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In this issue:

Editor’s Corner 1

New Members 2

Sick & Sympathy List 2

President’s Letter 3

Minutes 4

Upcoming Shows– Flyers 5

Scenes from the

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V o l u m e 1 4 , I s s u e 6

VP Letter

Various Items

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Events Calendar 8

Classifieds

Sponsor Spotlight

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ABOUT HCCC

Hamblen County Car Club organized in the summer of

2002. We are a non profit corporation dedicated to the

promotion of a safe, family-oriented enjoyment of Classic

and Custom cars and trucks through club camaraderie,

monthly meetings and scheduled special events.

HCCC meets on the third Tuesday of each month except

December at Golden Corral in Morristown. Come at 6

pm for dinner and our meeting starts at 7 pm. Club mem-

bership is open to persons age 18 or older who are interest-

ed in the restoration and maintenance of American Made

cars and trucks. Dues are $25 annually, payable on Sep-

tember 1st.

Cruise “N” ews is the official publication of the HCCC and

is printed and distributed monthly. All news articles, pho-

tos and items of interest are welcome for consideration for

publication, subject to editing. Submission deadline is

the first Tuesday of each month.

If you like to receive your newsletter by e-mail, please let

me know.

Send newsletter correspondence to:

Lisa Grooms

1613Royal Drive

Morristown, TN 37813

2015-2016 Club Officers

President: William Bailey

423-312-0551

Vice-President: Lisa

Grooms

423-258-4367

Secretary: Deedra Hall

423-327-1125

Treasurer: Jerry Kloos

423-586-5959

Chaplain: Gene Honeycutt

423-312-6972

Public Relations Director:

Gene Honeycutt

423-312-6972

April newsletter items

are due no later than

Tuesday, July 5th. I

always appreciate items

as early as possible

Welcome New Members:

Returning member: Wayne McCamey

Richard and Evelyn Valentine

Sick and Sympathy List

We would like to keep all car club members informed of their car club family members who are sick or have had death in the family. If you know

or hear of anyone experiencing illness or death in the family, please help us by notifying Gene Honeycutt at 423-312-6972.

Merle and Sharon Myers Our Service Men and Women

Don Brooks David King Tony Hayes Georganne Russell

Gwen Porterfield Don McGinnis Dixie Beede Juanita Reynolds

Ronnie Hopkins Carolyn Seals Linda Honeycutt Betty McClain

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President’s Letter—June 2016- William Bailey

Our charity this month is the Morristown Hamblen Humane Society, we

will taking up items at the cruise in on June 18th to help them out, there will

also be a car show to benefit the shelter on August 13, 2016 in the Food

City parking lot (W. Andrew Johnson Hwy) beginning at 9 am and going to

around 4 pm, just give me a call if you would like more info (423-312-

0551).

Other shows, Mossy Creek Cruzers show at the Jefferson Middle School,

contact Glenn, 423-231-9942 or Pat,. 865-363-5891; on July 23rd is the

Cruise In for Christ car show at Talbott Baptist Church located at 507 Tal-

bott Kansas Road, for more information, call Jim Kramer at 423-748-8005.

Officer Bailey

June Birthday “babies” plus others, a special poem was read and a

balloon released in honor of Butch’s “first birthday” in heaven

(also honoring all those that we have lost ) during our annual pic-

nic.

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Minutes— May 2016 - Deedra Hall

The Hamblen County Car Club met on May 17th at Golden Corral with 22 members and guests present. Presi-dent William Bailey called the meeting to order with Gene Honeycutt offering the opening prayer. New mem-bers were recognized. Guest, Mahon Fritz, Executive Director of ALPS, spoke about ALPS and thanked the club for their support.

Don McGinnis made the motion to accept the minutes from the April meeting as published in the newsletter; David Sawyer seconded the motion and the minutes were approved as written.

Janice Hawkins reviewed the treasurer’s report. Gene Honeycutt made the motion to accept with Ted Kalagian seconded the motion, report was accepted.

