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

Jan./Feb. 2021 Volume 58, Issue 1 In This Issue:

ppAnkokas News ppPop-Up Campers ppTour the Smithsonian with Adam Savage ppTwo Puzzles ppCalendars ppHIstory of G. I. Joe ppHow Monopoly Freed WWII Allied Prisoners In This Month’s Issue:

Looking Down the Road...... 1 Meeting Minutes...... 2 News...... 3 From the Archives..... 5 Auctions...... 6 It Caught My Eye...... 7 Pop-Up Campers..... 8 Wishing all Ankokas members and their families a very Webside our Haddonfield Ramblings...... 11 Healthy and Happy New Year! Hoping Show. We will need to Rummage Box...... 12 everyone was able to enjoy the holidays, see what the future holds. Matching Puzzle...... 12 whether you where celebrating Hanukkah 13 Due to the pandemic, the officers and Ankokas Calendar..... or Christmas. Due to the COVID-19 13 directors terms have been extended for AACA Calendar...... pandemic, the gathering of family and Fun Holidays...... 13 2021. We are always looking for new friends has been limited or nonexistent Find-A-Word...... 14 members and recently we did get the which makes it a difficult ending to a G. I. Joe...... 15 opportunity to acquire a new member. difficult year. Monopoly...... 17 (Editor’s note: see article on page four.) If 18 Looking ahead to 2021, it is going to Word Origins...... you know someone with an interest in the be just like 2020, at least for the first 4 or Letter from the car hobby, let he or she know about AACA Editors...... 19 5 months. As of this writing, the AACA and Ankokas, as new members are always Marketplace...... 20 Annual meeting has been postponed welcome. from February and is now scheduled Hopefully we will get back to normal, for April 15-17th, 2021. All our regular or close to it, and we will be able to be membership monthly meetings will be on put 2020 behind us! With that being said, Zoom at least for the next 3 or 4 months we can not overlook families and friends and our Charter Luncheon is going to be that have been affected by this virus and postponed. We are looking keep everyone in our thoughts to hold it later in the This newsletter is and prayers. Everyone please a publication of the spring in an outside continue to stay well and be safe Ankokas Region of the setting, hopefully and don’t forget the next Zoom Antique Automobile Club with the arrival of the of America, located in meeting on January 14th, 2021 vaccines. I’m hoping southern New Jersey. at 7:30 pm. Material may be by September we reproduced only if credit will be back to a least President is given to the source being able to hold Joe Dougherty 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 Meeting Minutes ghgh This is a summary of the November and December meetings.

The November 12 meeting started at 7:34 pm Current membership: 51 paid in full, 1 charter, on Zoom with Pledge to the Flag. The December 10 4 friends. Jeff Schulte recruited new member Walt meeting started at 7:37 pm on Zoom with Pledge to the Pedersen. They met at a car show in November. Walt Flag. was given a complimentary one year AACA and Ankokas A motion to continue the 2020 officers to 2021 was membership. made, seconded, and approved. There have been some productive discussions A motion to extend membership dues by one year regarding recruitment of new members. Everyone is was made, seconded, and approved. aware of the need. As we return to attending local car The December holiday party was canceled. events in 2021, more of an effort will be made by current No in-person meetings scheduled for now. Maybe in members to recruit new members. We need to be open April or May. Meetings will be on Zoom. to considering younger people with interests in cars from As has been done in the past, Ankokas will make a the 1970’s to 1990’s, not just the older classics. donation to the South Jersey food bank. In past years, There has been some discussion about special or cash donations were collected at the holiday party and feature classes for the Haddonfield show to attract matched by the club. A motion was made, seconded, more show cars and spectators. This has to be a slow and approved for the club to donate $400 to the food and careful process given the current state of health bank. At the December meeting, it was reported that emergency. We still don’t know if we will be able to have several members sent checkers to Ankokas to be added a show in 2021. to the food bank donation. Total donation was $450. The next meeting is on Zoom, January 14, 2021 at To help reduce the cost of the newsletter, printed 7:30 pm. copies will only be sent to sponsors and the few members who do not have any email. Previously, Submitted: Steven Soppe, Secretary P printed copies were also sent to officers and several other members.

Screen shot of the December hioliday meeting. Screen shot taken by Jim Hann. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 3

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article and photos by Bob Petters On Sunday, November 8th, the Atco dragway held a car show. There were about 150 cars and it was a nice day with lots of racing. There were only 3 trophies and Bruce Prichard got one (2nd place) for his 1932 Ford highboy roadster. Also attending, but not winning, was Jeff Shulte with his 1929 Ford home- made speedster that was in the Great American Race and myself with one of my 1953 Olds convertibles. Last show of the year on a beautiful warm sunny day in November at the Atco dragway! P

Jim Hann wins

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article and photos by Jim Hann My 1966 Plymouth Barricuda was sporting a new look for the AACA meet in Gettysburg on Nov. 7th, with original wheels, white wall tires and wheel covers. The new look earned me a second Junior! P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 4

gh Introducing Walt Pedersen gh article by Diana Antinucci photos provided by Walt Pedersen I would like to be one of the first to welcome our new member, Walt Pedersen. Walt is 77, was raised in New Jersey and was a pipefitter for 55 years (Local 322) and is now retired. Walt says he always loved cars. He had a 1969 Dodge Charger, fully restored, and Walt thought that would be his last project. One day, at a car show, a fellow asked if Walt would sell him the car. The guy offered a fair price and Walt took the offer, thinking that was the end of his car hobby. Five years ago, Walt was at an estate sale and saw a 1931 Ford Model A. He thought it would be a fun project, so he bought it and towed it home. Not knowing anything about the Model A, he read about the car and began work on it. Today, he has kept the car as original as possible and has gotten it into good running condition. Walt lives in Marlton, NJ with his wife Maryann of 54 years, who he says puts up with his projects. Welcome to Ankokas, Walt! P

