Director’s Thoughts, JUNE 2016

Do you recognize these people? Really look into their faces to see if you can identify who they are. In the 1st set(left), row 3, the far right 2 pictures are of the same person, just an old one & a newer one. In the 2nd set (right), 2nd row down, 1st picture, the person to identify is the one right in the front leaning on the handlebars of the bicycle. HAVE FUN!!

I was sent this via e-mail from a fellow member & thought this was very interesting! I was amazed! Maybe you will be, too!! Bring your newsletter along to the picnic to see how many you guessed right!
Your Elected Director, Sally Getz

For all the “Free Spirit” fathers, the following is my wish from me to you:

The Things You Taught Me I Will Always Know

T-the things you taught me I will always know.
H-how could I not? The roots have sunk so deep:
A-all lessons of the heart that I will keep
N-no matter who I am or where I go.
K-kids learn from what their parents are, and so
Y-you are my book of life, the thoughts I reap;
O-only in your arms I quiet sleep;
U-under my words your voice sings soft and slow.

F-from you I learned the rules of right and wrong
A-against which I at times had to rebel,
T-though with regret I carry with me still.
H-how lucky I am to have been loved so well,
E-even as I pushed against your will,
R-relying on a father fair and strong.

“Free Spirit” Chapter Meeting Minutes, May 3, 2016

Director Sally Getz called the meeting to order @ 7:30 pm. There were 20 members & 2 guests present. Our guest speakers are Mr. Wayne Woolever & Mr. James Glancy who are volunteers involved w/ the “Road To Recovery” program through the American Cancer Society. The purpose of this program is to provide transportation to cancer patients to be driven to & from their treatments & Dr. appointments. In 2005, there were 10 volunteer drivers. Today, there are approximately 150 drivers. Each spoke about their experiences w/ driving cancer patients to their appointments. Some patients needed to be driven on a daily basis. While Mr. Woolever is the coordinator of drivers, Mr. Glancy is a driver. The number of patient driving requests each week vary: sometimes it could be 20 requests, or sometimes it could be 50 requests! Over the past years, cars have been donated to this program for drivers to use from many companies in the area. Mack Trucks of Allentown, recently has donated a Volvo to this program. “Hope Lodge” @ Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center provides lodging @ no cost for cancer patients being treated in central PA. Information was provided if anyone wished to volunteer their time to drive.

Treasurer’s report – Motion to accept, Don Sterner, seconded by Don Atwood, so carried.

April Meeting Minutes – as printed in May newsletter, motion to accept, Shirley Schaffer, seconded, Kathleen Duckett, so carried.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A. Historian – pictures from Mack Truck Museum tour are on website.
B. Kempton – flyers available. Received 3 registrations, ALL ARE BUICKS!!
C. Membership –Dolores Kennedy reported on 2 new members: Eric/Elisa Moyer, Mertztown, Pa & Willard/Theresa Bernheisel, Sr., New Ringgold, Pa.
D. Newsletter – no report
E. Programs –reconvene in September with guest speaker, Mr. Ed Tremba.
F. Publicity – no report
G. Ways and Means – 3 BUICK Coverlets were sold to a BCA member in Ohio.
I. OLD BUSINESS:
~Any member who would like to volunteer their time during the 50th Anniversary Celebration in July, please contact Mr. Dick Beckley, P O Box 128, Lewisberry, Pa. 17339. H=717-395-7128, dbeckley@epix.net. Or, you may contact Mr. John Welch of Mass., cartoys@comcast.net, 781-662-4423.
~AOW during 2016 event –contact Dennis Snell, 610-759-5442, ddsnell@ptd.net, if you have items you want on display @ AOW during the month of July.
~Stacy gave an update on the QVC Studio Tour scheduled for Friday, May 27th.
~Sally reminded members of the upcoming tour to the JWR Auto Museum, Frackville, Pa & Bob Greens Auto Museum tour in Orwigsburg, Pa on Saturday, June 18th.
~Sally reminded everyone to send in their national “TIME TO VOTE” ballots.
II. NEW BUSINESS
~Sally shared the updated registrants for the Celebration this July. This is public/member knowledge found on the National BCA website under Forums, Tours/Meets. 1010 registrants, 470 Buicks, 88 vendor spaces, etc.
~Sally shared some of the National BCA BOD meeting minutes as of 04/10/2016. Again, this is public/member knowledge on the BCA website. New membership discount w/ coupon for 1 year. 100 year Centennial Award (11×17 Certificate, Buick Badge for on the grill of your Buick).
~Kathleen Arnold passed away on Saturday, April 23rd. The chapter sent a bereavement card to Charlie & his family. The chapter will be making a monetary donation in honor of Kathleen.
~4 members received an e-mail from the AACA Museum about attending a trip to Cuba to visit their Historic Car Museum & other tourist attractions in October 2016. As of tonights’ meeting, no one from the “Free Spirit” Chapter is planning on attending this event w/ the AACA Museum.
Motion made to adjourn by Dolores Kennedy, seconded by Stacy Sterner, so carried @ 8:50 pm. Respectfully submitted: Thomas Duckett, Secretary

