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

July/August 2020 Volume 57, Issue 4

In This Issue:

ppFrom the Archives ppIt Caught My Eye ppThe Car Is The Star ppCalendars and Fun Holidays ppDog Breed Puzzle ppWebside Ramblings ppThe History of Bowling ppMail Order Catalogs ppAmelia Earhart In This Month’s Issue:

Looking Down the Road...... 1 News...... 2 From the Archives..... 3 Volting Into the Future...... 4 It Caught My Eye...... 5 Car is the Star...... 7 Well, 2020 has been a very 9 challenging year so far with the COVID-19 Rummage Box...... Carlisle show that 9 pandemic and everything being shutdown. Matching Puzzle...... was finally held June 17 10 Just when you think it can’t get any worse, we Ankokas Calendar..... thru June 20. It was held against 10 have all this trouble across the country. We AACA Calendar...... approval to hold it, due to the restrictions 10 are certainly living in extraordinary times. Fun Holidays...... of the virus, but at the last moment they were Local Events...... 10 Ankokas, along with everyone else, has been affected by this pandemic. We had to issued a fine with a court appearance the Cat Breed next day. They went to court and were able Puzzle...... 11 cancel the Charter Luncheon in April and the May meeting. However in June, thanks to to remain open. Now it looks like rest of the Webside shows at Carlisle will go on as scheduled. 12 technology, we had our first Zoom general Ramblings...... Carlisle has taken all the necessary measures History of Bowling.... 13 meeting. The meeting went well with about 15 people on Zoom. It was a tough decision and in regards to social distancing, wearing masks, Mail Order etc. Soon we will be able to see if there are 15 after much discussion it was decided that, Catalogs...... spikes in that area from the virus. Maybe then Amelia Earhart...... 17 due to all the unknown factors, it was best to cancel the Haddonfield show this year. the Hershey Region may be able to have the Letter From showing of the cars on Saturday, October 10th 19 No one is sure if this virus is winding down the Editors...... as originally planned. Marketplace...... 20 or if it is going to come back in the fall. I think we all know that the virus is still around and It looks as though our ways of it is so difficult to make any kind of plans, communication are going to be by way of now or in the future. At the present time, our Zoom for the next few months. It is better to breakfast meeting is scheduled stay safe, as no one needs to jeopardize for November 14th. Also the their health. Everyone stay safe and This newsletter is holiday party is scheduled stay well during these difficult and a publication of the trying times. The next meeting Ankokas Region of the for December, but I think Antique Automobile Club we all know as we get will be held Thursday, July 9th at of America, located in closer to the events 7pm by way of Zoom. An email southern New Jersey. things could change. will be sent to all members with Material may be One thing to look at instructions how to get on Zoom. reproduced only if credit is the two times of the Enjoy your summer as best as is given to the source rescheduling of the spring you can. and we are asked for permission to reproduce Joe Dougherty, the material. President 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 Secretary’s Report on the June Zoom Meeting

For all of you who joined the Zoom Tailgate party on attendance is lower than usual, cars are parking further Thursday, thanks for turning on your computer. For apart, people are wearing masks. There are also many those of you who missed the meeting, we missed you. more shows being canceled and postponed across Hopefully everything is OK at home. the region. The AACA changed the date of their Grand The highlight of the evening, well actually the lowlight National show in Allentown on August 22. They have I guess you could say, we agreed to also canceled the Hershey flea market cancel our September Haddonfield and car corral and will host a one day show this year. It was not an easy only show on October 10, 2020. You decision to make. In light of current can check our calendar page for a restrictions on large public gatherings, short list of shows that may still be the difficulty of maintaining social active. Be sure to always call ahead distancing, and the township itself for last minute changes. unsure of their ability to host the With the success of our first Zoom event, we are now planning to have a meeting, we are going to do it again in bigger and better show in 2021. To July. Usually we don’t have meetings maintain the health and safety of our in July, but this isn’t a usual year. Our members and show guests, this is our next Zoom meeting is Thursday July best course of action right now. 9, 2020, at 07:00 PM Eastern Time. There are other car shows still Please check your e-mail for the link happening around our area. It and meetig ID and password. was reported in the meeting that If you do go out to any car events, please take pictures and email them to Diana, July 9: Zoom meeting at 7PM. [email protected], so she can include them in the newsletter. August 13: Zoom meeting at 7PM. Stay safe, and I hope we see you at the next Zoom Sept. 10: regular meeting, location TBA meeting on July 9. Sept. 12: Haddonfield car show CANCELED Oct. 15: regular meeting, location TBA Thanks Nov. 14: breakfast meeting Steven Soppe Dec. 6: holiday party Secretary/Webmaster

ghgh Car Trivia! ghgh pp The first Japanese car produced in the US was the Honda Accord in 1982. pp The Chevy Impala sold a record-breaking one million units in 1965. pp The Thrust SSC ws the first car to break the sound barrier in 1997. pp Cruise control was invented by Ralph Teetor, blinded in an accident at age five. pp The songs “American Pie”, “Keeping The Faith” and “She’s In Love With The Boy” all mention Chevy. pp The 1966 Jensen FF was the first car equipped with anti-lock brakes. pp The average car is made up of 30,000 parts. pp The first documented car accident took place in 1891. pp In the 1970s, Chevy Vegas were shipped vertically, nose down, to fit more cars per railcar. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 3 gh From The Archives gh article by Howard Steinberg Once in the early 60’s, I bought a 1957 Plymouth convertible from the back row of a used car lot. It was a hound, but I Tales From The Old Car Game: needed a car at the time and it was cheap. The brakes quit at Famous Car Wrecks an inopportune moment and I walloped the trunk of an older reprinted from Smoke Signals October 2005 shoebox Ford coupe. The driver claimed whiplash. Sometime in the late 1950’s, I had a New Year’s Eve date Well, OK, I told a fib. The car wrecks that I am talking about with a rich girl out on the Philadelphia main line. My car was really aren’t famous. In fact, they are all but unknown. I just down for repairs, so I borrowed a 1954 GMC ¾ ton pickup liked the title. Most automotive writers, who cover the nostalgia from my dad’s inventory. (There wasn’t much to choose from.) beat, usually write about the happy and romantic side of their My date took one look at the truck and insisted we use her automotive pasts. With the possible exception of our own Bob new 1958 Plymouth hardtop. She handed me the keys. It was Schuman, I don’t recall anyone in our group setting forth on his still early evening and we were on our way to dinner. About or her history of car disasters. So, here goes. five blocks from her house I stopped My first new car was for a red light. An elderly gent, who was a 1963 Triumph Spitfire well into his cups, demolished the back roadster. About six of her new Plymouth. So much for that months into ownership, romance. I was driving too fast on My luck was only slightly better with wet Belgian blocks when company cars. Once, on a business my car suddenly had an trip to Brooklyn, NY, in the early 80’s, intimate encounter with an old man sideswiped my car. We a 1960 Chevy Impala both pulled over to one side of the sedan. The Triumph traffic circle that we were driving on to came out second best. survey the damage. The old duffer was Not to worry. I dressed in a wind breaker and a fedora replaced it with a new in spite of the August 95 degree heat. I 1964 Chevrolet Bel remember thinking that it was perhaps Air two-door sedan. I beyond the point in his life when driving loved that car. It was Triumph Spitfire Mark 1 (1962-64).Photo by Bull-Doser and released to the public domain. safely was possible. In a calm manner, the a V-8 stick with lots of go old boy compared the damage on both and firm handling. While cars. “Looks about even waiting for a light to change at to me,” he said. Then he 30th and Market In Philadelphia, returned to his car, drove a daydreaming cosmetics off and left me standing salesman slammed into the rear there. of my new car. The insurance Another time, again in company got that one. the bowels of Brooklyn, I replaced the Bel Air with a two Haitians in an illegal low-mileage used 1964 Impala gypsy cab creamed the two-door hardtop. At work side of my 1984 Buick we had two fuel tanks on our LeSabre limited. This property, one for gas and one for happened at one of heating oil. The delivery man got those infamous blind mixed up and put 300 gallons of intersections, caused by heating oil in our gas tank. About people who parked along 15 gallons of oil went into my the yellow curbs and made Impala. It drove for a little while, but 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air two-door sedan. Photo by Vegavairbob and used it impossible to see traffic to then stopped dead on Route 130 under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. the left or to the right. The South in Collingswood. A bobtailing police showed up and had a 1961 Mack B61 single axle tractor caught the rear of my car field day ticketing the Haitians. My car was hit hard and had with its rear wheels. The tractor then spun around and plowed to be flat bedded back to New Jersey. At least I didn’t get a into the front of my car, driving it into the sidewalk where it met ticket. Through all of this, I know that my guardian angel has a telephone pole. I was lucky to escape uninjured. Worst of all, been on the job. And for that I am grateful. the insurance company refused to total my car. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 4 ghgh Volting Into the Future ghgh New Battery Technology

