Wednesday Update

Update on Vern

The operation went well and he is on the mend. He is, however haveing some problems with the medication. He is walking some, but not enough. Probably won't be home this week.

He is at Sacred Heart in Spokane in room 618 . Martha's phone is 539-4753

Here is something you car buffs probably didn't know.

The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. Didn't know that, did Ya ? On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97º. The 3 brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary in to telling him that 3 gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter. Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car. They persuaded him to get into the car which was about 130º F then turned on the air-conditioner and cooled the car off immediately. The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them 3 million dollars for the patent. The brothers refused, saying they would settle for 2 million but they wanted the recognition by having a label 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner' on the dashboard of each car that it was installed in. Now old man Ford did not like anything but a Ford name on his cars, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg’s name on 2 million Ford cars. They haggled back and forth for about 2 hours and finally agreed on 4 million dollars with the agreement that just their first names would be shown. And so, even today, all Ford air-conditioners show on the controls, the names 'Norm, Hi, & Max'. There, now Ya know it. Ha Ha

Vern's on the mend.

Great news! Vern made it through his 5 bypass heart surgery. He is already giving the staff a hard time. He went to Spokane on Saturday (I think) and was operated on Monday night. The operation took a long time because the couldn't find a heart. I always suspected he didn't have one. But they finally found one (albeit a small one).

HA! You can't keep me here, I'v got friends in Tri-cities that will come and bust me out!!!

Pizza Party / Meeting

Had a great party / meeting. There was food so we had a great turnout.
Myrtle Nesbit donated Ken's jacket and Bob Rupp's son (Bill) Will now be wearing it.
Bob Rupp donated Alice's Jacket and now Mary Frazier will be wearing it.
Bob McClary had to be restrained. He was trying to steal the door prizes.

Martha put together a game to help us to get to know each other and what we do in the club.

The idea was she handed out sheets of paper with questions like how is the oldest, who drives a blue car, who has been in the club the longest, who is treasurer, Blog editor, President etc....

the first to complete wins Bill Rupp was the winner.

We talked more about upcoming events, more on them as the time draws near. The main thing that was stressed is that, if you are planning on going to Joseph for the show in June, You need to make reservations soon.

Now for a little magic preformed by the one and only "VERNAL"

Jack Yale took this next video, poor guy, it looks like he got caught in an earth quake or had a little too much to drink.

Martha also passed out a sign up sheet for those of us that need jackets or name tags. If you didn't sign up and need either, please call Martha @ 582-7530

Wednesday breakfast update

First things first. Tomorrow night (the 17th) is the pizza party at Roundtable Pizza on Gage and Leslie. Party starts at 6pm, be there.

Next our annual chocolate fest will be held this year on Friday, February 15th at Ginger and Jims (45125 W. Yellowstone, Kennewick). All you need to bring is chocolate. They will supply everything else. If chocolate is really not your thing come anyway and bring something else (Jim says a cherry pie would be nice). Ginger promises a few parlor games with prizes to liven up the evening. At the end of the fest people are invited to take home a sampling of the left over goodies (plates and foil provided). See you there.

We need to start thinking seriously about the trip to Joseph, Or. for the car show on the 14th of June. This is a big show with over 300 cars so the hotels fill up fast. the one we recommend is the Ponderosa (phone # 1-503-426-3168). There will be a potluck at noon and some garage tours in addition to the car show. More details will be forthcoming. There is also a bed and breakfast that is pretty cool and I will get more information on that later.

We had good turnout for breakfast this morning, check out the video.

Come and join us, if for no other reason than to say Hi to our waitress,Jenny.

Cute huh!

Help to identify a car.

I bought this car on e-bay sight unseen (it was a great deal), but not only can I not figure out what kind of a car it is, I don't know if I am coming or going. Can any one help?

The slide show has changed as you can see, to view slide shows of past trips look on the side bar.

Please feel free to leave a comment. It tells me someone is enjoying the blog as much as I am.

Be sure to sign it so I know who you are.

Here are some product nomes from the past see how many you can remember. Jack is not required to participate because he is suffering from CRS.

Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, NOT the ones you were told about ! Your ratings at the bottom.

1. Blackjack chewing gum

2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

3. Candy cigarettes

4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes

6 Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

7. Party lines

8. Newsreels before the movie

9. P.F. Flyers

10. Butch wax

11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)

12. Peashooters

13. Howdy Doody

14. 45 RPM records

15. S&H Green Stamps

16 Hi-fi's

17. Metal ice trays with lever

18. Mimeograph paper

19 Blue flashbulb

20. Packards

21. Roller skate keys

22. Cork popguns

23. Drive-ins

24. Studebakers

25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5 = You're still youngIf you remembered 6-10 = You are getting olderIf you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt !I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my life.

Welcome to a new year.

Say hello to our new President.

We are looking forward to a busy year under the guidance of our new President, Martha Shreve.

