THE CHESAPEAKE BULLETIN Volume 58 Number 5 May 2018 The Official Monthly Newsletter of Chesapeake Region Antique Automobile Club of America Scouting Group Travels To 'Classic Auto Mall' MORGANTOWN, PA MARCH 28th By Bill Wurzell, Editor 'Even a blind squirrel finds an occasional acorn.' Sounded like the perfect lead-in for this story of 'a band of brothers' that seek out each and every location where an old car or truck might be lurking or hidden away. Such is the case with this group: Technical Director, Gary Ruby; Vice-President, Al Zim- mermann; Director, Gary Wilmer; Chairman of the July 2018 AACA Eastern Spring Meet, Norm Heathcoat; Kenny Stevenson and Charles Poole. ese members got wind of a unique idea about an Automobile Mall that was incorpo- rated into an a defunct shopping mall in Mor- gantown, Pennsylvania. 'What a great concept!' Just think of all the non-used or under-used shopping malls throughout the country. Why we could have Classic and Collectible Cars for show and sale everywhere! Seriously, I wish I would have thought of this concept. What a great way to 're-purpose' what at one time was a valuable piece of prop- erty that lost its initial purpose. e Classic Auto Mall is a world class con- signment facility located in southeastern Penn- sylvania with indoor showroom space for up to 1,000 collectible and special interest vehicles offered for sale. It is conveniently located just west of Philadelphia. e main building is cli- mate controlled and securely monitored and is the ultimate area destination for classic and specialty car enthusiasts. e building is located adjacent to the Pennsylvania Turnpike with ex- cellent frontage and exposure. Additionally, this one of a kind building houses one of the finest barn find collections in the world with over 400 vehicles on display. e facility and grounds have plenty of room for indoor and outdoor automotive related events, car shows, car club meets, ride and drive functions and more. is facility began life as an outlet mall in 1985 and then evolved into a furniture mall until it closed its doors in 2011. ere is a 188 room Holiday Inn with a walk-through entrance attached to e Clas- sic Auto Mall facility that has a full-service restaurant, lounge, meeting facilities and an indoor swimming pool. e hotel just under- went a $3,000,000 renovation. With an abundance of car collectors, car clubs and racetracks located within a short distance, this facility is ideally situated. e Classic Auto Mall’s consignment program has classic car lovers excited to have a facility like this to store and offer their prized possessions for sale. Vehicles are marketed worldwide and Classic Auto Mall By The Numbers: Eight acres under one roof. 336,000 square foot climate controlled building. Showroom space for 1,000 ve- hicles for sale and four hundred barn finds on display-capacity of 1,400 vehicles indoors. Forty-acre property with 1,500 feet of frontage on the Pennsylva- nia Turnpike. Twenty-eight acres paved, lined and lighted parking lot with space for 2,500 vehicles. Parking for 1,000 additional ve- hicles on the outside green space. Above photo, leſt to right, member Kenny Stevenson, Director, Gary Wilmer; Vice-President, Al Zimmermann; Technical Director, Gary Ruby; Eastern Spring Meet Chairman, Norm Heathcote, and member Charles Poole. Photo courtesy of Gary Ruby. Check out Technical Direc- tor, Gary Ruby’s Column on page 7 about the trip to The Classic Auto Mall in Mor- gantown, Pennsylvania. ---- More Photos On Page 2 on the internet. Top sales prices are obtained for one special vehicle or a whole collection. You can visit e Classic Auto Mall website at: www.classicautomall.com Calvert Hall Founders' Day Celebration, Classic Car Display Join the celebration,Towson campus, Friday, May 11, 4-7 pm. Participant gifts and dash plaques. Space is limited. Sign-up with Nick Prevas: high- [email protected] or 410-531-3745, for details.