article by Diana Antinucci batteries in May, but this was set back to possibly some time We have previously discussed electric cars and wireless car in June because of COVID-19. The batteries, which are ready chargers. In these articles we talked about some limitations of to be produced, are expected to be available in China first, battery technology, such as a short life, long charging times then made available elsewhere. CATL is building a factory and high cost. Now there’s new battery technology! in Erfurt, Germany, which is good news for BMW, Audi and Car batteries today only warranty from 60,000 to 150,000 Porsche, all of which build cars in Germany, and Tesla, which miles or three to eight years. Contemporary Amperex is building a factory in Germany. Technology Co. Limited (CATL) in China has developed a After the announcement by CATL about its batteries, GM new battery capable of working for more than 1.2 million announced its own new battery. The new Ultium battery, driven miles or about a sixteen year lifespan. A battery developed with LG Chem in South Korea, has large-format, that lasts this long could outlive the car and see a second pouch-style cells that are capable of being stacked vertically or third life in another car or being used for some other or horizontally, allowing greater flexibility in car design. purpose such as energy storage on the grid, home energy Ultium batteries will get up to 400 miles per charge on some storage units or power backup for remote hospitals. The vehicles and will be capable of charging to 80% in under thirty breakthrough was made possible by chemical additives and minutes. These batteries will be available in the Cadillac Lyriq nano-engineered components that protect the battery from and GMC Hummer EV in 2021. GM has said they are willing damage that can be caused by successive rapid charging. to make their battery available to other manufacturers and CATL is also working to reduce the amount of cobalt already has a deal to supply batteries for two of Honda’s cars. used in the battery, which is one of the most expensive The Ultium battery has a lower amount of cobalt and costs materials currently used in batteries and has issues with less than $100 per kwh, making EV prices more competitive how it is mined, such as dangerous conditions and child with internal combustion cars. Average price of a lithium-ion labor. The battery would then cost less also. The 1.2 million battery now is $200 per kwh. GM has also said that they are mile battery will cost about ten percent more than current very close to developing a battery that can last a million miles. batteries, but its long life will make up for that. This all comes as good news, as many countries are CATL declined to say to whom they would sell the ramping up efforts to eliminate or severely limit internal batteries, but their clients include BMW, Daimler, Honda, combustion engines. In February, the UK Transport Secretary Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. Tesla signed a two-year deal reported that the UK may ban the sale of gas and diesel cars with them in February to supply batteries for their Model by 2032. The UK government is also considering offering a 3 cars. Tesla was set to make a big announcement about £6,000 incentive to trade in cars for an EV. P

2019 Tesla Model 3. Photo by Vauxford and used under the Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 4.0 International license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 5 ghgh It Caught My Eye ghgh

article by Diana Antinucci car with a V-8 engine. During 1957-58, Turner turned his Back in February, I was taking photos of some of the old attention to designing two new V-8 engines and had a team cars at the Philly Auto Show with an eye to including them of engineers working on new car designs. Instead of a saloon in It Caught My Eye. I knew I would have more opportunities car, what they were designing were sports cars, a great shock to take pictures at all the upcoming car shows, but I took to almost everyone since Daimler had never before produced a lot of pictures anyway. Turns out that was a good thing, a sports car. Of course, it made perfect sense, as MGAs, considering almost every car show so far has been canceled. Austin-Healeys and Triumph were selling big, especially in One of the cars that turned my head that the US market. The day was a green 1963 Daimler SP250. new sports car was The German builder Daimler began designed under the licensing its name in other countries project code SP250, beginning in the 1890s and this is how SP for SPorts car Daimler cars were built in Coventry, and 250 for the 2.5 England. However, all ties were severed liter engine. The new with Germany by the early 1900s. In car debuted as the 1902, King Edward VII awarded Daimler a Daimler Dart in April royal warrant to supply official cars to the 1959 at the New York royal family. This was followed in 1908 Motor Show, but there with deals with the royal court of Spain were two problems. and with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia. First, Chrysler already By 1914, Daimler was owned the “Dart” also supplying cars to name and threatened the royals of Germany, Daimler with a lawsuit. Russia, Sweden, Japan With no time for a and Greece. After Top and left: 1963 name change, the producing vehicles in Daimler SP250. Photos new car went out under its code name both World Wars, the by D. Antinucci. SP250. The second problem was that new limousines for while Daimler had carefully studied its 1946 were announced competition’s marketing, it had not studied their styling. The and orders were Daimler SP250 was considered to be the ugliest car at the placed by the King of New York Motor Show. One website I read (jalopnik.com) Thailand, the Queen of even said it “looks like a chrome-mouthed bottom-feeding the Netherlands, the fish that accidentally sucked a lemon.” Ouch. Emperor of Ethiopia, the The first SP250s, called the A-spec, could reach 120 mph, King of Afghanistan and but the chassis flexed so much that these speeds were not the Prince of Monaco. recommended and doors would unintentionally open while But trouble was on the driving, giving the car a bad reputation. These cars had two horizon. In June 1947, chrome “whiskers” on either side of the front grill instead the British purchase tax of a standard bumper and two short, vertical bumpers on on cars costing more each side of the rear. The A-spec also had recesses behind than £1,000 was doubled, petrol was still rationed and the the door handles. A front bumper, rear bumper, wire wheels, Daimler limousine given to Princess Elizabeth by the Royal white wall tires, adjustable steering column, leather-covered Air Force was traded for a Rolls-Royce after a transmission steering wheel, tonneau cover, detachable hard top and failure. In 1950, Daimler lost its British royal warrant in favor of automatic transmission were all optional. One reason for the Rolls-Royce and other monarchies followed suit. In January large number of options was that US import duties did not 1953, the managing director at Daimler had to leave due to apply to options. Accessories that could be bought included illness. There was also unpleasant publicity concerning the windshield washers, cigarette lighter, badge bar, safety belt, chairman’s wife and the cars that Daimler was producing fog lamps, side mirrors, gas reserve unit, radio and heater. were being considered too extravagant for the more austere The chassis was almost completely pulled from the TR3A, post-war England. Jaguar, however, seemed to know exactly from which the SP250 also used the same coil and wishbone what the public wanted. Something had to change. front suspension and the four-speed manual transmission. In 1956, Edward Turner was appointed as the new The car had a fiberglass body for cost reasons, a metal managing director and given the task of designing a saloon body would have cost £100,000 for the dies, the molds continued on page 6 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 6