Annual “Free Spirit” Chapter Picnic, Sunday, June 12, 2016

Annual picnic to be held @ Weeping Willow Pavilion, Macungie Memorial Park, Sunday, June 12, 2016. Lunch to begin @ 12:30 pm. You can join in & eat whenever you get there for we eat all afternoon long. The chapter will provide the meats, beverages, utensils, & paper products. You are responsible for bringing your EMPTY BELLIES, good foods, good Humor & good stories! Last names which begin w/ letter:
A-I = hot dish
J-R = Dessert
S-Z = cold dish

This event is held RAIN or SHINE, so come on out & enjoy the day w/ your many Buick friends! Dolores Kennedy will be available to accommodate you to renew your “Free Spirit” Chapter dues, 06/01/2016-05/31/2017.
Saturday, June 18, 2016, SAVE THIS DATE!

Sally Getz is organizing a day tour to Frackville & Orwigsburg, Pa for “Free Spiriters”. They will be viewing 2 private collections of marvelous cars of Mr. John W. Rich & Mr. Bob Green. We will be meeting @ the Starlite Diner & Lounge, Allentown, Pa @ 0930 am. Our 1st stop will be Frackville, followed by Orwigsburg, followed w/ supper @ the McKeansburg Inn.
Member = $8.00 per person Child (4-12) = $4.00 per child
Non-member = $12.00 per person Child (4-12) = $6.00 per child
Please submit check, made payable, “Free Spirit” Chapter, to Sally Getz, 1060 Main Road, Lehighton, Pa 18235. Please RSVP = June 12, 2016.

“WELCOME” NEW MEMBERS!

Please add the following to your Buick Rosters:
Gerald & Ruth Engle, 1523 Kadel Drive, Bethlehem, Pa 18018-1811, BCA #48605, 610-694-0722, jeruengle@aol.com, 1988 Buick Reatta

Eric & Elisa Moyer, 1030 Valley Road, Mertztown, Pa 19539-8823, BCA # 48749, 610-349-4946, emoyer@sauconvalleycc.org, 1974 Buick Electra 225.

Willard & Theresa Bernheisel, Sr., 2069 West Penn Pike, New Ringgold, Pa. 17960, BCA # 642, 570-386-5573, theresab@ptd.net. 1933 Buick Coupe

BCA 50th Anniversary Celebration, July 27-30, 2016, Allentown, PA

Now it’s’ only 1 month away for this SPECIAL CELEBRATION to take place! If you haven’t registered yet, please do so for only 1000 cars will be allowed for display! REMEMBER, YOU MUST BE A NATIONAL BCA MEMBER TO DISPLAY YOUR BUICK!! It has been printed in the local newspaper that this
event will definitely surpass the 100th Buick Anniversary Celebration held in Flint, Michigan in 2003! Aren’t you curious to know whether or not this statement will be fact or fiction?

The following is from Jeff Brashares via the National BCA web site under Forums, then Meets & Tours:
Buicks at the Ballpark • Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
C’mon out and enjoy America’s favorite past-time! The Lehigh Valley Iron
Pigs have invited the Buick Club of America to their baseball game on Tuesday night, July 26. The Iron Pigs are a AAA level professional minor league team. The game starts at 7:05 pm, and prior to the start of the game the BCA has been invited to bring some Buicks representing various decades and models to do a “parade lap” around the ball field. The first 100 people to sign up for attending the game will receive a FREE ticket to the game. All signing up after that would have a $10.00 per ticket cost, but with that ticket you receive $2.00 complimentary towards your food and beverages at the game!

Arriving early and looking for something to do??? What could be more fun than getting together with Buick friends and having a ballpark hotdog, peanuts and a beverage while watching a baseball game?? To sign up, contact
the Buick Club Office at 614-472-3939 or buickcluboffice@aol.com.

Mack Truck & Lehigh County Historical Museum Tours, April 22, 2016

It was certainly a beautiful day for a tour by 12 “Free Spiriters” & 2 guests! As some met @ the IHOP for breakfast, others joined in @ the parking lot. Within 2 miles from there, the group started their 10:00 am tour @ the Mack Truck Museum, Allentown, Pa. Their personal tour docent gave a lengthy but very interesting history about Mack Truck. Specific time lines were spoken about w/ pictures to match the beginning, the progress & the present day of Mack Trucks. Many types of Mack Trucks were on display to be looked upon: Fire Engines, Tractors, Trucks, & Military vehicles. The featured presentation was Evil Knievel’s restored Tractor Trailer (a Mack tractor, of course) w/ the rocket & a motor bike he once drove! It was bought in Florida (where Evil died) by someone from the mid-west, was restored, & has been on a short tour of display, only to go back to the mid-west @ the end of June.