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The Chesapeake BulleTin
Volume 58 Number 5 May 2018
The Official Monthly Newsletter of Chesapeake Region
Antique Automobile Club of America
Scouting Group Travels To 'Classic Auto Mall'MORGANTOWN, PA MARCH 28th
By Bill Wurzell, Editor 'Even a blind squirrel finds an occasional acorn.' Sounded like the perfect lead-in for this story of 'a band of brothers' that seek out each and every location where an old car or truck might be lurking or hidden away. Such is the case with this group: Technical Director, Gary Ruby; Vice-President, Al Zim-mermann; Director, Gary Wilmer; Chairman of the July 2018 AACA Eastern Spring Meet, Norm Heathcoat; Kenny Stevenson and Charles Poole. These members got wind of a unique idea about an Automobile Mall that was incorpo-rated into an a defunct shopping mall in Mor-gantown, Pennsylvania. 'What a great concept!' Just think of all the non-used or under-used shopping malls throughout the country. Why we could have Classic and Collectible Cars for show and sale everywhere! Seriously, I wish I would have thought of this concept. What a great way to 're-purpose' what at one time was a valuable piece of prop-erty that lost its initial purpose. The Classic Auto Mall is a world class con-signment facility located in southeastern Penn-sylvania with indoor showroom space for up to 1,000 collectible and special interest vehicles offered for sale. It is conveniently located just west of Philadelphia. The main building is cli-mate controlled and securely monitored and is the ultimate area destination for classic and specialty car enthusiasts. The building is located adjacent to the Pennsylvania Turnpike with ex-cellent frontage and exposure. Additionally, this one of a kind building houses one of the finest barn find collections in the world with over 400 vehicles on display. The facility and grounds have plenty of room for indoor and outdoor automotive related events, car shows, car club meets, ride and drive functions and more. This facility began life as an outlet mall in 1985 and then evolved into a furniture mall until it closed its doors in 2011. There is a 188 room Holiday Inn with a
walk-through entrance attached to The Clas-sic Auto Mall facility that has a full-service restaurant, lounge, meeting facilities and an indoor swimming pool. The hotel just under-went a $3,000,000 renovation. With an abundance of car collectors, car clubs and racetracks located within a short distance, this facility is ideally situated. The Classic Auto Mall’s consignment program has classic car lovers excited to have a facility like this to store and offer their prized possessions for sale. Vehicles are marketed worldwide and
Classic Auto Mall By The Numbers:
Eight acres under one roof.336,000 square foot climate controlled building.Showroom space for 1,000 ve-hicles for sale and four hundred barn finds on display-capacity of 1,400 vehicles indoors.Forty-acre property with 1,500 feet of frontage on the Pennsylva-nia Turnpike.Twenty-eight acres paved, lined and lighted parking lot with space for 2,500 vehicles.Parking for 1,000 additional ve-hicles on the outside green space.
Above photo, left to right, member Kenny Stevenson, Director, Gary Wilmer; Vice-President, Al Zimmermann; Technical Director, Gary Ruby; Eastern Spring Meet Chairman, Norm Heathcote, and member Charles Poole. Photo courtesy of Gary Ruby.
Check out Technical Direc-tor, Gary Ruby’s Column on page 7 about the trip to The Classic Auto Mall in Mor-gantown, Pennsylvania.
---- More Photos On Page 2
on the internet. Top sales prices are obtained for one special vehicle or a whole collection. You can visit The Classic Auto Mall website at: www.classicautomall.com
Calvert Hall Founders' Day Celebration, Classic Car Display Join the celebration,Towson campus, Friday, May 11, 4-7 pm. Participant gifts and dash plaques. Space is limited. Sign-up with Nick Prevas: [email protected] or 410-531-3745, for details.
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1935 Chevrolet Tudor Street Rod
THE CLASSIC AUTO MALL, 6180 Morgantown Road Morgantown, Pennsylvania 19543. Phone: 888.227.0914 OPEN: M-F 9-5, Sat/Sun By Appointment; Wednesday’s Open House 4-8 pm year round. Saturdays: Cars and Coffee 8-11am April-October. NOTE: About a week before press time club officers were tentatively putting together a tour and a luncheon prior to visiting the Au-to-Mall on Wednesday, June 20th. After meeting for luncheon the group will travel to Morgantown, Pa., and take in the weekly cruise-in, visit the Auto Mall, and leave at your own convenience.
The above vehicle display may have once been a large anchor, or furniture store. Whatever it once was, it now houses an eclectic mix of sports and collector cars, including many Porsches. 1929 or 30s Rumble seat convertible
Two unidentified 1914 and 1915 convertibles along with a biplane from the same era. Another line of unidentified sedans from the early 1920s that appear to be original.
