The Commander Studebaker Drivers Club Volume 50 Issue 7 July 2018 Celebrating Clete’S 90Th Birthday
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Potomac Chapter The Commander Studebaker Drivers Club Volume 50 Issue 7 July 2018 Celebrating Clete’s 90th Birthday Celebrating Cletes’s 90th Birthday Murray and I received a call from Steve White about someone wanting to give their father a ride in a 1950 Studebaker (his first car) on July 8 his 90th birthday. We had no other plans and it seemed like a fun thing to do. We arrived around 1:00 p.m. at the party location and all were ready and waiting including Clete Roth, the birthday boy, wearing his Studebaker cap. Everybody enjoyed our visit and Clete sat in the drivers’ seat (at the same time he was born 90 years ago) and you could tell memories were flooding back. The pictures tell the story. Clete has joined our chapter. Clete Roh (story on pg.10) Treasurer Secretary President: Vice President Activities Director Mike Farris Murray Welsh Steve White Ron Hoff Terry & Shirley McDaniel 4313 Landgreen Street 24121 Ridge Road 17801 Farley Farm Road 1005 Bedford Street 580 Welltown School Road Rockville, MD 20853 Germantown, MD 20876 Rockville, MD 20855-1661 Cumberland, MD 21502-1206 Martinsburg, WV 25403 301-460-4341 301-253-3723 301-977-2627 301-724-1617 304-263-3915 (hm) david.farris @verizon.net [email protected] [email protected] 301-784-9548 cell 304-671-6704 (cell) [email protected] [email protected] Membership Historian Web Master Editor Nadine & Mike Farris Ed Lemanski Bob Johnstone Lynda Welsh 4313 Landgreen Street 7875 Red Jacket Way 12161 Holly Knoll Circle 24121 Ridge Road Rockville, MD 20853 Jessup, MD 20794 Great Falls, VA 22066 Germantown, MD 20876 301-460-4341 301-776-9893 703-450-0754 301-253-3723 ndfarris [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Steering Column By Steve White Our celebration of Independence Day is only a few days away as I write this introduction for the column. We have so much to be thankful for in our great nation and one of them is how we welcome immigrants. Many of you know much more about the Studebaker family than I do but it bears repeating that the Staudenbecker family came to the United States from Germany like many of our forbearers. They brought with them a serious work ethic and determi- nation to do better here than they could in their home country. My heritage includes ancestors who came from many European countries but none more than Germany. One of my forefathers, Jurry McLonis (the “Mc identified his middle name as Michael) fought at the Battle of Oriskany in August 1777 under General Nicholas Herkimer (originally Herchheimer). I especially think of my family’s ancestors on July 4 and give thanks to their coming to America and ensuring that our country is the land of the free. This July 4th we had some members in the Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Fourth of July Parade. Unfortunately, the temperature was forecast to be hot and it turned out to be very hot so some Studebakers didn’t make the parade. I understand that choice completely. Those of us who don’t have air conditioning were suffering. We had to wait for most of the others in the parade to go before we could move. I thought to myself that our cars are old and we, the owners, are much older. Why are we senior citizens waiting while cub scouts are marching? I think of my car as sau- na-mobiles. Paul Johnson and I made it through the parade and you can see our Avantis right after we turned onto German Street. I think I’m a little shorter then because I melted somewhat. Since the July 4th parade my Avanti II has been filmed in DC for a super hero movie. I’m not supposed to say or write much about the movie but it has been mentioned in The Washington Post. I can say we usually filmed during the weekend and my car will be stationary (i.e., parked) if it makes the movie at all. The filming was another exercise in withstanding heat and humidity. The car did fine and the hours were such that I didn’t have to tolerate too much traffic. We had to be on location by 6:00 am and we usually left about 8:00 pm. I’m including one more photo for you. As you know if you’ve been reading my column, I like cruise-ins. One of my favorite cruise-in friends is Cliff Johnson and he hosted a picnic at his home this past Sunday. Among the other attendees was Bill Gibson who is well known because of his Batmobile. Bill built his super hero car himself starting with a 1978 Lincoln Town Car. If you Google Bill’s name with Batmobile you’ll find a number of sites that will tell you about how people enjoy seeing his car. He had it at the Olney Days Annual Car & Truck Show and, of course, it won the most popular award. Also at Cliff’s picnic was Ross Stansfield who spoke at the last Potomac Chapter lunch- eon at Barbara Fritchie’s restaurant. Ross took the group photograph with the Batmobile and my Avanti II that you see in this issue. Cliff is the happy gentleman you see toward the center giving us all a good cheer. I hope to see you at our August 25th event at Steve Newby’s classic car collection in North Potomac. We’ll have a luncheon meeting later (at noon) that day at the Derwood Red, Hot and Blue (just off Shady Grove Road near the Gi- ant grocery store - 16811 Crabbs Branch Way, Derwood, MD 20855) with guest speaker car guy extraordinaire Chuck McDonald (Chuck is in the picnic photo too). Please email me at [email protected] if you’re attending. The Commander is the monthly publication of the Potomac Chapter, Studebaker Drivers Club. Subscription is by membership to the Potomac Chapter at $15.00 yearly. Canada/Mexico $20.00, all other countries $25.00. Direct all membership correspondence to the Membership Director. Direct all correspondence relating to The Commander to the Editor, who retains the right to edit or modify any contribution. Deadline date is the 15th of the month for the following month’s issue. The Commander is also an internet publication. The Potomac Chapter is an officially chartered chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club, Inc.; its by-laws were approved, and charter granted by SDC in June 1967. Membership is recruited from the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. And those from other areas wishing to join the chapter are welcome. POTOMAC CHAPTER, SDC 2018 Planned Activities Event Date Contact Rose Hill Manor Car Show 08/19 non-SDC Frederick, Md. Tour of Steve Newby’s Classic Car Collection 08/25 @9:00 Lunch at Red Hot & Blue 12:00 noon Steve White International Meet 08/29/,09/01 Tacoma, Washington International Drive Your Studebaker Day 09/08 TBA Fall Picnic 9/15 Mike Farris Hershey Fall Meet 10/10, 10/13 George Hamlin Hershey, Pa. (AACA) Fall Tour Beckley/New River Gorge, WV 10/5, 10/6 Paul Johnson & Terry McDaniel Reedsville Swap Meet 10/19, 10/20 Long Island Chapter SDC Reedsville, Pa. Rockville Antique & Classic Car Show 10/20 Bill Morgan & Rockville, Md. Murray Welsh Chapter Planning Meeting for 2018 11/03 Terry McDaniel (McDaniel residence, Martinsburg, WV) Holiday Party (TBA) 12/09/18 Mike Farris You lot may be interested to know that there is a one-page feature in the latest issue of AARP's mag- azine about Alice Cooper and his....1963 Avanti. Didn't see THAT coming. Geo Fall Tour to Beckley, WV on October 5 and 6, 2018. Fifteen rooms have been blocked at the Comfort Inn, 300 Harper Road, Beckley, WV. Reservations can be made by calling 304-255-5291. Rooms will be held until September 25 at the price of $79.00 per night, plus tax. The blocked rooms consist of 2 full beds, hot breakfast , fridge/microwave/coffeemaker /flat screen TV / elevator/ wheelchair accessible. The same information as above is for special need rooms also, except they have a king size bed. Thank you. TMcD and SMcD STUDE SPOTTER -Hemmings Classic Car Sept 2018 - A sepia Studebaker Lark hardtop publicity photo occupies the top 1/3 of the "table of contents" on page 2. A man and a woman are standing on the seats through the Skytop roof for an obvious awkward posed image. Note: The Skytop was an option on certain 1961, 1962, and 1963 Studebaker automobiles Studebaker Spotter " Muscle Car Madness". Alice Cooper is shown with a beautiful white 63 Studebaker Avanti. in the latest AARP magazine (Jun-Jul 2018). He apparently collects muscle cars, but Studebak- ers are often ignored. Bob DeVore Patriotic Quotes “America…it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.” –Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River, 1935 “Let every man do his duty, and be true to his country.” –Anonymous, rallying cry, Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773 “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your coun- try.” –John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, January 20, 1961 “In every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom; it is impa- tient of oppression and pants for deliverance.” –Phillis Wheatley, in The Boston Post-Boy, 1774 4 First and (not really the) last Avantis to greet Studebaker club for meet at LeMay Daniel Strohl at 8:59 am https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/07/16/first-and-not-really-the-last-avantis-to- greet-studebaker-club-for-meet-at-lemay/?refer=news The Studebaker Drivers Club annual meet will take place August 29 through September 1.