It Caught My Eye continued from page 5 In 1959, there had been a metal-bodied saloon car that for a fiberglass body only cost £10,000. The engine was a was built on the SP250 chassis and shown to the public, but 2.5 liter Hemi-head V8 that produced 140 bhp at 5800rpm. the project was scrapped. Jaguar’s chairman now wanted to To stop the car, the SP250 had Girling disc brakes on all see this concept in a fiberglass-bodied car. And a brochure four corners. The standard transmission was a four-speed was even made up for the new car, the DP250. Between two manual with synchromesh on the top three gears with an and seven of the fiberglass cars were made, but Jaguar’s available overdrive, but only a few owners chose this option. chairman took one look at them and scrapped the entire The optional automatic transmission was a Borg-Warner project. None of the fiberglass prototypes survived and it that was more sturdy than the standard manual and was is thought that the metal-bodied show car was destroyed not available on any Triumph until the 1970s. The soft top is during testing. In 1962, a coupe version of the SP250 was easy to remove and store and the trunk is spacious, more shown at the Earls Court Motor Show, but the car was never spacious than its competitors. A couple other features it had put on the market. The C-spec was introduced in April 1963, that its competitors lacked with heater and cigarette lighter were large doors that made now standard. These changes getting into and out of the car were the only significant ones easy and wind up windows. from the previous B-spec. The interior featured a leather The original hope for the padded instrument panel. SP250 was to produce 1,500 In reviews, British car cars in the first year and 3,000 magazine Autocar and US each year following that. car magazine Road & Track Unfortunately, only 2,654 total both had high praise for the cars were made in five years SP250’s performance and of production, 40% of which fuel consumption. It easily went to the US and Canada, outdid the top speed of the while the rest primarily went Austin-Healey 3000 at 122 to the UK, Australia and New mph and got 29 miles per Zealand. Between 26 and Imperial gallon, compared to 30 SP250s were used by the Austin-Healy’s 20mpg. The British Metropolitan Police and SP250 went from 0-60 in 9.1 some were also used by police seconds and completed the Daimler SP252 prototype. Photo by Andrew Bone and used under the forces in Australia and New Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. quarter mile in 16.9 seconds, Zealand. There was an entirely reaching 83 mph. But there redesigned SP250, code named were problems. Autocar commented on its lack of detailed SP252, underway with much better styling, but Jaguar was finishing, noticeable shake in the steering wheel, body flexing selling through their E-series fast and decided to end the and the driver’s door opened twice during testing. Another SP250 and SP252. Only one prototype of the SP252 still issue was pricing. The Daimler SP250 sold for £1,395, while survives and resides with the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. he Austin-Healey 3000 sold for £1,168 and the Triumph TR3A If you want to own an SP250, the good news is that sold for only £991. In the US, the SP250 sold for $3,842 while because the body is fiberglass, it doesn’t rust. However, that a new Corvette sold for $3,872. body is prone to stress cracks, especially in the trunk, the Daimler was working hard to improve their little sports car rear fenders and in the nose section if the front cross tube when the company was sold to Jaguar. This put the team into of the chassis has rusted. The chassis should be checked overdrive. They knew that Jaguar already had a sports car carefully, especially at the nose. Also, some of the standard ready for debut, the E-type. Additionally, Jaguar’s chairman steel wheels can develop hair line cracks around the fixing had an eye for styling and set very high standards for quality. holes. The most common problem seen with the engine is In April 1961, the B-spec was introduced to the public. It had corrosion in the cylinder head, but this can be easily fixed. greater rigidity from outriggers along the main chassis rails The vertical links should be checked carefully for corrosion, and a B-post along within bracing in the cockpit. The B-spec as these are one of the few parts not readily available. offered standard rear bumper, standard telescoping steering There is a very nice YouTube video that gives you some tips column, a choice of wire spoke or steel disc wheels, choice on looking over an SP250 at https://www.youtube.com/ of manual or automatic transmission and a choice of soft or watch?v=Fjw5t2qwAfM. Unfortunately, if you want to buy one hard top. Tested by The Motor magazine, this car reached of these cars, I did not find many available for sale and asking 123.7 mph and went from 0-60 in 8.9 seconds, with fuel prices varied wildly. Older SP250s seem to go for more, mileage of 24 miles per Imperial gallon. between $40,000 and $60,000. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 7 A series about cars from movies and The Car is The Star television “Happy Days are yours and mine!” article by Diana Antinucci