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AACA 2018 Eastern Spring Meet Is Drawing Near, Below Are Suggestions How All Members Can Help
By Vicky Wilmer People have asked me 'what can I do to help prior to the Spring AACA National Meet in July?' Here are a few things that we need help with and more jobs will be forthcoming in June. 1. Register for the meet a. Go to the AACA website and register. b. If you have problems, please contact Norm Heathcote 410-356-3459. 2. Donate a themed basket to the raffle for the meet. Following are examples, but use your creativity to come up with some thing that you think others would like. 1. Coffee basket--samples of speciality coffees, mugs, coffee press, chocolates. 2. Car care basket--sponge, car wash, window cleaner, car wax, tire cleaner/tire shine. 3. Family Movie night--DVD movie, popcorn, snacks, drinks 4. Diecast Cars, all varieties. 5. Child’s Activity Bag--crayons, markers, coloring books, craft items. 6. Emergency Car Kit--jumper cables, flares, flashlight, blankets. 7. Picnic Basket--plates, cups, utensils, napkins, blanket(s). 8. Gardener’s Basket--gloves, tools, seeds, watering can. 9. Collectibles. 3. Bake cookies for the hospitality room now and put them in the freezer until July or donate individually wrapped snacks for the hospitality room. 4. Parking--Gary Wilmer will need a lot of help early on Saturday morning. You may want to consider getting a room at the hotel on Friday since he will need parking lot attendents beginning at 6 am. Reach out to Gary: 443-340-7690 and let him know that you are available to help park incoming vehicles. If you have any questions, please call: Vicky Wilmer, 443-340- 7703.
Pictures From Spring Carlisle Meet
Gary Ruby says this former Trail-ways bus was converted to a motor home by an acquaintance from Essex, Md. The vehicle has a brand new state-of-the-art diesel engine, air ride and HVAC!
I remember this 1958 Cadillac Eldorado convertible from the 2016 Rockville Auto show. It was parked in the middle of the showfield and you could see it from anywhere in the entire Civic Center.--Bill Wurzell
Not quite sure if this Ford Woodie is a 1939, or 1940. But it sure as heck is a Ford Woodie wagon!--Gary Ruby photos.
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The President’s MessageFrom Paula Ruby
Fondly, Paula
Hello Everyone!
The calendar might say that it is spring, but Mother Nature has said that she is not quite ready! Despite the unseasonably cool temperatures however, Chesapeake Region members have been out and about. Some members got together and went on a road trip to the Classic Auto Mall in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. We showed pictures of the outing at the April membership meeting. Members at the meeting were excited to learn of this place and wanted to visit there themselves. So, Activities Director Phil Hack is in the process of setting up a date this spring to make it another club day trip. For current information on the evolving trip plans
be sure to refer to our website and newsletter. For those of you who were not able to attend the April membership meeting, let me update you on our Swap Meet that was held in March. This was a banner year for the Swap Meet both financially and in the number of vendors that participated. We could have not asked for a better day. Let me again send out a BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who helped in any way to make this event the great success that it was this year. We are quickly approaching the date for our Eastern Spring Meet in Gettysburg, PA. I would like to see a large participation from our membership at this event. There are many tasks that need to be performed at the meet and, with our large Chesapeake Region mem-
bership, we certainly should be able to recruit an adequate number of volunteers to perform these tasks. Volunteering your time for just a few hours in the hospitality room, open Tuesday through Friday, will help spread that task among many persons, thereby avoiding any one volunteer having to serve a long period of time. On Saturday, July 14th, the day of the actual show, we will need many volunteers from the membership to assist positioning vehicles onto the show field. The cars will be arriving very early, and all must be in place on the show field for judging by 11:00 a.m. We will be starting our day early, at 6:00 am. Please call Gary Wilmer to volunteer your help on Saturday, and to get on the show field volunteer list. To anyone who may have previously attended a car show function at the Gettysburg Wyndham and is consid-ering not staying during our 2018 AACA Meet, or not participating in any of the activities, I ask you to reconsid-er. For this to be a successful event, and a positive reflection on our Chesapeake Region, we need every member to participate in one way or another. The 2018 AACA Eastern Spring Meet will be a reflection on what we are able to achieve as a group. I would love to have a HUGE representation from our members at the banquet on Saturday evening. So, if you are unable to stay the entire time, please be sure to sign up for the banquet. There is an article in this newsletter that talks about the raffle items that are needed for the Spring Meet raffle room. If this is something that you do not wish to make yourself, you can always make a monetary contribu-tion and we will put together something for you. We need to make the raffle room attractive so that we sell a lot of tickets. As soon as you can put something together, or make a monetary contribution, please bring it to one of the meetings or give me a call and I will pick it up. I am counting on everyone for their help in any way.
