Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 2011

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55th Anniversary Souvenir Edition

Aug. 27 - Sept. 5, 2011

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BY DAVEKURTZ

[email protected]

The 2011 version of the Auburn Cord

Duesenberg Festival celebrates a special

milestone in automotive and local history.This year marks the 75th anniversary of

the 1936 Cord 810, a car that may have

changed automotive history more than any

vehicle since the first horseless carriage.

The 1936 Cord took a giant leap

forward in design and engineering with its

graceful lines, absence of chrome,

disappearing headlamps and bevy of

technical firsts. More than merely

beautiful, the Cord set a world speed

record by averaging 101 mph for 24 hours.That remarkable burst of brilliance took

place right here in Auburn at the headquar-

ters of Auburn Automobile Co., a building

that today houses the Auburn Cord Duesen-

berg Automobile Museum.

The success came in the unlikely

atmosphere of a collapsing company that

lost $2.5 million in 1935 and would close

its doors in 1937.

The desperate company set young

designer Gordon Buehrig loose to shoot for

a miracle. Working under severe budget

constraints and amid management chaos,

Buehrig and his team created a master-piece.

In this section, youll read about how

Josh Malks spotted a Cord as a schoolboy,

fell in love with it and saved his money to

buy a used Cord on his 18th birthday.

Today, Malks ranks as perhaps the leading

expert on Cords.

Youll also hear about Eric Killorin,

who came to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg

Festival in his fathers Duesenberg as a 13-

year-old. This weekend, Killorin returnswith his late fathers Duesenberg, now

restored to prize-winning condition.

Recalling his first visit to Auburn,

Killorin said, People were up all night,

driving around with the exhaust cutouts

open, drinking beer, eating popcorn on

Ninth Street. It was just incredible.

We hope youll think the 2011 classic

car festival in Auburn is incredible, too.

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A 1936 Cord is shown with its creator, Auburn Automobile Co. designer Gordon Buehrig,upper right, and the man for whom the car is named, E.L. Cord, who led Auburn AutomobileCo. to world renown.


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BY DAVE [email protected]

People writing about the 1936 Cords place in automo-

tive history often begin with its long list of innovations,

said Cord historian Josh Malks of California.

The Cord introduced many features found on cars today

such as unit-body construction, disappearing headlamps

and the absence of running boards.

But thats not what made the Cord stop people in their

tracks, Malks said. What makes the Cord special at firstglance is its visual impact.

There is nothing else that looks like it, he said.

Thats still true today, but it was certainly true in 1936.

Malks adds, The Cord looks right. Ive watched people

walk around a Cord and say, This thing looks right from

every angle. It was really the look of the Cord that

made it immortal.

In designing the Cord at Auburn Automobile headquar-

ters in Auburn, The work that Gordon Buehrig and his

team did is unique in automobile history, Malks said.

It went from a clay model to a production car withonly the changes needed to make it practical, he said. In

production cars, that is unheard of before that time, and

its unheard of since.

Once it rolled out of Auburn Automobile Co.s produc-

tion line in Connersville, Malks said, The Cord was a hit

with people who looked at it. It was a hit with the

engineers. It was not a hit in the marketplace.

Sales of the Cord lagged for several reasons, including

production problems.

It was really impossible to mass-produce the Cord,

Malks said. As one example, workers had to weld seven

pieces of steel together to make the roof a costly

process.

As a result, the price of the Cord rose by 20 percent

from 1936 to 1937, its final year.

Thats hardly a good tactic for selling a car in a

recession, Malks said. With a price tag that could pay for

three Oldsmobiles, the Cord could not find its market

niche.

The people who loved the Cord, mostly young drivers,

couldnt afford one, Malks said. The people who couldafford a Cord tended to be more staid and conservative.

They preferred luxury cars such as Packards.

Everybody admired it. Hardly anybody bought it,

Malks summed up about the Cord.

As Malks travels the country in his own 1936 Cord,

people often tell him, Oh, my uncle had one of those, he

said.

My estimate is that if everybody who says their family

member owned a Cord really did, Cord would have

outsold Chevrolet, he said.

Whatever thought the public may have had about the

Cord, within the automobile industry, the Cord itself and

the people who built it were very highly regarded, he

added.

Malks fell in love with the Cord at first sight when he

was 12 years old, playing hooky from school on a bright

spring day in the Bronx.

Malks was walking past a used-car sales lot when he

spotted a car like nothing he had seen before.

From that moment, I collected every piece of informa-

tion I could on a Cord, he said. He saved his money to

buy a Cord on his 18th birthday legal driving age in

New York City.

Malks now owns his fifth in a string of five Cord 810

Westchesters, which he considers the best example ofBuehrigs design work.

The body style that is considered artistically the best is

the original four-door sedan, Malks said. I dont know of

any other car where the best-looking car in the line is the

four-door sedan.

In a half-century love affair with the Cord, Malks has

written two books about the car and become perhaps the

leading expert on the subject.

He and his wife, Betty, have driven their latest Cord77,000 miles four times from the West Coast to

Auburn, with a fifth trip planned this year. Theyve

traveled in the Cord on the highways of nine different

nations, crossing Europe to reach Israel.

For all hes learned about the classic cars, Malks said,

he remembers the words of a friend: There are no Cord

experts. There are Cord scholars, because we learn

something new about them all the time.

There is nothing else that looks like it

Josh Malks with his latest Cord 810 Westchester,which he was driving from California to Auburn in the

Cord Caravan, set to arrive this weekend.

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Josh Malks with his first 1936 Cord in 1958.

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BY BOB [email protected]

AUBURN Dave Yarde sat in the back

seat of his 1936 Cord and closed his eyes.

His brother, Dan Yarde, drove the 75-year-

old car at 55 mph on S.R. 3 near Avilla.

Feel that? Dave Yarde asked, smiling.

Its so smooth. If you didnt know any

better, youd think youre riding in a new

Cadillac.

