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

July/August 2019 Volume 56, Issue 4 In This Issue:

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Looking Down the Road...... 1 News...... 2 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars...... 5 It Caught My Eye...... 6 Album Puzzle...... 8 Car is the Star...... 9 The club held Rummage Box...... 10 its annual June meeting at reading this, Ankokas Calendar..... 11 Johnson’s Farm in Medford. I AACA Calendar...... 11 that our members 11 would like to thank the members Fun Holidays...... who attended the Eastern Local Events...... 11 who attended and brought 12 Spring National in Parsippany had Shark Attacks...... their cars. This is always a Book List...... 13 a good time. I have a request from Code Talkers...... 14 nice, relaxing time and if you a healthcare facility in Cherry Hill Roadside haven’t attended you should Ramblings...... 15 that would like us to display our 16 try to attend next year. The Bats...... cars in September. I will need to Find-A-Word...... 17 food is always good and you firm up the date but most likely Letter from get a FREE ice cream! The the Editors...... 18 it will be a week day. Our next Marketplace...... 19 staff at Johnson’s was very meeting is September 12th and our accommodating. However, they Haddonfield show will follow on thought the club name September 14th. Wishing was Rancocas not everyone a safe summer Ankokas, and this and hope to see This newsletter is caused some everyone at the next a publication of the confusion with the Ankokas Region of the meeting. Antique Automobile Club lot attendant upon of America, located in arrival. southern New Jersey. -President, Joe Material may be I am hoping by reproduced only if credit Dougherty is given to the source the time you are 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 article by Diana Antinucci, photos by S. Soppe and D. Antinucci It was another beautiful day as members of Ankokas gathered in the parking lot of Lenape High School on June 14, 2019. Friends gathered in groups around their Ankokas Annual cars as we all waited to parade over to the main parking area of Johnson’s Farm. After arriving at Johnson’s, we enjoyed a barbecue lunch and held a short meeting at which we met our Tailgate newest member, Christian Truxell. Welcome to the club, Christian! At the meeting, it was confirmed that Haddonfield has approved the date of our annual show as Sept. 14th. Please write this date on your calendar. Hope to see Meeting everyone at the next meeting! P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 3 gh The Award gh Goes To...

article by Diana Antinucci At the Auburn Grand National on June 1st, Sam Mento received his fifth Repeat Senior for his 1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT and earned fifty judging credits at Charlotte on April 7th. At the St. Joan of Arc Classics for Charity Show on May 18th, Carl Villone won a Top 40 for his 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee, Steven Tom Amendola’s Top Ten Soppe won a Top 40 for his 1970 Dodge Challenger Classic Award. R/T, Tom Amendola won a Top 40 for his 1989 Ford Thunderbird , Carl Gorossman won a Top 40 for his 1967 Chevrolet Corvette and Jim Hann took home a Show Finder Award for his 1985 Pontiac Fiero SE. At the Collingswood May Fair on May 25th, Dave Hann won Class Winner for his 1970 Plymouth GTX, Steven Soppe won Class Winner for his 1934 Packard 1100, Peter Bull won Class Winner for his 1988 Rolls Royce Corniche and Bruce MacLachlan took home Class Champion for his 1964 Studebaker Avantin R1. On June 15th, at the Bordentown Street of Dreams Show, Jeff Schulte won a top 50 for his 1929 Ford Model A Speedster. On June 22nd, at the South Jersey Mustang All Sam Mento receiving his fifty Ford Show in Medford, five Ankokas members took judging credits. home trophies. Tom Veevers won with his 1955 Ford F-100 Pick-up, Dave Traino for his 1923 Ford Model T , Jeff Schulte with his 1929 Ford Model A Speedster, Tom Amendola with his 1959 Ford Thunderbird convertible and Bruce MacLachlan with his 1969 Sports Roof. See the picture on the cover of the newsletter. On June 23rd, Tom Amendola took home a Top Ten Classic award from the Lansdale Auto Group All Mopar Show for his 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible “Miss Fury”. Congratulations to all the winners. If you would like to share your show wins, send your name, the show name, what kind of award and which car won, along Sam Mento receiving his with a photo, to [email protected]. fifth Repeat Senior. P

Winners at the St. Joan of Arc Classics for Charity Show. Top to Bottom: Carl Villone, Carl Grossman, Jim Hann, Steven Soppe and Tom Amendola.

Winners at the Collingswood May Fair, from left to right: Bruce MacLachlan, Dave Hann and Steven Soppe. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 4 gh The Passing of Larry Corn gh gh The Passing of Rita Wiedemann gh article by Steven Soppe Long time members of Ankokas will remember Bill and Rita Wiedemann. Bill was a Past President in 1991 and 1994-1995. Bill and Rita were Hankins Memorial Award recipients for 1996-1997. Rita passed away on May May 15, 2019 in Manor Care Nursing Home in Sinking Spring, PA, after her battle with Alzheimer’s. She was the loving wife of 54 years to William Wiedemann. She was a article by Diana Antinucci graduate of Sterling High School,a resident of Somerdale, Lawrence (Larry) NJ, then Magnolia, NJ, then Atco, NJ before moving to Corn passed away on Blandon, PA and finally to Newmanstown in 2006. Rita was June 6th at the age of 74. survivor by her husband Bill Wiedemann, a daughter and A resident of Hainesport since son, and two granddaughters. Services will be private. Our 1951, he played football at thoughts and prayers go out to Bill and the family. Rancocas Valley Regional High School and served in the Army during Vietnam. He was a member Farewell to Thee! But not farewell of the AACA and a former member To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; of Ankokas and owned 1929 and Within my heart they still shall dwell 1931Model A Fords and a 1947 And they shall cheer and comfort me. Ford pickup. He is survived Life seems more sweet that Thou didst live by his three sons and nine And men more true Thou wert one; grandchildren. Nothing is lost that Thou didst give, Nothing destroyed that Thou hast done.

- Farewell, Anne Bronte

gh Sunshine: Bonnie Howey gh Bonnie Howey is home recovering from lung cancer surgery at Virtua Malrton hospital. She is doing well and working her Floral frame design by Freepik.com. way back into her routine. We all wish her well! gh Kyle Blake Hangs Out with Dennis Gage gh article by Steven Soppe Ankokas member Kyle Blake had the chance to hang out with Dennis Gage, host of the TV show My Classic Car, at the 2019 Rhinebeck Car Show and swap meet in Rhinebeck, NY on May 5th. Kyle was showing his 1967 Plymouth Barracuda when Dennis came over to admire Kyle’s car. The two spent some time talking about the car, and from the picture, it looks like they were having a few good laughs too. Kyle says Dennis didn’t film his car for an upcoming episode of the TV show, but he did get to watch the crew film a ‘gorgeous 1941 Studebaker Commander’. And yes, the mustache is real. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 5 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