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Ed Butler Shares His Experience At The 23rd Annual, 2018 Concours d’EleganceClassic At Amelia Island, Florida Chesapeake Region Member, Ed Butler provided the Bulletin infor-mation on the recent 2018 Concours d’Elegance event at Amelia Island, Florida. Ed and his wife 'Pat' were returning from a trip to Naples in south Florida and decided to visit Amelia Island concours, March 10-12. This event was held on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Golf Club. The big show day was scheduled for Sunday, March 11th, however, hurricane 'Stella' was predicted to play havoc with the island on that day, so the Concours d’Elegance was moved back to Saturday. It’s a good thing too, because Sunday would have been a complete 'washout.' Ed was pleased to see that his friend and fellow Marylander, David North of St. Michaels, Maryland won the award for 'Best In Class'--Race Cars (Pre-War)1926 Bugatti T39A--The North Collection, St. Michaels, Md. A Concours d’Elegance (French, literally 'a competition of elegance') and according to Wikipedia, each entry is rated for authenticity, function, history, style and quality of restoration by a team of judges that includes specialists for each vehicle type. A perfect score is 100, but any imperfec-tion, no matter how minor, requires a fractional point deduction. Class-es are arranged by type, marque, coachbuilder, country of origin, and/or time period. Judges select first, second, and third-place finishers for each class in the event, and the judges confer the 'best of show' award on one car from the group of first-place winners. The first event was held April 6, 1996 at Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island Hotel and Golf Club, assembled a group of 163 cars and attendance was around 2,200.
David North wheels the 92-year-old Bugatti race car into the win-ner’s circle at the 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance event. Saturday, March 10th. Beside David in the passenger seat, is his son, 'Drew' North. The car took the award for, 'Best In Class'--Race Cars (Pre-War)1926 Bugatti T39A.
Dan Materazzi Witnessed A Rare Rolls-Royce Uncovered In An Ellicott City Backyard I found the accompanying photo of a 1930 Rolls Royce that I men-tioned to a few people a while back. It was parked in a small shed in the backyard of a home on Church Street in Ellicott City around 1973. The owner apparently passed away and his wife never ventured back to the shed for many years. Fast forward to about 2008 or so, when the widow was in the process of selling her home and property, she asked some local folks to help her clean out the shed. During the many years that passed, the shed had collapsed around the car. Some of the local wildlife had taken up residence in the car. A large amount of animal droppings was removed from the interior of the car left by a family of raccoons. The Rolls-Royce was pulled out of the collapsed shed and sold in less than a week for around $30,000! The ‘Rolls’ was an aluminum bodied car and of course wasn’t rusty, and was also somewhat of a rare model.
Above, the vintage 1930 aluminum bodied Rolls Royce is in sunlight after decades inside a deteriorating shed. Photo courtesy of Dan Materazzi
David North and his son Drew, holding the trophy for 'Best-In-Class, Race Cars' at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance March 10-12, 2018.--Photos courtesy of Ed Butler
'Hi Guys & Gals!' On Wednesday March 28, Norm Heathcote, Charles Poole, Ken Ste-venson, Al Zimmermann, Gary Wilmer and myself, went on a road trip to Morgantown, Pennsylvania. We visited: 'The Classic Auto Mall', 6170 Morgantown Road, Morgantown, PA 19543. 'I gotta tell you it was really something to see.' Its a old 'strip' mall that closed up quite a while ago. It was attached to a Holiday Inn Hotel. A fel-low purchased the whole works. The Hotel is still in business, but the closed up mall is now a vehicle storage facility. Pictures on page 2! The owner has a very large vehicle collection, mostly unrestored. In the collection are numerous barn finds, and a large collection of old trucks, even a few I’ve never seen or heard of. In one of a former 'anchor' stores were 'Cars on Consignment', all vehicles were for sale. There was a wide variety of different cars and trucks. The gentleman that owns the Auto Mall also owns the Holiday Inn. He rents the empty stores to people to store their vehicles and even entire collections, One store was full of Chevrolets, another one filled with Dodge cars, another one had a collection of Plymouth HEMI cars! There was a bunch of Pierce Arrows, and many of every kind of car you could imagine. When we got there, we were told to take a seat on the 'tram.' They rode us around the mall and when we stopped in front of the different stores, the lights would come on. After our ride around on the tram, we were able to walk around the mall and take in all the there was to see. It was an unusual and fun day. On our way back we found a great place to eat. It’s called 'The Keystone Family Restaurant', located in Ephrata Penn-sylvania. It is about a 2 1/2 hour trip up there, we may see if this could be a club trip, maybe even a bus trip. We all enjoyed the day a great deal. See ya! --Gary Ruby
