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OLDSMOBILE HOMECOMING LONG DISTANCE WINNER 2650 MILES FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA R. E. OLDS CHAPTER MEMBERS, JAMIE & SHERRILL COX ALSO IN THIS ISSUE- More Homecoming pictures and statistics A Great excuse Who Am I Editor’s message……. 2014 R. E. Olds Chapter Board of Directors This issue we have color coverage of Homecoming. Thanks to Bruce Powelson and Wayne Mason for providing photos. They really do tell the President story. There will be more Homecoming pictures in future issues. Bruce Powelson Several Chapter members attended the OCA National Meet in H 517-548-2793 C 517-331-3560 Cincinnati and there will be coverage of that show in the next issue. If you [email protected] attended the show, please send your story and/or photos. Also in the next issue we will be showing our appreciation to all of our Vice-President Chapter members that have served in the armed forces. If you have served Chris Heminger please let me know and I would also like a photo of yourself in uniform. 517-655-3514 Please send it to me for our publication. If you send the actual photo via [email protected] USPS, I will scan it and return it to you. Secretary PLEASE NOTE-we are in the process of preparing a membership Ed Shand roster. This is how the member information will appear: 517-655-4739 Bruce Powelson [email protected] Howell, MI Member #279/Joined 7-2007 Treasurer 1973 88 Convertible Jerry Garfield IF YOU DO NOT WANT THIS INFORMATION LISTED, PLEASE 248-881-3619 LET ME KNOW BY OCTOBER 1, 2014. I plan to have this available [email protected] in November. Membership Coordinator Don Cooper Until we meet again……….keep those rockets rolling and stories coming, 517-290-7455 [email protected] Judy Badgley Send newsletter articles, classifieds, etc. to Judy Badgley at OCA Representative [email protected] or 4631 Doane Hwy., Potterville, MI 48876 Eva Cooper 517-290-8451 [email protected] President’s message….. Past President Howdy, fellow Oldsmobilistas! Vicki May Just a short note this time. 616-250-1568 [email protected] Visited the Oldsmobile Club of America National Show in Cincinnati and it was spectacular. The weather was good, but the expressway updates were By-Laws Coordinator irritating. Troy Collins As you read this, our annual R. E. Olds Chapter Picnic will be history. I 517-646-0879 am sure if you weren’t there you will have missed a terrific time had by all, [email protected] and a chance to see a very rare English right-hand drive 1941 4-door Oldsmobile convertible with Hydramatic Transmission. S-h-h-h! Details Board members are elected for a one-year period of time at the Annual Banquet to follow mayhaps in the next newsletter. Meeting. Officers assume their office Anyway- hope to see you at the September meeting, before many of us st beginning January 1 of the subsequent year head West on the Route 66 Tour. in which they are elected. Ciao! Bruce General Club meetings are held on the From Bylaw Chairman Troy Collins….. 1st Tuesday of the month at various locations, but usually at the R. E. Olds Museum in Lansing. Contact Bruce 53 Chapter members sent their ballot to vote on the proposed bylaw change. Powelson at the number shown above The Chapter bylaw changes were unanimously approved as no negative for more information. votes were received. Thanks to you that took time to express your opinion. 2 NEWSWORTHY CHAPTER “STUFF” R. E. Olds Chapter CARS AND BIKES FOR SPECIAL KIDS Calendar of Events Sunday, September 7, 2014 9AM-4PM September- 2901 Wabash Rd., Lansing, MI 2 Chapter Meeting 7 PM R. E. Olds Museum Rain or shine this annual car show is great fun and for a good cause. $10 entry fee includes a dash plaque. Over 200 door prizes will be given away, 6 Beekman Car/Bike Show plus cash and prize raffles are available by purchasing tickets. Live music Details listed on this page by the Sea Cruisers and home-made food are on site. The money raised at 6 South Church Car Show this event will go directly to facilitate student programs at the Lansing, Details listed on this page MI, Marvin E. Beekman Center (a school for handicapped children and October young adults ages 3-26) The Animal Care Education program and 7 Board meeting 6 PM Beekman Therapeutic Riding Center receive no school funds from the Chapter Meeting 7 PM Lansing School District therefore, your support of this car show and R. E. Olds Museum your contributions are very important