President's Page May 2013 ~ Our 50th Year

Happy Spring to all members and friends:

I trust that everyone had a nice Easter with family and friends, although it being early on the calendar has resulted in it being followed by significant snow.

It was great to see all of you at our April meeting at Joey's. I take it that you‘re anxious to get some miles on the old wheels, and speaking of which, we begin our “driving months” with this meeting. That comes with the draw for $20.00 at each meeting to reward someone for arriving in the vintage vehicle.

You will likely be reading this before a lot of us, and lots of guests, will be climbing on the big bus on April 28^th for the visit to the Tackaberry Collection. This kick-off tour for our anniversary year has been nicely managed by Dan Hewitt – so hat’s off to Dan and Pam for all the calls, emails and logistics! Thanks also to Dave for recruiting a contingent from the Renfrew area and treasurer Wendy, helping to keep tabs on the finances.

Remember to pack a box lunch and snacks to get through the afternoon. Plans are to stop for coffee on the way down and at PJ Restaurant around suppertime in Arnprior on our return trip. The restaurant has a large dining room to accommodate a bus load and a very nice menu. There should be lots of photo opportunities on this tour!

Our May meeting will return to the Champlain Trail Museum. We should see quite a few of the old vehicles out for this one. Remember to stow some

unneeded treasures in the trunk for our auction.

For those of you that are planning to attend the tour to Grace Lutheran Church off Green Lake Road on June 23^rd, please let me know in the next few weeks. This will assist our ladies in planning and preparing a nice luncheon for all of us. We have a guest pastor on that day, Pastor Randy Steinke, a dynamic speaker and some of the members will wear old-time garb to add to the reflection of 150 years at this church. Parishioners are excited that we will offer a short excursion on (paved) Reiche Road and returning for lunch. (Like PJ’s – very nice menu!)

Welcome home to the Correia family. They had been at their winter home in Costa Rica while the rest of us were keeping the home fires burning in the Valley. Carol and I chatted over in Shawville a few weeks ago and she mentioned how Mario was in Ogensburg NY, picking some parts for their collection.

Next on the calendar will be our “Tour to Boston” - to Dub and Frankie Juby's on Sunday, May 19^th on Lochwinnoch Road for Boston Clam Chowder. Be sure to circle that on your calendar. Some of the Model A clan from Renfrew are planning to join in on the tour. It’s Dub’s special birthday.

Secretary Dave has been asked to submit a story on the club’s 50 years to the Quill & Quail of the Model A Owners of Canada club. Our Model A genesis, to some degree, remains as the signature of our club, so it will be nicely featured for other enthusiasts across the province and beyond.

I look forward to seeing you Wednesday May 1^st at Champlain Trail Museum for our May Day Meeting. Bring your spouse, your old car and your smiles.

Delores

President's Page April 2013 ~ Our 50th Year

Mack Cab-Over-Engine - Tackaberry Collection

Happy Easter to all members and friends. As many of you will know, the second annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Douglas was outstanding along with wearing of the green elsewhere in the Valley. Kevin O’Gorman was joined by his brothers on the colourful O’Gorman Float, one of 80 or so entries and Kaye was wearin' the green too. The Irish have a wonderful way to bring winter to an end (despite its last gasp with the recent snowfall).

With April, the Spring Equinox and an early Easter celebration, it can’t be long before we’re on the road again with our old vehicles. Actually our ’31 Model A was out on the warm March 3rd Sunday for a short drive past the Fourth Chute. It nicely started right up after hibernation.

To kick off our first tour of our Anniversary Year, the Tour to Athens to experience the Tackaberry Collection is coming up on Sunday April 28th. Organizer Dan Hewitt has reserved a comfortable highway coach from Thom Transport. Please note that the deadline to reserve and pay for your $35.00 seat is by the April meeting. You can help Dan with this project by reserving ahead of time if you can. The best way to expedite this early, which will be helpful to understand numbers, is to drop into see Wendy at TerMarsch Fuels to put cash (preferably) into an envelope with your name, telephone number and pick-up location – Pembroke, Cobden or Renfrew (Jim Rolfe-style).

On our April 3rd meeting night Wendy and Dan will be able to give us the final count of ACCP members joining the bus tour, after which time, any available seats will be allotted to other car enthusiasts.