article by Diana Antinucci natural gas. There are several ways of doing this, but the In this second part of our hydrogen fuel cell story, most common is steam-methane reformation, in which we’re going to cover how hydrogen is produced, some very hot steam reacts with methane and, with the help of roadblocks to widespread use and safety issues. In a catalyst (usually a very expensive metal, ie: platinum), the next installment, we’ll look at the pros and cons of produces hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a small amount hydrogen fuel cells, comparisons between hydrogen fuel of carbon dioxide. This method can also be used with cell vehicles (FCV), battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and ethanol, propane or gasoline. I say “unfortunately” because internal combustion engines (ICE) and then we’ll look into one reason to move to hydrogen fuel cells is to reduce the near future and see what fuel cell technology will be greenhouse emissions. Producing hydrogen in this fashion available sooner than you think. Hydrogen likes to bond with other atoms and does not exist negates the benefit, but it’s the dominant method because as naturally occurring deposits like fossil fuels, so it must be it’s less expensive and more efficient. extracted from other sources. One clean source is water with The major hurdles for hydrogen production and use of fuel wind-, water- or solar-powered electricity used to extract the cells now are cost and high carbon emissions. Hydrogen hydrogen. Plants using this technology are currently working gas contains about the same amount of energy as a similar on bringing operating costs amount of gasoline, but costs down and boosting production. twice as much to bring to the Its current efficiency is between pump. Part of this cost is lack 50% and 70%, depending on the of infrastructure, which is set to size of the facility. It requires large change in the near future, but will amounts of water, about thirteen cost billions of dollars. Part of the gallons of water per mile of travel. cost is also the precious metals While not prevalent here in the required to make the fuel cells. US, other countries are making Formerly, a concern was that more use of this technology. Iceland uses geothermal power, hydrogen fuel cell cars had Denmark uses wind and Canada range and cold start issues at uses hydro-electric power to low ambient temperatures, but achieve electrolysis (splitting this has been addressed and oxygen and hydrogen from is no longer a problem, even at water). Some fueling stations temperatures below zero. even produce hydrogen from Hydrogen storage tanks in a Honda fuel cell vehicle. Photo by One issue that is still a concern electrolysis on-site using solar power. Jafet and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share is the lack of regulation, codes and In March 2019, scientists figured Alike 3.0 Unported License. technical standards that could create out a process by which we can not a safety issue and must be addressed only skip the step of purifying the water, but we can use before widespread consumption. Speaking of safety, we seawater. Previously, purifying the water drove the cost up must address the elephant in the room, the word that jumps and being able to only use fresh water put a strain on that to mind when speaking about hydrogen fuel: Hindenburg, a resource. The new method uses a different metal coating for disaster that practically happened in our backyard in 1937. the electrodes and is powered by solar energy. It’s been well-known that ammonia is a source of hydrogen, For many of us, we can see where it happened with less but previously it only combusted at very high temperatures than an hour’s drive. The Hindenburg, a German zeppelin and produced nitrogen oxides as a by-product of the reaction, that used hydrogen for lift, caught fire while landing during a a pollutant that causes lung infections. Now researchers have thunderstorm, erupting in flames and killing 36 people. Turns found that introducing a crystal made from copper, silicon and out that, while the disaster is no less tragic, hydrogen may not some other metals both reduced the combustion temperature be to blame. Research shows that the hydrogen gas burned of ammonia and the only by-product was harmless di- off in less than sixty seconds and what fueled the fire was the nitrogen, which makes up most our atmosphere anyway. In diesel fuel used by the engines and the aluminum-powder- other research in 2011, scientists found a way to recharge a painted canvas that formed the balloon. (For an illuminating hydrogen storage compound called ammonia borane and in exploration into the causes of the Hindenburg disaster, watch 2018, researchers powered a Toyota Mirai and a Hyundai Nexo the first episode of season five of Mythbusters.) (both fuel cell vehicles) in this way. Both of these technologies In truth, fueling our vehicles with hydrogen may be safer are very new and only in the infant stages of development. than the gasoline we now use. Hydrogen is fourteen times Unfortunately, today 95% of hydrogen is produced from continued on page 6 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 6

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars continued from page 5 tests, but also ballistics testing where bullets fired at the tank “bounced off”. The tank was only compromised when armor- lighter than air and quickly dissipates away from the vehicle, piercing bullets were fired repeatedly at the same place on the unlike gasoline, which pools onto the ground. In 2001, tank. The fuel cell stack and battery pack (two sources of high researchers set fire to a hydrogen tank in an SUV and also voltage electric) are sealed in separate metal containers and set fire to gas leaking from a punctured fuel line in a gasoline are insulated from the body of the car. vehicle. The gasoline vehicle suffered severe fire damage, but In the next installment we’ll talk about the pros and cons the hydrogen vehicle was undamaged because the burning of hydrogen fuel cells, comparisons between hydrogen, hydrogen quickly moved up and away from the vehicle. Fuel electric and gasoline vehicles and fuel cell vehicles that will be cell vehicles also have safety systems including leak alarms, available in the near future. Stay tuned! valves and fuel lines that seal in case of a leak and hydrogen P tanks made from carbon fiber which not only endured crash ghgh It Caught My Eye ghgh