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More Bygone Automobile Dealerships In The Baltimore AreaBy Bill Wurzell, Editor
Chesapeake Region, AACA In the February Edition of the Chesapeake Bulletin we printed a piece about former DeSoto dealers in the Baltimore Area. The in-formation was submitted by Francis Werneth, longtime club Historian. I thought it would be interesting to see if other members remembered other bygone dealerships. Although we only received two responses, they were enough to do this piece. The two members that submitted old dealer information were Paul Habicht of Nottingham and Tom Golden of Pasadena. Paul loaned me a framed Baltimore Evening Sun classified page dated: Tuesday, January 15, 1952. The entire newsprint page is sealed in a substantial, air-tight paper frame. This brought back memories to me of my days working in a commercial printing com-pany. All the work that my company produced was very high end, short run museum quality printing. A Washington DC museum want-ed to produce a book about a late artist and they wanted to reproduce in the book one of his most famous works. They brought the valuable art to our company (under armed guard) while still in the frame, which would not fit in the copyboard of the process cam-era that I operated. My company did not want to assume responsibility for removing the art work from the frame. We contacted a very well-known framing shop in Baltimore and they sent over two technicians that very care-fully and successfully removed the art from the frame, while under the steady gaze of the armed guards. Now, I had to take densitometer readings on the art to get a proper exposure time for creating a film halftone of the subject. This was also touchy, because I actually had to place the densitometer probe onto the valuable art in several places. A process camera has a vacuum back that holds film in place while an exposure is made. When I was ready to make the exposure, one of the armed guards wanted to accompany me into the darkroom where the back of the camera is located. I told him that ‘’it’s a ‘dark-room, you won’t be able to see anything!’’ So he stayed in the lightroom where the art was in the copyboard. I made a couple test shots and ultimately generated a reduced size film negative of the art. We printed the book and the book producer was delighted that it won a major quality and production award. Most everything we printed did. Some of the dealers on the newspaper page that Paul loaned me were mostly independent dealers and new car dealers selling used cars. A large Ford dealer you’ll probably remember is: ARCHWAY FORD at two locations, 500 N. Hilton Street, and 2501 Frederick Street. (?) Remember SCHWING? The Hudson Deal-
er. and 900 W. 34th Street. How about GENERAL PONTIAC? 3200 Reisterstown Road. BOB FLEIGH, Baltimore’s Oldest and Larg-est STUDEBAKER Dealer., 242 W. 29th Street.KELLY BUICK at Charles Street and Mt. Royal Avenue. Advertising a used 1950 Buick Road-master Rivera Hardtop, for $2,195! MARTIN J. BARRY, Lincoln-Mercury, 1714 to 1720 North Charles Street. DULANEY DeSoto-Plymouth, 5908 York Road, Towson. MARSDEN Chevrolet, 725 North York Road, Towson. AUTO CLINIC CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH Howard and Read Streets. We cannot forget our very own member Charles Gillet acquired a Volkswagen fran-chise, in the early 1960s the new dealership, ‘40 West Motor’s was opened in 1962. Later he also acquired and sold Porsche, Subaru, Maz-da, Alfa Romeo and Saab. Earlier, Charles had owned a Datsun Dealership in Hawaii. The Datsun brand subsequently became Nissan. Member Tom Golden from Pasadena sub-mitted the following, many from memory!1930s-1940s, Fox Chevrolet, Hanover Street
and Key Highway1940s Capitol Hudson, Hanover Street, Brook-lyn, Maryland1940s Brooklyn Ford, Hanover Street, Brook-lyn-Baltimore, Maryland1940s Studebaker-Packard (?) Old Annapolis Blvd., Ritchie Highway Glen Burnie, Maryland1940s Cecil Knighting Nash dealership, West Street, Annapolis, Maryland.1940s Kaiser, Fraser and Henry J, West Street, Parole, MD1946 Dovell & Williams GMC Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks, Crain Highway Glen Burnie, Maryland1950s Volkswagen dealership Light Street ad-jacent to South Baltimore Fire Station, Balti-more, MD1950s Stewart Motors DeSoto Dealership, Pat-apsco Avenue at Second Avenue, Brooklyn1950s Ewell Motors Plymouth and Dodge, Old Annapolis Blvd., Glen Burnie, Maryland1950s J. C. Galley Chrysler-Plymouth and Desoto, Ferndale, Maryland1950s Bill Schulte Ford and Edsel Dealership, Ritchie Highway, Glen Burnie, Maryland1950s Gladding Chevrolet, Ritchie Highway Glen Burnie, Maryland.
