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The museum has only been thereabout a year and is somewhat small but ithas already collected quite a bit of memorabilia.A video in the front lobby plays forthe observer to learn about the history theraceway, the cars and the drivers. But theexciting part was through the glass doubledoors to the back section. Maserati,Ferrari, Jaguar and Porsche are all representedas well as some Penske and GurneyIndy racers.You can see the evolution of the racecar through the years. A shop there takeson the restoration of some of these oldracers. We spent over two hours admiringthe vehicles and questioning our docentabout them.We next headed on over to Delia'sGrinders for some lunch. With our hungersatiated, Nick DeSimone brought a shortmeeting to order. When the meeting wasadjourned we each found our way homewith some memories of a pleasant dayspent with our friends.-- Margie AmosGrand Canyon RegionOUR MAY 17 MEETING was held at Scott'sGeneration Restaurant and Deli inPhoenix, with 12 members present Afterthe meeting was called to order by TonyTricoci, our newest member, KenDickson,was introduced.Following reports, we discussedupcoming activities and the possibility ofhaving a website for our region.Our Tech Time guest speaker wasDwight Cervin, a new regional member,who is 90 years young. Dwight relayedstories about his childhood and adulthoodmemories and his relationship withPlymouth, Chrysler and Dodge automobiles.He brought pictures of FranklinRoosevelt and his wife in (now) antiquecars along with a Plymouth salesman’sdata book from 1935. -- Barbara Tricoci(We hope to include the account of Dwight’smemories in a future BULLETIN.--editor)Heart of America RegionOUR MUCH-ANTICIPATED TRIP toHamilton, Missouri, dawned sunny andpleasant with 24 members and five guestsattending, most in old cars. Our first stopwas at Kingston, the seat of CaldwellCounty and its 1898 court house. Nextwas the county historical society housed ina Civil War vintage home. Of particularinterest was a quilt displayed with embroiderednames of the men and their familiesof that area who had been involved in theCivil War. A peg leg like those used byamputees was of special interest to ouryoung guests.From there we continued to Hamiltonand the boyhood home of J. C. Penney, thetown’s best-known citizen. Our guide,Dean Hales, was very well-informed andregaled us with tales of J. C. Penney’s lifein Hamilton. He then led us to his ownhome where J. C.’s Cadillac convertiblesits in the garage.We visited the Memorial Library andMuseum which was full of interestingitems and memorabilia. The building thathad housed the J. C. Penney store hasbeen restored and turned into a hardwarestore by its present owners, Ed Ernat--sonof our region’s members Ed and Marilyn--and his wife. We marveled at the superiorjob they had done.Lunch was at Past Times, which has a1950s theme. After being pleasantlystuffed, we headed on to tour the HarperHouse, former home of a judge inCaldwell County which has been restoredto its Victorian beauty by its owners, JayJob’s parents. Jay’s mom, Jacque, hadstories to tell about the house and thenafter taking us on a tour, entertained uswith player piano music.Some of us bade farewell at this timebut others went on to view a film onChrysler and then stopped at Ed andMarilyn Ernat’s home for donuts and coffee.Altogether, it was a full and enjoyableday, planned by Mike and VickiSchaefer and the Ernats.TWO VISITORS ATTENDED our May meeting:Sean Keaton, owner of a 1961 Furyand Steve Conard who has two 1938 fourdoorsedans, one a Dodge and the other aPlymouth. Steve later joined the club.Mike Schaefer told of his family’sovernight trip to the Lawrence Swap Meetfor which they had made beds in their vanso as to be there bright and early. Next,Ken Reed reported on our trip toHamilton.Bill Krenzer brought up the matter offlowers or memorials for deaths in thefamilies of members and cards for thosewith illnesses. Karen Zammar was namedour new Sunshine Person who will takecare of future needs.New member, Mary Ellen Crocker,gave some interesting tips on uses fortoothpaste, such as cleaning CDs and tarnishedsilver. We were then entertainedby our in-house songwriter, Leslie Lunn,who sang his latest, Back Home. Such talent.-15-May’s Café Cruise was at the CornerCafé on Riverside with 15 membersenjoying a hearty lunch and visiting. Inspite of the rainy day, several drove oldcars.-- Winona KrenzerHoosier RegionOUR APRIL MEETING was at the O’Bryan’sNine Irish Brothers Pub in Lafayette,Indiana, attended by a very small but livelygroup of 12 members. After lunch, ourpresident Kevin Reeves reviewed ourupcoming meetings and tours through theend of the year.Memorial donations had beenreceived for Stan Peel and Janet Sadler.-- Jan PeelON MAY 23, 14 hardy Plymouth fanaticsmet at McDonald’s in Avon, Indiana, andset out for a drive to Greencastle, headingwest on US 36. In Greencastle, we took aleisurely stroll around the town square,visiting various shops and stopping at amilitary memorial which utilizes arestored German WWII V-1 rocket (betterknown as the Buzz Bomb). This is one ofonly two in existence in the U. S. Theother is in the Smithsonian.We then got into our cars for a shorttrip through a covered bridge. By then wewere getting hungry and headed for ourlunch stop at the Putnam Inn.After lunch, we drove on some backroads to the Harris’ Sugar Bush Farm.There we were met by the owners whoexplained some of the history of sugarcamps and educated us on how sugarwater is extracted, cooked and stored andthen used in different configurations asflavoring. We were treated to a variety offree samples which helped most of usdecide which products we wished to buyfrom their shop. Difficult choices!Some of our group took a guided tourinto the woods to see the actual workingsof a sugar water collection.Part of the group left the farm forhome while others traveled on to the KwikFreeze Ice Cream Shop for fuel andrefreshments. Our sincere thanks to Scottand Peggy Jones who “authored” our trip.-- Kevin ReevesHudson Valley RegionON APRIL 26TH we held our spring dustofftour. Starting in Rhinebeck with fourcars, we traveled to Hudson, New York,where we visited Olana which was hometo famous Hudson River School painterFredrick Edwin Church. There we met