SMOKE SIGNALS The Official Publication of the ANKOKAS, NJ Region AACA

Sept./Oct. 2020 Volume 57, Issue 5

In This Issue:

ppThe Passing of Coles Roberts ppJoe & Nancy’s Report on Carlisle’s All Ford Nationals 2020 ppCarl Villone’s Report on the Grand Nationals at Gettysburg ppIt Caught My Eye ppWebside Ramblings ppThe History of Golf ppThe History of Uncle Sam In This Month’s Issue:

Looking Down the Road...... 1 News...... 2 Grand Nationals in Gettysburg...... 3 Gypsy’s Homecoming...... 4 Parking Assist...... 6 Wow, what a summer it has 7 been and hard to believe August is It Caught My Eye...... case in court to From the Archives..... 9 almost over. I hope everyone is having a remain open. Nancy Car is the Star...... 10 good summer and is staying safe. If you and I attended the Ford Match Puzzle...... 11 were on the August Zoom meeting you Nationals in Carlisle, rescheduled from Carlisle All know that not much is happening due Ford Nationals...... 12 June to the first weekend in August and to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Ankokas Rummage Box...... 12 we did not have any issues. Of course, has been shut down along with many Ankokas Calendar..... 13 the crowd was down a bit and events 13 other events. Please be sure and check AACA Calendar...... held within the show that had huge Fun Holidays...... 13 the website for any new shows and, of crowd participation were cancelled. Local Events...... 13 course, any cancellations that we have The rest of this year will be wait and Find a Word...... 14 been made aware of. Webside see what is to be. We are hoping to still There are still some events that will be Ramblings...... 15 have the breakfast meeting in November happening. The AACA Grand National History of Golf...... 16 and the holiday party in December, 18 and the Hershey Car Show (minus the Uncle Sam...... but we will have to wait and see what Letter from flea market) as of the writing of this, the governor has to say. Please, if any the Editors...... 19 are still going to take place. These member is aware of any local events let events may be scaled backed with us know and we will put the information social distancing rules being on the webpage. The next meeting enforced. Carlisle is This newsletter is will be September 10th and holding their shows a publication of the once again it will be a Zoom Ankokas Region of the and since they own meeting at 7:30 pm. Everyone Antique Automobile Club the fairgrounds the of America, located in stay safe and stay well. southern New Jersey. only hurdle they had Material may be to deal with was the reproduced only if credit State of Pennsylvania _Joe Dougherty is given to the source and they won their President and we are asked for permission to reproduce the material. If you have material that you would like to contribute or you have comments or ideas about the newsletter, please contact the editor, Diana, at newsletter@ankokas. com.

President Joe Dougherty. Photo by D. Antinucci. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 2

ghgh News & Events ghgh The Passing of Founding Member Coles Roberts

article and photos by Diana Antinucci in Southampton, NJ. He opened a retail store in the 1960s Samuel Coles Roberts was born in Mount Laurel, where people could stop buy and buy a bag of apples on New Jersey on January 1, 1926 to Emmor and Marion the honor system, just leave money in the slot. Apple cider Roberts and was the descendant of Quakers that arrived was sold by the gallon by vending machine. At one time the in Burlington County in 1677. His family moved to farm sprawled over 293 acres and when Coles closed it in Southampton, NJ in 1936 and he lived there until moving 1988, there were about 12,000 apple trees. Due to a deed to Medford Leas in 2010. restriction, the orchard will always remain open space. Coles, as everyone knew him, was very involved in his Of course, we all know Coles as one of the founding community. He was a member of the Medford-Vincentown members of our club, serving as our president in 1979 and Rotary Club since 1950 and had a perfect attendance receiving the Hankins Award for the 1985-1986 season. record for fifty years, he was the curator at the NJ Museum Regrettably, I did not know him well, but from what I knew of Agriculture in New Brunswick, a member of the of him, he seemed genuinely friendly and full of energy. I Burlington County Farm Fair Board and the Jersey Fruit will miss seeing his smile at our Coop, served on the Southampton events, as I’m sure many will. Township Planning Board When I think of Coles, I think and the Trustees and Building of him perched on top of his Committee of Medford Leas International Harvester, smiling and the Kirby’s Mill Restoration and perhaps enjoying a cooling Committee. He was often seen at summer breeze. And so, that is community events where he would how I will choose to continue demonstrate old-fashioned farm seeing him, leisurely guiding his equipment like his apple paring International Harvester among machine or ice cream making the apple trees on a bright early machine, like Kirby’s Mill Apple summer morning. Festival or the Peach Festival at YouTube has three videos of the Evesham Friends Meeting Coles that you can watch: House in Mount Laurel. A History of Apple Paring Many knew him as an apple The Apple Man farmer. He owned and operated Blossom to Bite his family farm, Roberts Orchards P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 3 ghgh Grand Nationals in Gettysburg ghgh article by Carl Villone judging assignment and found I was judging class 27F, 27G The day began early Friday morning, leaving at 6AM which had ‘64, ‘65 and ‘66 vehicles and about 28 cars in all. promptly thinking I would get past the traffic on 76, and They were all superb. The total tally of vehicles was 490 in all. hoping to arrive at the Wyndam Hotel Gettysburg at After judging was completed and I handed in my approximately 10 AM. paperwork, I walked around I met my buddy, Mike and took some pictures. Ford, who owns a At 3:30, we gathered in beautiful 1977 Pontiac front of the hotel for the Grand Prix on the PA awards ceremony which Turnpike at 7:30 AM, was very different, to say the grabbed a coffee and least, but at least we had a then we were off to show and all the attendees Gettysburg. were very grateful for the We arrived at 10:30 and AACA having the show. The checked in to the hotel show was organized very to settle in. Upon arrival, well, everyone wore masks we saw the staging of the and everyone who attended Zenith cars on display in was happy! front of the hotel to be I think we had a great show Carl Villone’s 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V Diamond Jubulee. judged later that day. I asked with great weather and I for one Photo by Carl Villone. the chief judge if I could place was very grateful to have attended our cars on the judging and, of course, winning my field, he approved Senior Award. and I promptly did so Editor’s note: Sam Mento and proceeded to get wrote in to report that he her cleaned up. After received his fifth Repeat completing the detailing Senior for his 1966 Comet of the car, I proceeded Cyclone. Dave Hann received to survey the show field his Repeat Senior for his 1970 and took some pictures. Plymouth GTX. Saturday morning Also, Carl sent many, many came and after another great photos from the Grand round of detailing the National. You can see all of his car for judging, I went photos at our website, http:// to the Team Captains Left: Sam receiving his award. Photographer unknown. www.ankokas.com/events_ meeting, received my Dave’s GTX with reflection of a 1971 GTX Hemi in gallery.cfm?id=52. P Curious Yellow. Photo by Dave Hann. ghgh Studemaker Meet-up ghgh Dave Hann shared these photos of a Studebaker meet-up at Bruce MacLachlan’s. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 4