HOW MANY MORE CAN YOU ADD?
Gary Travels With The Usual Suspects
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Chesapeake Region Activ ities For 2018
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Chesapeake Region Antique Automobile Club of America, Monthly Membership meeting minutes, April 9, 2018
Respectfully submitted for Secretary...
Tom Dawson
The regular monthly meeting of the Chesapeake Region of the A.A.C.A.,(Club or CRAACA), was held at Divinity Lutheran Church in Towson, Md. on April 9, 2018. There were 26 mem-bers in attendance.Welcome: President Paula Ruby - President Paula called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and welcomed everyone. Lynn Horn agreed to take the minutes tonight.Program for Tonight: We had a presentation of a trip that some of our members attended to a Collector Car Mall called the Clas-sic Auto Mall in Morgantown, Pa.. We are in the process of set-ting up a day to return to the Auto Mall so that more people can enjoy it. Watch for future details.Secretary Report: Tom Dawson - Tom was on vacation for the meeting, so Al Zimmermann read the minutes of the last board meeting. The last board meeting was held in Gettysburg, PA and was a update on the National Meet in July. Treasurer’s Report: Jack Treadwell - Jack gave a complete report on both of the Club’s accounts. A motion was made by Gary Wilmer to approve the reports as given and seconded by Tom Young. The motion passed and the reports will be held for audit.The 2017 audit of the books is still being prepared and we should have the report by the next meeting.Membership Report: Vicky Wilmer - Vicky reports that there are 317 adult members, 10 Junior and 7 Student members. A to-tal of 334 members. The membership voted on three new mem-bers: Leonard and Denise Powell, Bill Harrison and Joseph and Catherine Wyman. Welcome to our new members.A motion was made by Jack Treadwell and seconded by Paul Habicht to approve the new members. Activities Report: Phil Hack - Phil went over the calendar that is printed in the bulletin and also is always on the web site. We talked about the next trip on April 28th which will start at Trea-sured Motors and then a drive towards our next stop which is the Carriage House Restaurant and then to our final location which is Gary’s Goats. A sign up sheet was passed around and we have a great group going.Spring Meet Report: Norm Heathcote - Norm reported the last-est figures regarding registration for the meet. Norm asked for the membership to please get their room reservations made and send in their registration for the show. We are still in need of donations from the membership of car related items and ladies baskets for the raffle room. We will also need cookies and small snack items for the hospitality room that will be open for four days. Please call President Paula for all donation questions.Technical Report: Gary Ruby No report. Phil Hack did have a technical item regarding a wiring diagram that he has developed. Phil said that he could reproduce the diagram for other vehicles if anyone needed it. Tom Young had a question about needing a antique battery for his car. The company that Gary Ruby had contacted for a battery that he also needed does not have very good reviews.Chief Judge’s Report: Gene Sauter - Gene was not present at the meeting.Bulletin Report: Bill Wurzell - Bill requested that everyone keep sending him articles and pictures if possible.Website Report: Buzz Diehl - Buzz reported that the web site is updated on a regular basis. Please refer to the web site, it is a great resource.Directors Report: Gary Wilmer did a recap on his trip to Char-lotte, it was a rainy event and therefore the cars that participated
was decreased. He still had a great time with his sons Andrew and Todd and Scott Chaney and his father in law Dave Kelley.Sunshine Report: Margaret Werneth - Margaret sent a get well card to Ron Siegrist who had fallen and broke his hip while in Florida. Bonnie Mielke daughter is seriously ill. Please keep these members in your prayers. We also received a Thank you card from Les Horn’s Family.Refreshments: Nancy Matheu - Thank you to the Ramsburgs for tonights treats! 50/50: Henry Chaudron sold the tickets tonight, Joanne Day was absent. The winner of the 50/50 was Mark StershicOld Business: President Paula asked for a motion to approve the changes to the by-laws. A motion was made by Jack Treadwell and voted on by the attending membership to approval. Tom Young did a quick recap of the Flea Market stating that this was the BEST flea market we have ever had both number wise for vendors and profit wise. President Paula suggested that maybe next year for the mailing that we include a list of local hotels for some of the vendors that attend from out of state.There being no further business a motion was made by Anne Marie Ramsburg and seconded by Bill Wurzell to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
---- Secretary Tom and Judy Dawson were vacationing in the Caro-linas. A big thank you to Lynn Horn for recording tonight’s minutes and Paula Ruby for typing them and submitting to the Bulletin.
