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ThePlymouth PressCLUB NEWS Plymouth Owners Club No. 296Sun shines on Wisconsin meetThe sun did shine on the 2009National Summer Meet butnot without intermittent downpours(deluges, really) and amidnight thunderstorm, toboot. Concerns surfacedabout Saturday’s judgingshow, but “not to worry.” Thesun did shine.More than 80 Plymouthsdescended upon Oconomowoc,Wisconsin, and the OlympiaResort’s green and woodedsetting.Earlier in the week, tourswere conducted, first, to Jack’sAuto Ranch, a local auto salvageyard featuring vintageThe ‘70 Hemi Cuda of new member JohnArps was Best of Show for Group 3.makes, including Plymouths.Some members camehome with needed parts.The next day’s tourstook in the WisconsinAutomotive Museumand the Venerable FireEquipment Collection.Members found both“Hello, this is Jay Leno calling.”How cool is it to be driving across the Upper Peninsula ofMichigan and get a call from Jay Leno?Jay called and told me he has been following my website foryears. I pulled over and we talked for about fifteen minutes abouthis getting the car, his Econo Jet car, his collection, etc.-- just twocar guys catching up.Jay said he could not disclose the price, but he said "I toldChrysler they had three cars and were never going to do anythingwith them, let's deal!"Anyway, that was my day.-- Mark Olson(See page 6 for a full report)The Plymouth Bulletin (ISSN 0032-1737) is published bi-monthly.Subscription through annual dues: $28 new; $26 renewal. Published by thePlymouth Owners Club, PO Box 345, 603 Central Ave, Walhalla, ND 58282-0345. Periodical postage paid at Grafton, ND 58237. POSTMASTER: Sendaddress changes to The Plymouth Bulletin, PO Box 416, Cavalier, ND 58220-0416.Plymouths met, as did their owners, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, forthe 2009 National Summer Meet.-3-displays fascinating.The auto museum featuredthe locally producedKissel Kar plus afull spectrum of makes,including a couple ofPlymouths. The largecollection of wellrestoredfire trucks andapparatus was found tobe simply amazing tomost who made thetour.Friday’s tour tookmembers to Old WorldWisconsin, a vast display ofrestored store buildings andfarmsteads, the latter arrangedaccording to ethnic backgrounds.The tour days broughtsome rain mixed with sunshine.Saturday dawnedbright and sunny. About halfthe Plymouths registered wereentered into judging. Thisyear the cars were drivenPHOTO BY CHRIS SUMINSKIthrough judging stations. Thesystem requires fewer judgesbut, as found at this meet, ittook much more time to complete.Reviews were mixedand tweaking will be necessaryfor future use of the system.The banquet, featuringgreat food and live music, culminatedin the awarding oftrophies, 26 in total. The winnerswill be featured in theupcoming issue that will coverthe meet. The Best of Showwinners included DoranJohnson’s ‘34 PE coupe,Plymouths park in the woods of OldWorld Wisconsin.Wayne Farrey’s ‘56 Belvedereconvertible and John Arps’ ‘70Hemi Cuda. The first Group 4car to be judged, JeffTarwood’s ‘80 Volaré, tookhome the Mayflower Award asthe meet’s best four-doorsedan.Thanks and praise go tothe Dairyland Region forbeing great and gracious hosts.-- LDKMembers RememberedWILLIAM F. SNYDER, Bucyrus, Ohio, died May 3, 2009, at theage of 82. He was a member of the Ohio Region. (See page 17)THE REV. ARNOLD J. TIEFENBACH, Regina, Saskatchewan, diedJune 7 at age 96. (See page 19)