ghgh Gypsy’s Homecoming ghgh

Editor’s note: I would like to thank Jeff Schulte for submitting his friend’s car story for this issue. Life With Gypsy article by Earle Witcher It was a great day and when I returned to school, everyone wanted to see my new-to-me car. I think they were also relieved Life Before Gypsy that I would no longer corner someone to jump start me after Did you ever wonder what happened to that favorite car you class, which had been a daily routine with the ’57. So after careful used to own when you were in high school? In the fifty plus years thought I decided to name the car Gypsy, in honor of a somewhat since I graduated, I have never wondered what happed to my car. famous exotic dancer of the time, Gypsy Rose Lee. The rationale I have wondered if and when I would be able to get it out of exile. was that both the car and Miss Lee had the ability and inclination The story needs to be told in its entirety, so please bear with me to go topless. It made sense to me at the time and the name stuck. as I recount my story of Gypsy’s Homecoming. A great highlight of spring with Gypsy was when Jeff Schulte, a In the mid-sixties, it was arranged that I would be allowed to classmate who I had become friends with, and I were called upon attend a high school that was not on the approved list of options to take part in the State of New Hampshire’s first participation that most students from my town attended. The school I wished in the Chrysler Troubleshooting Contest. Gypsy carried us to to attend offered a high school the distant locale where the event was held and we had some level vocational auto shop course good times to and from exploring the White Mountains in which at the time fit neatly into Gypsy with the top down, of course. how I saw my life unfolding after graduation. The Selectmen In my senior year, Gypsy’s odometer was piling up some stipulated that the town would numbers and, hoping to have the car for a long time, I opted pay the tuition but since the to swap out the factory 283 with a brand new 327 from school was some twenty-five the local Chevy dealer. The engine acquisition, assembly miles distant, they would not and installation, aided by my now close friend Jeff, all went provide transportation. That did without a hitch. When completed Gypsy ran perfectly. not seem to be a problem at the After graduation from high school in 1968, I enlisted in time because I was the proud the United States Air Force. I went Left: The garage where owner of a Royal Blue 1957 away for six months to complete Gypsy stayed since 1970. basic training and tech school for my Chevy Bel Air that I counted on Photo by Earle Witcher. for transportation. Below: Gypsy coming out “chosen” profession. Gypsy was then This went well for about a month of the garage to go to her relegated to my Mother’s unassuming until the ’57 let me down and new home. Photo by Jeff one-stall dirt floor garage. developed issues I was unable to Schulte. I returned in March of 1969 to get deal with. The short-term solution married and reunite with the Impala. was to ride to school with a Jeff stood up as my best man when neighbor that worked in the same town as the I married my high school sweetheart school. This meant I walked about two miles and after the ceremonies, my new every day after class let out to hitchhike the bride and I piled into Gypsy and rest of the way home. I didn’t mind the walk headed for my first assignment and the world was a much different place several thousand miles west at back then and I managed to get home with a Nellis AFB in Nevada. fair level of regularity. Then winter set into our The car served us well during New Hampshire countryside and suddenly our time in the arid climate of the two mile hike and the uncertainty of a ride Nevada and with two exceptions, became a problem. never let us down. Once was while During Christmas vacation of 1966, I crossing the desert in unbearable decided that I would buy a dependable heat. Gypsy vapor locked and car and end the cold walks after school. A had us stranded on the side of the friend and I set out to scour the used car road until it cooled down enough lots in search of the “ perfect car” which to restart. Taking the advice of an for me would be a 1963 Chevy Impala two-door hardtop. This experienced desert traveler, I clipped a bunch of clothespins on was before such things as on-line searches were even a concept, the gas line between the fuel pump and the carburetor. Never so we had to trudge from lot to lot on our automotive quest. dealt with vapor lock again. The clothes pins might be visible in Pickings were pretty slim that December and all we were able to some of the pictures – yes, they are still in place. find was a tan four-door hardtop and a dark blue convertible. No The second and more serious time was when the PowerGlide self-respecting eighteen year old would want to be seen in a four- automatic transmission failed. Still a “kid” at twenty-one, the door “old peoples” car, so despite the fact that the drop top was obvious solution was not to fix the automatic – slush bucket as the princely price of fourteen hundred dollars and two hundred it was known – but convert Gypsy to a standard transmission. dollars more than the hardtop, I bought the convertible. continued on page 5 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 5

Gypsy’s Homecoming continued from page 4 shirts I had made for the day, we set about the serious business of separating the Impala from her fifty years of entombment. Hence when we returned to New Hampshire after my assignment If you don’t count the gridlock we created by blocking a state was completed, Gypsy came home transformed from a mild- road for a good twenty minutes or so (I had the okay from the mannered Impala to a “true” car of the era sporting a collection of town police chief) the retrieval went quite smoothly. The car was new, used and even abused parts and a three on the floor. loaded, tied down and off to her new home a quarter mile away. When we came home in December of 1969, I had been We all followed Gypsy to the new “Toy Box”, a somewhat transferred to Hahn AB in West Germany. As a lowly E-3 I was oversized 50x80 foot building I put up to house my growing not authorized to take anything with me except for four hundred car collection and we all had a hand in getting Gypsy off the pounds of “hold baggage”. My wife and new daughter were to join ramp truck. With three flat tires and one gamely hanging on me later so we shipped all our worldly belongings mixed in with to ten pounds of 1969 vintage air pressure, she did not roll of my uniforms in two duffel bags. Gypsy was not going overseas. the truck easily. A John Deere Tractor provided the additional Leaving Gypsy Behind extra muscle to complete the removal. There she was, at home I again asked my mother if I could leave Gypsy in the garage surrounded by a bunch of onlookers, most of whom were much as before for an anticipated eighteen month assignment. younger than her. We swapped the three flats for tires with good Since my Mother never used the garage, she agreed to the pressure and pumped up the right rear that was still holding air, arrangement. My year and a half assignment quietly became two spun her around on the dollies and pushed her up onto “L2”, the years and then morphed again into four years. We had no way of designated lift that had been waiting for her arrival. knowing it at the time but, in that January of 1970, Gypsy had just Epilogue taken up residence for the next fifty plus years. We finished up with a cookout and everyone did their own In the year 2000, my Mother passed and I was acutely aware impromptu inspection of what happens to a car left to sit for that the thirty year home that Gypsy had been staying in was in fifty years. We were all in agreement that what we saw was jeopardy . Fortunately, one of my brothers bought the property far more encouraging than we expected. There is a chance, and I was able to negotiate a deal with him that kept a roof over a slim chance to be sure but a chance, that Gypsy may roam Gypsy’s convertible top. The deal included the proviso that when the roads of New Hampshire again. In the time since that day, I had a place for her, I’d bring her home. I am happy to say I my grandson and I have started the process of reversing the finished having a place built for her last year. So with the fiftieth ravages of 50 years of slumber. At this point there is a big anniversary of her exile on the doorstep, I dragged my feet to question, that the engine is not seized. If not, we will undertake bring her home this year. the steps necessary to see if it will fire up. IF this happens, I The event July 3, 2020 intend to embark on a course that will see Gypsy back on the The day dawned overcast and misty, but it didn’t matter; this road with an occasional visit to the local cruise nights. For was the day I was going to be reunited with my car no matter now, I am just happy to be able to go out to the Toy Box and what. No low-key event would do for this momentous reminisce with the car about her glory days. P occasion. A full-scale celebration was planned. Attending Left: The team that were about a dozen interested parties, yes Jeff was there all brought Gypsy to her new home. Right: the way from NJ, a semi-professional photographer and a Gypsy’s new home. ramp truck. With everyone decked out in Homecoming tee- Photos by Jeff Schulte. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 6 ghgh Need An Assist? ghgh Parking Assist Technology