Lunch was consumed @ the Queen City Diner. From there, the group drove to the Lehigh County Historical Museum, Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pa. There the story of the American Revolution was presented. The tour docent was an extremely delightful historian who has college degrees in History! He just absolutely loves history & truly has a passion to teach everyone about it!

From there, everyone made their safe way home after having had a thoroughly enjoyable day! Many “THANKS” to Kathleen/Thomas Duckett for planning & organizing this day for their “FREE SPIRIT” family!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Ed/Isabel Lenny for receiving their Senior Award with their 1990 Buick Reatta during the AACA South Eastern Spring Meet held @ Charlotte, North Carolina on April 9, 2016!

Again, CONGRATULATIONS Ed & Isabel!

Travel Games for Kids

Keeping kids entertained in the car or RV doesn’t have to mean endless DVD’s or other digital pursuits. Try these tips for travel games that don’t require batteries. Keep stickers or treats on hand for prizes!
Camera Scavenger Hunt = Give older kids with digital cameras or cellphone cameras a list of items to photograph before reaching each destination.
Family Travel Journal = Create a family travel journal with a section for each family member. Each person can write & even illustrate their vacation memories as you travel. Provide stickers & other small decorations for kids to add to their pages.
Rolling Scavenger Hunt = Challenge them to find, for example, the 1st animal, a green car or a yellow house & call out as soon as they see them. Make a list of things likely to appear & keep track of who sees them 1st.
Spelling Games = In “Alphabet Soup” the leader starts with a sentence such as “I went to the store & I bought….” & players fill in the blank until they reach the end of the alphabet (an apple, a bear, a car, etc.).
License Plate Game = a family classic!! Create a list of all U. S. states & Canadian provinces. See how many you can collect.
Preprinted Games = For kids old enough to read, keep them busy w/ games you can print from online websites, or create your own to teach kids about where you’re going in the trip.
Prepackaged Games = Card games (a shoe box lid helps younger kids keep cards in their laps); whiteboards/markers for tic-tac-toe & hangman; magnetic board games like chess, checkers, backgammon & bingo; & inexpensive books of brainteasers, crosswords & puzzles.

Red Rose Day

Date When Celebrated : Always June 12th
Red Rose Day is a time to enjoy and appreciate America’s favorite flower…..the red rose. A red rose signifies love. A June setting for Red Rose Day is very appropriate, as this is by far the most popular month for weddings. And, they are in bloom in the gardens across America this month.

In addition to being the most popular cut flower, roses are also the most popular flower in flower beds and around foundation of houses, garages and sheds. They are easy to grow, producing a bounty of sweet scented flowers from June up to the first frost.

Did you know? Each rose color sends a different meaning to the recipient. Make sure you send the right message. Rose colors and their meaning.

Roses – Significance and Meaning of Each Color

Roses come in a wide range of colors. Each different color has a different meaning, or significance. It sends a silent, yet extremely important message from the sender to receiver.

Who originally defined the rose color meanings? We don’t know. But, make sure you are sending the right message when you select roses for someone. Otherwise, he or she will get the wrong message!

Guys, rest assured ….. SHE knows the meaning of every rose color. But, she is only looking for one… the red rose.

Rose Color Meaning

Red – Nothing sends the message of love more clearly, than a red rose. Make that a dozen! The meaning of this rose color is quite clear. Red roses represent love, beauty, passion, courage and respect.
White – Whit is the color of purity and innocence. It also represents silence or secrecy, reverence and humility.
Pink – Appreciation, “Thank you”, grace, perfect happiness, and admiration
Dark Pink – Send roses of this color to show appreciation or gratitude.
Light Pink – admiration, sympathy
Yellow – Joy, gladness, friendship, delight, freedom, the promise of a new beginning.
Orange – Admiration, desire, enthusiasm, fascination
Red and White – Given together, these signify unity.
Red Rosebud – A symbol of purity and loveliness
White Rosebud – Symbolic of girlhood
Cream – Charm, thoughtfulness, graciousness
Thorn less Rose – Signifies “Love at first sight”.