article by Diana Antinucci a of 152.33 mph. In 1927, Segrave drove a On May 31st, Steve and I were just about to leave Johnson’s 1000hp Sunbeam for a record speed of 203.792 mph. Corner Farm when my head whipped around. She was a Despite all this, sales were slow and Sunbeam had beauty, dressed in red and curves all over. She was a car, borrowed money for a period of ten years in 1924 to race of course. What were you thinking? But what kind of car? their cars. Racing turned out to be quite expensive, the I searched through my limited knowledge base. Triumph, Great Depression hit and in 1934, unable to repay their MG, Sprite? No, no and no. I finally had to ask Steve. “It’s a debts, Sunbeam fell in receivership and was sold to the Sunbeam. An Alpine, I think.” Rootes Brothers, who had bought a number of other car “Never heard of it,” I answered, circling the car. builders. Their original intent was to build luxury cars under “You don’t see them much. Maxwell Smart drove a car like the Sunbeam name, but instead added the Sunbeam name it, a .” to their brand creating I looked her up and down and Sunbeam-Talbot. During WWII, I liked what I saw. I liked it very the company produced the much. Sunbeam W4, the only trolleybus John Marston first registered available in England, and Rootes the Sunbeam name in Britain in also produced 60% of England’s 1888 for his bicycle business. armored cars. His apprentice, Thomas Cureton, In 1953, Sunbeam-Talbot dealer persuaded him to build cars George Hartwell made a one- and between 1899 and 1901, off rally car, a two-seat sports they produced a number of roadster he called an Alpine. The experimental vehicles. They company later produced Alpines began manufacturing their first car based on the Sunbeam-Talbot in 1901 for £130 (almost $20,000 90 Saloon, which had been today). This first car would appear successful in road rallies. The odd to us today, with two seats facing The that I spotted at Johnson’s Farm. Alpine Mark I and Mark III (there was Photo by D. Antinucci. in opposite directions, a single- no mark II) were hand-built and about cylinder engine with not quite three 3000 were made between 1953 and horsepower and a top speed of 18 mph. 1955. Only about 200 exist today. In 1954, the Talbot name In 1905, the car portion of the business was separated was dropped from Sunbeam and Sunbeam became the from the bicycle business as Sunbeam Motor Car Company sports-performance marque for Rootes. In 1956, the Sunbeam Limited. In 1912, they branched out into producing Alpine was replaced by the , but the Alpine motorcycles and aircraft engines. During WWI, they made returned in 1959. trucks, ambulances and aircraft. Their heyday was in the The Alpine Series I was a two-seat convertible that brought 1920s. In 1922, Kenelm Lee Guinness set a land speed record a little more comfort than an MG, Austin-Healey or Morgan. It of 133.75 mph in a Sunbeam 350HP. had a standard waterproof soft top, optional hard top, roll-up windows (a first for British sports cars of the time), a 1494cc bought this same car, painted it a vivid blue, renamed it “Blue four-cylinder engine, four-speed with optional Bird” and achieved another land speed record of 146.16 mph and synchromesh on the top three gears, optional in 1924. In 1925, he set another record in the same car with a wire wheels, heater, front disc and rear drum brakes speed of 150.76 mph. In 1926, drove a four- and front independent suspension. The result was a British litre V12 Sunbeam named Ladybird (later renamed Tiger) for that went well, stopped well, looked good doing it continued on page 7 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 7 It Caught My Eye continued from page 6 dropped in 1967. Sunbeam continued as a marque until 1976. and was a pleasure to drive. In 1959, The Motor test drove an If you’re looking for a Sunbeam Alpine, you’re in luck. Alpine with overdrive, reporting a top speed of 99.5 mph, 0-60 Because of the higher production rates, they can still be mph in 13.6 seconds and fuel consumption of 26.1 mpg. 1959 found at reasonable prices, with the possible exception of the was the only year for the Series one and almost 12,000 were 1960 luxury three door “shooting ” version with leather made. interior and wood dash. These are far more rare and so more The Series II was released in 1960 with a 1,592cc engine expensive. and revised rear suspension, but few other changes were By and large, there is no point for anyone selling an Alpine to made. Almost 20,000 of these were made before being lie about the model or misrepresent the car you’re looking at, replaced by the Series III in 1963. The Series III, produced in but what follows are some identifying characteristics. Series I 1963 and 1964, had a less powerful 1,592cc engine and twin Alpines have serial numbers that begin with “B90”, the leading fuel tanks fitted in the rear quarter panels to make more room edge of the doors have a three-inch high chrome post, the in the trunk. The Series IV (1964-65) offered new rear styling center console opens from the side, the original steering wheel with much-reduced fins. An unpopular is somewhat large, the original pedals are somewhat small and was an option and from the fall of 1964 onward, the manual the dash was painted silver gray with no map light above the transmission had synchromesh in all four gears. Series V glove box. Series II Alpines have a serial number that begins (1965-68) had a 1,725cc engine with twin Zenith-Stromberg with “B91”, a 1,592cc in-line four-cylinder engine with a single semi-draught carbs and a 35 amp that replaced the Solex carb, steel side window posts that extend to the top of generator on previous models. The automatic transmission the windscreen, cant rails to stiffen the soft top around the option was dropped. In 1969, a less side windows and a rain gutter on the expensive, slightly slower model of inside of the door tops. Be aware, in 1961, the Rapier was rebadged as an Alpine. Thomas Harrington Ltd. Produced some Between 1959 and 1968, around 70,000 customized Alpines with walnut Alpines were sold. dashboards, wire wheels and upgraded After a few successful years for the engines. If your seller says he has one of Alpine, the director of US West-Coast these cars, do your homework before you operations began looking at the Alpine write your check. Series III Alpines have with an eye to putting a small-block V8 into it, like what had a serial number beginning with “B92”, a done with the Cobra. After reaching an 1,592cc in-line four-cylinder engine with agreement with Shelby, the Sunbeam Zenith W1A3 carbs, a single air cleaner, Tiger (named in honor of the car driven cast iron exhaust manifold, quarter by Segrave in 1926) was released in vents added to the front of the doors, a GT style interior with wood dash and 1964, an Alpine with a Ford V8 engine. 1953 Sunbeam Alpine. Photo by John Morris and Of course, a few modifications had used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 wood rimmed steering wheel, adjustable to be made. The firewall was moved Generic License. steering column, two-speed wipers and to make room for the engine, the a chrome hood badge with plastic insert. transmission, rear-end, steering and cooling system were The Series III was available as a Gran Turismo with fixed hard all upgraded. The Tiger was fitted with a dual exhaust that top or a Sports Tourer. Series IV Alpines have a serial number was routed through the frame rails. The Sunbeam went from beginning with “B94”, grill with a single stainless strip and competing (and losing to) MGs and Triumphs to competing Rootes medallion, chrome Sunbeam letters over the grill and with Jaguars and Corvettes. All that fun was available to the in front of the hood, bumpers fitted with over-riders with black consumer for far less money than a Corvette or Jaguar too rubber tips, rear vertical tail lights, greatly reduced rear fins, and high performance options (LAT or Los Angeles Tiger front side lights with two bulbs with clear parking light and options) screened by Shelby American were available from yellow turn signal, hinged fuel cap and a Series IV badge under Sunbeam dealerships. Sunbeam Tigers won first in class in the “Alpine” on the right side of the trunk. Cars with a Borg 1964 at the Geneva Rally, in 1965 at the Monte Carlo Rally, in Warner automatic transmission have “BW” at the end of the 1965 at the International Scottish Rally and took first in 1965 serial number. Series IVA started about halfway through Series at the International Police Rally in Belgium. Seven thousand IV production. These cars have serial numbers beginning with Sunbeam Tigers were sold in the first three years, about 6,550 “B941” and are otherwise almost indistinguishable from a MKI Tigers from 1964-66 and only 536 MKII Tigers in 1967. Series IV. cars do have one difference, Unfortunately, Rootes was in financial trouble and in 1964, with reverse on the left in Series IV cars and on the right in bought 30%, taking full control of the company in Series IVA. Series V Alpines have a serial number beginning in 1967. Chrysler proceeded to sift through the Rootes models, “B395”, no foot well vents, control knobs marked “V” on either attempting to build a single brand from the best models of side below the dash, no Sunbeam letters in front of the hood, each, translate “best” here as “cheapest”. Customer loyalty a Chrysler “Pentistar” on the lower front fender and a “1725” faded away. The Sunbeam Tiger was one of the models fender badge.