And just three weeks following, on the 19th of May (the Sunday of the long weekend) we take the “Tour to Boston” for Boston Clam Chowder at Juby’s on Lochwinnoch Road overlooking the Ottawa River. It’s a special birthday for Dub, so we’re expecting a good turnout. Frankie’s famous chowder will be served up with flair, you have to know!

Our calendar of events for the Anniversary Year has filled up nicely. With basic venues determined, details can now be addressed going forward. We know that everybody has other summer-time activities and priorities, but please be sure to reserve what time you can to participate during our driving months.

I look forward to seeing you at the meeting at Joey’s Restaurant, and let me suggest that as you get into your spring cleaning, you set aside some of those trinkets and treasures that could be brought in for the auction sale. The auction not only raises some cash (and gets some of the moths out of some pockets), proceeds have always gone to a good cause… this year, to the colour cover of your newsletter, The Flying Quail. While April isn’t officially our first driving month, I’ll bet that there are a few of the antiques out, weather permitting.

Delores

President's Page March 2013 ~ Our 50th Year

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Greetings to our Irish and/or wannabe-Irish Members!  Our picture this issue is Neil & Lori Videto in their Peace Van - they're great-grandparents but would still fit in at Wooodstock...

Our February dinner and meeting at Joey’s Restaurant, as always, was enjoyable and almost a full house. Mae, Shirley and I had fun setting out Valentine’s candy treats and delicious cookies which must have been good – well-stocked plates were quickly emptied in front of Jeff and Ron.

We were pleased to welcome Jim and Donna Savage to a meeting and subsequently into the club as members. Jim has said that for some time, they would see vintage cars on a tour and wondered how to get involved. As Pipe Major for the Renfrew Highland Pipes & Drums, Jim is a colourful (and audible) participant at many Valley parades. He and Donna own and operate Pembroke Crane and Tom Mix Cement. They are proud owners of a 1976 Thunderbird. Welcome to our ACCP family. On a sad note, we were advised that Jim’s mother, who lived in Fredericton, had just passed away, so we extend our condolences to the family at this difficult time.

As well at our meeting we succeeded in applying some ink to the previously “penciled-in” tours and events for the remaining ten months or our 50th year. Please refer to our enclosed Calendar of Events for future touring.

At our picture afternoon, on Thursday March 21st, we will be ‘touring down memory lane’. We hope to start by 2 pm to view pictures, poems and videos from the past. I am sure you have all been busy searching for pictures and memorabilia that you feel you would like to see in the ACCP commemorative book. Our committee consists of Bob, Dave, Lorne, Julie, Don, Wayne and Neil (others are welcome). So, let’s have good representation and give the committee lots to work with.

The Roy’s have a new toy, a 68 Pontiac Parisian convertible (we hope it’s not the one that Lorne had for sale a while back). It will be a grand touring car for the hot summer days and evenings. Congratulations Dawn and Ron to the new addition to your B-Line fleet.

Our March 6th meeting will again be held at Joey’s Restaurant, starting at 5:30 for socializing with a 6:00 dinner time and meeting at 7:00. Remember to bring your auction items – don’t be shy – we have seen some recycling of items in recent months – let’s get some new stuff to haggle over. Proceeds go to offset printing costs of our Flying Quail. In response to the suggestion of sponsoring an issue, we now have three families on board to sponsor. The Flying Quail has a long history and a good reputation, thanks to many editors and contributors over the years. Early on, it was printed on a Gestetner by Rennie Patterson, later in Glen Hartwick’s print shop, for while at Renfrew Printing and in recent years at Turbo Graphics, managed by Bob & Mae McCauley.   Delores

President's Page February 2013 ~ Our 50th Year

With a bit of play on words, we are “bumper riding” behind January already with crisp, cold weather, reminding us clearly, that we are Canadians.


Our January meeting was successful in developing many plans for our 50th Anniversary. Thanks to so many for coming forward to offer and discuss suggestions for our touring in this signal year 2013. Right off the bat, we will gather at Joey’s Restaurant on March 21st for an afternoon session to go over old pictures and other memorabilia to help the Commemorative Yearbook Committee to begin to scope out design and content basics.

