preceded by “Tire Kicking” at 7:00 PM.