Scheduled Meetings Jan. 14 at 7:30PM Feb. 11 at 7:30PM March 11 at 7:30PM All meetings will be held through Zoom until further notice. Zoom meetings can be accessed starting at 7:00PM and meetings begin at 7:30PM. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 5 ghgh From The Archives ghgh Old Cars Are Valuable originally printed April 2002 to a location only blocks from John’s business. As article by Howard Steinberg luck would have it, John was at his shop and, yes, the About two years ago, one of our customers, we’ll cars were still for sale. He would gladly take me to see call him John, dropped by our office in search of some them. They were very close by. truck parts. John runs a towing service/junk yard in To show me his treasures, John had to remove a Camden. When I see him, I like to ask him if he has by large van truck from against a wooden pass gate in chance come across any neat old cars. Now, I must an old wooden fence. The gate opened on to a back tell you that John is in no way involved in the antique lot containing a jumble of junk cars and trucks. On the car hobby. He doesn’t belong to any hobby clubs or right was a row of four old garages, two of which had receive any old car publications. John’s knowledge of already collapsed in on themselves. The remaining two the field is about on a par with the average “man in the slips contained a 1948 Nash Ambassador and a 1940 street”. So, his answer to my question surprised me. Nash sedan, model unknown. The ’48 had a decent He had, he announced interior and some proudly, two 1940’s Nash salvageable chrome, four-door sedans for sale. but was otherwise a “They were,” he allowed, pile of rust. The other “in good solid running car was less rusty, condition” and “a steal but had no interior or for $3,800 each.” It didn’t usable chrome. They sound like much fun to were little more than me, but I told John that parts cars. the next time I was in the I thanked John for the neighborhood I would viewing and told him have a look. that these babies were It was at least two years just more than I could later, when work took me take on. He nodded in an understanding way and we headed for the exit. But, I just couldn’t resist one last question. “John,” I began, “seeing as how these cars need so much, why are you asking almost $4,000 for each one?” John smiled broadly and, with a twinkle in his eyes, replied, “Well, you know, old cars are valuable!”

Above: 1940 Nash. Photo by Greg Gjerdingen and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license Below: 1948 Nash Ambassador. Photo by Greg Gjerdingen and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license8 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 6 ghgh Auctions on Television ghgh article by Diana Antinucci lot assignments yet and they’re still filling out the docket, but For those of you still stuck at home due to the coronavirus I did see a 1970 Kombi Custom Bus and a 1974 and itching to see some awesome cars, watching the car Jaguar E-Type convertible listed. Go to www.barrett-jackson. auctions on television may scratch that itch. com to keep an eye on this auction. P January 7-16, 2021, Mecum is hosting their auction in Kissimmee, FL. One of the star attractions is lot #F147, a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird estimated at $500,000 to $550,000. If that’s a little too rich for you, there’s also lot #F131 which is a 1970 440/375hp Superbird or lot #T164 which is a 1970 440 6-bbl Superbird. Here are a couple more cars listed at the Mecum auction that caught my attention: Lot#MG3 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Lot#W226 1972 DeTomaso Pantera Lot#W231 1967 Volkswagen 21-Window Bus Lot#F87.1 1931 Cadillac V-12 Lot#F184.1 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta (1 of 401) Lot#F238 1959 BMW Isetta 300 Lot#S75 1959 Jaguar XK150 S Roadster Lot#J129 1963 Fiat 600 Go to www.mecum.com to keep an eye on their auction. Usually held in January, Barrett-Jackson is hosting their 1968 DeTomaso Mangusta. Photo by Sicnag and used under the Creative Scottsdale, AZ auction from March 20-27, 2021. There are no Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale in 2018. Photo by Rbdesimone and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 7 ghgh It Caught My Eye ghgh