article by Diana Antinucci Fully autonomous systems require even less from There are times when parking your car inspires some the driver. While the driver must be in the car, ready colorful language. Maybe it’s raining or snowing and the to take over if necessary, fully autonomous parking closest parking space is two lots away. Maybe you’re systems will guide the car into a space while braking, faced with parallel parking in the city. Even with cameras accelerating and changing gears without assistance. and parking sensors, parking can be a challenge. Why Cars that can park remotely allow everyone to exit can’t the car just park itself? the car after a space has been chosen and the driver Well, today many cars can do just that. Using sensors, can tell the car to park itself using the key fob or a radar and cameras, cars can perform semi-autonomous, smartphone app. When you are ready to leave, the fully autonomous or remote parking. Most are car will exit the parking space and pick you up. These designed for parallel parking, but systems that handle systems are becoming more widely available and in the perpendicular parking are becoming more common. future all cars may act as vehicle and valet. A car with semi-autonomous parking will take over Of course, if your car can’t park for you, maybe the steering, but the driver is responsible for gear changes, garage will do it. Automated parking systems pack acceleration and braking. With these systems, the driver cars into spaces like a vending machine, either semi- selects self-parking mode, drives past where they want autonomously with the help of attendants or fully- to park and the car informs the driver when it has found autonomously with no staff at all. This technology is a space large enough for the vehicle. The driver stops actually not new. In 1905 in Paris, the “Garage Rue de the car, selects the space (if required), selects the gear Ponthieu” used elevators to take cars to parking decks and takes their hands off of the steering wheel. The where waiting attendants maneuvered the cars into car maneuvers into the space while the driver applies spaces. Currently, these garages are more common brakes or accelerates. in Central America, Europe and Asia than North America. Such structures are more efficient, cheaper to build, offer more security for vehicles and are easier to use for disabled people, but there can be malfunctions, the garage may be unable to cope with large numbers of people wanting their cars at the same time and a fully-automatic garage may not be familiar to customers that now have no on-site help. P

Left: Toyota Prius demonstration of automatic parallel parking. Photo by Mike Roberts and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Inset right: Lexus parking assist display. Photo by Altair78 and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 7 ghgh It Caught My Eye ghgh

article by Diana Antinucci Production was completely halted in 1965, but cars were As I was walking around the Philly Auto Show earlier this sold until 1968 and titled in the year that they were sold, not year, I saw a car that demanded my attention. While you may manufactured. That was the year that Amphicar took a big see some truly unique cars at the Auto Show, ones that you blow. Most Amphicars were exported to the US, but at the may not see anywhere else, this car was a kind that I had end of 1967, new environmental and USDOT emissions and seen before. It was certainly unique, though, so I snapped safety equipment standards were changed and Amphicar some pictures. The car was a Amphicar Model 770, the most was unable to sell their cars in the US in 1968. Of the 3,878 successful commercially available amphibious car. cars produced, 3,046 were exported to the US, making up The Amphicar was not the first amphibious car. The first almost 80% of sales. With cars already selling at prices that was a twenty-ton, steam-powered vehicle produced in gained the company very small profits, this was a major hit. 1803 by Oliver Evans in Philadelphia, PA. In 1917, William Of course, raising the price of the car wasn’t really feasible Mazzei produced the Hydrometer, powered by an internal either. A new Amphicar sold for about $2,800, in the same combustion engine price range as a Jaguar that looked a lot like E-type. The Amphicar a boat and could go factory closed in 1968 60 mph on land and and the remaining stock was rumored to reach of parts was bought by 25 mph on water. Hugh Gordon in Santa Fe Later, during WWII, Springs, CA. the Volkswagen There were very few Schwimmwagen design changes over designed by the years. All Amphicars Ferdinand Porsche were made of very heavy saw service in the gauge mild steel and all army of the Third were folding cloth top Reich. Some of these convertibles offered in made their way into only four colors: Beach the private sector Sand White, Regatta Red, after the war. Lagoon Blue or Fjord The Amphicar Green. 770, so named The heart of because it could go 7 mph on Top and right: 1964 the Amphicar Amohicar Model 770. the water and 70 mph on land, Photos by D. Antinucci. was a 1147cc, was of Hans Trippel, 43hp overhead- the engineer that ran Bugatti’s valve inline four French plant under Nazi occupation and designer of cylinder, rear- the gull-wing doors on the Mercedes-Benz 300SL. His mounted engine history with amphibious vehicles goes back to 1932, out of a Triumph when he produced amphibious cars of his own out of a Herald 1200. In factory in the Saarland. During WWII, he produced more the Amphicar, the amphibious vehicles for the Nazis out of the French engine had slightly Bugatti plant. The Amphicar 770, the creative offspring of more horsepower the Schwimmwagen, was introduced to the German public than in the Triumph in 1959 and later introduced to the US at the 1961 New because of the Amphicar’s shorter exhaust. This basic York Auto Show. To help market his new car, Trippel sent an engine saw duty in the Triumphs until 1980. Even with Amphicar across the English Channel from France to Britain greater horsepower, the Amphicar was anything but quick. At in 1962. Amphicars were produced in West Germany for 2,300 pounds, the Amphicar was 526 pounds heavier than the entire run of production, beginning in 1960. The Quandt the Herald and although the top speed was reported as 90 Group, which made the cars, hoped to sell twenty to twenty- mph by Amphicar, testers could only get it up to 65 mph. five thousand cars per year, but sales proved disappointing. The four-speed transmission was made by Hermes, By 1963, production of new components was stopped. From makers of Porsche transmissions, and had synchromesh 1963 to 1965, cars were assembled from existing stock. in all gears except first. The two-part land-and-water