continued on page 8 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 8 It Caught My Eye continued from page 7 When buying a Tiger it is even more important to know what It is common for new outer panels to cover a bad body shell. you are looking at. Tigers are more expensive than Alpines Ask if the seller can jack up the car at the rear jacking point. If (some by a factor of 10x) and some are Alpines that have this is done, try opening and closing the doors while the car is been converted and either intentionally or unintentionally jacked up. If they do not open and close easily, check the sills, misrepresented to fetch a higher price. Mark I Tigers have ends of the cruciform and front mountings of the rear springs. If a serial number that starts with B947, had 260 V8 engines, the seller says he can’t jack the car at the rear, there may be a round door, hood and trunk corners, lead filled seams, metal rust issue. Look under the car for signs of rust as this is not an convertible top covers and Ford top loader transmissions. easy repair, particularly on Series III, IV and V. Check the sills and Mark 1A Tigers have serial numbers starting with B382, bottoms of the front fenders square door corners, soft vinyl with a magnet, looking for filler convertible top covers and that may be hiding rust. The unfilled body seams. Mark II hinge mounts of the “A” post Tigers have serial numbers on series I and II can also be a starting with B382100 and had rust concern. Look on top of the 289 cubic inch V8 engines, scuttle drain for dimpling as a an eggcrate grill, all the sign of internal rust. This is also updates of the Mark 1As and a tough fix and can eventually a stainless steel fenderwell rot through. Actually, check the molding that replaced the entire car for rust, especially the chrome side trim and Tiger rear inner wheel arches, doors, emblem on earlier cars. If you screen surrounds, rocker panels, floors (particularly behind the are unsure whether you are front ) and rear looking at a genuine Tiger, attachment points. Look for the TIROST Registry may be even door gaps. Series I and II able to help. The International hardtops are aluminum, so they 1964 Sunbeam Tiger. Photo by sv1ambo and used under the Registry of Sunbeam Tigers don’t suffer from rust, but may crack Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License. or the Sunbeam Tiger Owners or tear. After Series II, the hardtops are Association’s Tiger Authentication steel and rust is an issue and could be difficult and expensive to Committee may also be helpful. VIN and JAL tags are on the deal with. If the brakes seem to be a problem, be aware that the cowl just inside the hood with a second located on the right front disc rotors can be difficult to get. Run the engine and listen side valve cover. These numbers should match. Unfortunately, for bad omens. Check the exhaust for blue smoke. Check the they are easy to remove and replace. If you are looking at coolant in the radiator for the tell-tale milky hue of oil leaking into a Mark I or Mark IA, the good news is that because high the coolant. On the bright side, soft tops, electrical components, numbers of these cars were made, most parts can be found upholstery, door trim, complete dash panels, steering wheels, easily at a reasonable price. Because the Mark II is more rare, badges, , suspensions, transmissions and differentials they are more expensive to repair or restore and parts can be can all be easily replaced or repaired. hard to find. P ghgh Album Puzzle ghgh In celebration of Vinyl Record Day on August 12th, put these classic albums in order of year of release. Answers are on page 18.

1. Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice- Jesus Christ Superstar 2. The Beatles- A Hard Day’s Night 3. The Beatles- Help! 4. Bruce Springstein- Born to Run 5. Bruce Springstein- Born in the USA 6. The Cars- The Cars 7. Crowded House- Crowded House 8. The Doors- The Doors 9. The Eagles- Hotel California 10. Guns ‘N Roses- Appetite for Destruction 11. Johnny Cash- Johnny Cash at San Quentin 12. Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On 13. Nirvana- Nevermind 14. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon 15. Pink Floyd- The Wall

Photo by Evan-Amos and released to the public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 9

A series about cars from movies and The Car is The Star television

“She’s my very own guiding star.” article by Diana Antinucci

My Mother the Car aired for a single season Some of the changes made to the car included (1965-66) and was disliked by both adult giving it a brass radiator with Porter script, a longer audiences and critics, but people who saw the hood, rear-mounted outboard fuel tank, leather hood show as children still fondly remember it. And straps, diamond-tufted naugahyde upholstery, white part of the reason it is so well remembered is a tonneau cover, chrome windshield braces, half- car. A car that was never real, a 1928 Porter. moon hubcaps, running board-mounted spare There were two and cane-clad trunk (which later became companies named a convenient place to hide special effects Porter that did make equipment). George Barris built a second cars. One was made car for stunt work. This car could be in Boston between driven by a person concealed under the 1900 and 1901 and floorboards using levers and mirrors when was a steam car. The scenes called for the car to drive itself. other was a luxury The “hero” car was used for driving shots automobile produced and close-ups, while the in Connecticut “stunt” car was used for long shots and special between 1919 and effects. Both of these cars 1922. None of these cars exist survived the show. A third today and the one in the show is car used in one episode nothing like them. as a “1932 Porter” may The car in the show began life never have been finished as a Ford Model T and was turned and its whereabouts are into a hot rod, using a Chevy unknown. 283 V8 engine and Powerglide After the show was automatic transmission, by The front and rear views of the stunt car while it was in cancelled, Barris sold the Star Cars Museum in Gatlinburg, TN. Norm Grabowski and seen on the stunt car to casino the covers of hot rod magazines Photo by Douglas Wilkinson of www. RemarkableCars. tycoon William Harrah, who com. Click here to see more from this website. and even used in the movie displayed the car in his Bill Sex Kittens Go To College. Harrah Auto Collection. Grabowski sold the hot rod to a friend of Following Harrah’s death, the car was auctioned his, Kaye Trapp, the assistant prop man and spent some time in Rear View Mirror Museum for MGM Studios. Trapp leased the car to in Nags Head, NC, Herbie’s Antique & Classic Car the producers of My Mother the Car and Museum in Mount Pleasant, SC and Star Cars then, with the help of special effects expert Museum in Gatlinburg, TN. On Sept. 3, 2017, the Norm Breedlove, transformed the car into car was auctioned again by Dragone Auction and a fictional 1928 Porter (possibly named sold for $55,000. The remote driving rig is still intact after the show’s production manager, W. A. and operational. The hero car resides in Edmonton, Porter and not the former auto makers). Alberta, Canada. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 10 ghgh From the AACA Rummage Box ghgh administer this program, we are able to offer the first Give Back to Our Veterans: year AACA Membership free to active, retired and Promote the Military Sponsorship Program veterans of our military. Past president, Bob Parrish article by Wayne Tuck, Vice-President Membership just informed me that Holly has just processed the We all owe a debt to our military veterans. No, I’m 400th veteran into this program. not going to repeat all the sacrifice’s they In order to take advantage of this have made for our country. Whether they program we need you, the members to have served in a war zone, spent time get the word out and let the veterans assigned to some remote location, have know that this program exists. Has your been away from their family and loved region or chapter made available the ones, or even had a great assignment in tri-fold military sponsorship brochure a vacation area, they all have one thing in which includes the application to you? common. They served our country. Do they have a supply on hand? Do you When they signed up to serve there was display them at your region activities no guarantee of what they would do or and events? The brochure is available where they may be assigned, but each by simply calling AACA headquarters and every one has accepted that risk. and re-questing them. It makes me proud that AACA has a So let’s get out there and spread the “Military Sponsorship Program”. Thanks Wayne Tuck, AACA Vice- word. Honor our veterans by giving them a to our fellow member Lieutenant Colonel President Membership. free AACA membership for the first year. P (Ret.) Holly Forester who volunteers to