article by Diana Antinucci year before the car was ready for production. The car was Steven and I were recently watching an episode of Chasing viewed vary favorably in the press for its extra features and Classic Cars. I was only half paying attention, crocheting as impressive design. we watched, when one of the cars caught my attention. My Because building a car from scratch is expensive, the new blanket fell into my lap and I just stared. I was looking at a car, called the SP, was built mostly from parts already made small sports car, cute and sexy at the same time. And then for other . All SP2s were built with 4-speed I did a double take. “Is that a Volkswagen? Can’t be.” We manual transmissions. The frame and the engine both came rewound and watched it come up again. Sure enough, there from the Type 3 sedan. That engine was a problem. Despite was a VW badge. “But Volkswagen didn’t make a sports car,” being upgraded to 1,700 cc., the 1.7-liter flat-four only made I said to Steven. Au contraire. They did indeed and it has shot 75hp and 94 foot pounds of torque. Even with the light weight to the top of my list of favorite cars. of the car, only 1,962 pounds, the SP2 went from 0-60 mph In 1953, closed its borders to imported cars. That in an appalling 16 seconds and had a top speed of 100 mph. same year, Volkswagen opened a Brazilian subsidiary to build The name SP was for São Paulo, where it was built, but its cars within the country. The Karmann Ghia was popular in dismal performance gave it the nickname “Sem Potência”, Brazil until it was retired. The Brazilian subsidiary then came meaning “without power”. out with the Karmann Ghia TC, but it wasn’t selling as well and There was an SP1, but its performance was even worse, other manufacturers were having a lot of success with sports with only 65hp, and only 88 were built. There were plans for an cars, including Puma, Santa Matilde and Miura. Puma’s car SP3, with a 1.8-liter water-cooled engine and 99hp with twin was even built on a Karmann Ghia chassis and carbs. There was a prototype later the Volkswagen Brasilia. It was a bit galling. built, but nothing ever came In 1969, decided to of the project. By that time it produce their own sports car. The car was was too late. The SP2 couldn’t designed by Marcio Piancastelli , with input from challenge its competitors, most the wife of the CEO of Volkswagen do Brasil notably Puma, and the SP2 because they wanted the car to attract women. was discontinued in February By 1971, they had a prototype, but it was another 1976 with only 10,205 units made. The idea of the SP3 lived on in an upfit kit for the SP2, but it was so expensive that there were almost no takers. There are a couple reasons we don’t see a lot of these cars. First, of course, is the low production numbers. Of those, only 670 were sold outside of Brasil: 155 to , one to and the rest to countries outside Europe. None were exported to the US from Volkswagen do Brasil. They also suffered from rust, so not all have survived. If you want one, there is only one for sale and it is almost certainly the one we saw on TV. It is a 1974 SP2 located in Jacksonville, Florida and listed for $45,500. To learn more, go to Volkswagen SP2: The coolest VW you’ve Above: Rear quarter view of a Volkswagen SP2. Photo by Andres Sebastian and used under the Creative never heard of (1 of 3 in SA) or Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Below: Front quarter view of a Volkswagen SP2. Photo All You Need To Know About The by Arild Vagen and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Volkswagen SP2. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 8 ghgh Pop-Up Campers ghgh

article by Diana Antinucci Of course, there are some disadvantages to pop-up Pop-up campers are some of the smallest RVs with lengths campers compared to other campers. They require more between eight and twenty feet and weights between 700 set-up and take-down than other types of camper and most pounds and 4,000 pounds. They are called pop-up campers really aren’t rugged enough for more than a few weekends a because they have a hard base with fabric sides that “pop year. They may also leak in a driving rain, have trouble with up” when you arrive at the camp site. Of course, most of high winds and have no insulation from the heat or cold. They them don’t actually pop up. A winch or a hydraulic lift raises are also not fun to set up in bad weather. Storage in pop- the roof on telescoping metal poles. The slides for the beds up campers is limited and your choice of camp sites may are then pulled out by hand. This kind of RV is ideal for people also be limited (RV spaces at Walmarts and rest stops do who do occasional weekend camping and are looking to not welcome pop-ups). There is a definite lack of privacy in upgrade from a tent, but still want the tent experience. Pop- pop-ups. People outside the tent can clearly see you moving up campers are easier to store and tow than other campers around inside the tent and the pop-ups that have a toilet only and generally sleep between four and six people. have a curtain for separation from the rest of the camper. Most Pop-up campers don’t generally come with air conditioning do not come with electrical service, have very small fresh, or heat, but portable air conditioners or heaters can be gray and black water tanks, many only have a small propane brought along for the trip and run off a generator if the camper tank and do not come with a generator. If the pop-up is does not have electric. You should also keep in mind that if exposed to foul weather, it must be completely dried before it you plan to take your pop-up to more remote areas, you want is stored, otherwise there can be problems with mold caused to buy an off-road capable camper. by moisture. Pop-up campers have a lot of advantages over other I thought it might be helpful to go over some of the highly campers. They are affordable, lightweight, many can be recommended pop-up campers. Unless otherwise noted, all towed by a mid-size car, are easily stored in a garage and fit prices are the average retail for new pop-up campers. Any of into almost any campsite. Once at the campsite, the camper these may be available used for a lower price. I have arranged can be turned in any direction you like to get more privacy the campers according to price, beginning with the least or take advantage of views and you can leave the camp site expensive. without packing up the camper. Most have soft sides and appeal to those that enjoy tent camping, but some do have hard sides. 1. Coachmen Clipper 2. Livin’ Lite Quicksilver 8.0

Average price: $3,400 Both ends expand for Average price: $7,000 These are only available sleeping areas and it has a full Starting length: 17 ft. Starting length: 12 ft. used, since they are no longer kitchen with dinette seating. Starting weight: 1,700 lbs. Starting weight: 694 lbs. produced. With such a small The Clipper is available in four Sleeps: 6 Sleeps: 6 camper, you may expect very varieties: the Express, the LS, little options, but this is not the Sport/Classic or the V-Trek. true of the Quicksilver. This Some Clippers have a built-in shower, toilet, furnace and pop-up is available in four floor plans, nine colors and three water heater. All Clippers are raised using a dual-drive winch option packages. The sides are entirely canvas, so there’s and drill bit with a hand crank as a back-up. no need for winches or cranks for set-up. Once set up, the camper has large zippered windows in both of the bunk 3. Forest River Rockwood Freedom sections and in the midsection. It also has 12V and 110V outlets and is pre-wired for a Zamp solar panel, if camping There are eight standard somewhere with no power. Other options include electric Starting price: $8,500 brakes (for towing by smaller vehicles), aluminum rear storage Starting length: 17 ft. floor plans and two “high wall” plans currently rack, 8,000 BTU air conditioner and an awning and awning Starting weight: 1,465 lbs. room. The XLP option offers a hot water heater with LP gas Sleeps: 4-7 available, all of which have a dinette space, refrigerator, tank, water pump, 20 gallon fesh water tank and outside cooktop, sink and awning. shower. The LP option package offers an LP stovetop and Some have gas grills, one has a bay window, one has a port- furnace and residential-style countertop with sink. The a-pottie and another has a shower and toilet. Off_road option package replaces the standard 12” tires with all-terrain 15” tires. Sadly, there is no bathroom.