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It Caught My Eye continued from page 7 In the water, the Amphicar is still steered by the steering transmission worked much like any other transmission wheel and the front wheels act as rudders. This doesn’t while driving on land. To enter the water, the main gear lever work particularly well and at slow speeds hardly works at was put into neutral and a secondary gear lever engaged all. The weight of the car also causes it to sit alarmingly low forward or reverse drive for the twin nylon propellers under in the water. To exit the water you have to find solid land, the rear bumper. The throttle is still controlled by the gas preferably with a fairly gentle slope and at slow speed. If you pedal, regardless of whether the car is in water or on land. are inquiring about a particular Amphicar, you will want to Because of the car’s height and ground clearance, and also know when the last time was that it entered the water. You the transmission, the Amphicar can enter or leave the water want a car that was in the water recently and performed well. at angles as steep as 42 percent. When entering the water, Also ask for any repair and maintenance records. passengers hit a latch that mated the seal on the doors to Amphicars also require careful maintenance. After the car seals in the door frame, locking the doors and making a has been in the water, there are 13 points that need to be waterproof seal. The doors also had double hinges capped greased and one of these requires the removal of the rear with rubber plugs. The inside seat. Regular inspection of of the car was protected by the hull is important. If the car marine-grade upholstery. has been used in salt water, Once in the water, an the entire hull must be rinsed Amphicar in good condition with fresh water, along with can sit in the water for hours any exposed suspension and with no leaks. propulsion components. The In addition to crossing car, regardless of whether it the English Channel in was in salt or fresh water, must 1962, two other Amphicars also be thoroughly dried and crossed the English Channel the bilge must be emptied. in 1965, despite twenty-foot Any seal between wet and dry waves and gale-force winds. areas must also be rinsed and Another Amphicar navigated inspected. The trunk is located the Yukon River in 1965. at the front of the car and is divided into three sections. Lyndon B. Johnson owned Amphicar gearbox. Photo by Neodarkshadow and used under the Creative an Amphicar and delighted Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. The middle section houses the in taking people for spare tire and should rides, then heading be checked for leaks directly for the lake and standing water. on his property, Behind that, secured screaming that he had to the firewall, is the lost his brakes. compartment for the Should you want bilge pump. to engage in similar Because the hijinks, there are some Amphicar was things to know. J. G. constructed of steel, Pasterjak, writing for rust is a concern. One Classic Motor Sports, wonders why it wasn’t said of the Amphicar, made of fiberglass. “Driving one is much The rear fenders are like driving any other prone to rust, but can small, European easily be repaired. sedan from the late Considerable rust in ’50s or early ’60s. The the hood or doors steering wheel is big, can be a real problem the brakes are iffy, the President Johnson in his Amphicar. Public domain. and chrome trim is handling is soft, and costly to replace. Most the 43-horsepower Amphicars have had the engine has a hard time getting the car out of its own way.” rear quarter panels repaired or replaced due to rust. Repairs The car lists in turns owing to its high center of gravity and done in metal are the best, fiberglass repairs are acceptable, narrow tires. but any plastic repair is bad news. Testing the rear quarter continued on page 9 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 9 It Caught My Eye continued from page 8 It’s not all bad news, though. Because these were mostly panels with a magnet is recommended. Any structural repairs recreational vehicles, mileage is usually low. Also, the that need to be done should not be done with gas welding Amphicar gets 32 mpg on land and 1.5 gallons per hour in and the owner’s manual specifically warns against it. the water. More good news is that because the engine is One of the only places to find Amphicar parts is still a Triumph engine, the parts needed for engine repairs are Gordon Imports in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Therefore, parts easily found and reasonably priced. There are also many can be expensive and hard to find. An Amphicar that needs owners clubs and owners meet every spring, summer a lot of restoration can take years. and fall for “swim-ins”. The cost of owning an Amphicar? Between $54,000 and $86,000 for one in really good condition. Part of this is the scarcity of the cars. Only about 400 are known to be left and I found very few for sale. If you can’t afford that, or the maintenance sounds like a nightmare, there is another option. The Boathouse at Walt Disney World’s Disney Springs in Orlando offers rides in one of twelve Amphicars that they have enhanced and re-engineered. Each one can fit three adults or two adults and two children and is piloted by a captain, so you don’t get to drive it yourself, Amphicar in the water. Photo by dontworry and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported and the ride costs $125. license. P gh From The Archives gh article by Howard Steinberg item had arrived at her home by other-worldly means Editor’s Note: Considering that this is the regular issue that and second, that it had been sent by my mother. will be out for the Halloween season, I decided to use one of As she was telling her story, my aunt was interrupted Howard’s “spookier” stories. Enjoy. by her daughter-in-law, Carol, who had overheard Tales From the Old Car Game everything. “That’s my bookmarker,” said Carol, almost Coincidence? unable to control her laughter. “I left it accidentally at your apartment he last time we came out to see you.” At Originally printed May 2005 that, we all had a good laugh. So much for the psychic The following is a true story. It is not in any way message. Or was it? connected to automobiles, old or new. However, I For those of you who have read any of Tony thought it interesting enough to include in Smoke Hillerman’s mystery novels, you may remember his Signals. I hope you agree. fictional master detective Joe Leaphorn. Again and A few weeks ago, my aunt, Elsie A. (my late mother’s again throughout the series, Lieutenant Leaphorn sister), came from her home in Arizona to spend some assures us that there is no such thing as a coincidence. time with her family on the east coast. My mom and Working from there, I decided to question Carol more Aunt Elsie were very close; sisters and best friends. Elsie closely about the object of discussion. She and her grieved deeply at my mother’s passing. It was a great husband, David, were at the Atlanta airport awaiting their loss to her. connecting flight to Arizona to see my aunt. A stranger One of my aunt’s friends in Arizona is a professional had picked up the bookmarker and asked Carol if it was psychic. She has told my aunt that my mother’s spirit hers. “No,” she replied, “but I’ll take it.” And she did. is around her. One day, seemingly out of the blue, my When she and David returned home to Philadelphia, aunt found an aluminum bookmarker on the floor of her Carol simply forgot the inscribed bookmarker and left it apartment. It wasn’t her property. The bookmarker was at my aunt’s place. inscribed with a “Hallmark card” like poem about loving And so I leave it to you, good readers, was it all just a sisters. Aunt Elsie was sure of two things: first, that the coincidence? I vote NO. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 10 A series about cars from movies and The Car is The Star television “I wish I were an wiener...” article by Diana Antinucci

