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Kristin Reeves’ home in Westpoint,Indiana, attended by nine members. Itended up being a beautiful fall day. Weeach roasted our own hot dogs over thefire and ate from the various food itemsavailable. Some were brave and roastedhuge marshmallows over the fire fordesert. Mostly we just sat around talkingabout life, and cars, of course.In lieu of a meeting, Kevin showedphotos from the trip to the national meetin Rochester, Minnesota. A few of usdecided to take a brief cat nap; includingmy cat Clyde who took a liking toBob Hein’s shoes.Next, a small auction was held.Since our usual auctioneer, Jan, wasrecuperating from surgery, Kevin tookover the duties. Kevin’s mom donated abeautiful fall afghan that Bev Weakleywon for $24. Scott Oller won a VW busmodel. Kevin won a 1950s Plymouthliterature item after a tough battle withVal Weakley. A Coca-Cola bingo ballwent to Bev. Beer was also battled overby Bob Hein and Scott Jones, with Bobwinning. In total the auction brought in$50 for the club to use.We adjourned from the auction andtook a short hay ride in Kevin’s aunt’sfield. Kevin drove his 1948 Oliver. BobVan Buskirk took pictures for us.All and all it was a great time andKevin and I would like to thank everyonefor coming. – Kristin ReevesDURING THE AUCTION,the bidding had slowedand someone commentedthat we neededStan (Peel) and Marvinto run up the bid. Stan willalways be with us.– Unknown Mouse in the Cornervia Bob Van BuskirkLong Island RegionOCTOBER HAD AN OUTRAGEOUS beginningas five of us made our annual pilgrimageto the “Woodstock of carshows,” the AACA Fall Meet atHershey. The usual great time was hadby all. We feasted on a number of ourown culinary delights. We had a decentamount of sales this year, althoughmost of the high ticket items were purchasedby Europeans. There did seemto be a greater number of empty spots inthe swap meet fields and a thinnercrowd. The economic downturn is stillrearing its ugly head.All too quickly the days passed andit was homeward bound. Four blocksfrom Roger Lopera’s house DaveWegenaar spotted a set of tires and rimsfor sale at the curb. We stopped to take alook, and they were a perfect fit for PeteMark’s van. A deal was made and for$80 Pete wound up with four tires,chrome rims, center caps and lug nuts.Bargains crop up when you least expectthem.OUR OCTOBER 12 MEETING was calledto order with 12 members present. In hisreport, President Marks mentioned thatthe can tab collection started by hisdaughter, Maria, has been extremelysuccessful. She was written up and hadher picture on page one of theSouthshore Press. Gershaws scrapmetal will donate up to $5000 to theSunrise fund for the aluminum tabsturned in. Pete also went on to discussthe goings-on at Hershey, andSeptember’s outing at the SuffolkCounty Police Museum Garage.– Dave WegenaarLone Star RegionWE MET ON NOVEMBER 11 for a tourthat began in San Marcos, Texas, andended at Lockhart. Van Massirerpresided at the business meeting,which was held at Black’s Barbecueat Lockhart with 11 members attending.Marc Honey is exploring the possibilityof acquiring knit shirts through acompany called Queensboro.com. Onceour logo is online with the company,individuals may order directly.Officers elected for 2012 were:president, Mike Morrison; vice-president,Mark Ballard; secretary, MarcHoney; treasurer, Carl Bradley. Outgoingpresident Van Massirer agreed, atMike’s request, to serve as liaison withthe national organization.In discussing a national meet, theconsensus was the same as in the past:we are too small and inexperienced as aclub to take on such a venture in thenear future. We need answers to questionssuch as what national memberswould like to see and do on a trip toTexas and how much control the nationalorganization has. A suggestion wasmade to talk with those who have host--10-ed a national meet to find out what isinvolved. Ideally, some of our membersought to attend a national meet to gatherinformation. – Mary MassirerMid-Iowa RegionWE HAVE PICKED UP some new membersand were very active with car-relatedactivities during the past summer. Itis great to have members who participatein club activities.In August, we attended the HeritageCarousel car show at Union Park in DesMoines. The park features a large historicalcarousel that is beautiful andvery popular with residents in the area.Among the large turnout of auto enthusiastswas our member John DeMosswith his ‘65 Fury III and Randy Cashartwith his ‘66 Barracuda, both of whichreceived top-25 awards.On August 31, a number of membersattended the annual Family FunNight and car show hosted by the GraceChurch in Des Moines. It was a warmnight that was perfect for observing over100 vehicles and taking in the great fellowshipof the event. We look forwardto this great car show next year.In September, several members metat a McDonald’s in Pleasant Hill andcaravanned to a car show at Prairie Cityhosted by city’s fire and police departments.The day started cool but warmedup by mid-day. Ten members attended.John DeMoss’s ‘65 Fury III and BobCoburn’s ‘59 300E won top-25 awards.New member Wendell Davis wonBest Original Classic with his ‘59 SportFury convertible at a car show in hishome state of Missouri. To this writer,‘59 Plymouths are gorgeous automobiles.On October 22, members met atBob Coburn’s garage to discuss upcomingelections and to plan possible clubactivities for the next several months.It has been a pretty good summer incentral Iowa with numerous car-relatedevents to attend. Plymouth club membersare to be commended for their continuedattendance at these events.– Ed LynamPrairie RegionOUR OCTOBER MEETING was held inthe old schoolhouse at the SewardMuseum during the Goehner Car Show.