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Late June/July - Ray Morgan Restora-tion tour - TBA

June 7 &21 - Golden City Cruisers VR Bojangle's Cruise-In 5pm – 8pm. Bojangles, 750 Carrollton Villa Rica Hwy, Villa Rica - Come hang out at a Friday Cruise-In every first and third Friday night. Music and food coupons! Join the fun!

June 8 - Troup County Sheriff’s Car Show 9 to 2, @ Pyne Road Park, 4481 West Roanoke Rd. LaGrange, Ga.[Charles Nixon (706)883-1616] Flyer Available

June 15 & 16 – Pine Mountain RV Resort “Crusin' Cars on the Mountain” 10:00 to 5:00 @ 8804 Hamilton Rd. (Hwy 27 North) Pine Mountain. www.pinemountain.rvcoutdoors.com/events-2

June 25 - the Golden Years Cruise In at Cottage Landing, Carrollton. Spon-sored by Golden City Cruisers.

Aug 31 - Callaway Hot Air Balloon Fes-tival 9:00 to 3:00 @ Callaway Gardens. See www.callawaygardens.com/info/calendar

Sept 7 - Car Show - Lithia Springs Unit-ed Methodist Church 10am-4pm Lithia Springs United Methodist Church, 3711 Temple St, Lithia Springs, GA 30122

Sept 20-22 – Barnesville Buggy Days, 9:00 to 5:00 @ Main Street, Barnesville Ga. 30204 Display and Parade. www.barnesville.org/

Oct 5 -- GA/AL AACA Annual Car Show @ LaGrange Mall 1501 Lafay-ette Pkwy., LaGrange GA.

What’s Going On

West GeorGia reGion’s monthly neWsletter JUne 2013

2013 CALeNDAR OF eVeNTS

Club Meeting This Thursday June 6

LaTrattoria on the square

Well 'Ol Number 35 is in the books. I think the move to June 1 for our 35th Annual Car Show was a good one. Our car count was down by a few this year over last but, the general public visitor count was up considerably. We had many positive comments about our Show. We were supported by our sister region GA/Al again. We thank them for making the trip.

It's nearly impossible to find an open weekend in the car hobby these days. With competing old car activities hosted by nearby groups on Saturday, I think we did quite well. As usual, the West Georgia Region team pulled together like troopers to make it all happen. Special thanks to Bill Crowley, Mary and Fred Duncan, Bill Hearnburg, Charles Lassiter, Jim Nichols, Glenn and Debbie Novak, and Carol and Gary Moyses for all their efforts to make the show a big success. We're already making plans for improving the show next year. Stay tuned.

Our June Event will be at the Cottage Landing Senior Living Center, 150 Cottage Lane Carrollton on June 25th. This is a Tuesday evening. Time will be 5PM to 7PM. We will be part of the Golden Years Expo.

Our friends in the Golden City Cruisers were invited to display cars for the residents and graciously extended an invitation to the West Georgia Region to join them. The folks at Cottage Landing have offered to feed us dinner so they need a head count. Let one me or Liz know if you can attend. We'll begin counting noses at the meeting Thursday. How's that for a segue into the meeting notice?

The June Meeting will be 6:30PM at La Trattoria on the Square in Carrollton. The meeting portion will be a debrief of the show. If you think this might be a boring meeting, trust me it won't be. In fact it's typically one of our more lively meetings as members relate some of the anecdotes that occurred during the show.

One last item on Golden City Cruisers. Many of us have friends in the GCC. Our interests are the same. In the future the West Georgia Region will be partnering with the Golden City Cruisers to have fun.

Speaking of similar interests. Nick Ware (Best of Show Winner) has passed on an invitation to ROMEO, Thursday mornings. No, we're not talking Shakespeare. It stands for Retired Old Men Eating Out. Location is the Trading Post restaurant in Villa Rica. Time, arrive 8 to 8:30 AM Thursday mornings. Sounds like fun. No rules, no by-laws, no memberships just breakfast and tire kicking. I'm quite sure ladies are welcome too.

The Birdie had his water glass against the wall again. He tells me Bill Hearnburg has chrome shiny bits fin-ished for his 57 Ford project. Also Charles Lassiter has been spotted recently trolling for a 49 Buick. Hope he hooks one soon.