The brothers car will ride in the Auburn

Cord Duesenberg Festivals Parade ofClassics Saturday for the 75th anniversary

of the cars creation.

The car began as their fathers dream

and turned into the brothers reality.

Their connection to the car began

young.

When the Auburn Cord Duesenberg

Festival reunion began in Auburn, the

Yarde brothers would travel with their dad

around the event and they would always

stop at the Cords.He would always tell us, Boys, thats

the car Ive always dreamed of owning,

said Dave Yarde.

In 1996, during the Kruse Labor Day

weekend collector-car auction, the Yarde

brothers saw a white 1936 Cord in the

lineup. It was lunchtime, and many people

including high bidders were away for

lunch, but the auction persisted.

They talked to the owner. The car drove,

shifted and operated well. The interior and

exterior were in good shape. The Yarde

brothers knew they couldnt pass it up.

We found our opportunity, and the

price was right, Dave Yarde said. We

bought it with the idea that if any upkeep

was needed, it would be a joint effort.

All the brothers have needed to do is

change the fluids. Each winter, after

months of solitude, the car still starts like it

just came off the Connersville assemblyline.

It always surprises me, Dan Yarde

said.

The Auburn Automobile Co. built about

3,600 Cords in 1936. Of those, about half

still exist, Dan Yarde estimates.

The car sold new for $3,500 during the

Great Depression, a time when a new Ford

cost about $800.

(The engineering) was so far advanced

for its day, Dave Yarde said.

The 1936 Cord has a front suspension

comprised of independent trailing arms

joined by a transverse leaf spring. The car

featured an electric gear selector, allowing

the driver to chose a gear from a switch

near the steering wheel and then shift by

depressing a clutch pedal.

The Cord packs 125 horsepower,

allowing the car to reach 90 mph and go

from zero to 60 mph in about 11 seconds.

They made so few of them that they all

were sort of a production prototype car,Dan Yarde said. They made so few of

them, I guess they did it right.

As Dan Yarde drives the automobile

down the highway, people peer out their

windows to stare at the piece of history.

Kids will go by and give you the

thumbs up. They dont know what it is, but

they like the looks of it, Dave Yarde said.

Thats the car Ive always dreamed of owning

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Brothers Dan and Dave Yarde of DeKalb County with their 1936 Cord.

The dash of the 1936 Cord features aviation-inspired design elements.

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Museums

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile

Museum 1600 Wayne St. in south

Auburn. More than 100 classic cars in ahistoric setting. Viewing hours: 9 a.m.-5

p.m. daily. Admission $10 for adults, $6 for

ages 5-17, free for under age 5, $25 per

family; 925-1444; automobilemuseum.orgNATMUS More than 100 special

interest cars and trucks are displayed at the

National Automotive and Truck Museum of

the United States. NATMUS is housed in

two former buildings of the Auburn

Automobile Co. at 1000 Gordon M.

Buehrig Place, directly east of the ACDAutomobile Museum; open daily 9 a.m.-5

p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $4 for

children ages 5-12; and free for children 4

and under; 925-9100; natmus.orgNational Military History Center and

Kruse Automotive and Carriage

Museum C.R. 11-A just west of I-69

exit 126. Hours for Saturday and Sunday

are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other days 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. Admission is free for World War II

veterans with ID; $8 for seniors 55 andolder; $6 for children ages 6-12; $4 for

veterans and active military personnel; free

for children under age 6. Regular adult

admission is $10 or $25 per family; 925-

9144; dvkfoundation.orgHoosier Air Museum 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

daily and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 2822 C.R. 62,

on south side of DeKalb County Airport;

admission $5 adults, $4 ages 12-18, free

for 11 and under, free for active military

personnel in uniform; hoosierairmu-

seum.org.

Auctions

The Auburn Auction by Worldwide

Auctioneers 5008 N. County Line Road

East, five miles south of Auburn; auction of

collector cars; Friday, Saturday and

Sunday; $10 adults; $25 three-day pass;

children 12 and under free; Saturdayevening Main Event $25 for two.

Auctions America by RM Auburn

Fall Collector Car Auction at Auburn

Auction Park, 5536 C.R. 11-A; Thursday,

Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.,

Sunday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; $10 daily admission,

$25 four-day pass, free for children 12 and

under; auctionsamerica.com

Thursday only

Kickoff Luncheon Noon, Willennar

Hall, Auburn Cord Duesenberg AutomobileMuseum, $15 per person, reservations

encouraged at 925-3600, acdfestival.org

ACD Automobile Museum Benefit

Extravaganza 6 p.m. in the museums

Willennar Hall, $125 per person, reserva-

tions and jacket required, 925-1444,

automobilemuseum.org

Thursday and Friday

Classic Collection Book Sale Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m. at 603 S. Jackson St.. Shop for

books on automotive topics and by Indiana

authors at the 100-year-old library built

with donations by Charles Eckhart,

founder of the Auburn Automobile Co.

Friday only

Pancake-and-sausage breakfast 7-

10 a.m., National Automotive and TruckMuseum of the United States, freewill

donation.Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Swap

Meet 7 a.m. to noon in the south

parking lot of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg

Automobile Museum. Free admission.Vintage Treasure Sale by Ladies of

the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club 8-

11 a.m. inside the Auburn Cord Duesen-

berg Automobile Museum. Museum

admission required.Downtown Cruise-In 1 p.m.

through evening. Open to cars that are

vintage, antique, classic, special-interest,

muscle, hot rod, custom or milestone. Enter

a car for $10 or come and look for free.

Sundaes on Friday Ice Cream Social

5-8 p.m. on the northwest corner of the

courthouse square. Buy Edys Ice Cream

for $1 per scoop and sweeten it with

caramel or chocolate topping fromDeBrand Fine Chocolates. Enjoy it while

admiring the cruise-in cars.

Friday and Saturday

Indiana Aviation and Autovation Fair

Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10

a.m. to 4 pm., Kendallville Municipal

Airport; exhibition of Cord automobiles,

B-17 bomber and other aircraft; $15

adults, $25 family; children under 16 free

with adults; $12 seniors 60 and older; free

parking.Club Cricket Entertainment tent on

Seventh Street between Main and Jackson

streets. Friday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday

10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.; live music at 7 p.m.both nights. Free admission. Must be age

21 or over.