Ten Buicks That Mattered: Milestones in Buick’s Performance Heritage

Here are the cars on Buick’s list, in chronological order:
1909 Buick race car: Winner of the Prest-O-Lite Trophy, the first race held @ Indianapolis two years before the first 500. The 250-mile race was won by Bob Burman, averaging more than 53 mph.
1910 Buick 60 Special: Powered by a 622ci four-cylinder engine, this car went 110 mph, which was hauling butt in 1910.
1938 Buick Century: One of the fastest cars of its day thanks to a straight-eight motor with new “turbulator” (domed) pistons helping to produce 141 hp, pushing the car’s top speed over the century mark.
1954 Buick Wildcat II concept car: There are traces of the Corvette in the Wildcat’s fiberglass body. Buick engineers hopped up the nailhead V-8 in the car with four side-draft carburetors to put out 220 hp.
1963 Buick Special: A midsize car with a tiny, 215ci V-8 that made 200 hp in its final, 1963 version.
1970 Buick GSX: Arguably the best-known Buick muscle car, its 455ci Stage 1 motor produced 360 hp and a locomotive-like 510 lb-ft of peak torque, propelling the car to low-13-second quarters in stock trim.
1976 Buick Century Indianapolis Pace Car: Engineers “reset expectations for Buick performance,” says the company by turbocharging a 3.8L V-6 with 22 psi of boost to make 306 hp.
1984 Buick/March Indy Car: Scott Brayton turned a 204.638-mph lap and a 203.637-mph four-lap average, setting new records for a race car using a production-spec engine block.
1987 Buick GNX: The Grand National carried Buick’s muscle car torch into the 1980s, and the end-of-run GNX was that model’s pinnacle, with 276 hp, all-black paint, and a limited run of 547 units.
2012 Buick Regal GS: The GS nameplate returned to Buick on a four-door sedan (sacrilege!) with a turbocharged four-banger (how could they?!) pumping 270 hp to a manual transmission (hmmm…).

Kathleen Margaret Arnold

Kathleen Margaret Arnold passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at the age of 95 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born Anna Kathleen Margaret Mundy to Philip and Ellen “Nellie” Mundy. Kathleen graduated from St. Leonard’s Academy in 1939 and went to the Pierce School of Business Administration in Philadelphia, PA. Her quick with, sense of humor and can-do spirit will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her father, Philip Joseph Mundy and her mother, Ellen “Nellie” (Bogle) Mundy. Kathleen is survived by her husband of 58 years, Charles B. Arnold; her son, Carl B. Arnold and his wife, Elizabeth T. Arnold of Newark, DE. Our most deepest & sincere condolences goes to Charles & his family at this time in their lives.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JUNE 2016 HAPPY FATHER”S DAY!
5 – Motors for Music Car Show, Doylestown, Pa. dbsiwa@verizon.net
11 – 11th Annual Rotary Show of Wheels, Fleetwood, Pa. carshow@jblong.com
12 – Annual Chapter picnic, “Weeping Willow” Pavilion, Macungie Park
17-19 – GM Nationals, Carlisle, Pa
18 – J. W. Rich & Bob Greens Museum tours. (Chapter event)

JULY 2016 HAPPY 4th of JULY!
3 – Anthracite Region AACA 31st Annual Car Show, McAdoo, Pa
9 – 10th Annual Wings& Wheels Show, Bethel, Pa. robtlaep@comcast.net
10 – Antique & Classic Auto Show, Newtown, Pa. richnapoli@gmail.com
27-30 – BCA 50th Anniversary Celebration, Allentown, Pa
30 – 3rd Annual Upshift Summer Bash, Hershey, Pa. 717-991-5921

AUGUST HAPPY SUMMER!
5-7 – Carlisle Truck Nationals, Carlisle, Pa
5-7 – DAF, Macungie, Pa
7 – 7th Annual 4UDREW Car Show, Doylestown, Pa. 267-218-2866
28 – 3rd Annual child Charity Car Show, Scranton, Pa. joecarra35@gmail.com

CARS/PARTS “FOR SALE”

1962 Buick Skylark Conv. Overall GOOD condition. Various NOS chrome installed. Runs/drives nice! Transmission, rear, top & rear window good. Dave’s Int. restorations, 525 Chestnut St., Emmaus, Pa 18049
1981 Buick Regal 4 DR dark green, garage kept. 75K mi. 717-576-7588
1996 Buick Riviera Diamond White w/ excellent burgundy leather interior. 106K miles. Supercharged, chrome wheels, astroroof. Garaged kept. New tires 9,000 miles ago. Super clean; not driven in winters; used for BDE Tours. Cold AC. Well maintained Buick. $7000. If not sold before, will be at BCA Celebration in July. Ed Lenny BCA # 7534 Allentown, PA. lugnuts36@icloud.com , 610-751-7700
1951-52 Buick Mustache Bar to be rechromed, very hard to find! $400.00. William, 610-970-7183, 484-948-6213.

In Search Of

1948 Buick Special 2 door back chrome. Doug @ 570-573-0948.
1951-52 Buick Roadmaster RH grille bar extension. C. Wenger, 433-710-6624, crewzn@broadstripe.net
1967 Buick Electra Conv. 610-730-4599, dwebster80@gmail.com