Hope to see everyone Thursday night at the Meeting.

Happy Motoring Rick

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By Glenn Novak

Our 35th Annual Car Show this year was a big suc-cess and the weather cooperated very nicely. Moved from the first Saturday in May to the first Saturday in June this year, we just sort of got lucky and avoided both a potential Mayfest attendance conflict and the very real rain-out of May 4th. Held again at Mike Bell Chevrolet on U.S. 27 in Carrollton but this time on June 1st, we had 51 cars in attendance with only one pre-registered no-show. It may be that we stick with this date in the future but it is always something to consider and re-consider. We all want the best date for the most people and the fewest conflicts. Our team of ten or so showed up early around 8 am to get set up before any early public arrivals, and the first cars began appearing just before 9 am. Music was provided all day by DJ Brock Eady and our MC Bill Hearnburg handled the announcing for both door prizes and trophies. A couple of vendors showed up, one selling boiled peanuts and an-other doing hot dogs and burgers. Traffic direction, regis-tration, and parking all seemed to run seamlessly, and the judges arrived in plenty of time as the show field continued to fill, row by row. And the temperatures climbed. Good thing we had plenty of free bottled water from Kroger to give away. We had lots of interesting cars and trucks show up, and the photos tell the story. The public milled around a good bit, looking at all the old iron and the newer muscle cars. Some of the more unusual vehicles present this year in-

cluded a 1910 Model T Ford Touring driven over by Robert Carden, a 1947 Crosley owned by Gary and Carol Moyses, and a 1963 Volkswagon Double Cab driven over by Vince Raburn for his son who is in the Navy and stationed far away. Though in the minority, several nice trucks were present, and a couple of fine automobiles with “For Sale” signs on them were looking for new owners. Trophies and the 50/50 raffle were all given out just be-fore the first trace of a very light drizzle began, and it took no time at all for our antique car and truck guests to clear out and head home, many with some fine trophies provided to our club by generous local companies and merchants. We met many nice people and made some new friends, and perhaps we shall gain new members from a positive first association with our club. We are again grateful to Mike Bell Chevrolet and to Zack Bell for hosting our event, and we appreciate all of our trophy and door prize sponsors this year. Continue to check our club website at www.west-georgiaaaca.org in the coming days and weeks as your webmaster-in-training begins to find the time to load more photos of the event. The plan is to put up a picture of all the vehicles in the show as a supplement to this article with the award-winning cars and their owners. Thanks again to all the club members and friends who worked hard and supported our 35th annual show and helped make it a fun event and a successful fundraiser for our charities.

West Georgia Region AACA 2013 Car Show Re-cap

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Robert Carden - Sargeant, GABest Production Before 1942

1910 Ford Model T Touring

Frank Cable, Jr. Best Production After WWI

2002 Corvette

Joy and Ricky Allen Best Truck

1965 Chevy truck

And The Winner Is.....

More winners on pages 8, 9,

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Our DJ for the day was the Carrollton' own

Brock Eady! Spinning great tunes all day!

Our registration ladies - Mary Duncan, Carol

Moyses, Debbie Novak.

The show field was full with many new cars to our show. We also enjoyed more spectator participation! Of course, a beautiful summer day helped a lot!

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The North Alabama Region hit it out of the park for the 25th Anniversary Founders' Tour. They hosted the first one back in 1988. The Tour was handled like a well oiled machine even with the typical hiccups that come along with such an undertaking. The Tour was based in Madison, Alabama. Madison is a suburb of Huntsville. Huntsville, known as "Rocket Town", is home to Redstone Arsenal and many high tech companies. This is where the Space Shuttle was created. Our first event was the opening banquet on Sunday evening at the Space and Rocket Center. Among the introductions was the three couples that had completed all 25 of the Founders' Tours. These folks have a real dedication to the AACA. Our first Tour day was Monday. While we had some rain, it did nothing to dampen the spirits of this Tour group. The highlight for us was Cathedral Caverns in Alabama. With world records such as, largest cave opening, largest stalactite column and several others, it was quite an impressive site. Cathedral