Saturday only

56th annual Auburn Cord Duesen-

berg Club Car Show 7 a.m.-1 p.m.,

Eckhart Park, more than 300 classic cars

in wooded setting; admission $5.

Featuring an exhibition of Cord cousins

Graham Hollywood, Hupp Skylark and

Oldsmobile Toronado.Duesy Walk 5K and 10K Volkswalk

Start and finish at DeKalb Memorial

Hospital, 1316 E. Seventh St. Walkers

depart between 8 and 11 a.m. Non-

competitive, 5-kilometer or 10-kilometer

leisure walks through the streets of

historic Auburn. Free, or pay $3 for

official credit.

Pre-parade Concert 10 a.m.,Courthouse Square downtown, music by

DeKalb High School Dynamix choir and

Auburn Community Band.Kids Art Tent 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Eighth Street near Main Street. Free activi-

ties for ages 2-12 (must be with an adult).Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival

5K Noon. Starts at Main and Sixteenth

streets, follows parade route and finishes

at courthouse square; registration $20 on

race day or at lakewoodpark.orgAuburn Arts Fair & Music Festival

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., DeKalb Outdoor

Theater, 301 S. Cedar St., free admission.Parade of Classics 1 p.m., nearly

300 Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg classic

cars roll through Auburn from EckhartPark to Ensley Avenue; north on Jackson

Street to Second Street; east one block to

Main Street, then south to the courthouse

square. Cars will be on display around the

courthouse square after the parade. Free

admission.Motoring to the Square 4 p.m.

parade lineup at Eckhart Park; 5:30 p.m.

parade to courthouse square for cruise-in;

$10 per vehicle; specatators admitted free.

Gala Ball Auburn Cord Duesenberg

Museum, 7-11 p.m. Dancing to big band

music. Open to museum members only;

memberships will be sold at the door.

Saturday and Sunday

Pancake-and-sausage breakfast 7-

11 a.m. both days at the National Military

History Center, south of Auburn at 5634

C.R. 11-A; $6 for adults, $3 for ages 4-12,free for ages 3 and under; free museum

admission with breakfast ticket.Crafts, antiques and flea market 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. Sunday at the DeKalb County

Fairgrounds, South Union Street.Auburn Historic Tours See historic


2011 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival events

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Historic tours offered Saturday, Sunday

homes and sites of Auburn on a 45-minute

ride in an air-conditioned van. Tours

Saturday at 9 and 10 a.m. and 3 and 4 p.m.

and Sunday at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. $5

per person. Tours depart from the DeKalbCounty Fairgrounds on South Union

Street.

Tri-Kappa Antiques Show and

Market Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and

Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at DeKalb High

School, 3424 C.R. 427, two miles north of

Auburn on C.R. 427 (Main Street).

Vendors display and sell high-quality

antiques. Sponsored by Tri Kappa

sorority. Admission $5. Children 12 and

under free.Sunday only

Outdoor Garage Sale and Flea

Market 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heimach

Senior Activity Center, 1800 E. Seventh St.

(S.R. 8), just east of DeKalb Memorial

Hospital. Chicken barbecue and homemade

desserts. Free admission.Arts and Crafts Show and Sale 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Auburn; more

than 200 area artisans display and sell their

handcrafted works on the courthouse

square; sponsored by the Downtown

Auburn Business Association; free

admission; daba4auburn.orgCricket Cafe 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

sandwiches and beverages on Seventh

Street between Main and Jackson streets.

AUBURN The Auburn Art Fair &

Music Festival is returning for its second

year as a Labor Day weekend event.

The fair takes place Saturday from 10

a.m. to 6 p.m. at the DeKalb CountyOutdoor Theater. Admission is free.

The theater is on the east side of Cedar

Creek, accessible by a bridge from the

DeKalb County Fairgrounds on South

Union Street. It also may be reached by car

from Center Street.

The fair will feature a lineup of artists

that has grown to 30 or more, who will be

selling their works and demonstrating their

talents. Music starts at noon and continues

to 6 p.m., including Broadstreet,

Supercharged, Glenn Shelburne, Eileen

Myers, Paul Kuhlhorst and the DeKalb

show choirs octet.

A fundraising plastic frog race in Cedar

Creek starts at 4 p.m. at the bridge to the

outdoor theater.

Arts and music fair expands

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He saw the car and fell in love with it


Karl Killorin helped build Duesenbergs

at the Indianapolis factory in 1929 and

1930.

Nearly 20 years later, he built his own

Duesenberg from a chassis he bought for

$150 and a Cadillac body he found for $25.

In 1967, teenaged Eric Killorin rode inthat 1923 Model A Duesenberg with his

father on a trip from New England to

Auburn.

The story of that Duesenberg reaches a

new chapter this weekend, when the car

returns to Auburn in fully restored

condition as the winner of two prestigious

awards this summer

If those who have seen it recently are

any indication, I think weve pulled off a

really nice restoration, said Eric Killorin,of Vermont, who inherited the car from his

late father.

We were able to restore it in a fashion

that was very consistent with what Duesen-

berg built at the time and yet maintains the

soul of its history with my father.

At the Concours dElegance of America

in Plymouth, Mich., Killorins car won

awards as best in class and the debut award

for the best new restoration of any make.

However, Killorin said, The big

celebration for me was my son,

representing his grandfather and our car.

Andy Killorin, 20, exhibited the car

while wearing authentic Duesenberg Co.

coveralls, driving helmet and goggles that

belonged to his grandfather.

Karl Killorin of the Boston area was 24

years old when he saw one of the very first

Duesenberg Model Js at the New York

Auto Show in 1928.He saw the car and just fell in love,

Eric Killorin said.

Killorin had become a fan of board

track racing in the Northeast and even

served on a couple of pit crews.

