Director’s Thoughts for January 2013

Bringing in the new year is always a good time for everyone to take a moment of time to reminisce. Try this: Sit back in your nice snugly comfy chair, place on your lap your favorite nice warm & cuddly blanket, close your eyes, then let your mind drift back in time to your past holiday seasons & the years of your growing up. Let father time take you back to when you were a young child at home with your parents &/or siblings. Remember the many foot snow storms & still having to walk to school till school left out for the holidays? Remember the homemade tree ornaments & garland you made to place on the tree? If you did not make homemade items, remember the shopping you did with your family, going from 1 store to the next? How about making cookies? Or your mother making the Holiday dinner & how the house would smell so good! Remember going to your place of worship with your family & seeing everyone dressed so nice & being full of happiness? Remember how excited you were you could not fall asleep? Remember on the Holiday morning how you could not wait to see what you got? Remember your first Holiday season out on your own, whether you were single or first married? Remember your first job? Remember your first home you bought or the apartment you lived in? Remember your wedding day? Remember when you celebrated the Holiday season with first, your own children, then grandchildren, then great-grandchildren? Remember when you purchased your first car? Remember the tours/trips you took in your car? Remember the first time you ran out of gas, or had a flat tire? Remember the projects (cars or house) you thought you would get to complete but never had the time, or places you thought of visiting but never got the chance to visit? Remember the time when you became a Buick Chapter member & how enthused you were to be a part of an exciting adventure? Well now is the time for you to think about completing some of those things. Your “Bucket List” is calling you! I am sure many of you have heard of the saying, “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today!” Let 2013 become the year for you! 

Get up & start completing some of those items you always talk about doing. Get involved & be happy. Get yourself “energized” again! There are only a few months left now till the car season starts in again!! 

“Happy New Year” to you along with your families! May your every New Year resolution(s) come true! I truly hope that 2013 brings to you Good Health, Happiness, Hope, Joy, Love, Peace, & Serenity!

“Free Spirit” Holiday Gathering Minutes, December 4, 2012

In lieu of the monthly chapter meeting, the annual ‘Holiday Gathering’ event was held on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Starlite Diner & Lounge. 32 members & 2 guests were in attendance. The 5:00 to 6:00 social hour was a delightful time for everyone to mingle before their dinner. Holiday music was played while stories & laughter were shared. 

When dinner arrived, everyone enjoyed their entree selections: Chicken Parmigiana, Broiled Haddock, or Black Diamond Steak! The general consensus was that the dinner was served briskly, warm, & scrumptious! Desserts were from pie to cake; from jello to pudding; or from ice cream to sherbert! While dessert was being delightfully consumed, a crosswords puzzle game was handed out. There were 6 words across & 6 words down that had to be placed into the puzzle. Of coarse, the phrases & answers had to do with ‘BUICK!’ Since Robert Miles was the 1st one who completed the crossword puzzle, and who had all 12 answers correct, he was the recipient of a crosswords puzzle book. Dolores Kennedy also was a recipient of a book for having the answers correct too. Brent Getz was the recipient of a crossword puzzle book too, but for having the least amount of answers correct. 

Of coarse, after dinner, ‘Crazy Bingo’ was, well, just plain ‘crazy!’ The evening MC was Sally Getz. The hottest item of the evening was a round Chevy clock! Now isn’t that an oxymoron? Attending a Buick event & chasing after a Chevy clock? (Ha, Ha) It was a lot of fun!

While Sandy Sylvester was the recipient of the glass Christmas jar filled with Hershey milk chocolate Kisses, Rita Atwood was the recipient of the glass Christmas jar filled with peppermint Patties. While Kathleen Duckett was the proud recipient of the women’s basket, Bruce Stephens was the proud recipient of the men’s basket. 

After all that fun, the annual ‘Swearing-In’ of 2013 officers took place. Thomas Duckett had the pleasure of officiating the “Swearing-In”. The 2013 Slate of officers are as follows: 

• Director: Sally Getz
• Assistant Director: Dan Reiniger
• Secretary: Stacy Sterner
• Treasurer: Clarence Getz
• Membership Chairperson: Donald SternerBoard of Directors are as follows:
• Don Atwood,
• David Brady,
• Shirley Schaffer,
• Thomas Sylvester ,Several ‘Applauds’ were done for member’s past services:
• Ed Lenny for his years of service as past secretary
• Isabel Lenny for her past year serving on the Board of Directors
• Sandy Reiniger for her past 10 years, YES, 10 years of faithful service as membership chairperson!
  ‘THANK YOU’, Ed, Isabel & Sandy!It is always exciting to see everyone together having an enchanted evening out. It was especially nice to see Peggy & King Schaedel, Diane & Robert Miles, & Joanne & George Grossman. When you do not see some members for a while, it is always so nice to see them at a get-together!! Everyone received a homemade favor, made by Stacy Sterner, a ‘YUMMY & SUPERB’ tasting chocolate Christmas pop! The pop just melted in your mouth! Everyone, too, received a red, gold, or green Christmas tree ball ornament. I truly believe that everyone enjoyed themselves!

