2019 CHRISTMAS PARTY, SO MUCH FUN!

Our Little Rhody Model A Club – led by Susan Mosca – again – had a really fun time at Richard’s Pub in East Greenwich, RI!  Festive & Bright!  Susan met us with shiny boas and head bands and Christmas light necklaces and more as we walked in.  Appetizers were there and then the dinner!  Again it was superb. No one went away hungry.  After dinner our Sparky Santa, assisted by Sue distributed gifts to everyone. But warned us not to get too attached!  Sue led us in a  game related to Santa’s lost SAC where we were instructed to pass the gifts along from right and left till he found his SAC again… lots of giggles.  We did have a bit of a meeting where officers were greeted as they came and went as the New Year approaches.  Dawn Mennucci presented the Herb Allen Award to Dottie Cece and the Carol Hathaway burns award to Sparky Pakuris. Members contributed a lot of Toys for Toys for Tots again this year. Merry Christmas!

Hostess with the mostess - Sue Mosca

Dom

Appetizers

Bob

Magic masks

Sue distributes gifts to everybody

Ed  and Mary

Pat and Larry

The Pillsburys

Sean and Gretchen

Santa and Sue

Santa being Santa, with helper Sue

Officers for 2020

Dottie receives the Herb Allen Award

Sparky receives the Carol Hathaway Burns Award

 

2019 Fall in Little Rhody

This fall, after the Harvest Tour and The Columbus Day Parade, Little Rhody Model A Club members were able to participate the annual “Chicken Run” at Wright’s Farm sponsored by the Minutemen Club in Massachusetts, and the Veteran’s Day Parade in Wickford Rhode Island.  Looking back, it feels like we were quite busy this year!  In truth, these events are annuals, and keep us on track year to year.  The weather was pretty good for all of these events, and attendance was high.  We have been welcoming some new members coming into the club, and that is terrific!

The Veteran's Day Parade in Wickford

Heading over the bridge at Wickford Harbor

Lining up at the Veteran's Cemetery

Dennis and Angel at the Chicken Run

Fine dining at Wright's Farm

The Barnes' and Sean Fay enjoying the Chicken

 

CHARLES H. HOWARD, SR

 

 

HOWARD, SR. , CHARLES H. "CHARLIE"
80, of North Kingstown, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019. He was the beloved husband of Patricia A. (Hoxsie) Howard for 59 years. Charlie served his country honorably in the U.S. Army.  He was a graduate of New England Tech and in 1962 Charlie established Howard's Heating Service in Coventry before moving to North Kingstown in 1972, where he worked until retiring in 2017.

He was a distinguished and founding member of the Little Rhody Model A Club since about 1962.  Charlie received numerous MARC of Excellence Awards.  He was a fine point judge and active in the Model A Restorer’s Club at the Regional and National Level.  His “Number 9” 1931 Closed was the envy of all the Model A enthusiasts.  The Howards included their children and grandchildren when attending many Model A Club events.  Because of this, many of the long time club members remember and embrace this whole family at this sad time.  Several Little Rhody members drove their model A cars in a convoy to the Veteran’s Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island in honor of Charlie at the time of his burial service with full military honors.

Pat and Charlie - 1996

2019 Columbus Day Parade

The Holiday fell on October 14th this year.  The day started damp and dreary but unfolded into a nice breezy fall day.  The participants arrived at the Bowder’s home for “Coffee AND” around 9 o’clock.  Off to the parade we went around 11 AM.  The Bowders, the  Mennuccis, the Osbornes and Don McNeil met up with the Mendonca’s at the line up in Newport.  The parade attendance was hampered somewhat by the gray skies, but we enjoyed the event as usual, waving at the crowd.  Afterwards, we all went to lunch at the TICKETS restaurant for the third year in a row!  Nice food and great company!

Lining Up

Don McNeil

Getting ready to ride!

Showing our Colors!

Showing Off!

Enjoying Lunch at "TICKETS"

The September Harvest Tour

Bob Osborne invited members to join in a tour of orchards and farms in Central Rhode Island on September 21st .  Six people/4 Model A s arrived at Orchard Farm School to start the tour at one o’clock.  The weather was perfect – a sunny, breezy early fall day!  We visited four orchard Farms starting with Knights arm.   We started out towards the field where people were picking apples, but all decided about the same time we’d rather watch other people do that!  And we did!  From there, we went caravan-style to the Barden Family Orchard.  We wandered through the farm shop to sample wares and crowd watch.  Then it was on to the Dame Farm & Orchard in Snake Den State Park.  Gorgeous flowers, veggies and fruit!  The last stop was Confreda Farms where those who wanted to had a snack before heading for home.  A really nice outing!

1st Stop Knight's Farm

 

A nice place to eat, but we didn't!

 

Bob and Dennis Sitting under the Solar Panels

 

We did not pick apples, but we bought some!

 

2nd Stop The Barden Family Orchard

 

David Peck in the Lot

 

Little Rhody folks going into the Farm Shop

 

David Picked up this apple in the lot - it was FREE!

 

3rd Stop - Real Apple Tree at Dane Orchard!

 

So many flowers

 

See Joyce in the Shop at Dane Farm

 

Other than Apples

 

A Plethora of Abundance Harvested At Dane

4th Stop at Confreda's

 

The September Meeting

The September meeting was well attended, and it seemed like a long time since the July Picnic.  The big change that was voted into place was to change the meeting time to 2 PM for the Potluck next month and also all meetings in the next year.  It always seems like the start of a new year in September – sort of like School.

Happy faces in the back row

Old Friends Meet and Greet

The Officers

2019 Summer Picnic

The date selected for the summer picnic this year was July 21^st.  As luck would have it, predictions of heat index temperatures of 105^o and high humidity (which did come to pass) drove us to push the event to it’s “rain date” on July 28^th.  Although warm, the day was clear and breezy and quite pleasant!  Dottie Cece hosted again this year.  The food was great with burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, watermelon and all the et ceteras along with pot luck dishes and desserts galore.  The car games were run by Ken Trudel, Dennis Allsop and John Mennucci – lots of fun.  Ray Pagliarini brought a “youngster”, Jen, who was interested in buying his Model A.  She was getting double-clutch lessons from Ray and Angel through the afternoon and participated in the games, too.  Thanks to Sparky for donating so many car game prizes!  A really nice day!

The Smart Guy Parks in the Shade

Gathering Under the Trees

Conversations

More Conversations

The Budziaks and Ouelettes in the Shade

Richard Digging In

Ken Coaches the Newbie in Potato Game

Cluing Dot and Kevin Into the Rules

Checking the Stopwatch

Running Out of Gas

Rosalie and Ray with a Potential Buyer

Ken with the Prizes

Kevin Gets His Prize

Richard Humbly Gets His Prize

Dottie & Marguerite