A lot of you have stepped up to the plate, including Dan and Pam Hewitt who are working on a special springtime excursion to be announced soon. In the latter part of June we are invited to bring our cars to Grace Lutheran Church on Green Lake Road as it celebrates its 150th Anniversary. Our 50th Anniversary BBQ will be held in July at Tommy & Shannon Dunfield’s with 60s music provided by Simon Clarke. In addition to other old car events in August, you can plan to enjoy a blockbuster President’s Mystery Tour. And before you know it, we’ll be into autumn with all the regular events including our Road-A-O in September and Oktoberfest in Ladysmith. Neil and Lori are setting up a return visit to the September 29th Mount St. Patrick supper. The ladies from the mountain make the best tasting pies ever – and lots of them!

It’s understandable that the summer months are busy times for families. In this climate, we are forced to fit a lot activity into a few prime months – our driving time. ACCP membership doesn’t carry the obligation to attend all functions, so we try to optimize our events, that’s all we can do. Our club has a rich tradition of being a good family organization and we will carry on in that vein. We will have the opportunity to showcase a lot of wonderful pictures of members who have passed on, and there will lots of pictures of the younger generations who’ve been engaged in our tours over the past 50 years, now all grown up themselves and busy elsewhere.

Our Antique Car Tunes band continues to perform throughout the area at special homes for very special people. It’s one way of giving back to the seniors who were the builders of our communities ahead of us. Our old vehicles are extensions of us, of our club and with them we can bring a bit of cheer to many people.

We look forward to the February meeting at Joey’s on the 6th, with socializing and stacking of auction commodities starting at 5:30, dinner at 6:00, meeting at 7:00. See you then. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Delores Lemkay, President

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

President's Page November 2012

Hello all. Our beautiful fall colours lingering well into this month is such a bonus. While we didn’t proceed with a colour tour, many members have been touring around and meeting each other here and there. Such a lovely fall should remind us to give thanks for the collective wealth we share in Canada for security and freedom.

Our October meeting at the Sands on Golden Lake was most enjoyable – there’s not a better place to enjoy the sunset than there! Thanks to Jeff and Jeff who were most gracious in giving us the downstairs meeting room gratis.

Our Car Club is always welcomed at Oktoberfest in Ladysmith. Some of our members have gone there since the early 1970s when it was more of a steam & machinery show. While the weather was a bit threatening, it really didn’t rain until well after the parade and afternoon show. It was another fun family outing for us this year.

Our club, has lost one of its longstanding members with the passing of Stanley Priebe. Stan passed away on Sunday, October 21st. Stan joined us in Eganville’s “Melissa Bishop parade” in the 1939 Chevrolet and at the Renfrew Car Show too. Only in the past couple of weeks he had been in the Pembroke Regional Hospital. As you read this, we will have been involved in the funeral. Please keep Lila and family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for them.

As we wind down somewhat from driving season events, the “calendar” is considerably smaller. Likely most members have tucked their vehicles away for hibernation, although with this nice weather some may be holding out for another tour, even if it’s on their own. The Caddy still gets out for a spin as I tour with the keyboard and amp in the back with others in the Car Tunes band. Everything fits nicely into that back seat rather than into my little Suzuki. Dave has plans to put it away this week in Renfrew, but the Model A will stay here in our barn so he can do some work on it over winter.

The Christmas Shine banquet and dance on Saturday, December 8th is coming together nicely. Lorne Troutman has designed and printed tickets so they’ll be available at our meeting in November. The cost is $25.00 per person, which includes a full course turkey and roast beef dinner with all the trimmings. Gail Hanson has worked her magic in buying all the special door prizes for that evening. I am told that John has been conscripted to do the wrapping. Our thanks goes out to them. Our Antique Car Tunes & Christmas CD’s will be playing for that evening. We invite other musical members to please join in with us. The more the merrier. The Car Tunes volunteer at many Seniors’ residences through the year and we do have a lot of fun. We are always open to others joining us. Kaye O’Gorman has volunteered to entertain with her keyboard talents and singing voice. Speaking of singing, here’s a personal invitation to Wally Cochrane to join in too.

I encourage all members to search for old Christmas ornaments, etc. for our auction. Proceeds from November and December offset the expenses for the Christmas banquet. November 7th Meeting at Joey’s Restaurant, Social 5:30, Dinner at 6:00 followed by meeting at 7:00.