Happy Days ran for eleven seasons from 1974 to 1984 show’s budget took a hit, and one of the casualties was Chris and a character that was planned to be only incidental Haynes, who took the Harley with him. Just as well, because turned out to be only one of three characters to be in all the Harley was too heavy for Winkler anyway. 255 episodes: Arthur Fonzarelli, better known as the Fonz Enter Bud Ekins, racer and the stuntman that did the or Fonzie. And part of what made Fonzie so very cool was famous car chase from Bullitt and the motorcycle stunts in his motorcycle… or should I say The Great Escape. With him he brought the motorcycles, because there was 1949 Triumph TR5 Scrambler Custom that he more than one. used on The Great Escape and this became Early in the show, Fonzie rode the bike most associated with the Fonz. Ekins a Harley, most likely a Panhead. customized the bike with new bars, stripped Others have reported a off the front fender and gave it a silver paint Knucklehead and/or a Sportster, job. It also lost its “castrator” tank rack and but this is unconfirmed. For changed from a bullet-holed muffler to pea- the most part, not enough of shooters. There is another Triumph that was the motorcycle is seen or it is used on the show. At the end of the eighth not seen for long enough for season, Fonzie wrecks his bike and what positive identification. There may be a custom Triumph Trophy 650 with are two reasons the switch was extended forks is given to him by his friends. made from a Harley to another So, what happened to the 1949 Triumph bike. First, Henry Winkler, TR5? After the show wrapped, Ekins took it the Yale educated actor that home, put the stock handlebars back on it and played Fonzie, couldn’t ride replaced the front fender. And it remained with a motorcycle. He blames his him until 1990, when Ekins sold it to a friend, inability to figure out the controls Marshall Ehlers, who bought the bike only on his dyslexia. Winkler relied on knowing that it was a cool old Triumph in good the bike wrangler, Chris Haynes, condition. Ekins apparently never mentioned to start the bike and get him that it was used in the Great Escape or Happy pointed in the right direction for Days. In March of 2000, Wendy Black was the rare scenes where Fonzie asked to locate the motorcycle by Cycle World is riding the motorcycle into Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzarelli in a publicity still for a “Lost & Found” piece. Black went to the scene. One reason there from 1977. Public domain. Ekins, who told her that three bikes had been are very few scenes of Fonzie used to shoot Happy Days, two of them were actually riding the bike stems from a mishap on set. Winkler lost and the last was now owned by Marshall. When Marshall tells the story, “I can’t ride a motorcycle. One of the first was told about the motorcycle’s history, he was gobsmacked. days on the set they say ’Look, you just have to go five Afterward, the rest of the world learned about the bike and feet. We’re inside, you just have to pull up’. I gunned it Marshall received offers to buy the bike, including from and rammed into the sound truck, nearly killed the director Planet Hollywood, but decided to hold onto the bike. In 2011, of photography, put the bike down, (and) slid under the he finally put the bike up for auction with Bonhams where truck. They came running over and they pulled the bike out it brought $87,500. Following this, it was auctioned at the -- because they rented it -- then they pulled me out!” That 2014 Festivals of Speed in Florida and then again in 2015 was the last time Winkler actually rode the bike. After that, by Profiles in History (which offered Fonzie’s famous leather a number of tricks were used to make it look like Fonzie jacket in the same auction). It ended up at the San Diego was riding the motorcycle, including putting the bike on Automotive Museum and they put it up for auction again in a dolly. Other than that, Fonzie is only seen sitting on the June of 2018 with Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. It sold for bike or posing with it. When season two came around, the $179,200. continued on page 8 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 8 Car is the Star continued from page 7 line, don’t expect a ride as smooth and carefree as today’s Triumph motorcycles have a long history going back to motorcycles. If this is your first classic motorcycle, maybe 1886, but since Fonzie rode the Triumph Trophy, let’s just start with something from the 80s and work your way back. review some of that history. After WWII, England was under You will probably not want to make your classic motorcycle heavy rationing of many goods, including steel. Triumph your primary mode of transportation either. A classic made the decision to only motorcycle should be a leisure vehicle. You will also need make twin-cylinder engine some mechanical skills to keep it running, or models, partly because at least the interest and enthusiasm to learn. these were proving to be Sticking with four-stroke single engines or popular in the US. One of twins from BSA, Triumph and Norton will the early twin-cylinder bikes also make your life easier. Parts are readily was the Speed Twin 5T, available and there are groups to give you a 498cc motorcycle first advice along the way. Triumphs and BSAs built from 1937-1940 and are fairly easy to learn to ride and they are again from 1946-1958. The affordable. Triumphs have the added attraction Triumph TR5 was based on of being very customizable. That’s one more the Speed Twin and was thing. In antique cars, stock is better. This designed for both off-road is not necessarily true when talking about and on-road performance. motorcycles. It may be very hard to find bikes The name “Trophy” stems that haven’t been customized and truthfully, from three TR5s built for some of the customization is done for a the Italian Six Day Trial in reason. Triumphs in particular seem to have 1948, which won three trouble with their original electrical system. gold medals. The first TR5s You should need very little in the way of built for the public, in 1949, special tools to work on these bikes, but early had aluminum cylinder British motorcycles may require Whitworth barrels and heads that tools, as opposed to metric or SAE. were originally designed for With all that being said, if you decide to put on your leather jacket and get yourself a 1949 a motorcycle for the War Public photo of Fonzie with Richie Cunningham looking at Department during WWII his wrecked 1949 Triumph TR5. Public domain. Triumph TR5, you can pick me up at Arnold’s and then modified for use and we’ll rock around the clock. P on the TR5. From 1951 onwards, the engine received new alloy barrels and heads that it shared with the Triumph Tiger 100. Built to be both high-powered and lightweight, the motorcycle was very popular in the US, both as a street bike and for racing and a Triumph TR5 was owned by James Dean. Today, if you want to own a 1949 Triumph TR5, one in excellent condition will set you back about $12,000 and one in good condition just over $7,000. Of course, if you’re thinking about owning a classic British motorcycle, there are some things to keep in mind. First, the older the bike, the less creature comforts and reliability you are going to get. The electronics may be a bit wonky, the brakes won’t work as well, the engine may Triumph TR5 Photo by Ronald Saunders and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike be “underpowered”, etc. Bottom 2.0 Generic License SMOKE SIGNALS Page 9 ghgh From the AACA Rummage Box ghgh Check Out the AACA Forums Images to Relive the Stress” topic has over 43,000 views. The “Period Race Car Images” topic has over 6,200 views. (I By Mark McAlpine posted 20 car quizzes, but I think only Marion viewed them.) Vice President – National Activities Looking for a “new” antique vehicle or those parts you Does the coronavirus have you down? Do you miss your need to finish your current restoration project? Check out AACA friends and activities? Then check out the the “Cars for Sale” and Parts for Sale” sections AACA Forums. of the AACA Forums. Members must be taking If you’ve never explored the online AACA advantage of the down time to clean out their Forums, now’s the time to do it. The AACA garages because listings in each section have Forums have always been interesting, but increased significantly since we’ve all been members have been especially creative recently restricted to home. (And if you’re looking for an to help us pass the time and beat the boredom antique vehicle or part, there are separate “Cars during our country’s (and the world’s) ongoing Wanted” and “Parts Wanted” sections.) health crisis. Unable to attend the postponed There are AACA Forums sections for “Judging,” AACA Southeastern Spring Nationals in Concord, “Newsletter Editors,” “Garages, Trailers, and NC, or the cancelled AACA Central Spring Towing,” “Memorabilia, Toys, Art, Clothing, and Nationals in Auburn, IN, members let us view Literature,” “Our Cars & Restoration Projects,” antique vehicles from the comfort of our homes and “Technical.” There’s also loads of interesting by starting posts on the AACA Forums with Mark McApline, information in the “AACA Library” section. If period photographs of antique vehicles and race VP, National Acivities you haven’t checked out the AACA Library & cars. I know—this isn’t the same as being able Research Center’s website recently at www. to walk the show field and enjoying the sights, aacalibrary.org, you need to do it. The old website was great, sounds, and smells of these beautiful automobiles, trucks, but the new one is fantastic. buses, and motorcycles, but I really enjoyed the photographs So until we resume our AACA national and regional activities of these vehicles, especially seeing them in their original (soon, I hope), connect with your AACA friends and vehicles settings, and saw some vehicles I’ve never seen before. Other by checking out the AACA Forums at www.forums.aaca.org. members seemed to enjoy the photos, too—the “Period ghgh Dog Breeds! ghgh In celebration of National Dog Day on August 6th, match the fun fact(s) on the left to the dog breed on the right. Answers on page 19.