You’ll smile too if you come to the Annual Haddonfield Car Show Sept. 14, 2019: 9AM-2PM! Kings Highway and Tanner St. in Haddonfield. Pre-registration only. And don’t forget the show meeting on Sept. 12th. See you there! SMOKE SIGNALS Page 11 ghghgh Ankokas Events 2019 ghghgh Sept. 12: 7:30PM: Ankokas regular monthly meeting on the Sept. 14: 32nd Annual Haddonfield Car Show. Volunteers second floor of the Haddonfield Municipal Building, 242 Kings should be at Tanner St. by 7:30AM. Highway East, Haddonfield. This meeting will be our pre-show Go to http://www.ankokas.com/calendar.cfm for more event meeting. All members are highly encouraged to attend. listings. ghghgh AACA Calendar 2019/2020 ghghgh Oct. 9-12, 2019: AACA Eastern Fall National. Hershey, April 2-5, 2020: Southeastern Spring National hosted PA. Hosted by the Hershey Region. by the Hornets Nest Region. Chjarlotte, NC. Feb. 6-8, 2020: AACA Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Go to www.aaca.org/Calender/aaca_calendar.html for more PA. Call 717-534-1910 for more information. information and listings. ghgh Fun Holidays to Celebrate in July & August ghgh July 1: International Joke Day August 2: International Beer Day July 3: Superman Day August 3: Campfire Day July 8: Video Games Day August 5: Doll Day July 10: National Kitten Day August 8: International Cat Day July 13: Embrace Your Geekness Day August 9: Book Lovers’ Day July 14: Shark Awareness Day August 10: Smithsonian Day July 16: World Snake Day August 10: National Bowling Day July 17: Disneyland Day August 12: Vinyl Record Day July 18: World Listening Day August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day July 21: National Junk Food Day August 17: Black Cat Appreciation Day July 22: Hammock Day August 19: Aviation Day July 24: Amelia Earhart Day August 24: Vesuvius Day July 25: National Wine & Cheese Day Hammock Day. August 25: International Bat Night July 30: Paperback Book Day Graphic by macrovector. August 28: Pony Express Day July 31: Mutts Day August 29: More Herbs, Less Salt Day ghghgh Local Events ghghgh July 4: 8AM-12PM: 4th of July Breakfast Show at the Silver July 27: 9AM-3PM (rain date August 3): St. Paul School Car Diner. 2131 Rte. 38, Cherry Hill, NJ. Registration ends at 10AM. Show & Open House. 250 James St., Burlington, NJ. $20 fee. $20 DOS. Awards in 20 classes. Call Tom 856-524-2588. Top 50 trophies, peer-judged. G&M catered lunch, raffles, DJ, July 12: Collector Car Appreciation Day. Take out your classic air-conditioned cafeteria. Call George Bifano 609-234-5135. cars and share them with the world! July 28: 10AM-2PM (rain date August 4th): Berlin K9 Fundraiser Car Show. Old K-Mart parking lot, 328 S. White July 13: 11AM-4PM (rain date July 20): Merchantville Classic Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ 08099. DOS $10. Trophies, T-shirts, Car Show. Downtown Merchantville, NJ. Hosted by the goodie bags and chinese auction. Merchantville Task Force. 30 judged classes, beer garden, live August 10&11: 7:30AM-3PM: New Hope Auto Show. New Hope- music, food, vendors. $25 DOS. Call Eric 856-617-1463. Solebury High School, 180 Bridge St. (Rte. 179), New Hope, PA. July 18: 6-8:30PM: Cruizin’on the River Car & Cycle Cruise $10 fee for guests, $25 registration fee to show vehicle. Pre- Night.Riverfront Promenade, Burlington, NJ. No admission registration strongly recommended. Call 215-862-5665. fee. Trophies, food vendors, door prizes, dining coupons. August 15: 6-8:30PM: Cruizin’on the River Car & Cycle Cruise Call Lisa Schiller 609-386-0200 x114 or e-mail lschiller@ Night.Riverfront Promenade, Burlington, NJ. No admission fee. burlingtonNJ.us. Trophies, food vendors, door prizes, dining coupons. Call Lisa July 18: 6-9PM: Collingswood Cruise Night. Registration Schiller 609-386-0200 x114 or e-mail [email protected]. August 15: 6-9PM: Collingswood Cruise Night. Registration opens at 4:45PM at Collingswood Senior Community Center, opens at 4:45PM at Collingswood Senior Community Center, 30 W. Collins Ave., Collingswood, NJ. $5 fee. E-mail tseeley@ 30 W. Collins Ave., Collingswood, NJ. $5 fee. E-mail tseeley@ collingswood.com. collingswood.com. July 26: 5-9PM: Johnson’s Corner Farm Christmas in July August 17: 4-8PM (rain date August 18): 23rd Annual Riverside Car Cruise. 133 Church Rd., Medford, NJ. Decorate you car Car & Motorcycle Show. Scott St. & Pavillion Ave., Riverside, for Christmas and meet Santa and Mrs. Claus! NJ. Registration 2-4PM. $20 DOS. Beer garden, food vendors, trophies. Call Riverside Business Association 1-800-241-0684. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 12

gh 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks gh article by Diana Antinucci seeing an eight foot long shark in the creek. His report was A shark attacks five people in just ten days off the coast dismissed. Around 2:00PM, a group of boys was skinny- of resort towns. Sounds like a work of fiction? Think again. It dipping in the creek. The boys saw the shark, but it grabbed happened right here in New Jersey. Between July 1 and July eleven year old Lester Stilwell by the arm and dragged 12, 1916, a shark attacked five people. Only one survived. him under before he could get out of the water. Still naked, Swimming and sunbathing were relatively new activities the rest of the boys raced to town for help, returning with in 1916. With more people entering the water, the frequency several men thinking the epileptic boy had a fit in the water. of interactions with sharks increased. Most people weren’t Local tailor, Stanley Fisher, age 24, entered the water and worried about it. Many American experts believed sharks found Lester’s body at the bottom of the creek before being would not knowingly attack a human and any bites attacked himself. Lester’s body was lost again and Stanley were caused purely by accident. Henry Weed Fowler, an was brought to a train that took him to Monmouth Memorial ichthyologist, and Henry Skinner, a curator at Hospital where he later died. About thirty the Academy of Natural Sciences, believed minutes after the shark attacked Lester and that shark’s lacked the strength to sever Stanley and about a half-mile away, Joseph limbs. The director of the American Museum Dunn, age 14 had his left leg bitten, but of Natural History, Frederic Lucas, doubted was rescued by his brother and a local sea a shark could even break a human bone. In captain and was taken to a hospital where early 1916, he even went so far as to say that he recovered from the injury. Lester Stilwell’s even the largest great white couldn’t sever a body was recovered on July 14th, near a human leg. Tragically, the experts were about railroad trestle over the creek, about 150 to be proven wrong. upstream from his attack. On July 1, 1916, at Beach Haven, NJ, Five thousand dollars in federal money vacationer Charles Vansant, age 25, took was given, President Woodrow Wilson his dog out for a swim before dinner. People (former governor of New Jersey) met with on the shore thought he was calling for his his Cabinet about the attacks and the dog when they began hearing the shouting. Treasury Secretary suggested mobilizing He was rescued by a life guard, his left the Coast Guard. Locals near Matawan thigh stripped of flesh, and taken into the Creek tossed dynamite into the water to kill Engleside Hotel where he bled to death on the shark. There was a rash of shark hunts, the manager’s desk at 6:45PM. After this first spurred on by bounties on sharks. Hundreds attack, experts were forced to admit that it of sharks were killed in one of the largest had been a shark attack, but insisted that the animal hunts in history. Frederic Lucas, who shark was after the dog and the attack had previously said a shark couldn’t on Vansant had been a mistake. Map of the 1916 shark attacks. Map by Kmusser and break human bone, was forced to admit Beaches remained open and reports used under the GNU Free Documentation License. that he was wrong. Experts came forth by sea captains of large sharks off the with differing theories. Was it one shark coast of New Jersey and New York City were ignored. The or multiple sharks? What kind of shark? Was it even a shark? second attack was 45 miles north of Beach Haven in Spring One ichthyologist suggested it was an orca, someone else Lake, NJ. On July 6th, Charles Bruder, age 27, swam out suggested sea turtles. about 390 feet (past the demarcated swimming area) and On the same day that Lester Stilwell’s body was found, had both legs bitten off by a large shark. Two lifeguards taxidermist and Barnum and Bailey lion tamer, Michael rowed out and pulled him from the water, but he bled to Schleisser caught a 7.5 foot long great white in Raritan Bay, death before reaching shore. near the mouth of the Matawan Creek. When he opened The second attack drew more of a response. The story up the shark, its gut contained fifteen pounds of meat later made the front pages of the Boston Herald, Chicago Sun- identified as human. There were no more attacks following Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post and the this and the general consensus is that Schleisser’s shark was San Francisco Chronicle. Asbury Park enclosed the beach the “Jersey man-eater”. with steel-wire-mesh fencing and the waters were patrolled General consensus, but not complete agreement. The by armed men in motorboats. It was the only beach left Matawan attacks occurred in a creek less than forty feet open. New Jersey resort proprietors lost about $250,000 wide and twenty feet deep. It would be highly unusual for ($5.8 million today). The federal government was asked for a great white to enter a small freshwater creek. There is help in protecting the beaches and hunting down the shark. another known man-eater that does venture into freshwater. The next attack happened on July 12th in Matawan Creek The bull shark has been pointed to as a possible culprit, but near Keyport, NJ. Thomas Cottrell, a sea captain, reported they are even more rare than great whites in this area. It is