To sell something, you either have to corner the market In 1969, two new Wienermobiles were built by Oscar Mayer or have a gimmick, maybe a snappy jingle. In 1936, Karl mechanics at Madison, on a Chevy motorhome Mayer, nephew of Oscar Mayer, the hot dog magnate, came chassis with a V-6 engine and Ford Thunderbird taillights. One up with the idea of driving a giant hot dog around of these models would be the first to travel to another country. and giving out the product. That first Wienermobile was In 1976, the 1969 design was replicated in fiberglass and thirteen feet long with open cockpits at the center and rear Styrofoam by Plastic Products, Inc. of , Wisconsin. and was built by General Body Company of Chicago at a In 1977, the Wienermobiles were retired when it was decided cost of $5,000 (today that to spend more money on would be almost $93,000). television advertising. Karl himself originally drove In 1986, for the 50th the Wienermobile through the anniversary of the Chicago streets and later a Wienermobile, Oscar Mayer variety of little people were put one back on the road. hired to drive the vehicle as Popular support for the the company’s mascot “Little Wienermobile was greater Oscar”. than expected, with the In 1940, General Body Wienermobile drawing huge built a slightly smaller crowds and letters pouring Wienermobile with a glass in with requests to have the enclosure to protect driver Wienermobile visit. In 1988, and passengers and a hatch Oscar Mayer ordered six new in the back for “Little Oscar”. Wienermobiles from Brooks During World War II, the Stevens’ company, Stevens Wienermobile was taken off Automotive Corporation. The the road due to gas rationing 1952 Wienermobile. Photo by MrMiscellanious and used under the Creative new vehicles were twenty- and Oscar Mayer focused Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. three feet long on a Chevy van on sending canned meat to soldiers overseas. chassis with a fiberglass body Fuel rationing ended in 1952 and five new Wienermobiles and a V-6 engine and featured microwaves, refrigerators and were created by Gerstenslagerin in Wooster, Ohio on a sound system that played twenty-one different versions and Willys Jeep chassis. These new Wienermobiles were of the Oscar Mayer jingle. 1988 was also the first year that twenty-two feet long and for the first time had a sunroof Oscar Mayer hired recent college graduates to drive the and high-fidelity sound system. Still piloted by “Little Wienermobiles. These Wienermobiles could really move Oscar”, the Wienermobile now gave out Wiener Whistles too. Race driver Al Unser Jr. drove one at 100 mph on the instead of hot dogs and visited stores, schools, orphanages Indianapolis Motor Speedway. and children’s hospitals. One of these 1952 Wienermobiles In 1995, six new Wienermobiles were designed by Harry can still be seen at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Bradley and built by Carlin Manufacturing of Fresno, Michigan. California. The new Wienermobiles were twenty-seven feet The next makeover came in 1958 with a design by Brooks long, eleven feet high and weighed 10,500 pounds. They Stevens, also credited with the redesign of the 1962 Gran were outfitted with audio/video equipment, a hot dog-shaped Turismo Hawk, the 50’s Excalibur and the design of Miller dashboard, Grand Prix headlights, Trans Am taillights and beer’s first logo and clear bottle. His Wienermobile was relish-colored seats. twenty-seven feet long with a bubble nose cockpit and, for More changes came in 2000 with the introduction of two the first time, a bun around the hot dog. Wienermobiles with a GMC W-series chassis, 5700 Vortec continued on page 11 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 11 Car is the Star continued from page 10 The WienerMini was built in 2008 for Oscar Mayer’s 125th 300hp V-8 engine, GPS navigation, anti-lock brakes, anniversary on a MINI Cooper S chassis and is fifteen feet ketchup-colored walkway and carpet with “everything long, eight feet high, weighs 3,600 pounds and bears the on it”. In 2004, the Wienermobile had the same chassis license plate LTL LINK. Like the rest of the special Wiener and engine, but added seating for six, voice-activated vehicles, it only hits the road on special occasions. The GPS, Firebird taillights, gull-wing door with retractable Wienermobile food truck was added in 2011 to celebrate the steps, mustard and ketchup-colored seats, condiment- 75th anniversary of the Wienermobile. The WienerRover, built splattered carpet, blue sky ceiling and storage for 11,000 in 2015, is a one-seventh scale replica of the Wienermobile Wiener Whistles. A contest was held for one lucky winner and is a battery-powered, remote-controlled off-road vehicle. to drive the Wienermobile for a day. They received over The Wienie-Bago was built in 2016 and is a full-sized RV with 15,000 entries in just a month. The most recent models, bed, outdoor dining area and fridge full of wieners. Two nights built in 2012, have solar panels to take the jingle off battery in the Wienie-Bago was put up for charity auction for use power. As of May 2019, there were six Wienermobiles on during the 2016 Super Bowl. It can still be rented for $136 per the road, each assigned to its own region, along with the night in Chicago. The WienerDrone and the WienerCycle were Wienermobile food truck, the WienerMini, WienerRover, both introduced in 2017. The WienerCycle is a three-wheeled Wienie-Bago, Wienercycle and the WienerDrone. moped used for urban deliveries and the WienerDrone carries hot dogs to remote locations. P

ghgh Poetry Match ghgh In celebration of National Poetry Day on October 3rd, match the piece of poetry to the poet. Answers on page 19.

1. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— 9. But if in your fear you would seek only A. Christina Georgina Rossetti, I took the one less traveled by, love’s peace and love’s pleasure, Remember And that has made all the difference. Then it is better for you that you cover your B. Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel 2. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing- Lee So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. floor, C. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Solitude 3. Better by far you should forget and smile Into the seasonless world where you shall D. John McCrae, In Flanders Than that you should remember and be sad. laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, Fields 4. In the fell clutch of circumstance but not all of your tears. E. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet I have not winced nor cried aloud. 10. Nothing in the world is single, F. Lord , George Gordon, Under the bludgeonings of chance All things by a law devine Epitaph to a Dog My head is bloody, but unbowed. In one another’s being mingle— G. , Love’s 5. I was angry with my friend: Why not I with thine? Philosophy I told my wrath, my wrath did end. 11. Take up our quarrel with the foe: H. Robert Frost, The Road Not I was angry with my foe: To you from failing hands we throw Taken I told it not, my wrath did grow. The torch; be yours to hold it high. I. Rudyard Kipling, The Power 6. Sing, and the hills will answer; 12. It was a childish ignorance, of the Dog Sigh, it is lost on the air; But now ‘tis little joy The echoes bound to a joyful sound, To know I’m farther off from Heav’n J. Thomas Hood, I Remember, I But shrink from voicing care. Than when I was a boy. Remember 7. But our love it was stronger by far than the love 13. Near this Spot K. William Blake, A Poison Tree Of those who were older than we— are deposited the Remains of one L. William Ernest Henley, Of many far wiser than we— who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Invictus 8. We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way, Strength without Insolence, M. William Shakespeare, Shall When it comes to burying Christian clay. Courage without Ferosity, I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Our loves are not given, but only lent, and all the virtues of Man without his Vices. Day? At compound interest of cent per cent. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 12 ghgh Carlisle All Ford Nationals 2020 ghgh During The Pandemic article and photo by Nancy and Joe Dougherty call asking if we would like to feature our 2005 Thunderbird in The year 2020 has been some year so far and with the Thunderbird display in building T at All Ford Nationals for everything being closed and cancelled since 2020. We were then told we had March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, somehow to send pictures and it would be you just knew the car shows for 2020 were going pending approval. So we sent to be canceled or postponed too. With that some photos and in a few days being said, the Das Awkscht Fescht at Macungie we received an email saying Memorial Park was also cancelled. I have been the car had been accepted. attending this event since 1978. Sad to say, but all What an honor this was! The events at the park have been cancelled through only down side of this is your the end of 2020. car must remain in the building Now onto Carlisle Events from Thursday to Sunday at who also rescheduled their 1pm., at which time you would shows pending a court date. be advised by Carlisle Staff Well, they won the court date to remove your car from the and as of middle of July their Left: Nancy’s 2015 MKC Lincoln building. Also, Nancy had registered rescheduled events were on the showfield. Above: Joe’s 2005 Ford Thunderbird. her 2015 MKC Lincoln for the show going to happen, including All field and we used it all weekend to Ford Nationals which Nancy get around. By the way, her Lincoln and I have been attending took 2nd Place in the Lincoln other class on the show field. since 1995. We have only The staff at Carlisle did an outstanding job of putting this missed one since then which show together and they followed all the safety rules and the was 1997. social distancing worked well. There were about 2,500 cars Fast forward now to there down from about 4,000 at the regular show. I must say 2020 and the rescheduled it certainly turned out to be a very good car show. Looking Carlisle shows. The All Ford forward to All Ford Nationals 2021 and hoping things will be Nationals was now taking place July 30, 2020 to August 2, back to normal by then! 2020. About 2 weeks before the show, we received a phone P ghgh From the AACA Rummage Box ghgh Check Out the AACA Forums Images to Relive the Stress” topic has over 43,000 views. The “Period Race Car Images” topic has over 6,200 views. (I posted By Mark McAlpine 20 car quizzes, but I think only Marion viewed them.) Vice President – National Activities Looking for a “new” antique vehicle or those parts you need Does the coronavirus have you down? Do you miss your to finish your current restoration project? Check out the “Cars AACA friends and activities? Then check out the AACA Forums. for Sale” and Parts for Sale” sections of the AACA Forums. If you’ve never explored the online AACA Forums, now’s the Members must be taking advantage of the down time to time to do it. The AACA Forums have always been interesting, clean out their garages because listings in each section have but members have been especially creative recently to help increased significantly since we’ve all been restricted to home. us pass the time and beat the boredom during our country’s (And if you’re looking for an an-tique vehicle or part, there are (and the world’s) ongoing health crisis. Unable to attend the separate “Cars Wanted” and “Parts Wanted” sections.) postponed AACA Southeastern Spring Nationals in Concord, There are AACA Forums sections for “Judging,” “Newsletter NC, or the cancelled AACA Central Spring Nationals in Auburn, Editors,” “Garages, Trailers, and Towing,” “Memorabilia, IN, members let us view antique vehicles from the comfort of Toys, Art, Clothing, and Literature,” “Our Cars & Restoration our homes by starting posts on the AACA Forums with period Projects,” and “Technical.” There’s also loads of interesting photo-graphs of antique vehicles and race cars. I know—this information in the “AACA Library” section. If you haven’t isn’t the same as being able to walk the show field and enjoying checked out the AACA Library & Research Center’s website the sights, sounds, and smells of these beautiful automobiles, recently at www.aacalibrary.org, you need to do it. The old trucks, buses, and motorcycles, but I really enjoyed the website was great, but the new one is fantastic. photographs of these vehicles, especially seeing them in their So until we resume our AACA national and region-al activities original settings, and saw some vehicles I’ve never seen before. (soon, I hope), connect with your AACA friends and vehicles by Other members seemed to enjoy the photos, too—the “Period checking out the AACA Forums at www.forums.aaca.org. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 13 ghghgh Ankokas Events 2020 ghghgh Sept. 10: Zoom meeting, 7:30PM Sept. 12: Haddonfield car show CANCELED Oct. 15: Zoom meeting, 7:30PM Nov. 14: breakfast meeting Dec.6 : holiday party Go to http://www.ankokas.com/calendar.cfm for updates.