1. This breed has the nickname of “monkey dog”. A. Affenpinscher 2. This breed is one of two with a blue/black tongue. B. American Fox Hound 3. This breed yodels instead of barking. C. Basenji 4. Scooby Doo is this breed of dog. D. Basset Hound 5. Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz is this breed. E. Border Collie 6. This dog was originally bred to hunt badgers. F. Bullmastiff 7. Over the history of the Westminster Dog Show, this breed has 14 wins. G. Cairn Terrier 8. This breed has six toes on each foot and can bend its neck to touch its head to its back. H. Chihuahua 9. This breed was bred in Africa to hunt lions. I. Chow-Chow 10. Legend says this dog was used by fairies to pull coaches and herd cattle. J. Dachshund 11. This is considered the heaviest breed. K. Dalmatian 12. This breed has webbed feet. L. Doberman 13. This ancient breed wore armor and assisted Roman armies. M. Glen of Imaal Terrier 14. This breed cannot swim. N. Great Dane 15. This is the world’s oldest dog breed. O. Irish Wolfhound 16. This breed is born with a soft spot like human infants. P. Mastiff 17. Standing on average 34 inches at the shoulder, this is the tallest breed. 18. This breed was developed by a German tax collector for protection. Q. Newfoundland 19. This is considered the smartest dog breed. R. Norwegian Lundehund 20. These were originally used as carriage dogs. S. Pekinese 21. According to lore, this breed was used to turn meat on spits over fires. T. Pembroke Welsh Corgi 22. Bred from the English Mastiff and the extinct Old English Bulldog, this dog was bred by U. Plott Hound gamekeepers to guard estates. V. Rhodesian Ridgeback 23. This breed was favored by the Chinese Imperial court as companion dogs. W. Saint Bernard 24. This large scent hound was bred to hunt wild boar. X. Saluki 25. This breed was developed by George Washington. Y. Wire Fox Terrier SMOKE SIGNALS Page 10 ghghgh Ankokas Events 2020 ghghgh July 9: Zoom meeting at 7PM. August 13: Zoom meeting at 7PM. Sept. 10: regular meeting, location TBA Sept. 12: Haddonfield car show CANCELED Oct. 15: regular meeting, location TBA Nov. 14: breakfast meeting Dec.6 : holiday party Go to http://www.ankokas.com/calendar.cfm for updates.

ghghgh AACA Calendar 2020 ghghgh August 22: Annual Grand National. NB Center for American October 10: Eastern Fall National. Car show only. Hosted by Automotive Heritage, Allentown, PA. the Hershey Region, Hershey, PA. Sept. 13-18: AAA Revival Glidden Tour. Saratoga Springs, NY. Go to www.aaca.org/Calender/aaca_calendar.html for more Vehicles 1942 and older. information and listings.

ghgh Fun Holidays to Celebrate in July & August ghgh July1: US Postage Stamp Day August 1: Campfire Day July 2: World UFO Day August 3: Sand Castle Day July 3: Disobedience Day August 5: Doll Day July 6: Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day August 4: US Coast Guard Day July 8: Coca-Cola Day August 9: Book Lover’s Day July 12: Motorcycle Day August 10: Bowling Day July 13: Embrace Your Geekness Day August 12: Assistance Dog Day July 14: Shark Awareness Day August 16: Rollercoaster Day July 16: World Snake Day August 17: Black Cat Appreciation Day July 17: National Lottery Day August 18: Mail Order Catalog Day July 19: Robin Hood Day August 19: Aviation Day July 22: Hammock Day August 20: National Radio Day July 24: Amelia Earhart Day August 24: Vesuvius Day July 25: Merry-Go-Round Day Graphic by upklyak and found on August 24: Pluto Demoted Day July 30: National Cheesecake Day freepik.com. August 31: Pony Express Day ghghgh Local Events ghghgh

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July 4: 8AM-12PM: 4th of July Breakfast Show at the Free doughnut with coffee/tea, DJ, cafeteria with Silver Diner. 2131 Route 38, Cherry Hill. Registration air conditioning, catered lunch available, raffles, ends at 10AM. $20 DOS. Call Tom 856-524-2588. giveaways. Free hat to first 100 vehicles. Pre-registration July 5: 9AM-2PM: Washington Crossing Rebels & recommended. $20. Call George 609-234-5135. Redcoats Car Show. Washington Crossing (the PA side) August 8: 7:30AM-3PM: New Hope Auto Show. The hosts the 3rd annual car show. Featuring only American, New Hope Auto Show is going to host a one day event. French, British and German cars, representing the four Their website only has a date and a message saying ‘we countries involved in the Revolutionary War. Cost to are planning something a little different.’ Please check register as a participant is $25 online and $35 on-site. their website often for updates. That’s all I know. Call There is no fee to attend as a spectator. Check-in will 215-862-5665. begin at 9:00 AM. The show will be held in the large August 15: 4-8PM: (rain date Aug. 16). 24th Annual grassy field across from the Washington Crossing Riverside Car Show. Registration 2-4PM. Trophies 7-8PM. Historic Park (PA) Visitor Center. Call 215-493-4076. $20 DOS. Hosted by Delran VFW Post 3020 and Auxiliary. July 25: 9AM-3PM: (rain date Aug. 1). 5th Annual St. Proceeds benefit locval veterans and their families. E-mail Paul School Car Show. 250 James St., Burlington. [email protected] for more info. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 11 ghgh Cat Breed Puzzle ghgh August 8th is International Cat Day! Find the words below in the puzzle. Answers on page 19. 1. ABYSSINIAN 18. ORIENTAL 2. AMERICAN CURL 19. PERSIAN 3. BENGAL 20. PETERBALD 4. BIRMAN 21. PIXIEBOB 5. BURMESE 22. RAGAMUFFIN 6. CHARTREUX 23. RAGDOLL 7. CORNISH REX 24. RUSSIAN BLUE 8. DEVON REX 25. SAVANNAH 9. EGYPTIAN MAU 26. SCOTTISH FOLD 10. HAVANA BROWN 27. SIAMESE 11. HIMALAYAN 28. SIBERIAN 12. JAPANESE BOBTAIL 29. SOMALI 13. KORAT 30. SPHYNX 14. MAINE COON 31. TONKINESE 15. MANX 32. TOYGER 16. NORWEGIAN FOREST 33. TURKISH VAN Oriental cat. Photo by Daly69 and Bengal cat. Photo by Lubadd85 and used under the Creative Commons 17. OCICAT used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Unported license. license. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 12

ghgh Webside Ramblings ghgh article by Diana Antinucci show you how to make a mask with no sewing and I Hello everyone! Steven and I are still safely encourage you to take a look at those as well. I chose ensconced at home, but luckily there is no shortage this video because it is fairly simple and the instructions of videos that can take us outside our shrinking world are clear despite the fact that there is no narration. You and safely into the larger one. I think the format of this can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/ new article will be that I give you a car-related video to watch?v=IlTTiQnSq_4. enjoy, then a non-car related video and then a helpful I hope you enjoy these videos. If you have any DIY. Let’s start with the car-related video. suggestions for future installments of Webside Ramblings, Barry Goldsmith sent this to us from California. please send an e-mail to [email protected]. P Thank you, Barry! This 11 minute video features the Galpin Auto Sports shop collection at the Petersen Museum and is hosted by Beau Boeckman, the owner of Galpin Auto Sports and host of Pimp My Ride and Car Kings. It has many unique and iconic cars and really could have been a longer video. It looks like he goes past so many interesting cars. Click this link to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=eDS1EmCiXKw. When you’re done at the Petersen Museum, take a forty-five minute trip behind the scenes of the Fossil Hall at the Smithsonian Volkswagen minibus Museum. Take a look through recreation of Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine. history and learn how and why Photo by Accord14 this history is preserved. I really and used under the enjoyed seeing the dinosaur Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 fossils. Dinosaurs have fascinated International license. me since I was a little girl and today I have two bookshelves completely dedicated to books about dinosaurs. It’s a double-edged sword, though. If someone has a question about dinosaurs, I know more than your average citizen. Of course, a trip to a fossil museum with me can be informative... and long. You will hear a lot about dinosaurs, including any mistakes the museum might have made, whether you want to hear it or not. Click here for the video: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=37agIWpFX9w. Finally, learn how to make your own fabric face mask. It is essential that everyone wear a face mask in public nowadays. But, you can wear a face mask Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil skeleton. Photo by Hnapel and used under the with a little of your own personality and style. It just Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. requires a little hand-sewing. There are videos that SMOKE SIGNALS Page 13