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4. SylvanSport Go 5. Forest River Rockwood Hard-Side

Starting price: $8,995 The SylvanSport Go Starting price: $15,995 The Forest River Rockwood Hard-Side is an A-frame Starting length: 12.5 ft. showed up on almost every Starting length: 17.5 ft. pop-up camper with hard Starting weight: 840 lbs. “best of” pop-up camper list Starting weight: 2,000 lbs. sides. There are seven floor Sleeps: 4 I looked at. Because of its Sleeps: 2 light weight, it can easily be plans, including four “high towed by almost any vehicle. wall” plans. Standard features And with its Dexter torsion axles, it has a smoother ride than include: water pump, hot water heater, 20 gallon fresh water campers with a leaf spring suspension. The camper is self- tank, kitchen with range, microwave and sink, port-a-pottie, inflating, so set up and take down is easy. The ceiling height USB charging ports, TV outlet with cable and satellite hookup, is 6.5 feet and the interior can be configured into different quilted top memory foam mattress, spare tire, camper cover, sleeping and dining arrangements. It also has a lockable, electric brakes, solar panel prep, outdoor gas grill, outdoor waterproof storage box that an do double duty as a cooler. speaker and a digital receiver with AM/FM stereo, Bluetooth, The SylvanSport Go has an equipment rack for bikes or MP3 player and USB and aux. ports. Optional features include kayaks and also has a 48 inch wide, 84 inch deep gear deck a hanging wardrobe, 20K BTU forced air furnace, bike carrier, capable of carrying 960 pounds for motorcycles or ATVs. kayak carrier, 40W solar panel and awning/screen room. Some floor plans have a toilet, shower, three burner stove with oven 6. Opus OP2 and OP4 or an extra large refrigerator. Forest River also has hard-side A-frame campers available as their Flagstaff model, which Opus makes the OP2 and also were highly recommended. While you’re checking out the Starting price: $22,499 OP4 pop-up campers. Both Flagstaff, look at the Sports Enthusiast Flagstaff (again, highly Starting length: 18.5 ft. are off-road campers capable recommended). Starting weight: 2,870 lbs. of four days independent Sleeps: 4 living from traditional campsites. They also self- inflate in just 90 seconds. Both have eight foot ceiling heights, large sunroofs and windows, stereo system, independent suspension, all-terrain tires, 360 degree articulating hitch, will withstand 55 mph winds and are available in four colors. The OP2 sleeps four and starts at $22,499. It comes with a king-size bed, dining lounge that converts to sleeping space, full slide-out kitchen, shower extension, hot water heater and three large outdoor storage compartments. The OP4 sleeps six and starts at $24,499. It has two double beds, a dining lounge that converts to sleeping space and a full slide-out kitchen. Options include a 16K BTU propane furnace, 10K BTU air conditioner/ heat pump combo, full annex that adds extra living space, cinema system, portable cassette toilet, fold over cargo carrier, roof rack bars, single bike carrier, solar panel port and 140W Zamp solar system. See their website at https://www.opuscamper.us.

Above right: The Opus with annex. Left corner: Opus being towed. Right corner: Opus interior. All photos property of Opus and used with permission.

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7. Camp 365

Starting price: $25,495 The Camp 365 has 700 Starting length: 15.5 ft. cubic feet of living space Starting weight: 1,725 lbs. with 7.5 foot ceiling Sleeps: 6 heights and 83 cubic feet of storage with optional side carriers for kayaks and bikes. The mechanical lift assist allows for set-up and break down in less than ten minutes and when collapsed, it will easily fit in a garage. The Camp 365 comes with R7 insulation, electric air conditioner and electric or propane heater, so camping is comfortable any time of year. It is off-road capable with expanding axle with variable wheelbase and independent torsion axle suspension. The fourteen inch BIG Wheel Kit or fifteen inch wheels are optional. Also optional are a kitchen, a bathroom, electric brakes and speaker system. See their website at https://camp365.com. P

Top: Exterior view of the Camp 365. Middle: Camp 365 being towed. Bottom: Interior of the Camp 365. All photos property of Camp 365 and used with permission. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 11