ghghgh AACA Calendar 2020 ghghgh Sept. 13-18: AAA Revival Glidden Tour. Saratoga Springs, NY. Go to www.aaca.org/Calender/aaca_calendar.html for more Vehicles 1942 and older. information and listings. October 10: Eastern Fall National. Car show only. Hosted by the Hershey Region, Hershey, PA.

ghgh Fun Holidays to Celebrate in September & October ghgh Sept. 1: American Chess Day Oct. 1: Fire Pup Day Sept. 4: National Wildlife Day Oct. 2: Peanuts Cartoon Day Sept. 5: International Day of Charity Oct. 3: National Poetry Day Sept. 7: National Beer Lovers Day Oct. 4: National Golf Lovers Day Sept. 9: Teddy Bear Day Oct. 6: Mad Hatter Day Sept. 13: Uncle Sam Day Oct. 7: World of Architecture Day Sept. 14: International Drive Your Studebaker Day Oct. 9: Curious Events Day Sept. 17: Constitution Day Oct. 11: Family Bowling Day Sept. 19: National Dance Day Oct. 12: Old Famers Day Sept. 20: Wife Appreciation Day Oct. 16: Fossil Day Sept. 21: Batman Day Oct. 17: Playing Cards Collectors Day Sept. 23: National Dogs in Politics Day Oct. 21: National Apple Day Sept. 26: Astronomy Day Oct. 25: International Artist Day Sept. 28: National Public Lands Day Oct. 28: Plush Animal Lovers Day Sept. 30: International Podcast Day Oct. 30: World Audio Drama Day ghghgh Local Events ghghgh Check show information before planning to attend. Events may be cancelled or postponed.

Sept. 12: 11AM-3PM: Johnson’s Corner Farm Apple first 100 cars. Trophies, DJ, food. Call Tom Shinn 609-230- Blossom Festival. 133 Church Rd., Medford. Food, DJ, 1431. hayrides. Call Stephanie 609-654-8643. Sept. 27: (rain date 10/4). 25th Annual Memories in the Sept. 19: 12PM & 1:30PM: 28th Annual Pennsauken Grove Car Show. NJ Veterans Memorial Home, 524 NW Car & Bike Show Parade. Staging TBD. 1st parade at Blvd., Vineland. Registration starts at 9AM. $15 DOS. 12PM, second parade at 1:30PM. No fee. Pre-registration Trophies, music, food, 50/50, Chinese auction. Proceeds required. Registration ends Sept. 14th. All participants benefit NJ Veterans Memorial Home. Fire extinguishers receive a $25 Republic Bank gift card. Call Duke Martz required. Call Mark 609-805-2004. 856-665-1000, ext. 151. Website: http://www.twp. Oct. 25: 9AM-2PM: Sentimental Cruisers Halloween pennsauken.nj.us/content/pennsauken-2020-car-and- October Car & Truck Show. 101 North Main St., Forked bike-parade. River. Registration 8AM-12PM. Show cars enter from Sept. 20: 8AM-12:30PM: (rain date 9/27). 6th Annual All Rte. 9& Jones. $20 DOS. Costumes encouraged. Dash GM Car & Truck Show. Mall , 75 Haddonfield plaques for first 100 registered, music, food truck, ice Rd., Cherry Hill. Registration 8AM-10AM. $20 DOS. Please cream, gift auction. Call Tom Schoemer 732-606-7950. bring unwrapped toy for Toys For Tots. Dash plaques for

Graphic by macrovector and found on Freepik.com. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 14 ghgh Fossil Day Puzzle ghgh October 16th is Fossil Day!! Find the words below in the puzzle. Answers on page 19. 1. ARCHELON 18. MASTODON 2. ARCTOTHERIUM 19. MEGALANIA 3. ARGENTAVIS 20. MEGALODON 4. ARGENTINOSAURUS 21. MEGANEUROPSIS 5. CANARIOMYS BRAVOI 22. MEGARACHNE 6. DAEODON 23. MEGATHERIUM 7. DIMETRODON 24. MOSASAURUS 8. DIPROTODON 25. PARACERATHERIUM 9. DIRE WOLF 26. PROCOPTODON 10. DROMORNIS 27. QUETZALCOATLUS 11. ELASMOTHERIUM 28. SARCOSUCHUS 12. GIGANTOPITHECUS 29. SIMBAKUBWA 13. GLYPTODON 30. SMILODON 14. GLYPTOTHERIUM 31. TITANOBOA 15. IRISH ELK 16. KELEKEN 17. MAMMOTH Skeletal reconstruction of Megalania priscus on the steps of the Melbourne Museum. This 18 ft., 1,268 lb. monitor lizard lived in southern Australia during the Pleistocene.. Photo by Cas Liber and released to the public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 15