ghgh The History of Bowling ghgh article by Diana Antinucci played a game involving tossing stone objects as close Most of us have played the sport at least once, some as possible to other stone objects, evolving through time have played more than that. Some of us may even be into the game we know as bocce. Somewhere between good at it. I’m not, so I haven’t played in years. But 300 and 400 AD, the Germans began playing a game August 10th is Bowling Day and that got me wondering. similar to bowling. They carried wooden pin-shaped rods There are several forms of the game, including ten-pin with them for sport and protection called kegels. Setting and nine-pin bowling, candle pin bowling, duck pin up these kegels and throwing stones at them became a bowling, lawn bowling and bocce. Where did these game that also represented the cleansing of one’s sins as come from? the kegel came to represent the sin. The earliest known form of bowling comes from It is not known when bowling came to England. The ancient Egypt, around 3200 BC. In the 1930’s, Sir earliest evidence of the sport there comes from the oldest Flinders Petrie discovered a child’s tomb dating to surviving bowling green known as the Old Bowling Green this period that contained in Southampton, in use miniature pins and balls. since 1299. In 1366, the Egyptian artwork also game was banned by King depicts bowling. Remains Henry III because it was of bowling balls have been distracting his soldiers found and an ancient from archery practice. By indoor bowling alley has the 1400’s, bowling was been found ninety miles legal again and the first south of Cairo. A ball, either lanes were roofed over in made of porcelain or from 1455, making it an all- grain husks wrapped in weather sport. King Henry leather and bound with VIII was a fan of bowling string, was rolled through and attempted to make it an arch made from three a sport for the wealthy by pieces of marble was rolled banning it for the lower toward nine stone “pins”. classes and charging to There are other ancient Comparison of bowls and pins for candlepin, duckpin and ten-pin bowling. use private lanes. Part of Illustration by RCraig09 and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share forms of bowling from Alike 4.0 International license. his reasoning was that around the world. One is tradesmen and soldiers the Polynesian game of ula were neglecting their jobs maika. Since there was no and duties to play bowling. Polynesian form of writing In 1530, he bought Whitehall before the 18th century, Palace and did massive there is no way to tell how reconstructing, including far back the game goes, but having outdoor bowling it may go as far back as the lanes built. By this time, the 4th century. It began as a sport was being played all game between two people over Europe, but there were that threw disc-shaped many variations on the game, stones down a pre-made including the number of pins, path. The object was to throw the size of the ball and the your stone further than your number of players. opponent. It evolved into a The earliest evidence of game where stone balls were bowling in North America thrown toward pins set up is from a 1670 depiction of sixty feet away. About 2,000 The Bowling Game by Jan Steen, circa 1655. Public domain. Dutchmen bowling in New years ago, Roman legionaries York, but there is evidence continued on page 14 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 14 The History of Bowling continued from page 13 that Henry Hudson’s men played a form of lawn bowling during his 1609 expedition to Hudson Bay. The English, Dutch and Germans all brought over there own forms of bowling with them. In 1733, the first American bowling green was established in New York’s Battery area. Built on the site of a Dutch cattle market, it is still known as Bowling Green, one of the city’s oldest public parks. By the 1820’s, the game had attracted gambling and some of gambling’s seedier accompaniments, leading to “nine-pins” being banned in some states. One speculation about how the game went from nine pins to ten has its roots here. “Nine-pins” may be banned, but if ten pins were being used, this was a loophole in the law. There is an 1838 newspaper story from Indiana describing how this was being done in Boston to circumvent the law. However, a painting from 1810 American Bowling Congress tournament in 1905 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. shows British bowlers using ten pins, pre-dating the Public domain. newspaper article by 28 years. In 1840, the first indoor on other items like scoring, causing splinter groups to bowling alley in the US opened, Knickerbocker Alleys form. In 1895, restaurant owner Joe Thum brought the in New York City. In the 1890’s duckpin bowling was bowling clubs together at Beethoven Hall in New York invented in Boston, the main differences being smaller, City to form the American Bowling Congress. They squatter pins and a smaller bowl with no finger holes. standardized scoring, set the pin height and the weight In 1875, the National Bowling Association was founded by 27 bowling clubs in New York City to of the ball. What they didn’t do was allow women. It standardize the game. They agreed that the distance wasn’t until 1917 that the Women’s International Bowling from the foul line to the pins should be sixty feet and Congress was founded in St. Louis. they agreed on the size of the ball, but they disagreed Around this time, bowling technology was taking leaps forward. Before this, bowling balls were made from a very hard wood. In 1905 came the first rubber balls, the Ebonite ball, and in 1909 came the Mineralite rubber ball. Polyester resin balls were first made in 1960 and urethane-shell balls were developed in the 1980’s. Another breakthrough was made in the early 1950’s with the invention of the automatic pinspotter, eliminating the need for pinboys, teenage boys who would sit either behind or to the side of the “pit”, taking away downed pins, resetting the pins between players and sending the ball back down the lane. The “golden age of bowling” in the US was from the years 1940 to 1960. It was a billion-dollar industry by 1945 and between 1940 and 1958, American Bowling Congress membership grew from 700,000 to 2.3 million. Bowling was first broadcast on television in the 1950’s on NBC and in 1958, the Professional Bowlers Association was founded with 4,300 members in 14 countries. Even with all this popularity, bowling has yet to make it to the Olympics. It was demonstrated at the Olympics in 1988 and in 2015 it made the short list for games to be added in 2020, but was cut for financial reasons. Today, bowling 1838 newspaper in Indiana describing how ten-pin bowling started after nine- is played by 95 million people in over 90 countries. P pin bowling was outlawed. Public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 15 ghgh Mail Order Catalog Day ghgh article by Diana Antinucci several other goods. In 1897, a color section made its debut Mail Order Catalog day is on August 18th! When I think and Sears added a builder’s hardware and material section of mail order catalogs, there are a few that come to with everything needed to assemble a building. In 1898, more mind. But the first one that comes to mind, and perhaps specialty catalogs were printed for photography equipment and the most well-known, is the Sears catalog. When I was paints. The color section of the regular catalog had buggies in a little girl, my nana would present my brother and I with red, green, brown and black, all with an option of gold or silver this catalog every Christmas. The catalog may be gone, trim. In 1905, the catalog had full color and texture wallpaper but the memory lives on. samples and material swatches for men’s suits. The next year, Richard Warren Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota paint samples were added. in 1863. His father died in 1879, shortly after a stock deal 1906 was a big year for Sears. Sears stock went public. gone bad that left the family strapped for cash. Richard Sears The company was worth about $40 million, with $50 million went to work as a railroad in yearly sales. They built a three million square foot station agent. While he was distribution complex and catalog plant in Chicago, at his job, a jeweler refused which served as its headquarters until 1973, when they delivery on some watches. moved to the Sears Tower. Sears bought them and 1906 was also the year Sears gave one of their sold them for a profit to managers, Frank W. Kushel, the task of making their his fellow employees. In flagging building materials department profitable. His 1886, he started a mail- suggestion was to put all of it together as a buildable house order watch business in kit. In 1908, Sears printed its first catalog of houses, the Minneapolis. During his first Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, with forty- year in business, he met four styles of houses costing between $360 and $2,890. a watch repairman named Eventually, they would produce 447 different styles, Alvah C. Roebuck. In 1887, the two set up shop on Dearborn and Randolph Streets in Chicago. The following year, they used a printed mailer to advertise their watches and jewelry. Richard Warren Sears.Public domain. The timing was perfect for mailed advertisements. America was expanding and railroads were crossing the country, making it possible to send goods further than ever before. Helping even more, the postal system considered mail order publications to be important in spreading information to the public, and therefore the qualified for the special rate of one cent per pound. Before catalogs, people in rural communities depended upon general stores, where they found a limited selection of goods and were forced to buy at whatever price the merchant set, and those prices might be different for different customers. Sears offered a wide range of goods at clearly stated prices that were the same for everyone. By 1894, the Sears catalog was 322 pages and included medical and veterinary supplies, musical instruments, firearms, bicycles, saddles, clothing, sewing machines, baby carriages, sporting goods and cars produced by the Lincoln Motor Car Works in Chicago. In 1895, they added eyeglasses and in 1896, they added a spring and fall catalog, but began charging for the catalog. The catalog now cost twenty-five cents, but the cost of the catalog was applied to any order over ten dollars. Also in 1896, the postal service instituted Rural Free Delivery, eliminating the postal fee for Sears to send catalogs to these areas. Sears started producing specialty catalogs for bicycles, books, clothing, groceries and Cover of the 1922 Sears Modern Homes Catalog. Public domain.