ghgh Webside Ramblings ghgh article by Diana Antinucci Smithsonian Exhibits’ Fabrication Shop! For the automotive portion of our Ramblings, we šš Adam Savage Learns About Smithsonian Exhibits! have the Mullin Automotive Museum. It was founded in šš Adam Savage Examines the Space Shuttle Discovery! 2010 and displays the personal collection of Peter W. šš Digitizing Objects from Smithsonian’s Enormous Mullin in a 50,000 square foot building. The collection Collection! encompasses some šš Adam Savage Sees How Smithsonian Uses of the finest French Replicas to Tell cars, mostly from the Stories! 1920s and ‘30s, along šš Adam with a collection of Art Savage Learns About Deco furniture and art. Smithsonian Exhibits’ Click below for some Installation Process! YouTUbe links that šš Adam Savage show the museum. Meets a Smithsonian Mullin Automotive Exhibit Developer! Museum Videos šš Adam Savage home page. This had Meets a Smithsonian some comprehensive Exhibit Designer! docent videos. Mullin Automotive After the holidays, Museum Tour- chances are you Petersen Car Week. will have a lot of This is a 30 minute cardboard boxes. docent-guided tour. What do you do with Mullin Automotive all that cardboard? Museum by Vintage Sure, you could just Vehicle Show. This is recycle it. But these Citreon exhibit at the Mullin Automotive Museum. Photo by a 27 minute Tv show episode. PLawrence99cx and used under the Creative Commons Attribution- people came up with ingenious Share Alike 4.0 International license. ways to turn all that cardboard For the non-car segment, I into something useful. thought I would take us to the šš 8 Smart Ways You Can Smithsonian. These videos Reuse Cardboard by Household combine two of my favorite Hacker things, the Smithsonian šš Cardboard Box Upcycles | 6 Institution and Mythbuster Adam clever ways to reuse cardboard Savage. All but one is hosted boxes—not just for shipping! | by Adam Savage and most are Hometalk behind-the-scenes looks at how šš 4 CLEVER WAYS the Smithsonian creates their TO REUSE/RECYCLE exhibits. CARDBOARDS!!|Best Reuse šš Adam Savage Tours the Ideas by MissDebbieDIY Graphics Department at šš 5 COOL CARDBOARD BOX Smithsonian Exhibits! REUSE IDEAS TO ORGANIZE šš Adam Savage Explores the YOUR HOME #5 COOL DIYs you 3D Printing and Modelmaking can make with#cardboard box Shop at Smithsonian Exhibits! by Mana Creative Corner šš Adam Savage Visits National šš 27 CUTE WAYS TO Air and Space Museum’s REPURPOSE CARDBOARD Restoration Hangar! BOXES by 5-Minute Crafts šš Adam Savage Tours Adam Savage at the 2019 Phoenix Fan Fusion Convention. Photo by GIRLY P Gage Skidmore and used under the Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 12 ghgh From the AACA Rummage Box ghgh How Is This Possible? 380 points and be within 5 points of the highest scoring car By Jim Elliott , AACA President in your class. I recently received a letter from a member questioning the For example, if the highest scoring car in your class scored judges’ score for his car which was shown at a recent Grand 399 points, your car would be required to score 394 or above Nationals. to obtain a tying first place award. A score of 393 would He had shown his car at the prior year Grand Nationals result in a second place trophy. and earned a Sec-ond Place Grand National Award. Follow- If the second place car scored 393, a third place trophy ing our judging guidelines, he requested and received would be award-ed to a car scoring 387. his scoring sheet and dili-gently corrected each noted If your car scored 375 at the earli-er Grand National while deduction. the first place car scored 381, you would have received a Arriving on the show field, he honestly expected to receive second place trophy. his First Place Award and was devastated to take home a As a result, it is possible to get a third place trophy with the Third Place Award. He questioned, “how is this possible?” higher score of 387 when you previously received a sec-ond A review of our judging system will explain this situation. place trophy with a score of 375. As to scoring, you compete not only against the 400 point Finally, every owner who is able to compete for a Grand standard but also against the competition in your class. In National Award should be very proud of his or her vehicle. order to attain a Grand National First you must score over P ghghgh Elements Match Puzzle ghghgh Periodic Table Day is February 7th! Match the name of the element in the box to the description below. Answers on page 19.

A. This is both the most common and lightest element. It makes up about 90% of all atoms in the universe and is the only element that can exist without neutrons. B. This metal is soft enough to cut with a knife and light enough to float on water. It is one of three elements made in large quantities by the Big Bang. C. A fire fueled by this element can burn in carbon dioxide, water and environments of high nitrogen. It produces a bright white light when burned and is used in flares and fireworks. D. This is the only element that can burn in pure nitrogen gas. E. This is the second most abundant element in earth’s core and is sometimes added to glass to give it a green color. F. The only element more electrically conductive than this element is silver. G. Nanoparticles of this element are added to clothing to prevent the growth of fungi and bacteria. H. This is the only element that is liquid at room temperature and gave us the phrase “mad as a hatter” by poisoning hatters that once used it to make hats. I. This element burns bright green and is used in green fireworks. The largest mine for this element is in the Mohave Desert in California. J. Diamond and graphite are both forms of this element.

Elements 1. Boron 2. Carbon 3. Copper 4. Hydrogen 5. Lithium 6. Magnesium 7. Mercury 8. Nickel 9. Silver 10. Titanium SMOKE SIGNALS Page 13 ghghgh Ankokas Events 2021 ghghgh Thursday, Jan. 14: Zoom meeting, 7:30PM Thursday, Feb. 11: Zoom meeting, 7:30PM Go to http://www.ankokas.com/calendar.cfm for updates. ghghgh AACA Calendar 2021 ghghgh All dates subject to change due to the ongoing pandemic. Please check www.aaca.org for updates. April 8-10: Southern Spring Nationals hosted by the Hornets May 6-8: AACA Central Spring Nationals. Auburn, IN. Nest Region. Charlotte Auto Fair, Concord, NC. June 17-19: Eastern Spring Nationals. Saratoga Springs, NY. April 15-16: AACA National Annual Convention. Philadelphia Go to www.aaca.org/Calender/aaca_calendar.html for more 201 Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. information and listings.

ghgh Fun Holidays to Celebrate in Jan. & Feb. ghgh Jan. 2: Science Fiction Day Feb. 1: G. I. Joe Day Jan. 4: Trivia Day Feb. 4: USO Day Jan. 5: Monopoly Game Day Feb. 6: Play Monopoly Day Jan. 6: Cuddle Up Day Feb. 7: Periodic Table Day Jan. 9: Word Nerd Day Feb. 8: Opera Day Jan. 10: Peculiar People Day Feb. 11: National Inventors’ Day Jan. 13: National Rubber Duckie Day Feb. 12: Darwin Day Jan. 17: Bootlegger’s Day Feb. 13: World Radio Day Jan. 18: Thesaurus Day Feb. 14: Library Lovers’ Day Jan. 21: National Hugging Day Feb. 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day Jan. 24: Compliment Day Feb. 18: Pluto Day Jan. 26: Spouses’ Day Feb. 22: Tex Avery Day Jan. 27: National Geographic Day Feb. 23: Curling is Cool Day Jan. 28: Fun at Work Day Feb. 26: Carnival Day Jan. 29: National Puzzle Day Feb. 28: National Tooth Fairy Day

AACA Annual Meeting Postponed! New dates are April 15 & 16!