We now have 83 members in the club.

Public Relations Director, Gene Honeycutt reported there will be an article in the Citizen Tribune about our Victory Junction trip.

Winter Angel Expo 2017 report—we have corporate sponsors and other sponsors already in place.

Theresa Blanken, Fun Run Coordinator reported that 14 members made the trip to Victory Junction. Ted Kala-gian made the motion to give $250 to Victory Junction in the names of Kathy Davis and Chad Coltrane in honor of how they took their time to help us with our mechanical problems on the trip, Elmer Blanken seconded the motion, Janice will send the check.

She also reported on the trip to the Farmer’s Daughter on May 15th, 13 out of the 30 who had signed up actually attended. The next Fun Run is scheduled for June 12th at the home of Don McGinnis for our annual picnic. Burgers and hot dogs will be pro-vided by the club, see Theresa for other items needed. Lisa will have a balloon release for Butch’s birthday. We will be meeting at Ingles (West) at 1:30 pm to ride as a group.

We will have a website update at next meeting.

Cruise in update—crowds have been good, we will have door prizes on the nights of our charity donation nights.

Upcoming car shows were announced.

Ted Kalagian reports that the invoices for the trailer ads have been mailed. Nine ads have been paid up to date.

New Business

We had a discussion about the Jr. Club. The suggestion was made to offer students a $15 membership fee. We will be sending a letter to the high schools ad the technical schools, just to invite students to partici-pate. They would be able to vote at our meetings but will not be able to hold any official position until they turned 18 years of age. We will make decision before the new school year begins.

Drawings were won by Lisa Grooms and Gene Honeycutt.

Meeting was adjourned.

Be sure to visit our NEW

website:

www.hamblencountycarclub.org

And “Like” us on our Face-

book page The Ham-

blen County Car Club

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B.E.S.T. AUTOMOTIVE

& SPEED SHOP

716 North Liberty Hill Road

Morristown, TN 37814

423-587-1335 (Ben Brock)

CELEBRATING 26

YEARS IN

BUSINESS

Lowest Prices Anywhere on

Top Name Brands

Super Chargers to Cam-

shafts

Hoods to Quarter Panels

Wheels to Ring & Pinion

Truck Steps to Rain

Guards

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V i c e - P r e s i d e n t L e t t e r — J u n e 2 0 1 6

L i s a G r o o m s

Here it is June already, needless to say the next two months are going to

be extremely tough, so I will apologize now. As many of you may

know, Butch’s birthday would have been June 6th, it will be our first

birthday without him, and we miss him so much. The cruise ins just

don’t seem the same without him. It is also election time and if this is

my last letter as Vice President, just let me say it has been an honor and

privilege to hold this position, I know that at times my mind and heart

just hasn’t been there but I so appreciate all of you for what you have

done for our family.

Speaking of cruise ins, WOW, the attendance has been wonderful and

the vendors seem to be working out thus far. I really appreciate all that

everyone is doing to make our cruise ins the best they can be. As al-

ways, recommendations/suggestions are welcomed. The only issue that

I have seen or should I say heard are the “squealing of the tires” when

some are leaving. If you see any of this type of behavior, take note. I

will be giving out a small reminder card to all to let them know that this

type of behavior will not be tolerated. I hate to do that, but I feel this is

an excellent location for us and we don’t need to hurt our relationship

with Kmart.

The annual HCCC picnic will be on Sunday, June 12th at the home of

Don McGinnis. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be supplied by the club.

Please contact Theresa Blanken for other items needed. I will be doing a

special balloon release in Butch’s memory to honor his birthday.

Again, I just want all of you to know how much I appreciate what you do

and have done; this club has been a true blessing to me and my family.

Much love and happiness!

