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TIOGA TRANSMISSION A P R I L 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 1 4 I S S U E 4
P A G E 2
An Interesting Purchase Last summer on a
whim I agreed to at-
tend the auction at
Mapes Auction
House. Not that I
am inclined to do
the auction scene on
a regular basis but I
had the time and
would be in the
presence of one of
my favorite people.
The large selection
of items available
that evening was
enough to boggle the
mind, but one item
caught my eye, a
poster that con-
tained representa-
tions of old car hood
medallions.
It took quite a pe-
riod of time for the
poster to come up
for bid and of course
there was another
bidder who also
wanted it. I won the
bid at $30.00 plus
premium for a total
cost of $36.00 and
change.
Last month I had the
poster laminated to
try to preserve it as
it had become worn
and somewhat brit-
tle. Not until the
poster had been re-
turned did I have the
time to study the
various cars repre-
sented. I became in-
terested in one of
the badges as it was
for the Hatfield
manufactured by The
Cortland Cart and
Carriage Company in
Sidney, New York.
The Hatfield was
manufactured in
1907 and 1908 and
was a high wheeler
powered by an air
cooled two cylinder
4 stroke engine using
a friction transmis-
sion with chain drive.
The solid rubber
tires were 38 inches
on the front and 40
inches on the rear.
The price for the
Model B a 4 place
vehicle that rode on
a 74 inch wheelbase
was $600.00 in 1907,
the Model C was on
a 101 inch wheel-
base and cost
$750.00.
The Hatfields moved
to Elmira and contin-
ued to manufacture
trucks for a time
The “Hatfield Auto
Truck Company of
Elmira N.Y started
with a capitol of
$1,500,000.00
Charles B. Hatfield Jr.
then designed a cycle
car that was named
the O-We-Go.
As we all know the
last known O-WE-
Go is now owned by
the Northeast Clas-
sic Car Museum in
Norwich New York.
The museum is plan-
ning to honor our
car show with a dis-
play of the O-We-
Go as well as their
Mustang Raffle car
this year!
T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N
The Hatfield
car company
hood em-
blem.
Spring Flea Market
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 4 I S S U E 4
This year we are for-
tunate to have been
given a second venue
for our Flea Market, all
the more chance for
us to make the public
know of our exis-
tence.
The Show place in
Binghamton is already
lined out for the ven-
dor spaces, but there
are more entrances
that can be used for
the load-in than in any
other venue that we
have used in the past.
As a result of this ex-
panse we need to have
more help in both the
set up time as well as
during the actual mar-
ket time.
We need to have at
least eight people to
direct the vendors to
their spaces on Satur-
day April 26th so that
they don’t have a total
blockage of the set-up.
Sunday we will need
people to work the
club’s table, answering
questions, handling
problems, and in gen-
eral seeing that the
program works
smoothly. We also will
need monitors on four
doors so that there is
no problems at those
points.
Another 2 to 3 people
are needed to operate
the 50/50 . I am sure that
I have forgotten other
needs for warm bodies.
The fund raiser programs
we run are not meant to
make money for a frivo-
lous purpose but to keep
Tioga Region strong as
well as make it possible
for us to support worth-
while charities in Tioga
County.
Be sure to come out and
make the program a suc-
cess so that we can con-
tinue to be the best car
club in New York!!!!
It was a short time
that I knew this man
who had been a long
time member of our
club, but even in that
short time I came to
know that he had
Although most of you
know of the passing of
Howard
Powell, it would be re-
miss of me to not ac-
knowledge his impor-
tance to the club.
been an important ad-
dition to our history.
It is a sad thing to wit-
ness a strong man who
is victim of Alz-
heimer's, as there is
no cure for this illness.
A Sad Event
P A G E 4 Secretary’s Report
N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E
Secretary’s Report Cont. P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
P A G E 6
N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E
April Meeting
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Our meeting for April
will be April 21,2014
at 7:00 PM at the
Parkview Restaurant in
Owego. The meeting
will be a coffee and
dessert meeting. You
will have the opportu-
nity to order from the
menu the dessert of
your choice as well as
coffee, decalf, tea or
other beverage. We
have had this type of
meeting in the past
and found that most of
our business will be
complete by the tme
that we have received
the order for our
snack. The main point
of this meeting is to
support local business.
I am trying to encour-
age mmore of our
members to attend
the meetings as there
is much to be dis-
cussed about our club.
We have planned a pizza party
for May 3, 2014 as a way for the
members of Tioga and Iroquois
Regions to get to know each
other. The party will be in the
First United Methodist Church
of Endicott New York. The
church is located at the corner
of McKinley and Monroe ,the
first traffic light in Endicott off
exit 67 of route 17. There will
not be any real discussion of the
question of consolidation at this
party, it is proposed only to
help our fellow car enthusiasts
get to know each other.
You may or may not be inter-
ested in the possibility for our
clubs to join forces, but we still
are car crazy people who need
to meet other car owners with
similar interests.
With parades and tours com-
ing up this summer, we will
have a much bigger presence in
the area if we can include cars
other than our own.
Thirty years of tradition is not
something to be ignored and
we want the public to know
that we are a strong group
who are a voice to be heard in
the southern tier.
Lets all get behind this party
and see if we can’t make a
splash!
May 3rd Pizza Party