  Until next year,
  Sally Getz

  Holiday Gathering PhotosSome Thoughts & Tidbits
  A few thoughts & tidbits to liven up your month of January.

  I’m betting the guy ‘Fearless Felix’ who fell 128,000 feet (more than 24 miles) to set the world’s skydiving record, will keep his title for a long time. Most of us wouldn’t be crazy to try to break that record.
  The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
  If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney & look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. I would recommend you take my word for it & not actually try it. You might get stuck.
  When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
  In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
  Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
  The day, October 27th, is Make A Difference Day. Make sure you do in 2013.
  Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit @ 167 calories/hundred grams.
  The moon moves about 2 inches away from the Earth each year.
  The earth weighs 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
  Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
  Mickey Mouse is known as ‘Topolino’ in Italy.
  Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
  Talk about fast money. Someone stole a large amount of newly designed hundred dollar bills that weren’t going into circulation until next year. Wonder how long the crook will wait until he tries spending the c-notes.
  Everything weighs 1% less @ the equator.

  Bumper Stickers
  ‘Fishmore & DoLittle’, retirement planning & consultants.
  I’m retired. I was tired yesterday. I’m tired again today.
  At my age, Happy Hour is a nap.
  ‘Goodbye’ tension. ‘Hello’ pension.
  Live each day like it’s your last. One day, you’ll get it right.
  Life is easy. It’s the people who make it difficult.
  I always cook w/ wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.
  Geezer-noun, slang. Not young, not dead. Somewhere in between.
  I’m speeding because I have to get there before I forget where I’m going.
  I don’t exercise. It makes my coffee spill.
  The only trouble w/ retirement………you never get a day off.
  Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is your stupid decision.
  When you’re in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.
  The only fool bigger than a know-it-all is the 1 who argues w/ him.
  Everything in moderation, including moderation.
  Before giving someone a piece of your mind, be sure you have enough to spare.
  Don’t judge me by my past, I don’t live there anymore.
  It’s never to late to have a happy childhood.
  CALENDAR OF EVENTS 
  (WELCOME 2013!)JANUARY 2013 (WEATHER PERMITTING!)
  8 – Monthly chapter meeting, Starlite Diner & Lounge, Rts. 100 & 78, 7:30 pm. Join others for supper @ 6:00 pm. Mr. Charlie Potts of Reading, will be our guest speaker. Please come out to hear his presentation!
  18-20 – Auto-mania 2013, 23rd Annual Indoor Automotive Parts & Memorabilia Flea Market & Car Corral, Agricultural Hall, Allentown, Pa. Bill717-215-0700
  19-27 – Philadelphia International Auto Show, Pa Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

  FEBRUARY 2013 (WEATHER PERMITTING!)
  5 – Monthly chapter meeting, Starlite Diner & Lounge, Rts. 100 & 78, 7:30 pm. Join others for supper @ 6:00 pm.
  7-9 – 77th Annual AACA meeting, Philadelphia, Pa. 717-534-1910

  MARCH 2013 (WEATHER PERMITTING!)
  1-3 – Atlantic Show, Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ
  3 – 46th Annual Hamburg Swap Meet & Car Corral, Hamburg, Pa. 610-262-9718
  5 – Monthly chapter meeting, Starlite Diner & Lounge, Rts. 100 & 78, 7:30 pm. Join others for supper @ 6:00 pm. Guest speaker is Mary Ann Snell, ‘Estates & Elder Law.’ This will be a presentation you won’t want to miss!

  CARS/PARTS “FOR SALE”1956 Buick Century 4 Dr. Riviera, PS, PB, AM/FM radio conversion, next to NEW COKER wide whites w/ rubber nubs. Rear air shocks to supplement the BUICK ride! Original unrestored BUICK! Also comes w/ large tote of NOS & rare items worth about almost $1,000 if sold on E-Bay. Shop manuals, showroom sales brochure & a file of all records of maintenance. Trim=633. Paint=BMB or 8M8. Acc:F S. Body= #530. Style= #56-4639. Model= #56-63. Vin=6C3005072. $14,000 but is subject to discussion. Bob @ 1-570-606-8061,bobs0825@msn.com

  1964 Buick LeSabre Convertible – Condition 3. 300 Cu-in engine, automatic transmission, new brakes-disc brakes, numbers match. 106,000 miles. RUNS GREAT! White paint, good black top, black interior w/ new carpet. Asking $10,500 Paul Barndt. 610-847-2278

  1967 Buick GS 400 Hardtop project car. Original California car, assembled in Fremont, CA. Solid body in primer, doors on car, ready for paint. New Legendary black interior already on seats, also carpet & side panels. Original engine & transmission. New wiring harness, many new parts. Asking $7500. In central Florida. Must be reassembled. Parts to convert to AC included. Call Paula @ 407-873-7262

  1973 Buick Apollo 2 Dr Hardtop, 350 2 barrel, 92K miles. NEW paint, wheels, tires, tune-up, & radio. Dennis 610-379-5526

  1988 Buick Reatta Hardtop – Red w/ British Tan interior. Original owner, excellent body condition. 120K miles. 2008 inspection & registration. New tires, ps, pb, ac, pw, power seats. $3,000.00. Contact Toni 610-797-7900

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