Panorama of the Philadelphia skyline in 1913. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 14 ghgh Puzzle of Puzzles ghgh January 29th is National Puzzle Day! Find the words below in the puzzle. Answers on page 19. 1. ANAGRAM 9. MAZE 2. CIPHER 10. REBUS 3. CROSS SUM 11. RIDDLE 4. CROSSWORD 12. RUBIKS CUBE 5. CRYPTOGRAM 13. SUDOKU 6. JIGSAW 14. TANGRAM 7. LOGIC 15. WORD SEARCH 8. MAGIC SQUARE SMOKE SIGNALS Page 15 ghgh The History of G. I. Joe ghgh G. I. Joe Day is February 1st! article by Diana Antinucci fighting man” was released in 1964 and had 19 points Herman, Hillel and Henry Hassenfeld founded Hassenfeld of articulation. “G. I. Joe”, the term applied to the new Brothers in 1923 and sold textile remnants. Over the next line, was inspired by a 1945 film titled The Story of G. I. twenty years, they also began selling school supplies. In Joe. There were four figures, one for each of the service 1926, Hassenfeld Brothers was incorporated and Hillel left, branches: Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. The bodies leaving Henry in charge. In the late 1930s they expanded were all the same, with only different heads used, to cut their business to include toys. Their first major success was down on costs. Mr. Potato Head in 1952. The figure was a wild success and by 1966, it accounted for In 1962, Stan Weston came to Hassenfeld Brothers with 66% of Hassenfeld profits. With such success come imitators. an idea for a 12-inch military doll This spelled some trouble for the for boys, but Merrill Hassenfeld, company, as the human form cannot son of Henry and CEO of the be copyrighted or trademarked. company, turned down the Luckily, a couple of production product, commenting that mistakes remedied this and allowed Hassenfeld Brothers didn’t customers to be assured they were do dolls. Merrill then went buying the real thing. There is, of on vacation, leaving Donald course, a trademark on the right Levine in charge. Levine butt cheek of the figure. But more was leaving an art store one visible and trademarked, and at first day, when an articulated unintentional, are the scar on the artist’s mannequin caught his right cheek and the thumbnail on attention. Something struck the underside of the right thumb. him and he remembered With the success of Mr. Potato Weston’s doll. If it could be Head and G. I. Joe, Hassenfeld articulated, they might have Brothers changed their name to something. Also, Barbie had Hasbro (a condensed version been released in 1959 and of the previous company name) Mattel made a killing on all the in 1968. accessories for the doll. Levine spent Patent for G. I. Joe. Public domain. Trouble arose for the figure the next two weeks working in the late 1960s and early on ideas for Weston’s doll and 1970s. The Vietnam War was presented them to Hassenfeld on everyone’s television and, upon his return. Hassenfeld with some, it was an unpopular now saw the potential war at home. G. I. Joe was and the company offered briefly “discharged” and in Weston a deal: $50,000 and 1970 came back as the “G. I. a 1% royalty or a flat fee of Joe Adventure Team”. With his $100,000. Weston took the new life-like hair and eyes that $100,000 and Hassenfeld moved from side to side, the Brothers owned the doll. new Joe went on excursions Of course, that was the in mountains and jungles in last time it would be called a search of precious artifacts “doll”. Conventional wisdom and on a mission to save the of the time was that Boys environment. would not play with dolls and Another spot of trouble came parents certainly wouldn’t in 1973 with the oil crisis. This buy dolls for them. Instead, affected the price of plastic, so they called their new product the very durable Joe became an “action figure”. G. I. a bit lighter. He was molded Joe, “America’s moveable G. I. Joe official Jeep ad. Public domain. with six-pack abs, but his