Karl Killorin got three references from

racing people, took a train to Indianapolis

and showed up at the Duesenberg factory

with his suitcase.

Killorin rose quickly from sweeping

floors to working on an assembly crew for

Model J Duesenbergs. He tested Duesen-

berg chassis on the Indianapolis Speedway

track and delivered new cars to customers.

He even served on the pit crew for Duesen-

berg entries in the Indianapolis 500 race in

1929 and 1930.

His fathers death in 1930 took himback to work in the family business in

Wakefield, Mass.

He had always wanted to buy a Model

J, but he couldnt afford one. They were

a whopping $500 in the late 40s, Eric

Killorin said about his father.

Instead, Karl Killorin bought a Model A

Duesenbergs

roots run deep

Andy Killorin wears his grandfathers original 1929

Duesenberg factory uniform while displaying the familys

1923 Model A Duesenberg this summer at the Concours

dElegance of America in Plymouth, Mich.

PHOTOCONTRIBUTE

He was fond of saying Auburn is

like Gunsmoke on Saturday night.

Eric Killorin

Recalling 1967 trip to ACD Festival

Eric Killorindrives thebare chassisof his 1923Duesenbergin theParade ofClassics atAuburn afew years

ago. Hispassenger isMaryHartman ofAuburn, hishost for thepast 13 yearsduring theannualfestival.

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Duesenberg from a garage in the Boston area for $150 in 1948.

He installed a Cadillac Fleetwood body he found for $25.

It was a great performing and running car, he said. I grew

up riding in the back seat, with my friends, eating ice cream

cones.

Three times, Karl Killorin drove the Duesenberg to Auburn

for the national meet of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club. The

second time, in 1967, he brought Eric, who was 13.He was fond of saying Auburn is like Gunsmoke on

Saturday night, Eric Killorin said. People were up all night,

driving around with the exhaust cutouts open, drinking beer,

eating popcorn on Ninth Street. It was just incredible.

Karl Killorin died in 1989, and the car became Erics. He

soon began a 20-year restoration.

At one point I was tempted to rebody the car to a correct

Duesenberg body, Eric Killorin said.

Now, hes glad he decided to keep the car as his father

created it.

Im very proud of the fact that this is a Cadillac body my

dad grabbed out of a junkyard for 25 bucks in the late 40s and

made it work, Eric Killorin said. Im very proud of the fact

the car has my fathers personal touches.

Car driven to Auburn three times

Karl Killorin participated in the 1929 Indianapolis 500 race as a pit crew member for a Duesenberg entry.

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A young Eric Killorin sits with his father, Karl, onthe running board of the familys 1923 Duesenberg

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AUBURN Auburn Cord DuesenbergFestival visitors will be able to enjoy

classics of another kind at the Classic

Collection Book Sale at Eckhart Public

Library.

The new event will take place today

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library, 603 S. Jackson

St.

Items available will include vintage

literature, automotive and transportation

books, works of Indiana authors and otherhistorical finds.

Many of the items were donated to the

Friends of the Eckhart Public Library by

Judy Waanders, owner of the former

Waanders Bookmark bookstore in Auburn.

Wanders gave many vintage books and

books by Indiana authors to the library

friends when she retired and sold her

business, library director Janelle Graber

explained.The Friends of the Eckhart Public

Library conducts book sales throughout the

year, including sales of specialty items.

Funds raised from the sales are given to the

library.

Library friends volunteer Karen Farlow

is the book sale co-chair and has been

setting aside automotive-related and other

historical items for a sale for about five or

six years, she said. Enough items have

been gathered that now is the time to hostthe sale, Graber added.

This is the first, and only time, we

anticipate doing this, Graber said of the

event. We decided this would be a good

year to do this. It was a very generous

donation from Judy (Waanders), and weve

been saving them for this special

occasion.

Classic book sale is

newest festival event

Eckhart Public Library director Janelle Graber shows some of the books that willbe offered for sale during the Classic Collection Book Sale today and Friday at thelibrary.

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From our Automotive Heritageto Worldwide Festivals,Antique & Specialty Shops,and Tasty Restaurants,DeKalb County offers

the Visitoran Experience of

Indianas Small Towns.Ask forPassportWhenAttending Museums

Two museums serving breakfasts

More festival events

A sausage breakfast will take place Friday from 7-10 a.m.

in the south parking lot of the National Automotive and Truck

Museum of the United States. Donations will be accepted.

The Kruse Foundation will host a pancake-and-sausagebreakfast Saturday and Sunday from 7-11 a.m. at the National

Military History Center. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for

children age 4-12 and free for children 3 and under. Free

museum admission will be given a breakfast ticket.

The Kids Art Tent will be open for children age 2-12, along

with their parents, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Eighth

Street near Main Street. Admission is free.

The 42nd Annual Tri Kappa Antique Show and Market will

take place at DeKalb High School on Saturday from 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5,

with children 12 and under admitted free.The DeKalb County Council on Aging, 1800 E. Seventh

St., will host its fourth annual outdoor garage sale and flea

market Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

A crafts, antiques and flea market will take place Saturday

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the

DeKalb County Fairgrounds.

The Downtown Auburn Business Association will host the

32nd annual arts and crafts show Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

in downtown Auburn. Admission is free.

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AUBURN Rolling towardAuburn from points all over the

map, 35 drivers formed a Cord

Convoy to celebrate the 75th

anniversary of their classic cars.

The group converged on

Indianapolis Wednesday, and

planned to drive to Auburn this

morning, escorted by Indiana State

Police. The Auburn Police Depart-

ment met them at the DeKalb

County Airport to lead the final fewmiles to the Auburn Cord

Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

Working inside the building that

is now the museum, Gordon

Buehrig and a team of engineers

designed the 1936 and 1937 Cords.

At least half a dozen Cord

owners are driving from the West

Coast on a route that will take them

over the Rockies.Were going to climb Trail

Ridge Road through Rocky

Mountain National Park, reaching

an elevation of 12,183 feet, said

Cord owner Josh Malks of

California. Were going to discover

whether Cords can do that.