The first upcoming event is a pizza party at the Round Table pizza at the corner of Gage and Leslie. Then in mid February is the Chocolate Extravaganza at Jim & Ginger Vetrano's. The exact date is unknown, but will be supplied later. In early June we will be going to Joesph Oregon for a car show. I will give you more information as time progresses. This is a great trip, try not to miss it. You know these short one or two trips are great, but the circle trips (usually six or seven days) are lot more fun. The slide show above is of a circle tour we took to Moab Utah a couple years ago. You should have been there. Something we should be doing more of is coming to the Wednesday breakfasts at the Hut restaurant in Pasco. We gather at about 8an give or take. The Hut is at 605 No 27th in Pasco. Bring a friend, he (or she) doesn't need to own an old car, just bring him any way, the more the merrier

party

We didn't really have a New Year's Eve party this year, however this is what I think it would have looked like if we did.

Our host (that's Bob on the far left) looks like he has had enough party and is ready for bed.

There is our host be fore he had any thing to drink.

It is a good thing that we had designated drivers. This poor fellow can't even figure out how to get in to his car.

P.S. To the person who posted a comment on the Christmas Card post,thanks ,however you didn't leave a name so I don't know who to buy the tea for. You will have to settle for a virtual cup of tea.

Next time leave a name please.

yeoldecarclub

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First Night 2001

Well here it is the night before Christmas, well almost, and no snow. That doesn't stop a true classic car guy from showing off his car. Here are some pictures of our cars at the first night celebration of 2001. We are in the Farmers exchange building in Kennewick.

My 30 Desoto, Denny Kehl's roadster, Jack's 40 Merc, and Ed Edwards 39 Crosley.
Jim Vetrano's Caddy, Jeff todd's Pontiac? and the back end of Vern and Martha's Dodge truck
Here is a shot of Red Rutherford's Chevy Truck
Here is a better pic of Ed's 39 Crosley
Is wasn't just sitting around answering questions about our cars, as you can see.

For more pictures of First night see the slid show on the right

Explanation of Blog

I thought it was about time that I explained just what this is. It is not a web site, it is a blog. A blog differs from a web site in that the blog is interactive. By that I mean you can talk to it by leaving questions, or comments simply by clicking the word "comment" at the bottom of each post. You can post for sale items or a request for help from the group on a particular problem you are having with your car, or parts that are difficult to find. This site will be updated every week, give or take. You can very easily find past articles by clicking the article name in the Blog archive found on the right side of the screen. You can also suggest what you would like to see more of on the blog, or just leave a note to say you were here.

Christmas Party 2007

Well the party was held at Tony Roma's restaurant in Kennewick. We had a pretty good turnout, so much so that we had to bring in more tables. Just goes to show you that if there is food there will be people there that we don't even know.

The food was great and the service was better than I expected. What made it even better was the fact that Ed Edwards went around passing out $5 to every one. I think he was trying to buy votes since we were electing officers that night. It seemed strange because he was running unchallenged. Maybe he wanted us not to vote for him. I don't think Odeta believes it is real.

Myrtle Nesbit showed up , which was a pleasant surprise.

The gift exchange went well with a minimum of blood shed. There was a battle or two over some boxes of chocolates, and in second place was the battle over some mini compressors. But I've got to tell you I am sure the fighters were the people that showed up that we didn't know, because none of our club members would act like that.

No sir ree!

Poor Jack is still trying to figure out , Am I supposed to give this gift or take it?

The elections went well. Martha Sheve is our new president



Bob Rupp is Vice Prez Jim Vetrano is Secretary

Ed Edwards is the Treasurer

John Nelson and Jack Yale

Are new board members.

That's all folks

Oh wait I forgot something. Just a comment I wanted to make about how reserved this party was compared to the one we had in 2000.

Check this out!

Now that was a party to remember!

That's all Folks!

4th Of July Parade 2001

Well, it's time for another trip down memory lane. Do you remember any of these?Great looking 1930 DeSoto!
Every parade needs a little cheesecake.As usual there is always food available.
Can you name who belongs to these cars?

These were taken at the 4th of July parade in Kennewick in 2001

Well here it is December already. Not much planned for this month,guess we will just stay in doors and keep warm. Oh! There is the Christmas party at Tony Roma's in Kennewick. The party is at 5:30 I think. The club is paying $10 of the bill for everyone. Please bring a white elephant gift, limit $10, and mark it as being male, female, or unisex. I just thought of a way to keep warm, we could look at pictures of one of our tours when it was warmer. Want to?

Here we are ready to go to Prosser for the 2003 States Day Parade.

We made it to Prosser in one piece. See the shorts? Are you warm yet?

And of course we brought food with us.

Vern always works so hard on these trips.

What is it?

GUESS what this is?

Apple squeezing at Vern and Martha's

Well even though it was very cold on Saturday morning we had a very good turnout for the Shreve's apple squeezing. They had 800 pounds of apples. I don't know how many jars of cider, juice,and sauce the ended up with because I left about 1pm. Of course the press was represented by the presence of editor, reporter, printer, photographer, copy man, and layout man, our own lovable Dennis.And as any kingdom has their king, We have our own King in the form of Vernal at ease on his throne.Here are some of his subjects hard at work.

This is quite the little gadget that Vern made to crush, peal, and squeeze the apples,and it really works. Check out the video at the end of this post.Does anyone think this grumpy old man was really any help?I'm not sure this fellow (Eldon Reiman's son Dale), with his hands in his pocket, was much help But it was good to have him there.