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History of G. I. Joe continued from page 15 Archie Goodwin, came up with an idea for Joe’s new foe, arms might fall off. Maybe to counteract this, in 1974, Joe got Cobra. Unfortunately, another oil crisis hit and The Empire “Kung-Fu Grip”, hands made of softer plastic that allowed the Strikes Back premiered and Joe had to wait for over a year. figure to grip objects. This was originally developed for the UK Joe relaunched as a 3-¾ inch figure in 1982. In a bit of version of the figure “Action Man”. Action marketing genius, Cobra Commander Man was released in 1966 and began could only be purchased with points as the same figures as the American from other figures, forcing parents to counterpart, just named differently. The buy more figures. The original G. I. line eventually included sports figures Joes were somewhat anonymous, but and sold in the UK until 1984. Under the new characters had specialties other names, the figures were also sold and backstories. In 1983, The G. I. in Germany, , France, Japan, Joe team got Swivel-Arm Battle Grip. Italy, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, India Also in 1983, The FCC changed its and . rules, allowing violent war cartoons In 1975, the G. I. Joe team got a that featured toys as main characters. bionic figure called “Atomic Man” and In September 1983, the cartoon G. I. a superhero called “Bullet Man”. Bullet Joe: A Real American Hero aired as a Man had his own villains, called “The five-part miniseries on 122 stations, Intruders: Strongmen From Another outperforming Saturday morning World” and both Atomic Man and Bullet cartoons on all the major networks. Man figures came with their own comic. In 1984, there was another five-part This didn’t help waning sales very much miniseries and a regular cartoon began and Joe was retired in 1978. airing on September 16, 1985, running But not everyone was willing to say for 95 episodes. goodbye to the popular toy. Bob Prupis, In 1986, G. I. Joe met competition the senior vice president of international from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles marketing, began planning a reboot and in 1989, CEO and champion of G. I. as a science fiction figure with lasers Joe, Stephen Hassenfeld died suddenly. and rocket launchers. Executives at the In 1991, Hasbro acquired Kenner and its company weren’t thrilled and then Star Poster for Story of G. I. Joe Star Wars figures. Also in 1991, Hasbro Wars hit with its figures (which Hasbro turned movie in 1945. Public domain. began releasing new 12-inch G. I. Joes. The 3-¾ down and it went to Kenner) and no one wanted inch Joes were discontinued in 1994. The toy is to compete with that. A relaunch would have to still sold today, with more than 500 figures and 250 vehicles wait. Meanwhile, Prupis started working on smaller 3-¾ inch and playsets sold over its history. P figures that would be less expensive to make and could be accessorized with playsets and vehicles. To help compete with Star Wars figures that had five points of articulation, these Joes would have ten. In the 1980s, military toys were popular again and the time had come for G. I. Joe to make a comeback. But something else was need, either a movie or a TV show highlighting the characters. With neither looking likely, Hasbro decided on commercials, but the FCC had a limit of only seven seconds of animation or special effects in toy commercials. However, it did not have that rule for book commercials, so Joe needed a comic book. Partnering with Marvel Comics, one of their editors, Larry Hama, was given the job. He had been working on an idea for a comic about Nick Fury’s son called Fury Force and adapted this for G. I. Joe. Another editor, World War II poster showing the use of G. I. Joe. Public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 17 ghgh Get Out of Jail Free ghgh Monopoly Game Day is January 5th and Play Monopoly Day is February 6th! article by Diana Antinucci opposed to the thinner current boards which are only 1/12 inch. Most of us are familiar with the game of Monopoly. Sadly, Compasses and files were disguised as game pieces, the board far fewer of us are familiar with how this game helped hid a silk map within and real money was hidden under the fake thousands of Allied prisoners of war escape from prison Monopoly money. camps during World War II. Before sending out these special games, Hutton created The man credited with the idea is Christopher Clayton fake charity groups, not wanting to involve charities like the “Clutty” Hutton, an intelligence officer at Section Nine of Red Cross, in case they were discovered. Then they sent out the British Directorate of Military Intelligence in the War legitimate Monopoly games with a printed card that was to be Office, or MI9. An encounter with Harry Houdini had gotten sent back, acknowledging receipt of the game and its contents. him interested in the art of escape, an interest that landed They waited for three months before acknowledgement cards him his job at MI9. That job would be to devise ways of finally began coming back. Encouraged that their games had concealing tools that could be brought into prisoner camps gotten through, they began sending the rigged games. to aid in escapes. Waddington made six The Geneva Convention versions of the special allowed humanitarian groups Monopoly games, depending to deliver are packages on where they were being sent. to prisoners, packages There were games meant for which included “games and camps in Norway, Sweden, pastimes”. The Germans Germany and Italy, with maps themselves thought that and currency individualized for these diversions would keep each. To designate its intended the prisoners minds off of destination, a period was escape and make them easier placed after different locations to contain. Hutton knew on the board (locations in that games were allowed England, since that was where into camps and he began the game was manufactured). using this knowledge to hide British Monopoly game. Photo by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos and used under the A period after Mayfair meant Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercialUnported 3.0 license. escape tools, along with other that game was destined innocuous items. Packs of for Norway, Sweden and cards, boots, cigarette holders and buttons hid items like Germany, while a period after Marylebone Station would send maps, miniature telescopes, small compasses, knives and that game to Italy. files. But these care package items could only hide a single Before leaving for missions, Royal Air Force airmen were told tool. How could he deliver all the things needed for an escape to look for Monopoly games in care packages marked with a in a single package? red dot on the Free Parking space. These games would make Hutton hit upon the idea of hiding objects in a board game, it to camps, where the escape committee in each camp would a board game that could conceal compasses, metal files, recognize the game, disassemble it, burn everything that wasn’t a Gigli saw, money and, perhaps most importantly, maps. needed and hide the escape tools. Most POWs never knew These maps were special, not ordinary paper maps. Maps how the tools were being smuggled into he camp. used for clandestine purposes were printed on materials that After the US entered the war, Hutton trained his American could handle wear and tear, submersion in water and not counterpart, Captain Robley Winfrey in how to conceal tools make suspicious rustling noises. These materials included in other objects, including Monopoly games. Winfrey, however, cloth, mulberry leaf paper and, best of all, silk. But printing never worked with Parker Brothers. His agents would buy on silk was tricky and only one manufacturer had mastered legitimate games, then alter the games themselves. Parker it. John Waddington, Ltd. was responsible for printing the silk Brothers never knew their games were being used. playbills for the Royal Family at command performances. As By war’s end, the Germans had discovered every one of chance would have it, Waddington had something else… they Hutton’s deceptions: cribbage boards, chess sets, hollow were the UK’s manufacturer of Monopoly. baseballs, table tennis and more. All except one… the rigged Hutton put the two together and set up a meeting with Monopoly games. The deception wasn’t known until files were Norman Watson, president of Waddington. Waddington declassified four decades later in 1985 and the US use of the put only a few employees to work on the project, isolated game wasn’t declassified until 1990. Sadly, none of the rigged in a small room. They used dies to punch shapes into the games exists today, they were all burned on delivery. But it board where objects could be inserted and the decal set is estimated that thousands of Allied POWs escaped using back into place. Back then the board was 1/8 inch thick, as Hutton’s ingenious deception. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 18