Malks believes he then will hold

a record for driving a Cord to the

highest and lowest elevations. He

previously took his Cord to theDead Sea in Israel, 1,200 feet below

sea level.

A Cord owner for more than 50

years, Malks also believes he has

driven Cords more miles than

anyone.

Malks has owned five Cords, and

his current model has 128,000 miles

on its odometer 77,000 of them

logged by Malks and his wife,Betty.

Malks feels certain his Cord has

visited more nations than any other.

For one trip, he shipped it to

London, and drove it in France,

Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Greece,

Rhodes and Cyprus on his way to

Israel.

On tours such as the Cord

Convoy, Malks typically cruises in

his Cord at 55-60 mph.The Cords are capable of going

much faster than that, but theres

simply no reason to push 75-year-

old machinery, he said.

Cord owners coming from the

West Coast this week tried to avoid

interstate highways, Malks said,

explaining, You see much more of

America that way.

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THISSTORYabout the origin of the 1936 Cord

appeared in The Star in 1986 on the cars 50th

anniversary:

BY DAVEKURTZ

[email protected]

AUBURN Its the Year of the Cord

this weekend in Auburn.

If General Motors hadnt been so blind,the party site could have been Detroit, or

Flint, or Lansing.

Giant GM had the first shot at building

the timeless Cord automotive, but it took

little Auburn Automobile Co. to do it.

Auburn Autos living legend, Gordon

Buehrig, worked for GM in 1933 when he

sketched his first design for what became

the Cord. GMs management accorded it

last place in a companywide contest.

Buehrig didnt toss his rejected tracings

in the trash can, though. He carried them

back to the Duesenberg division of Auburn

Automobile, where his bold pen strokes

had crafted mighty limousines a few years

before.

The lines of his Cord begged to leap

from the drawing board to shiny,seductively curvaceous metal. After a 2

1/2-year birth struggle, interrupted by his

work on the sleek Auburn Speedster,

Buehrigs 1936 Cord finally rolled out of

the factory in Auburn to the cheers of

an admiring public.

Only Auburn Automobile, a company

daring by nature, desperate for a sales

Creator says committeewould have killed Cord

Gordon Buehrig in his design studio at Auburn Automobile Co. in the 1930s.

AUBURNCORDDUESENBERGAUTOMOBILEMUSEUMPHOT

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uburn had the guts to build daring 36 Cord

boost and devoid of bureaucracy, could

grant Buehrig the creative room to push

auto design 10 years into the future.

That Cord would have never got by a

committee in one of the big autocompanies, Buehrig said this month.

Those people spend all their time in

meetings, and during the years I worked

for Cord Corporation (Auburn Automo-

biles parent company), I never attended a

meeting.

At Auburn Automobile, Buehrig

answered to few superiors. He called

Auburn a small organization that had the

guts to build the Cord.

Buehrig rewarded his risk-taking bosseswith body lines that drove automotive

writers to ecstasy, one of the first

successful front-wheel-drive systems and

more technical wonders, such as the first

disappearing headlights and electric gear

shift.

There was only one problem.

Buehrig designed his remarkable car

for a struggling company that barely

could afford to build it. As a result, the

Auburn plant had four months to get itready for the November 1935 New York

Auto Show.

They simply did not have time enough

to get that car right before they brought it

out, Buehrig said. The car was not a

dependable automobile when it came out.

Despite the rave reviews for their looks,

driving the first Cords was another matter

entirely. Engines overheated, and transmis-

sions balked. Perfecting an all-new

machine on such short order was simplytoo much to ask, Buehrig said.

Had the car been built right, it would

have saved the company, he said.

Instead, fewer than 3,000 Cords were

made before Auburn Automobile closed its

gates in 1937.

Ironically, before its demise the Cord

was refined into a smooth-running car.

Through the years, Cord lovers have

forgiven the cars trespasses because it is

so stunningly beautiful.

Buehrig, now 82, is eternally grateful tohis cars devoted fans.

It surprises me when I talk to some of

these people how really deeply they are

involved in the Cord car, he said. If it

hadnt been for this ACD Club, those cars

would probably be out in a junkyard

somewhere.

Cord fanciers have solved the cars

nagging flaws, so the cars in todays

parade may be better machines than they

were a half-century ago.They probably wont admit the faults

of the car that I know about, Buehrig said

of the dedicated Cord owners.

This weekends tribute to the Cord

revives a question that has been asked

down through the decades. What if Auburn

Automobile had been blessed with the time

and money to make the Cord a financial

success?

The cars design was so advanced,

Buehrig says, that yearly model changeswould have been pointless.

I dont think we would have needed to

do anything new for quite a while, he said

of the Cords design.

Maybe not for 50 years.

FROM PAGE15 Had the car been built right, it

would have saved the company.

Gordon BuehrigDesigner of 1936 Cord

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BY JANDRA SUTTON

When asked to describe Auburn to a

visitor, one thing comes to mind: old cars.

One car in particular has managed to

mark the American conscience even today,

the 1936 Cord 810.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of

the Cord, a car that sparked a revolution in

auto making. The sleek design was a

sensation that was far ahead of its time.

But behind every car is a designer, and

behind every designer is an idea. It was the

man behind this idea that lends his name to

the Cord 810, a savvy business mogul who

revitalized the Auburn Automobile Co.during his short period in this town.

E.L. Cord was born July 20, 1894, in

Warrensburg, Mo., into middle-class

means. His father, Charles William Cord,

the proprietor of a local general store,

moved the family to Illinois before settling

them in Los Angeles, where Cord would

attend high school.

Cords ambitions were first recognized

in an essay he wrote, saying Genius is

born to a man. Talent is obtained by aman. He never graduated high school, but

by 1913 Cord discovered a clever new way

to make money. He purchased Ford Model

T automobiles and converted them into

speedsters with flashy bodies, then resold

them for a profit. Within two short years,

he had converted 20 Speedsters and earned

nearly $10,000 in the process.