Lisa

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Events in red are HCCC events EVENT CALENDAR Revised 6/15/2016

May-October: HCCC Every Saturday Night Cruise-In at College Square Mall

May and October: 5p-8p June through September: 6p-9p

If you know of other events, please contact Lisa Grooms at email lgrooms8@gmail.com

June 2016

21: HCCC Meeting—Golden Corral—6 pm (Eat) 7 pm (Meeting) - Election of officers will be held

25: East TN Mopars 28th Annual Fun in the Sun Car Show/Swap Meet—3301 E Magnolia Ave. Knoxville,

TN 9 am—4 pm, $8 fee, 865-691-6002

July 2016

1,8,15,22,29: Mossy Creek Cruzers—Big Lots, Jefferson City

8: Bike/Classic Car Cruise In—Colbach Harley Davidson, Morristown, 6 pm—9 pm

9: 6th Annual Mossy Creek Cruzers Car Show—361 W Broadway Blvd, Jefferson City—9 am-9 pm; 865

-363-5891

15: Car/Bike Show/Cruise In—Classic Leathers, 2704 E Andrew Johnson Hwy—6 pm—?

19: HCCC Meeting—Golden Corral—6 pm (Eat) 7 pm (Meeting)

23: 3rd Annual Cruise In for Christ—10 am—3 pm, Registration will be 8 am—10 am, Talbott Baptist

Church—507 Talbott Kansas Road, contact Jim Kramer 423-587-0355 or 423-748-8005

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Non-business ads will run for 3 months unless re-

newed. The date at the end of the ad is the month

the ad was placed or renewed. (8/11=ran in Aug

newsletter) Business ads will run as long as you are

a member, unless you remove/change it.

Classif ied

Ads are free to Car Club members. To

place, renew, change or cancel an ad, con-

tact:

Lisa Grooms 1613 Royal Drive

Morristown, TN 37813 lgrooms8@gmail.com

423-258-4367

Need a Flag

Veterans of Foreign Wars

(VFW) Post 5266

Flag Sales-Supporting Post

Honor Guard

USA, Branch of Service, MIA/

POW, Vietnam Veterans

3x5 flag $10—4x6 flag (USA

only)

$15

Call Robert Russell 586-6731

Cakes by Linda: Homemade Wedding Cakes &

Special Occasion Cakes. Call Linda Williams at

423-235-4726

Lil’ “T” Beauty Salon. For appointments call

Terry Kloos at 423-586-5959 or on cell phone at

423-748-4917

Hookers & Hunters Campground

Bait & Tackle, Propane Exchange

Dan Gelacek 423-581-7915

Extreme Car Audio

Buddy Beckner

423-289-5912

Restoration and

Fabrication

Art Larson

204 Bowlin Drive

Bean Station, TN 37708

865-804-6199

Little Red Rod Shop

7155 Blue Springs Pkwy

Mosheim, TN 37818

423-470-5886/423-588-0474

Gary Bancroft

Hyd Brakes-Wiring-Carburetor-

late models as well

King Auto Glass

Owner: David A. King

1095 Arden Lane—

Morristown

423-438-9528

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Hamblen County Car Club

1613 Royal Drive

Morristown, TN 37813

www.hamblencountycarclub.org

The Hamblen County Car Club

It wasn’t that long ago that Bobby Greenlee (HCCC member), a Morris-

town resident with more than 35 years experience in the automotive in-

dustry, discovered car owners of Morristown needed an auto repair

show they could trust. They needed a mechanic that would do great

work for an affordable price. One last element missing from many

shops in the area was just good old fashioned customer service!

The Budget Auto Clinic opened in west Morristown in June 2015 and

customers can’t stop raving well they are treated when they bring their car in. The business is located at 3915 West

Andrew Johnson Highway. Common Services Provided Included: Lube, oil & filter, brake replacement and repair,

A/C repair and servicing, shock & strut replacement, transmission overhaul, engine overhaul, steering and suspension

and general tune-up.

Bobby and his wife Ruth have been married for 13 years, they have four children and three grandchildren.