for the continuation of these 8-19 Route 66 Motor Tour vital programs. Contact Jill Gilbert for details 517-755-5720. http://route66motortour.com or Eva Cooper 517-290-8451 November SOUTH CHURCH ANNUAL FESTIVAL 4 NO TUESDAY MEETING If you are tired and hungry after the Beekman car show, or perhaps you 15 CHAPTER ANNUAL are just out for a drive, come for dinner and a “drive-in-as-you-are” car BANQUET/ELECTIONS show on Sunday, September 7th from 4:00 PM – 6:00PM. It’s a family Details coming event so you can bring your family (kids or grandkids included). There December will be great food. There will be rides and activities for the kids during 2 Chapter Meeting 7 PM the event. If you wish to stay, there is a concert beginning at 6:00 R. E. Olds Museum p.m. lasting about an hour. The best part is that the entire event HAPPY 2015 is free. This is not a judging car show and you can come and go as you please. Just have a good time. Chapter Member Darrell Benedict of Benedict Auto Body Sunday, September 7, 2014 4:00 – 6:00 p. m. Darrell described new procedures and South Church, 5250 Cornerstone Drive, Lansing, MI 48917 new products available in body work at our July Chapter meeting. Our meeting Celebrating 4th of July room was filled with interest as Darrell shared Several tips and explained members of procedures complete with the Chapter a slide show. After the attended the presentation he answered annual car many questions. show in Mason, MI. This picture of member Ashley Jones’ 1971 Cutlass wagon in the street in front of the courthouse looked very festive. Ashley with son Mark attended the show. This is a BIG show with over 400 cars attending and enjoying all of the activities and music. 3 WHO AM I I was born in 1945 in Saginaw, MI. I attended a parochial grade school, high school at Saginaw Buena Vista, and graduated in 1963. High school years were somewhat “American Graffiti”-like. Car culture in this auto industry town was at its peak. I was definitely not in the “in” crowd, but I did on occasion drag race on country roads with my Dad’s 1959 Pontiac Catalina. He never knew, lucky for me. I then attended MSU. After three years there my performance was such that I was no longer a student. Around 1966 I had about a 5 months’ job at Oldsmobile on final assembly. I got laid off but I made enough to purchase my first car, a 1964 Cutlass Convertible. I briefly moved back home to Saginaw around 1968 or 1969. I sold my Cutlass for a new car and I regretted that move about a month after I did it. In the early 1970s I moved back to Lansing and got a job as a health care worker at Ingham Medical. That became a long career and I stayed there until 2010. I married my wife Valerie in 1976 and we had two children, one in 1981 and another in 1983. They are both on their own now and we have two terrific grandchildren. However, I was always wanting my ’64 Cutlass back. In 1980 I found one very similar to the one I had, so I bought it. The car sat in the garage a long time due to lack of money (hey, I had a family to support). Finally, around 1993, I was able to have the car restored. It was an on-frame restoration. I received a lot of help from Badgley’s and others for parts and general advice. Now it was good enough to be a show car. See if you can guess who this Chapter member is. Answer on page 9. Send your WHO AM I article to Judy Badgley,contact information is on page 2. Happy The 2014 Car Capital car show hosted by the Birthday R. E. Olds Museum, is OCTOBER now history. It was an To you 1 Dave Lehnen extraordinary show SEPTEMBER 3 Carol Iverson with 273 cars from 1 Kathy Cooper Dave Jones 6 Tom Collins Sheridan Morse Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Canada. There 13 Wayne Jacobs 4 Bob Neely were also motorcycles on display. Throughout the day the 14 Mike Ross 6 Jim Brehm Museum offered rides in a 1908 REO or 1921 16 Dwain Hilliard 7 Ron Cooper Oldsmobile. This is a great fundraiser that takes place Wayne Mason Joanna Jones during the show. This year the rides had to be stopped at 19 Marsha Nicholas 8 Suzi Adcock about 1PM because there were so many spectators 20 Lisa Dimon Lori Emmons enjoying the car show that the ride-in cars couldn’t get 22 Terry Friar 9 Harry Emmons through. There is no way to count how many spectators Dennis Weglarz Tammy Woodby were there, but estimates are in the thousands! Margaret 23 Sandy Peters 11 Ashley Jones Hehr provided this photo of the 1921 Olds providing rides.