continued on page 16 SMOKE SIGNALS Page 16 Mail Order Catalog Day continued from page 15 and expensive “Magnolia” houses, only seven can be verified as including the most expensive “Magnolia” ($5,140 to $5,972) still standing today. and the popular “Winona” ($744 to $1,998). Sears offered In the 1920’s, Sears launched both Kenmore appliances and the latest in home building in the early twentieth century with Craftsman tools, then branched out into insurance in 1931 with central heating, indoor plumbing and electricity. They offered a their Allstate insurance. The first Christmas catalog came out plasterboard product that would be easier for the homeowner in 1933 and included a Mickey Mouse watch, a Lionel train set to install compared to traditional plaster and lath. In 1916, and live singing canaries. This Christmas catalog was named the they offered pre-cut framing timbers (before this lumber was “Wish Book” in 1968 and had 225 pages of toys and 380 pages cut to size on site). The materials were shipped by railcar and of gifts for grown-ups. sent to the home site by truck. On average, a Sears home After World War II, Sears found an increase in foreign sales consisted of about 25 tons of materials and over 30,000 parts. as US soldiers left catalogs behind. Rural black people found When the materials arrived, most of these homes were built the catalog invaluable as it allowed them access to goods by the family with the help of friends and neighbors. The kits without having to deal with the racism they might encounter were so popular that Sears had to build lumber mills in Cairo, in retail stores. Illinois and Port Newark, New Jersey and bought the Norwood Sears fell on hard times in the 1990’s. They ended publication Sash and Door Company in Norwood, Ohio. Sears stopped of the general catalog in 1993. In October 2018, they announced producing their Modern Homes catalog in 1940 and ceased they would close 142 stores, citing competition from big stores selling house kits in 1942. Years later, the Modern Homes sales like Lowe’s and Home Depot and internet competitors like records were destroyed during a round of house cleaning. Amazon. Sears does still produce some specialty catalogs for Estimates are between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold 70,000 to tools, car accessories, home improvement, clothing and the 75,000 home kits. There is no way to tell how many of these “Wish Book”. Old Sears catalogs are important resources today homes still stand. The records are gone and many kit home for movies and television as a place where they can look to get companies used plans similar or identical to Sears. Of the large the details just right for period pieces. Sears was always one of my favorite stores. I was given the “Wish Book” to look through every Christmas. My father owned Craftsman tools. My mother bought Kenmore appliances. It was the only store I could go to if I needed tools for a home repair, cookware for dinner and a dress for a date. We live in times where everything we want is just a click away. Sadly, there’s a whole generation that may never know the joy of wondering through a store and just discovering something new. P Some of My Favorite Catalogs Gardening Breck’s and Burpee both offer a great selection of flowers. Breck’s specializes in bulbs and perennials. Burpee has annual and perennial flowers, vegetables, fruits, herbs and gardening supplies. Lee Valley has a nice selection of gardening supplies and tools. Gurney’s has vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, trees and gardening supplies. Arts & Crafts Blick’s Art Supply and Herrschner’s should have everything you need. Blick’s has all of your classic art supplies: canvas, paints, brushes, pencils, drawing paper. Herrschner’s has knitting/crochet supplies, needlework, felt, mosaics and basic art supplies. General Hammacher Schlemmer is your place to go for all the things you never knew you wanted. Most of it is pretty expensive, but it’s a hoot just paging through the catalog. The Vermont Country Store offers a range of products by days of old and a nice selection of blankets and sheets, amongst other goods. Design Toscano has statuary for any occasion in a variety of sizes including dragons, gargoyles, angels and other religious Page from the 1921 Sears Catalog of Modren Homes describing the statuary, gods, dinosaurs and animals, including Bigfoot. Magnolia model. Public domain. SMOKE SIGNALS Page 17