Caverns has a Big Room, which is 792 feet long and 200 feet wide. Tuesday the skies cleared and we had a great tour to Falls Mill in southern Tennes-see. This is a grist mill that has been operat-ing with a water driven grist wheel since the 1850s. Next we headed a bit farther into Tennes-see when we arrived in Tullahoma. What a treat to visit the Beech-

craft Heritage Museum. Wade McNabb and his staff rolled out the red carpet for us. After perusing the incredible airplanes (the brand has always been one of my personal favorites) and engines on display we were treated an excellent lunch. We were the last ones to leave because Liz got a special treat. Sitting in a Beechcraft Bonanza like the one she flew in with her dad as a little girl and another leap into one of the Staggerwings. These were the Cadillac (or Pierce-Arrow!) of executive aircraft in the 1930s. Wooden surrounds at the windows, wooden inlays in the door and side panels - such a treat and I was jealous. I hated to leave but, on we must go to the Jack Daniel's Distillery. The Jack Daniel's distillery has been in the same location since the 1800s. They can barely keep up with demand. Much of their product goes overseas. Just goes to prove quality American products are still highly sought after around the world. Tuesday was topped off by some fabulous toppings at the

Finding Our Way To The 25th Anniversary AACA Founders' Tour

Jacob Gurley bought the cave in 1955 and opened it to the public. His wife into the cave for the first time, she was struck by the beauty of one big room with all the stalagmites and stalactites and said that it looked like a "cathedral." Cathedral Caverns became a state park in 1987. It includes 461 acres of land near Grant, Alabama. The cave has a paved and lighted pathway that is 10 feet above the original path. The walk is a little over a mile for the round trip and takes an hour and 15 minutes. It is also wheelchair accessible.

Cathedral Caverns holds six world records:• The widest entrance of any commercial cave in the world.

It is 25 feet tall and 128 feet wide.• Home to "Goliath"--the largest stalagmite in the world. It

measures 45 feet tall and 243 feet in circumstance.• Largest flow stone wall, which is 32 feet tall and 135 feet

long.• The largest "frozen" waterfall.• Largest stalagmite forest of any cave in the world.• The most improbable formation in the world which is a

stalagmite that is 35 feet tall and 3 inches wide!

Cathedral Caverns also has a Crystal Room which is not open to the public. The formations are made of pure white calcite and just the vibrations from someone's voice would shatter over 70 percent of the formations.

Above: Entrance to Cathedral Caverns; below: Cathedral room

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ice cream social that evening. Wednesday brought more sunshine and trips around Alabama to the Calhoun Robotics Center, Tennessee Valley Authority Shop, and Helen Keller's birth place and childhood home. The robots seem to understand each other in the Robotics Center. There was a large number of robots performing many different tasks. This is the only robot-ics school of it's kind the world. The TVA shops had the largest machine shop equip-ment I have ever seen. They need the huge machines because they build almost everything the TVA needs. They purchase some hardware items but, just about

everything else they make. Truth be told, they even make some hard to find hardware items. Ivy Green is the birth place of Helen Keller and is in Tus-cumbia, Alabama. The home contains the original furnish-ings from Helen Keller's family. It also tells the story of Helen Keller from

birth all through her most interesting life. The little cot-tage where Ann Sullivan lived is nearby on the property. Thursday we remained in Alabama. We toured the world famous Ave Maria Grotto. This is located at the St. Bernard Abbey and Prep School. St. Bernard is a monastery for Catholic Benedictine monks. Brother Joseph Zoettl spent his spare time at the monastery building miniature models of religious and historic

Helen Keller's family home, Ivy Green, where she lived with her brothers and her parents and her beloved teacher Ann Sulli-van. The museum is a wonder-ful tribute to a remarkable wom-an and well worth a visit.

Right: the famous water pump.

R. D. Cole MFG, Co. in Newnan, Georgia built the grinding equipment for Falls Mill es-tablished in 1873 in south-ern Tennessee. What a small world!

