President's Page January 2013 ~ Our 50th Year

Happy New Year to members and friends!


As this message is being prepared, Christmas Day is only a week away. The holiday season, a heartfelt time for family gatherings, the time of year we embrace traditions - Santa Claus parades, concerts and Carol singing to festive baking, cooking, decorating of our homes. This all reminds us of the basis of our Christian values and the importance of family and friends.

Our Christmas Shine at the Seniors Centre was a wonderful evening and enjoyed by all. This location seems ideal for the members and guests. Thank you, Lorne and Myrna Troutman for your dedication in making this nicely-appointed hall a welcoming place for all of us. Thank you Gale and John Hanson for your selection and presentation of Santa gifts. Santa, on a rush trip from the North Pole, was able to quickly prepare, even with growing a foot-long snow-white beard! Thank you Neil and other members of the Antique Car Tunes and our guest soloist Kaye O’Gorman, for the wonderful holiday music. Our Christmas was made extra special with having Ellen and Brian Black join us, thanks to the limousine services of Ron and Dawn Roy. It was also a pleasure to have our member Gerry Binhammer join us. I will note here that, as in previous years, Gerry has given a cash donation to the club, along with a lovely Christmas cake which was one of the door prizes. Ellen and Brian Black also gave a donation towards club Christmas expenses. Our thanks to all of you for your kindness and generosity making this festive event memorable.

The President’s Trophy was presented to Lori and Neil Videto in recognition of their robust attendance and support for meetings, tours and events. The Crank-of-the-Year was given to Gale and John Hanson, who are recognized as being the spark that adds to meetings and outings. The infamous Door Prize, by golly, was given to Wally Cochrane, a longstanding member and supporter of our fine hobby (having just brought a new Model A Ford to town). I suggest that you please bring trophies to January meeting for engraving preparation.

We now move forward into our golden anniversary year! In keeping with our celebration, we can look forward to Flying Quail cover pages being in colour thanks to the motion at December’s meeting. We look forward to an exciting year of publication with our newsletter and with our upcoming Anniversary yearbook. The ACCP is your club and we have a wealth of history from which we will draw to compile our 50-year record by the end of this year.

Come to the January meeting with your ideas for tours that we might consider taking this year. Better yet, come prepared to take on the task of one or more of our monthly events. This will allow us to pencil in on the calendar those traditional events that we enjoy.

Our January 2nd Meeting will be held at Joey’s Restaurant, starting with social time at 5:30, dinner at 6:00 and meeting at 7. It will be a New Year for Auction items (unless you have a lot of Christmas decorations left over )

Wishing you and your family a most healthy, safe and happy New Year!

Delores

Maplebrae at Christmas

President's Page December 2012

What a beautiful “warmer-than-normal” November with clear skies and spectacular sunsets. We are now into the “sunset” of 2012, with the Santa Claus Parade and preparations of our Christmas Shine. Thanks to the many members who have volunteered their time, talent and homes to make these events successful and satisfying.


By now, most of our old vehicles are nicely tucked away for the winter. Our Caddie and boat are hibernating at the Renfrew fairgrounds this year but Dave is keeping the Model A at home for some upgrades. He has been taking it for little jaunts into Renfrew or to the cottage while the weather has been so favourable.

We have a committee of volunteers for our ACCP 50th Anniversary Yearbook. If others of you are interested in helping, let us know. There is a cache already of very old club pictures, but there will be many more that you can make available. If you wish to submit some, please try to identify people, dates and places and write your name on the back so that all your material is duly credited and that it can be returned to you.

There have been suggestions from members for special events to undertake in 2013. These even include long-range excursions over a few days to places in and out of the country. One such tour that has merit might see us heading down through Athens to visit the Tackaberry Collection and on to the

Thousand Islands for a river cruise and maybe a jaunt to the Clayton NY Museum. Other ideas are out there too, so let’s discuss options at the December meeting for starters.

Our club can boast another successful year. The list of events is impressive: Winterlude at Popkie’s Mill; Strawberry Social at Champlain Trail Museum; the chilly A & W Cruise Night; Castleford/Pakenham/Renfrew Tour to celebrate Dub Juby’s birthday and visit the Pinnacle Hill Look-out; Eganville’s Melissa Bishop Olympic Parade; the Petawawa, Killaloe, Griffith and Renfrew car shows; the President’s Tour through the Westmeath - Roche Fendu region over to Portage-du-Fort; the Sing-A-Long Grease Movie at Festival Hall; Renfrew County Plowing Match; the Oktoberfest Parade at Ladysmith and most recently Pembroke’s novel Caribbean Christmas Parade.

Our Club has welcomed new members this year - Dub & Frankie Juby, Mario & Carolyn Correia, Doug & Lynda Janney and Leo and Gloria Harris. We are saddened by the passing of member Stanley Priebe and as well, the club has sent condolences to other members who have had deaths in their families. The club continues to demonstrate its “family value” in times of loss or hardship. This continues to make our club meaningful and a fine part of our lives as it nears the fifty year milestone.

As President, I take this opportunity at year-end to thank everyone for your enthusiasm and innovative thoughts in club matters. The support of the executive has allowed us to steer through a busy and interesting year. Thanks to Treasurer Wendy, Secretary Dave, Cathy ~ Benevolence, Wayne ~ Membership, Bob & Mae ~ Quail. I look forward to working with you in our special New Year. In closing, I wish you all a healthy, happy and safe Christmas.

Delores