continued on page 13 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 13 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks continued from page 12 been hunted because of wide-spread panic, for food and possible, however, that due to a full moon at the time of the for sport since the panic of 1916 and populations have long attacks, high tide could have drawn more salt water into the been in desperate trouble. Recent studies show a rebound creek, raising the salinity by twice than normal amount. The in populations, however, and just on Monday, June 17, 2019 casualties of the 1916 attacks are officially listed as victims of New Jersey fishermen encountered a sixteen foot long great a great white shark. white shark, after three attacks in North Carolina in the last In 1974, Peter Benchley published Jaws, a fictional account two weeks. The video has gone viral (see ABC report at of a great white shark attacking people off the coast of a resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjMMiLgV1Q). town. Benchley insists that although one of the fishermen After a lengthy research project on sharks years ago, involved in the shark hunts two things happened to me. I gained a new respect and inspired the character of admiration for sharks. And I Quint, the 1916 attacks were don’t go in the water above not the basis for his book. In my knees anymore. I’m hard 1975, Jaws was made into a pressed to go in over my blockbuster movie, which even ankles. When I remember makes a brief mention of the videos of some great whites 1916 attacks. beaching themselves to One hundred years later, the snatch seals off the shore, New Jersey 1916 shark attacks I consider not going to the remain unique in history. At no beach at all. I wouldn’t call it a other time has a single shark phobia, because phobias are attacked so many people in groundless, irrational fears. I a short span of time. It’s little would call it a healthy dose of comfort to a populace that self-preservation when armed hears the Jaws theme play in with facts. And the fact is, large their head every time they enter sharks still roam the waters off the water. Of course, they aren’t Bronx Home News photo of Michael Schleisser with the great white shark the coast of New Jersey. the deadliest creatures in the that he caught. Copyright expired, public domain. Happy swimming. P water. We are. Sharks have gh My Favorite Books gh Paperback Book Day is July 30th and Book Lovers’ Day is ŠŠQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure August 9th, so I thought I would share some of my favorite Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pederson. If your books. The price following the description is the current price interested in the history of medicine, this may be the book on Amazon.com. for you. All the secret horrors of the medical profession ŠŠThe Gettysburg Companion by Mark Adkin. For anyone between two covers. $16.70 with more than a passing interest in the battle of Gettysburg, ŠŠH. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction by Barnes & this book has everything you want to know. $75.00 Noble. Lovecraft is known for his weird tales. My favorite is ŠŠBat Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties and Cats Gone Bad Pickman’s Model. The volume I have came from Barnes & by Jim Edgar. Funny pictures of cats with hilarious captions. Noble, but Amazon has a similar volume for $11.96. Laugh out loud funny. $6.98 ŠŠWhat If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd ŠŠSalem’s Lot by Stephen King. Personally, I find his early Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. Answers to work to be some of his more frightening and this is one of my hypothetical questions like ‘What would happen if the Earth favorites. Paperback $7.64 and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning, but the ŠŠThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. A long-form poem about atmosphere retained its velocity?’. $13.83 varied topics including friendship, children and, my favorite, ŠŠDon’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need love. Illustrated hardcover $11.49 to Know About American History But Never Learned by ŠŠThe Complete Dinosaur by James O. Farlow and M. K. Kenneth C. Davis. A detailed look at things you forgot you Brett-Surman. An exhaustive book for the true enthusiast. The learned or maybe never knew. $13.40 first edition which I own is out of print. Second edition $61.00 ŠŠThe Complete Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson. Need ŠŠThe Real History of the American Revolution by Alan a laugh? This will do it. Paperback $48.87, hardcover $83.94 Axelrod. This is a deep dive into our American Revolution and ŠŠFrightfest Guide to Ghost Movies by Axelle Carolyn. a really satisifying read for history buffs. I’ve read my copy at Looking for a good spook flick? This will help you pick a least three times. $17.45 winner. Lots of information about a plethora of films. $17.82 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 14