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The Switcher Engine's engine. Imagine a 4 cylinder engine in a locomotive. remember the pistons 24 inches in diameter.

buildings from around the world. Brother Zoettl used cement, sea shells, broken glass, marbles, old costume jewelry and anything else that was donated to build his creations. The detail and the vast number of statures is hard to imagine. He came to St. Ber-nards from Bavaria in the early 1900s and remained there until his death in 1960. It was said that of all the places he recreated, he had only actually been to six of them. The rest of the magnificent structures were done from drawings and photographs he found in books. Friday was a close in tour day. The rain had returned so that wasn't bad thing. We toured the North Alabama Railroad Muse-um, the old downtown area of Huntsville, and Huntsville Botanical Gardens. The North Alabama Railroad Museum was a real treat for us railroad buffs. They had a diesel switcher running on the siding for us. We were able to climb aboard and check out the old girl's mechanics. The Botanical Gardens is quite place. The flowers were begin-ning to bloom and the butterfly house was something to behold. We closed out the week with another fabulous banquet at the Space and Rocket Center this time dining in the huge hall that houses a real Saturn 5 Rocket! Liz and I sat at a table under the second to the last stage of the rocket with the nose capsule over-head of the Air Force Jazz Band. To their left was a Lunar Land-ing craft with all of its foil deployed and on the band's right side was one of the actual Apollo capsules that was retrieved from the Pacific ocean. That is the wonderful thing about old cars - you get to see such neat stuff! Many thanks to Bob Bentley and the North Alabama Region for all their hard work. It was well worth it for all the attendees.

One of the hundreds of creations made by brother Joseph Zoettl

The banquet dinner under a Saturn 5 Rocket that stretches the entire length of the Davidson Center for Space Exploration.

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Tim Thomas Best Street Rod

1937 Ford Standard 2 door

Gary Wright Best Ford

1964 Falcon Sprint

Frank Hummel Best GM

1965 Pontiac GTO

And The Winner Is.....

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Ricky Bradley Best Mopar

1971 Dodge Challenger

Vince Raburn Best Import

1963 Volkswagen Double Cab

Roy Cummings Best Chevrolet

1966 Chevy II Super Sport

And The Winner Is.....And The Winner Is.....

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More winners on pages x & x

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1969 Camaro Super Sport

1970 Mustang Mach 1

1931 Ford Model A Coupe

Paul Sanford - Best Camaro (trophy presented by Ashley Bush of Southwire)

Kenneth Hinesley Best Mustang

Donnie Arrington Best Paint

And The Winner Is.....

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air

1937 Ford Standard 2 door

1969 Chevelle

Lee Yates Best Interior

Anita and Tim Thomas Peoples Choice

Nick Ware Best of Show

And The Winner Is.....

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ANTIquE AuTO CLuB OF AMERICA WEST GEORGIA REGIONTREASuRER’S REPORT

Bank balance at 05/16/13 $845.79Membership dues not deposited $145.00Total $990.79

Antique Auto Club of AmeriCA West GeorGiA reGionmeetinG notes from mAy 05, 2013

MINuTES

1. Called to order 7:45PM by Rick Horne2. Minutes from 004/05/2013 accepted3. Discussion centered on planning car show for June 01 at Mike Bell Chevrolet.4. Compliments to Glen Novac for selling five trophies to local businesses. 5. All members are encouraged to sell more trophies at $30 each. At least five categories

have not been sold or spoken for. Do not commit to a specific trophy category until you check with Liz (770 834 5929). Another business may have already requested that cat-egory. Be sure to say all profits go local charities (we gave $750 each to Tanner Hos-pice and Toys for Tots last year).

6. Glen has a business commitment for some door prizes. More is always better. Mem-bers can check with those businesses they support for items which will be acknowl-edged during the show. It would be nice to send every participant home with some-thing.

7. Still looking for a sound system to use or rent for the event. 8. A traffic pattern has been discussed with Mike Bell Chevrolet, to prevent participant

cars backing up on highway 27. Signs are being made up to assist the participants.9. All active club members are encouraged to attend in support of our largest money mak-

ing event of the year. Wear your club shirts and hats if you have one. Please show up at 08:00AM to set up and divide assignments. The show starts at 10:00AM.

10. Dash plaques have been ordered. 11. Although it was previously determined not to provide goodie bags. That decision was

reversed, since we will be giving each participant membership forms to the local, and national clubs, the dash plaque, plus there are extra small items we have left over from previous years. If anyone locates more small items (business name items such as; notepads, key chains or key lights, discount coupons, rulers, candy, etc.), bring them to the pre-show meeting on May 23 at the West Georgia Shopper conference room at 6:30PM.

12. Glen has 96 bottles of water to pass out to participants.13. Working on getting a food vendor to attend the show.14. Adjourn at 08:30PM.