Cord eloped with Helen Marie Frische

and moved to Arizona, where his first son,

Charles Everett, was born in 1915,followed by Billy James in 1917. The

family moved around for the next seven

years before settling in Chicago in 1924,

when Cord decided he wanted to manufac-

ture automobiles.

He was approached by the Chicago-

based board of directors of the AuburnAutomobile Co. and offered a position with

the company, which he initially turned

down. He countered their offer with

demands of his own he wanted a

percentage of the profits, the right to

purchase stock in the company, and

complete control over every aspect of the

company.

In July 1924, Cord became general

manager of the Auburn Automobile Co.,

with the intent to eventually take it over. Tomove the existing inventory, Cord ordered

the cars to be repainted in flashy colors and

have accessories added to give them more

appeal. This proved successful, and soon

the inventory was completely sold.

In February 1926, at 31 years old, Cord

became the youngest president of an

American auto manufacturing company.

He began racing the Auburn in 1927, and

it soon broke all speed records for stock

cars at the Atlantic City Speedway. In1929, he founded Cord Corp. to serve as a

holding company for his rapidly expanding

empire.

Jon Bill, director of education and

archives for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg

Automobile Museum, painted a picture of

Cords dedication to the job while in

Auburn.

The man E.L. Cord is somewhat of an

enigma, Bill said. He had his inner circle

of trusted friends and business partners.

They were all fairly tight, but E.L. Cord

wasnt the type. Although Cords wife,

Helen, was quite charitable and involved in

the community, Cord didnt seem

compelled to do the same in Auburn.

(But) if he liked you and you worked hard

for him, he would reward you, Bill said of

Cords work-oriented nature, adding that

workers respected and liked Cord in return.

Other than smoking, Cord had few

personal vices, believing they would only

make it harder to do his job. It was this

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Cord took the struggling

Auburn Automobile Co. and built it

into Americas No. 13 automaker

(out of 50) in 1931.

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focus and vision that turned the Auburn

Automobile Co. around. By producing a

car that not only performed well, but was

visually appealing, Cord managed to lift

the company out of its depths for a short

time.

The companys cars filled a certain

niche in the market, according to Bill. He

said Cord took that struggling company

and in 1931, in the middle of the Depres-

sion, (lifted it) until it was No. 13 of all

U.S. automakers out of 50.

In 1931, Auburn Automobile Co. sold

33,000 cars, and the next year Cordssuccess landed him on the cover of Time

magazine. But it was around this time that

Cord left the company to its executives,

who oversaw a rapid backslide in the

coming years. Only 10,000 Auburns were

sold in 1932, and half that the next year.

Even after Gordon Buehrig designed the

revolutionary Cord 810 in 1936, following

Cords idea of creating a car that would sell

itself, sales were not strong enough to save

the company.His first wife died in 1930, and Cord

quickly married to Virginia Kirk Tharpe on

Jan. 3, 1931, and moved his family away

from Auburn. From 1934 to 1935, Cord

fled to England after a kidnapping threat

was directed toward his two sons. His sons

returned to the United States in September

1934 and attended Culver Military

Academy in Indiana, but Cord remained

abroad for a short time before moving to

California.After selling Cord Corp., Cord spread

his interests into mining, ranching,

broadcasting, real estate development, and

further attempts in the transportation field

with the New York Ship Co. and Stinson

Aircraft Co.. He developed Century

Airlines, which eventually merged into

American Airways known today as

American Airlines.

Cord fell under suspicion of stock

market manipulation, causing him to be

featured on the cover of Time magazine

again in a different light. The newlyformed Securities and Exchange Commis-

sion investigated him, but never officially

accused Cord of any wrongdoing.

During the 1950s, Cord moved from

California to Nevada, where he bought a

self-sufficient ranch.

Cord could be a recluse when he felt

like it, Bill said, adding that sometimes

Cord used a scrambling device for the

telephone.

Often involved in high-powered

business and government dealings, Cord

was a member of the Nevada State Senate.He was pressed to run for governor, but

declined. Cord remained in Nevada until he

died Jan. 2, 1974.

Mysterious, yet powerful, Cord was a

generous individual who loved his children

and loved those around him, Bill said,

describing him as a man who was very

active (and enjoyed) entertaining

people.

Bill called E. L. Cord a pioneer hot

rodder whose legacy is ever-present in

Auburn and in the minds of automobile

enthusiasts all over the world. His successis recognized 75 years later, not only in the

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Cord twice appeared on

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AUBURN For its fourth year, The

Auburn Auction by Worldwide Auctioneers

is growing again, the company says.

We doubled last year. Were doubling

again. Were very, very much growth-

minded and providing a very friendly

experience for everybody that comes by,

said Rod Egan, auctioneer.

The auction also has shifted its dates to

Friday through Sunday on its site six miles

south of Auburn, at the DeKalb-Allen

county line along I-69.

This year, a car corral will add 250 carsto the event, while the auction lineup

remains at last years level of 550 cars. The

growth also features an expanded layout of

vendors offering automotive products.

We are still much more focused on

quality rather than quantity when it comes

to cars, Egan said.

The auctions 78 top cars will be sold in

its Main Event on Saturday evening.

This year from a quality standpoint,

I think we have the best group of cars thatweve ever had and possibly thats ever

been in Auburn, said John Kruse, co-

founder of the company with Egan.

Topping the sales lineup is a 1912

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London-

Edinburgh-Type Tourer. Kruse called it

arguably the best, finest Silver Ghost in

the world, adding, A lot of people think

the Silver Ghost is the best car ever built.

Worldwides catalog estimates the Silver

Ghosts value at $1.9 million to $2.4million.

Second billing in the auction goes to a

1965 Shelby Mustang GT Competition

Model, with an estimated value of

$800,000 to $1.2 million.

Its a race car thats never been

wrecked, so the sheet metal and the welds,

all the stuff that makes it real you cant

find cars like that, Kruse said.