Judy’s Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies Several people asked me for the recipe for the cookies I took to this year’s Swap Meet. So here it is:1 cup butter, softened1 cup sugar2/3 cup brown sugar1 cup peanut butter1 tsp. vanilla2 eggs2 cups flour2 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt1 cup rolled oats2 cups chocolate chips1 cup peanut butter chipsDirections: Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars together. Blend in other ingredients, then fold in chocolate and peanut butter chips. Bake at 350 degrees for at least 10 minutes. I prefer a crispy cookie, so I bake them until they are firm to the touch. This is DOUBLE the original recipe, as they always seem to go fast!
President: Paula Ruby2332 Mt. Ventus Road #1, Manchester, MD 21102-1128, H-410.239.3492, C-410.627.1642 [email protected] President: Al Zimmermann12887 Eagles View Road, Phoenix, MD 21131 H-410.560.0237, C-443.470.0637 [email protected]: Thomas R. Dawson 1920 Gibson Road, White Hall, MD 21161 H-410.343.0215, [email protected]: Jack Treadwell 2034 Freeland Road, Freeland, MD 21053, H-410.925.7024, [email protected] Chairman: Vicky Wilmer52 North Houcksville Road, Hampstead, MD 21074, [email protected] at Large: Gary Wilmer 52 North Houcksville Road, Hampstead, MD 21074, C-443.340.7690, [email protected] at Large: Tom Young613 McHenry Road, Baltimore, MD 21208, H-410.653.3108, [email protected] Chairman: Philip Hack220 Gateswood Road, Timonium, MD 21093, H-410.292.3656, [email protected]
Elected & Appointed Officers For 2018Elected positions make up the Executive Board of the Club with full voting rights:
The Chesapeake Bulletin is published monthly and is the official newsletter of the Chesapeake Region AACA. Articles and comments are welcome and should be sent to the editor, Bill Wurzell at: [email protected], telephone: 410.750.0056 by the 15th of the month for inclusion in the current month’s edition. All ads must be submitted to Advertising Manager, Gary Ruby at: [email protected] tele-phone: 410.239.3492. If you have not received your copy of the Bulletin, contact the editor or any club officer. Event photos courtesy of Harold and Barb Diehl, Paula and Gary Ruby; Philip Hack, and Bill Wurzell; proofreaders: Harold Diehl and Lynn Horn. Reprinting of articles and photos is permitted provided due credit is given to this publication, the author and photographer.
By: Margaret Werneth
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Chief Judge: Gene Sauter 8431 Old Frederick Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043-6120, H-410.461.1354, [email protected] Chairman: Gary Ruby 2332 Mt. Ventus Road #1, Manchester, MD 21102-1128, H-410.239.3492, C-410.299.3887, [email protected] & Website Administrator: Harold ‘Buzz’ Diehl 6514 Ma-plewood Road, Baltimore, MD 21212, H-410.377.5265, [email protected]/A.A.C.A. Reporter: Margaret Werneth9701 Oak Summit Avenue, Parkville, MD 21234,H-410.668.3749, [email protected]: J. Francis Werneth 9701 Oak Summit Avenue, Parkville, MD 21234, H-410.668.3749, [email protected] Chesapeake Region Bulletin Editor: Bill Wurzell, 8801 Bosley Road, Suite 104, Ellicott City, MD 21043, H-410.750.0056 C-410.245.7164 [email protected]: Nancy Mattheu, Coordinator20600 York Road Parkton, MD. 21120 H-410.357.8481 [email protected]
SUNSHINE REPORT:
I sent a get well card to Ron Siegrist who had fallen and broke his hip while in Florida. Bonnie Mielke’s daughter is seriously ill. Please keep these members in your prayers.We also received a 'Thank you card 'from Les Horn’s Family.