ghgh Webside Ramblings ghgh article by Diana Antinucci Egyptian empires. I have two different links for this Hello, everyone! Well, the virus continues on and museum. The first is the link for the museum’s YouTube many places are still closed. I’m starting to forget the homepage. There’s a lot here. I recommend scrolling smell of outdoor air. Maybe someone can mail me a down to the Collection Highlights or click the Videos box of it. tab to see all of their videos. Featured items include Anyway, I had a car-related video all picked out the ice axe that killed Leon Trotsky and artifacts from for this edition, but Steven came across something a Soviet nuclear K-129 submarine that sank and was I liked more. So, we’ll go with his and save my recovered by the CIA. The link for the International Spy first idea for another day. Let’s go to the Volo Auto Museum You Tube home page is: https://www.youtube. Museum! The Volo Auto Museum was founded in com/user/IntlSpyMuseum. The second link is a walk- 1960 in Volo, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Calling through of the museum with “The Carpetbagger”. The it an “auto museum” is a bit misleading, because it video is about eight and a half minutes long and gives is so much more. There are hordes of cars from the you a good idea of what the museum has to offer. 50s, 60s and 70s and most of these are for sale. The Click this link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/ museum items include a display of Dusenbergs, a watch?v=oDlJbMBrlMs. replica of a 1886 Benz, military vehicles (including a For our DIY portion of the article, I chose some videos Huey helicopter), military weapons and uniforma from about raised garden beds. A lot of us may be looking the Civil War through the present, vintage arcades, for a project and raised garden beds are easy to make antique motorcycles and motorized bicycles, scooters, and are useful. The first video shows you one way to snowmobiles, tractors, antique kiddie rides, celebrity make a raised garden bed. I liked the look of these and cars and TV and movie cars from Ghostbusters, The they look really easy to construct. Click here: https:// Dukes of Hazard, Knight Rider, The Munsters and www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtnArAl617k. The second Batman and more! And that’s just a taste of what can video tells you about common mistakes to avoid when be found there. The video is about forty-three minutes constructing raised garden beds and using them. Click long. Click this link: https://www.youtube.com/ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cPi3ixNF-Y. watch?v=_iXTXtkbBRw. That second video is put out by a guy calling himself From the Volo Museum, we’re going to head to “Gardener Scott” and he has a bunch of gardening Washington, D.C. and the International Spy Museum. videos. If you want to see more of his, just search This private, non-profit museum opened to the public YouTube for Gardener Scott. The third video has ten in 2002 and houses the biggest collection of spy- different crops that you can still plant in September. related artifacts in the world, more than 750 items So, once you have your raised beds and know what in 20,000 square feet. Exhibits are enhanced with mistakes to avoid, give these crops a try! Click here: photographs, interactive displays and videos and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO68n1L_h8U. P go back in history to the ancient Greek, Roman and

Herbie the Love Bug at the Volo Auto Museum. The International Spy Museum. Photo by Raised garden beds. Photo by Acabashi and used Photo by sporst and used under the Creative Farragutful and used under the Creative under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. license. International license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 16

ghgh The History of Golf ghgh article by Diana Antinucci training by the populace, in particular archery. More bans While it is generally accepted that the modern game followed in 1471 and 1491, but were largely ignored. In of golf evolved along the eastern coast of Scotland, 1502, after being gifted golf clubs and balls, King James somewhere near Edinburgh, games played with sticks IV became a fan of the game and lifted the ban on golf. and balls have a long history and golf’s ancient origins At the time, the balls were made from wood or leather are hotly debated. and clubs were made from wood, usually beech, holly, The Romans had a golf-like game called paganica, in pear or apple. After golf received approval by the Scottish which players hit a stuffed leather ball with a bent stick. monarch, King Charles I imported the game to England They brought this game with them as they conquered and Mary Queen of Scots brought the game to France. most of Europe. The Chinese game of chuiwan was The word “caddie” is thought to derive from her French played between the eighth and fourteenth centuries aides known as “cadets”. and involved using The first game of kolf one of a set of sticks to hit a small ball into was played in America a hole. In addition, in 1650 near Albany, there was cambuca New York, where four from England, men played in pairs. chambot from France Other mentions of kolf and chowkan (a in the 1650s include a polo-like game) from warning issued to several Persia. A 1261 Dutch men not to play kolf on manuscript from Sundays (1657) and a the Low Countries law preventing playing mentions “colf” or Ming Emperor Xuande playing chuiwan. Public domain. kolf on the streets of “kolf” and starting in Albany because of windows 1297, the Dutch were playing a game being broken (1659). In 1724, there are named kolven that was played with documents recording balls stuffed with curved bats and a leather ball. Victory feathers being used. In March 1744, The went to the player that hit the ball into Company of Gentlemen Golfers began an a hole several yards away in the least annual competition and wrote the oldest amount of strokes. In 1387, any game known rules of golf, including some played for money was banned, with familiar rules such as how to handle the exception of games played with a water hazards and not changing balls club and ball outside the city walls. In during play. Golfers during this time were 1389, the regent of Holland provided using clubs with beech heads and ash a field outside Haarlem to play such or hazel shafts and balls of compressed games, especially colf. At Saint Andrews Links along the feathers wrapped with horse hides. By sea in Scotland, golfers played on an 1826, hickory from the US became the eleven hole course, playing most popular choice for club “MacDonald boys playing golf” by William Mosman, 17th century, in the shafts in England and about through once, then turning National Galleries of Scotland. Public domain. around and playing through twenty years after, the most again, for a total of twenty- popular ball was the gutta two holes. In 1764, some of the holes were combined, percha (dried sap from the Sapodilla tree) ball, formed changing the course from eleven holes to nine holes, by boiling the sap and hand molding the ball before giving us the now familiar eighteen holes of golf. In hardening it in cold water. These balls were cheaper 1457, amid fears of another English invasion, King to make, lasted longer and were more uniform in James II outlawed golf because of the neglect of military performance. continued on page 17 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 17 The History of Bowling continued from page 16 set up America’s first golf club, Saint Andrew’s Golf The mid to late 1850s saw several changes that gave Club, in Yonkers, New York, that same year. In 1894, a boost to the game of golf. By the 1860s, rail service five clubs met in New York City to form the United between London and Edinburgh improved and the States Golf Association (USGA). By 1910, the USGA works of Sir increased interest in Scottish consisted of 267 clubs. tourism. This period of time also saw the development Steel shafts were introduced in the late 1890s. By 1900, of iron-headed clubs. Mass production of clubs and persimmon was the most popular choice for wooden club balls made the equipment more affordable. In 1880, heads and aluminum was the choice for metal heads. In Engalnd had 12 golf courses. By 1914, that number 1902, groove-faced heads, with their increased backspin, had jumped to over a thousand. Golf clubs were were introduced and rubber-cored Haskell balls, which established in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada went further than gutta percha balls and were less and South Africa. expensive, were being used. While America was familiar with kolf, the Scottish In 1916, the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) game of golf was introduced to North America by was formed and by 1932, there were more than 1,100 golf Scottish soldiers and immigrants in the 18th and clubs in the USGA, which set rules for the weight, size 19th centuries. In 1888, two Scottish men gave a and initial velocity of golf balls. The Royal and Ancient, golf demonstration and one of those men, John Reid, keepers of the rules of golf, set up the first Masters in 1934 and set the fourteen club rule in 1939. The R&A and USGA have worked together since 1952 to set rules for the game, which are revised every four years. After WWII, golf clubs began incorporating synthetic and composite materials. In 1963, club heads began to be cast, lowering the cost of clubs and increasing the accessibility of the sport. In the early 1970s, graphite began to be used for club shafts. Today, clubs incorporate lightweight and strong graphite shafts with lightweight titanium heads. By 2015, the US had over 15,000 golf courses, comprising almost half the courses worldwide. With so many courses, why are you still sitting down reading this newsletter? P