gh Navajo Code Talkers gh August 14th is Navajo Code Talkers Day. If you don’t know The Navajo developed a two-part code. The first part was what I’m talking about, don’t feel too bad. A lot of people a simple substitution using a Navajo word for a letter in the don’t. And that’s a real shame. But you’re about to learn English language to spell out a word (wol-la-chee=ant=A). The about the military service of a very skilled group of people. other part was made up of descriptors in Navajo (a destroyer Then you can tell others and maybe someday these people became the Navajo word for shark, submarine became “iron will have the recognition they deserve. fish”, tank became “turtle”). The code initially had 211 of these A “code talker” is someone employed by the military to descriptors and had 411 by the end of the war. A code using use an obscure language to encode messages. In particular, these descriptors was much faster than the traditional coding this term is usually used to denote Native American language method using electronic equipment and involved ciphering and speakers used by the U.S. military. They are best known as translating procedures. Code talkers were given the message in “Navajo code talkers”, but there was a variety of peoples English, translated it into the Native American language without involved in code talking, including the Nakota, Lakota, writing it down and communicated the message to another Basque, Cherokee, Choctaw, code talker who translated Comanche, Cree, Meskwaki, the message back to English Mohawk, Muscogee, Navajo and entered it into a message and Tlingit. logbook. Code talking is normally The program was a success associated with World War II, and more than 400 Navajos were but the first recorded instance recruited as code talkers and is the use of the Cherokee more were recruited (or drafted) language at the Second from at least 16 other tribes. Battle of the Somme in World Some were as young as 15 War I. Other native languages (Native Americans did not keep were used in that war and records and some lied about the Germans learned about their age to enter the service) the use of Native American and many had never left the reservation before. In addition languages before the start to their basic training, they had of World War II and sent to memorize seventeen pages students to the U.S. to study of code, be able to transmit and Native American languages, decipher messages accurately but with the variety of Comanche code talkers. Public domain. under battlefield conditions, languages and dialects, the carry the heavy equipment on task became impossible. The their backs and know how to set up, repair and operate both Japanese tried the same thing and failed. wire and radio equipment. As an added hardship, some code During wartime, it is crucial to keep messages a secret. talkers in the Pacific theater were mistaken for enemy soldiers. The Japanese, many schooled in the U.S. and fluent in At Iwo Jima, code talkers worked around the clock sending over English, were excellent code breakers and early in WWII 800 messages without error. Fifth Marine Division Signal Officer no unbreakable code had yet been devised. U.S. military Major Howard Conner claimed, “Were it not for the Navajo Code officials were reluctant to use Native American languages Talkers, the Marines never would have taken Iwo Jima.” because they knew the Axis was aware of their use in WWI. Of the twenty-nine original WWII code talkers, none are The answer came from Philip Johnson, a civil engineer who alive today and only five code talkers remain today. Until had been raised on a Navajo reservation by his missionary the declassification of the operation in 1968, they received parents and had recently read an article about the military no recognition of their service. In 1982, they were given a attempting to use Native American languages for codes. He Certificate of Recognition by President Ronald Reagan, who thought Navajo would be well-suited to code talking as it is also established Navajo Code Talkers Day. In 2000, President a highly complex language (simple inflection can give the Clinton awarded Congressional Gold Medals of Honor to same word up to four different meanings and verb forms are the original 29 WWII code talkers and Silver Medals for the very complicated) and in 1942 the Navajo language had no others. In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded the Gold written form. It was estimated that less than 30 non-Navajo Congressional Medal of Honor to all code talkers that served people knew the Navajo language. Despite some misgivings, in WWI and WWII (except those that already received one). The the Marine Corps began a pilot program and twenty-nine Navajo Code was used through the Korean War and ended Navajo recruits underwent basic training and began to early in the Vietnam War. It remains the only spoken military develop the code. code that was never cracked. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 15

ghgh Roadside Ramblings ghgh Air Victory Museum, 68 Stacy Haines Rd., Lumberton, NJ

article by Diana Antinucci The airplanes are not the only things to see at the museum. Steven Snyder, a patent holder for altimeters used by The museum houses flags, photographs, weapons and skydivers, bought the South Jersey Regional Airport in a dioramas that help tell the story of aviation. There are artifacts bankruptcy sale in 1998. He liked working on vintage planes, from Amelia Earhart, the Tuskegee Airmen, Charles Lindbergh including his own F-86 Sabre, and had dreams of turning and the Wright Brothers, including an air tunnel used by the the Air Victory Museum into a 440,000 square foot aviation brothers in the early 1900s. There is a display about the crash experience, including an IMAX theater. Sadly, Snyder died of the Hindenburg in Lakehurst, NJ in 1937. There is also a in his F-86 during a private air show at his airport. His big full-scale replica of the ITOS weather satellite launched in 1960, dreams died with him. astronaut gear and early rocket designs. He still left a world-class aviation There is a large collection of uniforms museum right in our backyard, dating back to WWI, mostly from the US certified by both the US Navy and the military, but also from Canada, Russia, National Museum of Naval Aviation. China, Scotland, Great Britain and Today, that museum is run by Fred Thailand. The museum library has the Koch, Korean War veteran and largest aviation reference collection in volunteer at the museum since 1997. New Jersey with more than 4,000 books. The museum houses about a dozen The library is open to all museum visitors aircraft, including an F-86L, a Fisher during museum hours. FP-404, a B-29 bomber like the one The museum offers guided tours and that dropped the first atomic bomb, a can accommodate groups up to 50. They rare F-4A Phantom II, one of the first also have educational programs. The F-14 Tomcats put into service and museum is open year-round, Wednesday a blue and gold Navy A-4 Skyhawk F-14 Tomcat over the Persian Gulf in 2005. Photo by through Saturday, from 10AM to 4PM, from the Blue Angels. There is a P-80 Tech. Sgt. Rob Tabor while performing his duties and as with the exception of some national Shooting Star cockpit for visitors to such is in the public domain. holidays. Admission is only $4 for adults, sit in and an enormous complete $3 for seniors (62+) and $2 for children Junkers Jumo 004 engine that takes up an entire corner of from 4 to 13. Consider giving them a visit around Amelia the main wing. There is also a life-size model of the Wright Earhart Day on July 24th or Aviation Day on August 19th. There Brothers’ plane used at Kitty Hawk, NC for the first powered is also a diner with good food on the airport grounds. flight in 1903. For more information go to airvictorymuseum.com (.org is Some of the aircraft come to the museum in disrepair. someone else) or call 609-267-4488. CBS3 has a nice video These are sent to the museum’s workshop, located at the about the museum which you can see at https://philadelphia. back of the museum. Visitors are permitted to look inside, but cbslocal.com/2017/11/10/dream-drives-historic-aircraft-at-air- are not permitted to enter the work area. None of the planes victory-museum. on the display are capable of flying. P

Blue Angels A-4 Skyhawk at NAS Pansacola in 1975. Photo by RuthAS Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Photo by a member of the US Air Force while and used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. performing their duties and as such is in the public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 16