ghgh Will the Real Amelia Earhart ghgh Please Stand Up? article by Diana Antinucci to Tokyo in a B-29 with the help of Monsignor James Francis Amelia Earhart Day is on July 24th! I thought this would Kelley and brought back some “nuns”, possibly Earhart be a fitting time to do an article on the famous aviator. and Noonan. Earhart then assumed the identity of a woman Of course, one of the reasons she is so famous today is named Irene Madalaine Craigmile (nee O’Crowley). So, who because of her disappearance in 1937, so I thought I would was Irene Craigmile? look into the details and theories behind that disappearance. Irene O’Crowley was born on October 1, 1904, the only Big mistake. The details leading up to her disappearance child of a prominent family in Newark, NJ. From the age of are well-documented. So well-documented, in fact, that an twelve onward, she was raised by her aunt, attorney Irene exhaustive recitation of them would fill many pages. The Rutherford O’Crowley. In 1928, Irene married Charles James theories behind her disappearance would fill the rest of the Craigmile, a civil engineer in Pompton Plains, NJ, but he died pages of our humble suddenly in 1931. newsletter. What to Irene met Amelia do? So, I chose one Earhart through her theory. One that I was aunt, after Irene unfamiliar with and was invited to a perhaps you are also. Zonta meeting by The official story is her aunt, who was that Amelia Earhart a charter member and Fred Noonan (her of the organization navigator) missed that promotes the Howland Island, a advancement of small island in the women. In 1932, Pacific, where they Irene began taking were to refuel and flying lessons. In make any necessary 1933, she found repairs. The plane herself pregnant ran out of fuel and out of wedlock and crashed into the eloped with the Pacific. Another father, Al Heller. It theory is that the turned out that Al plane crashed was still married to over land (or was another woman, shot down by the though, and Irene Japanese) and that had the marriage Earhart and Noonan annulled in 1940. Amelia Earhart in a Stearman-Hammond Y-1. No known copyright restrictions. Library of Congress were captured by Prints and Photographs division, digital ID hec.40747. Irene did not renew the Japanese. They her pilot’s license were either executed after it expired in or later died of disease in captivity. Yet another theory is that 1937. In the 1940’s, she became a New York City banker. the plane crashed on the uninhabited Gardner Island (now She remarried in 1958 to Guy Bolam, a British gentleman and known as Nikumaroro) and Earhart and Noonan lived on this executive at Radio Luxembourg. The Bolams owned properties island for an undetermined time before dying. These are all in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Europe and North theories that are fairly well-known. Carolina, many of these next door to Jackie Cochran. That is There is another theory. Amelia Earhart did not die, the official biography. but came back to the US and assumed the identity of a In 1965, Air Force Major Joseph Gervais was invited to housewife in New Jersey. The theory goes a little something speak at a meeting of retired pilots by one of Amelia Earhart’s like this: Earhart (who may or may not have been spying for friends, Viola Gentry. At this meeting, Gervais met Irene Bolam the US government) ended up in Japanese custody. A friend and immediately felt that she was Amelia Earhart and began of Amelia Earhart, Jackie Cochran, wife of a millionaire RKO looking into her past. Using Gervais’s research, Joe Klaas movie executive that financed some of Earhart’s flights, flew published a book in 1970, titled Amelia Earhart Lives. Irene

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Amelia Earhart continued from page 17 also claim that upon her death, Irene’s son wanted the body Bolam vehemently denied the claim and filed a lawsuit for photographed and fingerprinted, but was denied. $1.5 million. The book’s publisher, McGraw-Hill, quickly So, what are the rebuttals? Opponents of the theory claim withdrew the book from shelves and reached a settlement that Irene Bolam and Amelia Earhart do not resemble each with Bolam. No determination was made about Bolam’s other any more than any other women of northern European identity and no retraction was ever made by Gervais or ancestry. They also say that using 1930’s photos of Earhart Klaas. After Amelia Earhart Lives was published, three more and comparing them to 1970’s photos of Irene Bolam cannot books put forth the theory that Bolam was Earhart: Stand by be used for identification according to experts. These people to Die by Robert Myers and Barbara Wiley in 1985, Amelia also say a criminal forensic expert, Kevin Richlin, was hired Earhart Survived by Colonel Rollin C. Reineck in 2003 and by National Geographic in 2006 and concluded that Irene and Amelia Earhart: Beyond the Grave by W. C. Jameson in 2016. Amelia are not the same person. (Proponents of the Irene- All of these were published after Irene Bolam’s death in 1982. Amelia theory counter that Richlin appeared on a National What evidence is given for these claims? It’s mostly Geographic special, was given limited photographic evidence circumstantial. Gervais, while stationed in the Pacific from and never concluded anything.) Opponents also say that 1959 to 1962, recorded testimony from more than seventy Monsignor Kelley never mentions Earhart in his memoirs, but local people does recount that Earhart and several events Noonan were that can be retrieved by the proven did not Japanese Navy. happen and that Cochran and by the time he Monsignor Kelley told his Amelia picked up “nuns” story, he was in Japan and 79 and suffering the researchers from dementia. claim that from Opponents of the that point on, theory also claim Earhart assumed that Bolam was Irene’s identity never asked for to live a simpler her fingerprints life outside and the ten the spotlight. dollars was Nothing is said paid to Gervais about what Irene Craigmile-Bolam in 1977. Photo by and Klaas to might have Amelia Earhart in March 1937. Public domain. Maxistheone and released to the public domain. agree not to happened to the countersue. real Irene. The researchers claim that the pre-war Irene does They further claim that it was not Irene’s son that wanted to not resemble the post-war Irene in photographs, but this is photograph and fingerprint Irene after her death, but that it hard to establish because photos of the pre-war Irene are was Joseph Gervais that made the request. The rest can be lacking and of poor quality. Proponents of the Irene-Amelia explained away as circumstantial. theory claim that the government destroyed all quality photos What do I think? Honestly, I think we will never know what of Irene. Irene-Amelia theorists claim that the resemblance happened to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. The waters between Earhart and Bolam after WWII is unmistakable. have been so muddied now by people with their own agenda Post-war Irene had interests that pre-war Irene never had, and theory, so much time has passed and any evidence has but Earhart was known to have, including writing poetry and been lost or badly mishandled. Do I think Irene Bolam was photography. Before the war, Irene had not traveled much, Amelia Earhart? I sincerely doubt it. Is it possible? Sure, did not know important or famous people and was not a I suppose just about anything is possible. It wouldn’t be member of Zonta. After the war, all of these things were true. the first time someone led a secret life. It has been proven Amelia Earhart spoke several languages, a talent that Irene without a doubt that Charles Lindbergh lived a secret life for did not have prior to WWII, only after. Amelia Earhart and the his last thirty years before his death, under the name Careu post-war Irene also shared the same friends, including Irene’s Kent, fathering seven children with three women and keeping cousin Nina Price, daughter of aunt Irene, who helped Amelia it all secret until his death in 1974. Of course, he didn’t fake with her lines of women’s clothing and her line of luggage, his death to do it, but that’s also been done by others. It’s up Jackie Cochran and Earhart’s own sister. They also claim to you to decide what you think happened to Amelia Earhart. that the case against McGraw-Hill was settled for only ten Look into it and choose the theory you like. There’s enough of dollars after Irene Bolam refused to be fingerprinted. They them to choose from. P SMOKE SIGNALS Page 19

ghgh Letter From The Editors ghgh Diana: My favorite issue of the newsletter is stories that they’d like me to write by October 1st. coming up! Their own stories should be sent by October 19th. Steven: Is it really that time again? That should give me enough time. DIana: Yes, it is! Time to get spooky and scary! Steven: Well, you have fun with that. I’ll be in the Steven: I thought that was woodshop or playing bass or, year-round for you. you know... anything else. Diana: Ha-ha. Very funny. I Diana: You’re not going to was hoping to enlist the help give me any story ideas? of our members this time. Steven: Actually, I have a Steven: That sounds like a story. There’s that weird thing great idea. What’s on your that happened when we were mind? visiting Gettysburg. Diana: I would like them to Diana: Yeah, I remember send me any stories they that. have about Halloweens Steven: Or I can stell the past or maybe any personal story about this guy that spooky stories they might marries this really strange girl have. Maybe suggestions on that loves Halloween way too something creepy that they’d much. Everyone can read the like to know more about. next issue to find out which Steven: When would you story I tell. need this? I mean, for Diana: Hysterical. Just let September and October you everyone know to submit really do two issues of the something for the Halloween newsletter. edition. Okay? Diana: Yeah, I know. I’d The editorial supervisor giving his opinion on the Halloween probably need submissions for edition of the newsletter. Photo by S. Soppe.

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