WHAT WAS IT?--This modified compact pickup truck was spotted in Glen Burnie at Marley Station on April 15, 2018. It was very intriguing as to what this truck began life as. At first, I thought it was an early Datsun or GMC pickup. Then maybe a Nissan. It wasn’t until I looked into the cab and knew instantly which compact pickup truck this highly modified pickup was originally. I recognize the 1961 Dodge Polara taillights 'frenched' into the rear fenders. The truck maker will be divulged at the May 14th membership meeting. So get your guesses ready...Ruby, Stevenson!--Bill Wurzell
By Bill Wurzell, Editor A former collegue sent me a link to a large group of black and white prints that were made from ‘glass plate negatives.’ If you’re not familiar with glass plate photography, you are not alone. I don’t know when it was completely phased out, but it would have been a long, long time ago. During the American Civil War, photography was coming into its own. Photographers, their assistants and equipment were employed by both the Union and Confederate armies. They mostly traveled with each army and when they saw an opportunity for an ‘exposure’ they took it. At this time in history, citizens on both sides of the conflict wanted to keep pace with how the ‘war between the states’ was progressing. Photographers would coat glass plates with a light sensitive chemical, perhaps ‘albumin’; the plates were in a frame that fit into a camera. Exposures took a long time and for portraits, the subject had to stay perfectly still for perhaps a minute or longer. To my knowledge, ‘flash’ powder came along a little later. The reason why they used glass plates is because ‘flexible photo-graphic film’ had not yet been invented. George Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak Company was probably working on it. An interest-ing fact concerning George Eastman, he knew when he perfected pho-tographic film and a convenient way to expose film, it would become wildly popular. Eastman had the foresight to think about a name for his company. He wanted a name that people would remember, was easy to pronounce and would be spoken the same in every language on earth, ‘KODAK.’ Completely brilliant on his part, but this was ‘down the road.’ The famous civil war photographer, Matthew Brady, was on the cut-ting edge of glass plate photography. He is credited with creating a roll-ing ‘dark room.’ A wagon, pulled by a horse or mule enabled Brady’s assistants to capture a picture in the field and send them to the leading publications of the day, usually by courier. There were many other challenges to overcome, for instance: just be-cause you have a nice picture of a person or a scene, how are you going to print it? Printing presses will only print solid black or nothing. That’s fine for type, but not for ‘continuous tone’ photographs. Eventually, printers exposed the photo through a glass screen that introduced a dot pattern to the picture. There were tiny white dots in the dark areas and tiny black dots in the white areas. This is called ‘half-toning’ it is still in use today, although highly automated. Digital printing doesn’t use half-toning because the machine that prints a publication is basically a high speed copy machine. Matthew Brady didn’t document most of his pictures even though he photographed nearly every U.S. President, Generals on both North and South, and many other celebrities of the time. Sadly, he died penniless in the charity ward of Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on Janu-ary 15, 1896, from complications following a streetcar accident. Pictured in the right column are some of the major players during the civil war. Many of the these men were noted for activities other than be-ing a high-ranking officer in the civil war. For instance, General Abner Doubleday is widely credited with the invention of the game of baseball. Most people will remember the name General George Armstrong Custer. He was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. On June 25, 1876, while leading the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Lit-tle Bighorn (rivers) in Montana Territory against a coalition of Native American tribes, he and all of his detachment, which included two of his brothers, were killed. The battle is popularly known in American history as ‘Custer’s Last Stand.’ Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth is interred in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore Maryland. EDITOR’S NOTE: If you visit the website below, some of the photos in this group are gruesome, showing soldiers killed in battle. Also, photos of the execution of the conspirators involved in the Lincoln assassination. None of those appear here, but can be viewed at: http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html
Calling All Civil War Aficionados And Glass Plate Photo Enthusiasts
President Abraham Lincoln Ford’s Theater, after assassination
General Ulysses S. Grant General George Armstrong Custer
General William Tecumseh Sherman Baseball creator, Gen. Abner Doubleday
Lincoln Assassin, John Wilkes BoothConfederate President, Jefferson Davis
Embalming science advances Confederate General Robert E. Lee
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