To all ACCP members and friends:
Upon your reading this, Summer will have officially arrived, hopefully with corresponding weather. However, judging by the lush foliage of our forests and the robust farm crops all around us, clearly our weather is in contrast to last year. The corn should be as high as an elephant’s eye.
Our June meeting brought out the old cars and a new addition in Lapierre’s 1935 Buick. It graces the cover this month - what a handsome car! Dean, Anita & Lucas have moved on up from Model As, as you will read elsewhere in these pages. We’re most pleased that you’re touring with us once again.
On a very sad note, we have lost our good friend Don Page. We all were saddened to hear that Don succumbed to a heart attack on June 13th while preparing for the special Champlain 400 celebrations that weekend. To celebrate Don’s life and all that he has shared with us, and in the spirit of his gentlemanly, giving way, we were able to take up the gracious invitation by Sue and their family to join them and others at Bristol Landing on June 21 to reminisce and honour a member who has shared with us his sense of community, his unflagging good humour, and who has entertained us with his wonderful musical talent. This celebration has allowed us to recognize and express our respect for our good friend. In keeping with his nature and the strength of the Page family, Sue has offered Don’s “last journal entry – June 13” and photo that graces a page elsewhere in this issue. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Sue, Heather, Jennifer, Steven & Christopher.
Some of our members have recently returned from their Merrickville excursion and others attended the Antique Class Car & Truck Show in Petawawa. Odi’s Kingburger in Renfrew held its initial Saturday evening car show, Renfrew’s version of the Harvey’s nights.
It’s a challenge to write these columns in advance of events, so I will spell out the “upcoming” special anniversary service at Grace church on Green Lake Road in Rankin. A number of congregations, (mainly Lutheran) are marking their sesquicentennials around this period. This reflects upon a time during the 1850s when there was a major influx to the upper Ottawa Valley of the forebears of many of us who are of German descent. I am reminded of this church’s centennial celebration in 1963 (when I was very young) and also Centennial Year in 1967, when horse-drawn wagons and buggies were used to transport folks, all dressed up in 1860s attire. Those conveyances were still prevalent on most of the neighbouring farms at that time. So our participation with our 1930s through to 1970s vintage vehicles this year advances the technology while it follows in that rich tradition.
See you all and your auto's July 3rd at the dock on the waterfront at the Marina. Delores