ghgh Word Origins ghgh Word Nerd Day is January 9th! article by Diana Antinucci would drop a ring or other piece of cheap jewelry and pick it Word Nerd Day is January 9th! Yes, it is absolutely a real up, loudly expressing his/her relief that that had not lost so holiday and I thought we could take this opportunity to valuable an item. They would then offer to sell it to the victim of explore some strange and amusing word origins. the scam for much more than it was worth. The word quarantine comes from the Italian “quaranta” and Some words come to us from the names of people. One such “giorni”, “forty days”. Originally, this was used to refer to the word is “dunce”. John Duns Scotus lived from around 1266 to forty days of Jesus’s temptation in the desert. Then it meant 1308 and was a Franciscan philosopher and theologian that the length of time that widows were allowed to stay in their was so highly regarded that he earned a papal accolade. Smart dead husband’s homes. In the 14th century, ships coming guy, right? So, how did a word meaning slow-witted come from into Venice were required to stay off port for forty days to his name? Eventually, Protestant and Humanist scholars of the prevent plague from coming into the city. This is what gives Renaissance discredited his work, but some people held on to us the meaning of the word today. his outdated ideas and were called “Dunsman” or “Dunce”. The Mortgage comes from the Old French, “mort” for “death” word was used to refer to anyone that held on to obsolete ideas and “gage” for “pledge”. Some of you with a more morbidly and eventually generalized to anyone considered less intelligent. humorous bent might think that means you pay until you die. Jumbo doesn’t come from a person’s name, but it does Fortunately, that’s not so. The pledge was considered “dead” come from a name… of an elephant. While most elephants either when the debt was paid or the debtor failed to pay and average about six tons, Jumbo weighed 6.15 tons and stood the land was repossessed. ten feet tall. He travelled with P. T. The word etiquette also comes Barnum and his name is now used to us from French. King Louis XIV to refer to anything of extraordinary really wanted his rawdy friends size. to behave themselves when they Some words are just completely came to visit. Instead, the palace made up and then enter the lexicon. grounds were a shambles. He Robot was a word invented from decided they just needed some the old Church Slavonic word helpful prompts, so he installed little “robota” meaning “servitude”, by signs or “etiquettes”, instructing Czech playwright Karel Capek them in proper behavior. It worked. in 1920 for his work Rossum’s King Louis XIV ended up with better Universal Robots. He uses the word behaved friends and we inherited a to refer to mechanical workers. new word. Pandemonium is another made-up The word clue comes from “clew” word. It was used by John Milton in ancient Greek, meaning “ball in Paradise Lost to refer to a city of yarn”. Stay with me, I swear it within Hell. Don’t be too surprised. makes sense. In Greek mythology, The Mark II’s log with Grace Hopper’s entry and moth. It’s estimated that Shakespeare Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of yarn to Public domain. alone invented about 1,700 words. help him through the labyrinth where Some words commonly used today the Minotaur lived. As he entered, he unspooled the yarn, are fairly new. When we use the word “bug” today we may be then followed it back out. Today, we view clues as a way to referencing something wrong with a computer. Of course, that work backwards to solve a mystery. meaning of the word originates with an actual bug. In 1946, Genuine comes from the Latin “genuinus” and meant Grace Hopper had a problem with her Harvard Mark II. She “innate” or “natural”. “Genuinus” itself comes from the Latin traced the problem back to a moth caught in a relay, removed it word for knee, “genu”. This stems from a Roman custom of a and taped it into the Mark II’s log. father placing a child upon his knee to acknowledge paternity. Bluetooth ended up with that name somewhat Most of us are familiar with deadlines. They’re serious, but unintentionally. Its inventor, Jim Kardach, was reading The not a matter of life and death. Originally they certainly were. Longships, a tale about Vikings led by Harald Bluetooth. He During the Civil War, the dead line referred to the line drawn imagined his new technology would set us free like Vikings around a military prison. Any prisoner that went beyond that on the open water, so he used Bluetooth as the working line was shot. It wasn’t until decades later that journalists name for his invention. The real name was supposed to be began using the word as it is understood today. PAN, Personal Area Network. Just before the unveiling, it was The word “phony” comes from an old con game called learned that PAN was already trademarked, so they went with the fawney rig. Fawney comes from an old Irish word for the working title instead. “finger ring” and rig meant “trick” or “swindle”. The con man P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 19

ghgh Letter From The Editors ghgh Diana: Hey, sweetie, let’s do a wrap-up of the highlights of 2020. Steve: Good idea. Diana: We learned more about proper handwashing than I ever needed to know. Steven: Most of us got to spend more time with loved ones. Diana: Umm... some of us may have caught up on movies or television that we wanted to watch. Steven: Hmm... some of us took care of home projects. Diana: Or got to do some work on our cars. Steven: Some of us shortened our commute by working from home. Diana: What about club events? Sound of crickets... “I did a quick survey of the Peanuts gang here for newsletter ideas. I got one story on the history of blankets, one opinion piece on the wonderful clinking of Diana: 2021 has to be better. nickels and a request for anything about Beethoven.” Photo by S. Soppe. Happy New Year!

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