Kruse also gushes about the hot rod

collection from the estate of the late FredKohl of Pennsylvania. It includes well-

known hot rods such as The Instigator, a

1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan, and The

Z-Rod, a 1937 Ford Coupe.

Kruse described Kohl as a super-partic-

ular, finicky collector he only had the

best of the best.

Kohls cars are among six entire collec-

tions and 200 cars in all that are selling

with no reserve, or minimum, prices.The sellers have confidence in the

marketplace, and the buyers are wanting to

put their money into something that has

value, that probably will maintain its

value, and they can have fun with, Kruse

said.

Im anticipating a pretty lively Auburn

weekend, because weve got great stuff,

and people who have money want to put

their money into great, hard assets, and

were going to have them, Kruse added.Egans personal favorite in the auction

lineup is a French-built 1948 Delahaye

135M Drop Head Coupe that has been

stored in the Northwest United States since

1965.

It is entirely dead original, Egan said

of the car, adding Its like looking at a

time capsule.

Egan added, There is literally dust, ash

from Mount St. Helen, sitting on top of that

car that has not been disturbed. To have

that car here, entirely untouched, is magnif-

icent. Weve had huge interest from all over

the world, literally China, all over

Worldwide auction doubling in year 4

Rod Egan, left , and John Kruse of Worldwide Auctioneersstand beside a 1941 Cadillac Convertible Sedan outside their

auction tent six miles south of Auburn.

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Burt Reynolds Bandit TransAm is among the celebrity cars in the WorldwideAuctioneers sale this weekend.

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Europe, U.K. of course everywhere.

The Delahaye is selling at no reserve.

We have an estimate in the $200,000

range on that car. I will not be surprised if

it far exceeds that, Egan said.

We have some really neat celebrity

cars in the auction, Kruse said.

They include a Merry Pranksters tour

bus associated with the Grateful Dead rock

group, actor Burt Reynolds Bandit

Pontiac TransAm, a Mayberry police

cruiser from The Andy Griffith Show,

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben

Roethlisbergers 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass

resto-mod and musician Richard

Carpenters first collector car, a 1959Plymouth Sport Fury.

NASCAR attractions at the auction are

expected to include a Roush Racing

exhibit and Kasey Kahnes rig.

As of last week, Worldwide had sold

more than 15,000 tickets in advance.

We going to have some pretty big

crowds out here, which will be fun, Egan

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uction lineup includes Merry Pranksters tour bus associated with Grateful Dead rock band

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Auctioneers think this 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver GhostLondon-Edinburgh-Type Tourer could bring the highest bids

at Worldwide Auctioneers sale this weekend.

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The well-known hod

rod, TheInstigator, is

part of theFred Kohlcollection

that will besold at no

reserve in theWorldwide

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AUBURN The Auburn Fall Collector

Car Weekend will nearly double in size for

its second year at Auburn Auction Park,

organizers say.

Auctions America by RM will take bids

on 1,200 cars in the four-day sale, up from

850 last year.

The events car corral is expected to

have another 1,000 cars on sale double

last years total.

The event runs Thursday through

Sunday, with Carlisle Events operating the

car corral and swap meet.

The auctions featured cars are:

a 1932 Duesenberg SuperchargedModel J Boattail Speedster (estimated

price $600,000-$750,000) in canary yellow

over black, with a black leather interior.

The car was restored to show quality for

the 2004 Meadow Brook Concours

dElegance.

a 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton

that won an award at the Pebble Beach

concours, in two-tone green paint with a

tan canvas top.

a 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro(estimated $275,000-$325,000) in hugger

orange with black upholstery and just over

5,500 miles, it is one of only 171 equipped

with the top-end powertrain a four-

speed manual transmission and 450

horsepower 427 V-8.

a 1969 Shelby GT500 equipped with a

Ram Air 428 Cobra Jet V-8 and original

Shelby wheels, signed and photographed

with Carroll Shelby.

The auction lineup includes several carswith celebrity ties:

a 1933 Cadillac V-12 convertible

coupe used in the movie Seabiscuit.

a 1938 Packard Landaulet that

belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke,

who at the time was known as the richest

little girl in the world.

a 1970 Cadillac limousine customized

for country singer Johnny Paycheck, who

scored a hit with Take This Job and Shove

It. It features a gold velour interior, televi-sion and refrigerator.

a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible

owned by Bill Campbell of the Campbell

Soup Co.

a 1997 Chevy Camaro Z-28 featured

in the movie Runaway Bride

A total of 150 cars in the auction will be

selling at no reserve to the highest bidders.They include:

68 vehicles from Indianas Rag Tops

Auto Museum in Michigan City,

highlighted by a 1957 DeSoto Firedome

convertible (estimated $140,000-$180,000);

a fully restored 1958 Dodge Coronet

convertible (estimated $70,000-$95,000); a

1970 Plymouth Superbird, with 56,000

miles (estimated $100,000-$125,0000) and

a 1999 Shelby Series I Roadster with 498

miles (estimated $90,000-$120,000). Thecollection also features a 2001 top-fuel

dragster sponsored by the New York

Yankees and autographed by Yankees

players and former manager Joe Torre.

a series of Indianapolis 500 pace cars

including a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado

convertible given to Gordon Johncock after

he won the 1973 Indianapolis 500 race; and

a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro used during race

week by Mari Hulman George, chair of the

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and drivenaround the track and signed by 2010

winner, Dario Franchitti.

For buyers who prefer a slower pace

than the auction ring, the event offers its

car corral.

They can take their time, talk to the

owner, start the engine and make a deal

directly with the owner, said Chris Hann

of Carlisle Events, which manages the car

corral and swap meet.

You never know whats going to be in

the car corral. Its like a diamond in the

rough. We dont know what cars are

coming until they get here, Hann said.

The swap meet is a treasure trove of car

parts and surprises, he added.

Its about finding that part of that piece

of memorabilia youve been looking for all

these years, Hann said.