Female golfer in a competition in Spain in 1915. Public domain. Golfers on a course in the 1930s. Public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 18

ghgh The History of ghgh Uncle Sam article by Diana Antinucci code name “Samland” for the US. Flagg’s original Uncle Sam All of us are familiar with the figure of Uncle Sam pointing drawing is kept at The Division of Armed Forces History at the his finger at us from a poster. But where did Uncle Sam National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian. So, come from? Unlike other figures that are cloaked in mystery, that’s where the image came from, but why “Uncle Sam?” the story of Uncle Sam is fairly well-documented. During the Revolutionary War, Samuel Wilson had the job of The idea of personifying a place goes at least back to tending and protecting cattle, slaughtering them and packing classical Roman times. The first personification of the United the meat for the Revolutionary soldiers. After the Revolution, States, or the colonies that would later become the US, was Wilson continued in the meat business with a butcher shop a woman known s Columbia who first came on the scene and meat packing firm in Troy, NY. During the War of 1812, in 1738. By 1920, she was replaced by Lady Liberty. The the Secretary of War contracted Elbert Anderson of New first male personification of the US was Brother Jonathan, York City to provide meat for American troops in New York seen with the onset of the American Revolutionary War. and New Jersey. Samuel Wilson and his brother, Ebenezer, Uncle Sam made his first appearance after the War of 1812 bid on the contract and won, supplying 2,000 barrels of and they co-existed for a while, with Brother Jonathan pork and 3,000 barrels of beef for a year. The barrels were symbolizing the country itself and Uncle Sam personifying required to be tamped with the contractor’s name and where the power of government. the rations came from, so By the 1850’s, the two were the Wilson brothers stamped becoming interchangeable, theirs as “E.A.- U.S.”, “Elbert both depicted as tall, thin Anderson- United States”. older men in tall hats. Samuel Wilson was well- In the early 1870’s, Thomas known in the area for his Nast, a political cartoonist fairness and honesty and was credited with inventing the given the nickname “Uncle Democratic donkey and the Sam”. When the barrels Republican elephant, began arrived, soldiers familiar with drawing Uncle Sam in his him began saying the “U.S.” political cartoons. Nast drew was for “Uncle Sam”. A him with vertical striped pants, newspaper printed the story a star-spangled top hat and a and a legend was born. stars and stripes vest. It’s a great story, but also Our picture of Uncle problematic. The name “uncle Sam, however, comes to Sam” predates the War of us directly from one man: 1812 and the newspaper story James Montgomery Flagg. about Sam Wilson and Uncle The iconic image made its Sam did not appear until first appearance during WWI 1830. Regardless, Uncle Sam on the July 6, 1916 cover was adopted as the official of Leslie’s weekly with the national symbol of the US in caption “What are you doing 1950 and in 1961, Congress for Preparedness?” It was recognized Samuel Wilson later used for WWI recruitment as the progenitor of Uncle posters with the “I Want You Sam. September 13, Samuel For The U.S. Army” caption. Wilson’s birthday, became Between 1917 and 1918, the “Uncle Sam Day” in 1989 by image was reproduced more Congressional joint resolution. than four million times. By Famous WWI recruitment poster by James So, true or not, Sam Wilson’s WWII, the image was so well-known Montgomery Flagg. Public domain. story is the official story. P that German intelligence used the SMOKE SIGNALS Page 19

ghgh Letter From The Editors ghgh Steven: Why the long face? You sound like you’re feeling a little better. Hey, Diana: Is that the beginning to a bad horse joke? where are you going? Steven: Not now. No, I mean you look a little Diana: I’m going to do more work on the down. What’s wrong. newsletter. I’ve got a lot to do. Then there’s the Diana: I haven’t gotten any submissions for the November newsletter and Christmas and holiday Halloween special edition. articles... Steven: Well, time’s not up yet, right? Steven: And there she goes. I lost her. Diana: No, not yet. There’s a couple more weeks. Steven: Then don’t worry about it. Concentrate on enjoying putting together what you have. What do you have? Diana: I’m preparing an around- the-world journey looking at scary creatures in different cultures. Steven: That sounds...interesting. Diana: That by itself should take up almost twenty pages. I had another idea for Halloween, but that takes us to almost forty pages, so I’ll just save that. Steven: Good idea. Diana: I’ve still have to think about presentation and puzzles and... “I’m hoping to be shipped somewhere before the editor loses her mind in October.” Steven: Slow down there, sweetie. Photo by S. Soppe.

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ghgh Member Marketplace ghgh For Sale: 1952 Allard J2X For Sale: USA 960-T Pro Trig-Blast reproduction. Registered as a 2004 Sandblasting Cabinet. New List J2X and has a fiberglass Allard body, price…$1200.00. My price $500.00, you 1952 Cadillac 331 engine, dual quad pick it up. Call Tom McLarney 856-461- carbs, and a 1953 Olds 3-spd trans. 8084. Recently restored with new tires, wire Wanted: Enclosed Garage Space. wheels, paint, interior, dash, guages, Looking for an enclosed garage space roll bars, side pipes, wiring and in the Ankokas area, April through shocks. Less than 1,000 on the rebuilt October for a 1930s vehicle. I’m looking drive train. Asking $50,000. Call Chuck to bring one of my older vehicles down Culver 609-372-8535 or 609-261-5598. for the upcoming car season and 7/23/19 need an enclosed place to park the Wanted: ‘49 Buick Roadmaster 2dr. vehicle where I could secure the vehicle that needs restoring or a 1963 Pontiac and make any necessary emergency Tempest. Alan Coshland 609-801- repairs. Vehicle is 16 ft x 8 ft. 24 hr. 1167. Chuck Culver’s Allard reproduction. access to the garage not required, Wanted: One of the following cars: access upon appointment is fine with 1977-78 Buick Riviera, 1969-71 Pontiac me. Would be nice to park my daily Catalina, Bonneville or Grandville or 1973-76 Chevrolet driver at location while stored vehicle is being used. Price Caprice. Most colors considered. No projects. Call Howard Negotiable. Contact Kyle Blake BlakeRestorations@gmail. 609-820-0329. 06/10/18 com or 443-564-7268. 2/23/20 To place an ad in Member Marketplace, please e-mail [email protected]. Important Reminder!

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ankokas will hold Zoom meetings on Sept. 10th and Oct. 15th at 7:30PM. Please check the website and your e-mail for updates.

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Regular meetings are held on the In 2021, many officers second Thursday of each month positions need to be filled. at 7:30PM on the second floor of the Haddonfield Municipal Please contact Kathy Building.

Petters for information and Director meetings are held on an “as needed” basis as determined if you would like to consider by the officers.

volunteering. 856-767-4438. NOTE: No meetings are scheduled in December. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 21 The Ankokas Region would like to thank its sponsors and encourage its members to patronize these businesses whenever possible:

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Ankokas member Peter Bull