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defended Great Britain.
These annual National Rallies are the time to renew acquaintances and to see friends. For instance the 20hp
Registrar organizes and invites, at noon, all members of the register for finger food and libations usually low
alcohol content wine. This time a couple of members, who participated in the Tour to Normandy, donated their
tour gift, a dozen bottles of “bubbly” from Alsace, to the occasion.
While at the 50th Anniversary Rally we had the pleasure of spending some time with the president of RROC,
Robin James and his wife Michelle, David Evans the British member of the RROC Foundation and his wife
Wendy and we also saw rather briefly, Gil Fuqua treasurer of RROC. We invited our second cousins that live in
Burnham Woods, Jeanette Wanless Emanuelson her husband Mark Emanuelson and their 6 years old daughter
Linnea. While we were with them John Love, who is one of the first friends we made when we joined RROC,
and who later became president of RROC from 1996-98, and Peter Knies came along. We introduced them to
our cousins and then asked John to take us to his 1950 Mark VI dhc, B4HR, which was on display in the field.
John Love purchased this car from Jeanette’s grandfather Emery Wanless. Emery won first place awards in a
RROC annual Meet and in Pebble Beach over twenty-five years ago. This was a special moment because we
remembered that three years ago John showed this same car in Monterrey, at the RROC annual meet after
driving it across country from Maryland to celebrate the Rolls Royce Centennial. Rob’s uncle, Emery Wanless,
who was our guest on that day, was happy to see John and the Mark VI. Emery remarked that he was pleased
that the two-tone green paint job that he had done himself, thirty-two years prior, was still looking good!
We look forward year to year to attending national RREC and RROC Rallies or Meets these are unforgettable
events. We are very appreciative of the tremendous amount of planning and work involved for each one of
these, whether in England or USA. The volunteers who organize meets/rallies are to be commended, as each
year they appear to get better and better. It is wonderful to belong to our RR related clubs. These have allowed
us to expand our horizons and enhance our lives.
Ivonne Ortiz Webb August 18, 2007
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