Auctions America event grows in second year

This 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton will be one of thefeatured cars in the classics segment of the Auctions

America by RM sale this weekend.

PHOTOCONTRIBUTE

This 1938 Packard Landaulet that belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke is

among the classic cars in the auction lineup for Auctions America by RM.

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AUBURN After its debut at a spring

auction in May, a Hot Rod and Custom Car

Seminar will return for an encore Friday at

Auburn Auction Park.

It was so successful, it was clear for us

we had no choice but to try it again,

said Ed Cepuran, chief financial officer for

Auctions America by RM.

The seminar will take place Friday from

9-10 a.m. Admission to the panel discus-

sion is included with admission to the

Auburn Fall Collector Car Event.

Special guests for the panel are:

Darryl Starbird, a multi-award-winning

designer from Oklahomas National Rod &

Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum; John DAgostino, a leading California

customizer and creator of the 1959 Cadillac

Eldorado Seville Convertible Elvis Presley

tribute;

Bo Huff, a legendary custom car

builder from Utah, famous for his unique

style and hosting national custom car

shows;

Chuck Miller, a well-known

customizer from the Motor City and Ridler

award-winner; and,

Joe Bortz, automotive archeologist and

founder of the Bortz Auto Collection.

Bill Miller Jr., co-owner and co-founder

of Carlisle Events, will return as moderator.

Panel members will sign autographs

after the seminar.

The Auburn Fall Collector Car Event

auction will have a segment featuring hot

rods and customs. Among the entries are:

a 1967 Ford C-Cab Fire Truck,

designed by Chuck Miller and recipient of

the Ridler award at the 1968 DetroitAutorama;

a trophy-winning 1932 Ford Five-

Window Deuce Coupe show car by Dick

Roy;

a prize-winning, documented 1934

Ford Custom Roadster built by Robert

Roeder;

the 1950 Buick Truly Rare radical

custom built by Gene Howard; and

the 1940 Ford Truck radical custom

known as Scrap Iron by A.L. Clark.

Rod and custom seminar returns for an encore

This 1932 Ford Five-Window Deuce Coupe show car by Dick Roy will be in thesale lineup at Auctions America by RM this weekend.

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Auctions America by RM

weekend scheduleTHURSDAY 3-9 p.m., one ring

FRIDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings

SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings

SUNDAY 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., one ring

Officials of AuctionsAmerica by RM sit in a

1958 Chevrolet convertiblein their auction arena.From left are president

Donnie Gould, chieffinancial officer Ed

Cepuran and marketingmanager Ian Webb.

Behind them are othercars entered in the

companys Sept. 1-4auction. Gould said 58

Chevy convertibles havesurpassed the popular

1957 models in value.

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Former automobile company employee nears 101BY [email protected]

AVILLA Margaret Sockrider

may be the last living former

employee of the Auburn Automo-

bile Co. Sockrider, who lives in

Avilla now, previously lived in

Auburn and worked in the office at

the car factory until 1931, said her

daughter, Patricia Omspach.

Sockrider will turn 101 years

old on Oct. 7. She served as a

secretary to one of the businessmen

at the car company, but Omspach

said the years have faded her

mothers memory as to which one.She enjoyed her job at (Auburn

Automobile), Omspach said. Her

father and grandfather also worked

there doing upholstery.

Sockrider left the company to

raise a family, and her job there

was her only time working outside

her home until she later worked in

the office at a nursing home and at

the DeKalb County clerks office

for several years in the 1960s.

Omspach said her mother

always was fond of her job,

working amongst the cars, and she

always enjoyed coming back to

Auburn and serving as a tour guide

during the Auburn Cord Duesen-

berg Festival.

She loved riding in the trolley

car in the parade, and she

thoroughly enjoyed showing

people around the old building on

tours and telling people about it,

Omspach said. They would have

her upstairs, and shed talk about

how much she loved her job.Her mother also enjoyed

attending the Auburn Automobile

Co. former employee luncheon

sponsored by the Auburn Cord

Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

She tried to attend the

luncheons for employees,

Omspach said. She always

enjoyed that. She enjoyed catching

up with former coworkers.

BY [email protected]

AUBURN Naomi (Baker) Dragoo,

formerly of Auburn, was proud to be an

employee at the Auburn Automobile Co.

David Dragoo said his mother was looking

forward to the annual luncheon for former

employees and their relatives, as well as coming

to the festivals parade, before her death Aug.

17. She was seven months shy of age 100.

She worked in the office as a clerk for two

years right out of high school, from the age of18 to 20. Her job included keeping track of

orders for parts, as well as invoicing.

Just prior to working there, my mom

attended International Business College in Fort

Wayne, Dragoo said. She wasnt too far from

graduation when she was offered the opportunity

to work for (Auburn Auto).

David said his mother wasnt sure about

taking the job, so she asked her father what to

do. His reply take the job. She began working

there in 1930 and left two years later to start a

family with her husband, Gilbert.

Her job at Auburn Automobile was the only

job she held until much later in life, when she

and her family moved to Hillsdale, Mich.

She would talk about how she worked there

and she was very proud of being a part of the

citys history, David Dragoo said. She had

some sense of how historic (the company) was,

in later years. That might have been one of the

reasons for the fondness of her job, it wouldhave been one of her first real jobs.

He said his mother enjoyed returning to

Auburn when she could and attending the

Connecting Rods employee luncheon sponsored

by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile

Museum. Her favorite part was talking to the

former employees and sharing stories.

She was really proud of that part of her life,

David Dragoo said.

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Ann Kelham, left, and Dorothy Lucas showthe car-theme quilt they helped make for theRetired Senior Volunteer Program. It will be

sold by Worldwide Auctioneers this weekend

to raise money for RSVP. This years quilt, the27th annual, depicts high-performance and

muscle cars. Kelham made two of the 30individual blocks, and Lucas, her sister, made

one. They then quilted the blocks together.Each embroidered block represents approxi-mately 70 hours of work. A closeup shows a

block depicting a Plymouth Barracuda.

Car quilt up for bids



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