2016 NEW ENGLAND MEET

The regional Model A Club Meet was held September 9-11 in Westford Massachusetts.  It was hosted by the Minuteman Model a Ford Club, and we thank them so much for taking our turn in the hosting duties!  Many of the members of Little Rhody were able to attend the whole meeting this year.  Events included a State Fair themed dinner on Friday evening which included an unforgettable dinner and games of skill all around the edges of the dining room.  Saturday we took off on the Grand Tour - a ride of about 46 miles one way through the Massachusetts countryside, and ending up at Kimball Farm.  While there, we had access to an ice cream shoppe, a restaurant, and gift shop while the cars were judged in a large field.  Everyone got to vote on the People's Choice Awards in several classes of Model A vehicles.  Little Rhody did very well (again): 

Ken Trudel won first in 1928-29 Closed

Domenic Mosca won first place in Commercial and

Charlie Howard taking first prize in 1930-31 Closed and the Overall or "People's Choice" Award, formerly Best in Show

Saturday evening included a very nice dinner and awarding prizes from the silent auction.  Sunday morning found the group having a breakfast buffet at the hotel and the awarding of about 150 prizes from the raffle room...Many of the Little Rhody group won - most notable was the Lottery Basket to the Moscas, and a Motor Stand to Angel.   Most of the pictures were taken by Bob Osborne.  Thanks go out to Bruce Adams  who took the formal photos of the winners in the judging at the meet.  More are available on Facebook at NEM2016.

On arrival



The Long Island group makes it to the meet



Joe from TAMS makes his appearance



Westford Regency Host Hotel



Dennis and Dom



The Raffle Room




Products of RI - Our Basket



She makes a mean malt...



And that's not all...



Our beautiful banner



Outside the hospitality room



State Fair Program



Carol tries out pitching washers



Sue plunks silver clothes pins in the bottle



Domenic shows her a foolproof method



Angel and Dottie pitch washers



The State Fair food lineup....



At the State Fair



Great Food....



Imagine that.....



Lots of cars in the lot



Off to the Grand Tour, going to Kimball Farm



Judges work at the farm



One of the "Originals"



Some of our crew....

The Sunday Breakfast Buffet




No prizes given for the Dancers



Breakfast and Raffle Prizes



Winners of the Hard Luck, SAD Award - their Model A hit a deer on the way to the meet



Dom and Sue Receive Award for "Commercial" with their Woody



Domenic Accepted Charlie Howard's Awards in Charlie's absence:  First in 30-31 Closed and Peoples Choice 



Ken Trudel takes first place in 28-29 closed



Angel wins a Motor Stand in the raffle (along with some Model A Ford Books)



Dom and Sue win the lottery basket



Getting ready to head home.....

MARCOM 60TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 30TH 2016

Ken Trudel had relayed a request from MARCOM that any Little Rhody Model A Club members come with their cars to their 60th anniversary get together.  That club was looking to be sure to have at least 60 Model A's for a special picture at their event.  Several club members were able to attend.
It was a nice day for a Model A ride!  The event was held in Norfolk, Mass.  Auto, tractor and memorabilia were on site at the Holmes Transportation Company.  They reached their quota with way over 60 cars!  Club members brought picnic lunches and shared in the great cakes brought by
 MARCOM.

Under the tent

Little Rhody well represented

Just part of the line up

The School bus Company/Museum

Pedal Cars!

There were several iconic signs

the Bowders, checking out the displays



More under the tent

2016 JULY PICNIC AT GLEN PARK

July 23, 2016

Despite predictions of atrocious heat, the day was pleasantly warm and the breezes kept us fairly comfortable at Glen Park in Portsmouth, RI.  Plans for the event were made by Moe and Janice Rousseau with back up by Al Silvia related to procuring permission to hold it at the park, and getting the signs put up.  They also scoped out the caterer, Becky's Real BBQ and ordered the food.  Moe had to chase down the delivery truck, though, as they had gone to the wrong place - but things went well after that!  The food was good, the games went well with some new members winning some of them!  Sparky insisted that the 50-50 winners take their cash home, that was nice for Evie and Janice!  Moe and Jan brought cold watermelon for dessert and the other members brought desserts to share as well.  Ken Trudel named the winners of the car games and prizes were given out.  Rosalie and Ray Pagliarini surprised us with gifts for all and special baskets were given to those with winning tickets!  We missed several members this year due to illness and other circumstances, but were able to welcome aboard three new members and a guest to join in the fun! 

MARC Award for Continuing Excellence

Congratulations to Ruth Andre!

 

 

The Model A Restorers Club Proudly Presents a 2015 MARC Award for Continuing Excellence to the Little Rhody Region for their Quail Tales Newsletter.  Dawn Mennucci presented the award to Ruth at the  May 15, 2016 meeting.

 

Producing a quality newsletter takes a lot of effort and time.  The Quail Tales has been an example of continuing quality improvement under Ruth Andre's watch.  Great Job Ruth!

 

 

At the May Meeting, A Real Festive Spring Spread

Susan Mosca and Sandy Bowder were our phenomenal hostesses for the May meeting.  The food was terrific, and the presentation was amazing as can be seen below.  We loved the ducks - Charlie, Mildred and whasisname....!

The Baby Picture Show on May 15 2016

Moe and Jan came up with a winner of a program when they devised a way to have members guess at the identities of those who brought in baby pictures.  They set the thirteen pictures rendered on a fabric covered board.  Each member who wanted to participate obtained a sheet of paper with the numbers assigned to the pictures.  Then they proceeded to write down their "matches" to the list of members who brought pictures.  Carol Trudel came up with the most matches - Seven of them!!!  Some of us came up with none, OH  MY!  We did find out that we were a bunch of cuties when we were little tykes.  Jan and Moe had "very valuable prizes" for participants - thanks and kudos to the Rousseaus.