gh What’s Happening to the Bats? gh International Bat Night is August 25th. You may not know it by name, but chances are you’ve already Pd’s genome has been sequenced and it was found to be heard about it. Pseudogymnoascus destructans (or Pd) is a lacking an enzyme that allows it to repair its DNA after being cold-loving fungal growth that grows on the muzzles and wings exposed to UV light. About thirty seconds of exposure to of hibernating bats. In the late stages, it appears as a white UV light is enough to eradicate much of it, but the problem fuzz on the bat’s face, thus its more common name: white nose is getting that much UV light into the places where bats disease. The fungus causes some hibernating bats to wake up hibernate, like mines and caves. There is a vaccine that and become active when they should still be hibernating, using could be spread in a jelly-like material from bat to bat and up their fat reserves ingested as they groom. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) and causing them to die can be sprayed in a bat’s hibernation habitat and before winter is over. works by tricking the fungus into believing the area The disease was is dry, causing it to shut down spore production. A first reported in bat yeast-based fungicide is also being mixed into the populations in New York formula for good measure. Other treatments range state in 2007, but photos from anti-fungal compounds found in citrus fruits to taken in New York in bacteria molecules from the exoskeletons of shellfish 2006 already show the and insects. disease. Bats in Europe A wide range of treatments are being tested because and Asia have the same not all bats behave the same, so a bat that hibernates fungus, but don’t show communally needs to be treated differently than a the same alarming death more solitary bat. The hope is that these measures rates as bats here. will allow the time necessary for the bats to develop The fungus probably their own ways of coping with the disease. There is came over through some hope that this is already happening. Indiana contaminated soil, bats have begun to wake up together and the extra either through shipping warmth from all of the bats waking at the same time containers or carried on helps kill the fungus. Little brown bats have started to human clothing. Since limit the number of times they awake and some bats its introduction, over 6.7 in Pennsylvania are packing on more fat stores before million bats have died they hibernate. Some from the disease in thirty- bats, like the little brown three states and seven Canadian bat, are reproducing and provinces with some mortality rates passing on genes that as high as 97%. The hardest hit helped them cope with populations are among the little the disease. brown bat, the northern long-eared Currently, there is no bat and the tricolored bat. Fungal cure for Pd. Authorities diseases have also been attributed are suggesting that to the recent deaths of honey bees, those who wish to help frogs and snakes. avoid entering any Some people may not like bats and environment where bats they’re saying to themselves, “So may be hibernating what? I hate bats. They’re creepy.” and to thoroughly Creepy or not can be debated. decontaminate anything What can’t be debated is that the that may have been bats most effected by the disease exposed to the fungus. Top picture: Little brown bat with Pd on its muzzle. Above: PD on the wing eat about 2.4 million tons of insects of a little brown bat. Public Domain. Bat populations may annually and save farmers about three be helped by reducing billion dollars in pest control every outdoor lighting, putting year. By eating these insects, bats also help control the spread up bat houses and avoiding the clearing of trees. Anyone of insect-borne diseases like West Nile Virus. They are also witnessing odd behavior from a bat (flying during the day, important in pollination and seed dispersal. roosting in daylight or a bat that seems unable to fly) should call There is work being done to stop the spread of the disease. the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife at 856-629-0552. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 17

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In celebration of Video Games Day on July 8th, find the classic video games from the list on the right in the puzzle on the left. Answers on page 18.

ASTEROIDS (1979) DIG DUG (1982) DONKEY KONG (1981) DOOM (1993) DUCK HUNT (1984) FROGGER (1981) GALAGA (1981) PAC-MAN (1980) PITFALL (1982) POLE POSITION (1982) PONG (1972) SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (1991) SPACE INVADERS (1978) SUPER MARIO BROTHERS (1985) TETRIS (1985)

Atari 2600. Public domain.

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OFFICERS KATHY PETTERS, PAST National PRESIDENT [email protected] JOSEPH DOUGHERTY, PRESIDENT 856-767-4438 [email protected] 856-435-6798 DAVE HANN, DIRECTOR [email protected] Picnic Month TOM McLARNEY, VICE-PRESIDENT 856-304-3951 [email protected] 856-461-6688 NANCY DOUGHTERTY, DIRECTOR [email protected] 856-287-2310 JEFF SCHULTE, TREASURER [email protected] BERNIE SHUSTER, DIRECTOR 856-234-1623 [email protected] 856-429-7739 STEVEN SOPPE, SECRETARY [email protected] DIANA ANTINUCCI, DIRECTOR 609-848-4843 [email protected] 609-848-4843

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ghgh Letter From The Editors ghgh Diana: July kinda snuck up on me. was an informal tailgate meeting, there’s no meeting Steven: It’s July already? Goodie, that means in July or August, so September is the next meeting. Collector Car Appreciation Day is coming up on July Steven: So, what’s new with the newsletter? 12th! We can all bring our cars Diana: For those only getting out to show off how pretty they the printed edition, I had to cut are. some stories that are included Diana: There’s a lot of car in the web edition and the shows coming up too. I put It Caught My Eye story had some in the Local Events to be shortened. For extra calendar and there’s more content, you really can’t beat on our website at www. the web edition. Last year ankokas.com. Then there’s our the print edition didn’t even Haddonfield show coming up on have any Halloween content. September 14th. All of that was a web-only Steven: Don’t forget that the supplement. meeting is September 12th. It’s Steven: You’re not going to really important for people to go crazy again this Halloween, be there because we’ll take that are you? time to discuss the Haddonfield Diana: Do you even know show. me? Of course I will. And then Diana: Besides, it will be the “All audiences with the editorial supervisor must go after Halloween comes the first chance for cookies since through my assistant. Where is the little furball?” Christmas issue. And do you March. know what comes after that? Steven: Has it really been that long? Steven: January? Diana: There was no meeting in April because the Diana: Ten months of preparing for the next luncheon was our meeting, May was cancelled, June Halloween newsletter. P August is Golf Month

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Answers to Album Puzzle on page 8: A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Help! (1965), The Doors (1967), Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969), Jesus Christ Superstar (1970), What’s Going On (1971), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Born To Run (1975), Hotel California (1976), The Cars (1978), The Wall (1979), Born in the USA (1984), Crowded House (1986), Appetite for Destruction (1987), Nevermind (1991) SMOKE SIGNALS Page 19

ghgh Member Marketplace ghgh Wanted: One of the following cars: 1977-78 Buick Riviera, Recently restored with new tires, wire wheels, paint, interior, 1969-71 Pontiac Catalina, Bonneville or Grandville or 1973-76 dash, guages, roll bars, side pipes, wiring and shocks. Less Chevrolet Caprice. Most colors considered. No projects. Call than 1,000 on the rebuilt drive train. Asking $50,000. Call Howard 609-820-0329. 06/10/18 Chuck Culver 609-372-8535 or 609-261-5598. 7/23/19 To place an ad in Member Marketplace, please e-mail For Sale: Aluminum System One ladder racks for pick-up [email protected]. truck. Good condition. Asking $300. Contact Rich Howey 856- 904-2359.

Wanted: ‘49 Buick Roadmaster 2dr. that needs restoring or a 1963 Pontiac Tempest. Alan Coshland 609-801-1167.

For Sale: USA 960-T Pro Trig-Blast Sandblasting Cabinet. New List price…$1200.00. My price $500.00, you pick it up. Call Tom McLarney 856-461-8084.

For Sale: 1936 Ford Touring 4dr “Trunkback” Deluxe. Mileage on odometer 82,033. Washington blue exterior with matl. tan mohair cloth interior. V8 flathead engine, 3-speed manual transmission. Call Michelle Salerno 610-301-1072.

For Sale: 1952 Allard J2X reproduction. Registered as a 2004 J2X and has a fiberglass Allard body, 1952 Cadillac Chuck Culver’s Allard reproduction. 331 engine, dual quad carbs, and a 1953 Olds 3-spd trans. Important Reminder! The next regular meeting will be on Sept. 12, 2019 at 7:30PM on the second floor of the Haddonfield Municipal Building, 242 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield. The annual Haddonfield show will be discussed and all those planning on attending the show should come to the meeting.

We’re on the Web! Volunteers Needed! See us at: www.ankokas.com Our annual Haddonfield show Regular meetings are held on the is on Sept. 14, 2019. We need second Thursday of each month at 7:30PM on the second floor volunteers to help with car of the Haddonfield Municipal registration, show set-up, car Building. parking and vehicle judging. Director meetings are held on an “as needed” basis as determined Please contact Bob Petters by the officers.

856-767-4438 or Carl Villone NOTE: No meetings are scheduled in July, August or 856-227-3006. December. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 20 The Ankokas Region would like to thank its sponsors and encourage its members to patronize these businesses whenever possible:

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