MAY 6, 2023 DUST OFF TOUR

Our scheduled dust off tour was cancelled due to the inclement weather on April 29^th.  BUT, the weather on the 6^th of May was superb.  Sunny, bright, slight breezes, and just right!  We met at Richard’s Pub around 10 am.  Despite the week delay, we had a good turnout.  Bob Osborne handed out maps and directions, and we were off and running!  We toured through the beautiful Rhode Island countryside and arrived a bit early at the Captain Jacks restaurant. So what else?  We continued a tour of the beach neighborhoods and stopped at the East Matunuck State Beach for about a half hour, biding our time and enjoying the sea breezes.  We arrived at Captain Jacks about 11:30, and 16 of us were seated and served lunch off the menu.  The meal was very good, atmosphere was beachy, and service was friendly and timely.  A really nice day!

Meet and Greet at Richards Pub

Stephen's beauty

Jeff and Deb meet up with us

Sparky getting around

Richard drives up

The line up at Captain Jacks

David and Jeff compare notes

The sojourn at East Matunuck State Beach

Sean and Richard kibitz

More at the beach

The dinner line up

MARCH 12, 2023 MEETING

We had a good turnout at this meeting on a cloudy late winter day. At the general meeting business was taken care of as usual with the addition of the presentation of the new club roster. The new Roster was the work of John and Dawn Mennucci along with checking facts with the present data base through Evie Osborne and the Bowders. Members present were able to check the roster for errors prior to finalizing it for printing. The Dust Off Tour – hampered for the past three years by COVID ISSUES was set for April 29th by Vice President Bob Osborne. Refreshments were stellar, as usual provided by Sandy B. and Marguerite P. Ken Trudel announced that after three years of seeking a RI legislative change in the Department of Transportion/Department of Motor Vehicles management of Rhode Island’s management of Antique license plates, a bill was passed. He explained the process for getting to keep your old style plates on our cars. Dennis Allsop did a well received presentation of the “Cut Out” – a magnetically controlled switch that provides a path for current to flow from the generator to the battery. A very complete handout supplemented his talk. The complexities of this system and parts supply issues were a hot topic for discussion.

Meeting, Greeting, and getting refreshed!

Catching Up

50-50 GURUs

Dennis Allsop begins his Presentation on the CUT-OUT

A Captive Audience

Explaining the specifics

Referencing the Handouts

Finishing up with Q&As

FEBRUARY 12, 2023 MEETING

It was nice to get together in February this year. It seems as though the weather and COVID have wreaked havoc on winter meetings for too long! We had a nice and short business meeting including a summary report of the financials for the past year. We were able to thank all those who have volunteered their services, their time, financial and material support for the club’s activities, those refreshments and, of course, Dennis for his programs! The possibility of doing a June Tour to Narragansett was discussed.

Our guest Elizabeth, Barb and John

Chit Chat after the Meeting

Visiting with colleagues

Old Friends Catch Up

John Doing KP Duties

Happy New Year 2023

Our Little Rhody club had a comparatively large crowd in attendance at the January Meeting.  We continue to miss our President Dawn Mennucci who is recovering from her multiple health issues.  John has been able to keep us informed or her progress.  Dennis Allsop did a presentation on front and rear brakes, their idiosyncrasies and special tools he has used to restore/repair them.  As usual, the refreshments were enjoyed by all, and we were excited to see Sparky and Marguerite in attendance.  We were able to welcome some new members.  Bob Osborne elicited several tour possibilities for 2023 as we will hopefully have a better year with COVID slowing down.

Our Attendees

John and Bob run the meeting

Enjoying refreshments before the program

Just catching up

Dennis Allsop's Brakes Program display

Dennis begins his program talk

Some of his tools he made himself

He shows us how it can be done

Dennis explains the how tos

More tools

Dennis goes one on one with Bob

 

2022 Christmas Party

 

We gathered for our annual Christmas party at Richard’s Pub in East Greeenwich, RI. on December 3rd.  As usual, the staff coordinated by our favorite waitress had everything ready and waiting for us.  Marie Penta organized activities and coordinated putting together gift bags for everyone AND she made holiday greenery raffle prizes as well as getting centerpieces for the tables.  Sandy and Evie assisted in getting the gift bags put together. Alas!  Sparky and Marguerite were not with us this year - we sure missed him acting as Santa! The meal was scrumptious as usual.  For dessert this year Marie Penta arranged for a special Anniversary Cake as our club was celebrating its 60^th anniversary this year.  After a short business meeting, Marie led a game for distributing the gift bags with unknown contents to all of us.  The club members again came through with a large number of toys for the Toys for Tots campaign.

Just one of the holiday greenery raffle prizes

Enjoying the meal

Another group looking over gift bags

The gift Bags

Happy 60th Anniversary

Another homemade greenery prize

Bob keeping the meeting organized

Toys for Tots

Our Favorite waitress

Marie delivers a prize to Jeff and Debbie

Jan, Dennis and Dean awaiting instructions

Marie delivers a raffle prize to Moe 

John giving us updates

More folks enjoying the meal

Dottie et al

Dig In!

Our members and their guests

Marie giving out the Gift Bags

November 13, 2022

 

The November meeting featured a Brown Bag Auction with Tom Cash filling as the auctioneer.  We also collected food pantry donations which will be taken to a local church for distribution.  Marie Penta helped finalize plans for the Christmas party coming up in just a few weeks and we are all looking forward to Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season.

Bob and John running the meeting

Our stalwart attendees

Tom our Brown Bag Auction Auctioneer

FALL 2022 GATHERINGS

 

The September picnic this year was cancelled related to mixed issues including Covid again. 

The complement of members who went to the New England Regional Meet that month was very small.  Our donated basket put together by the Rousseaus was much appreciated.  As we were just starting to get used to a slowdown in the pandemic isolation slump, a few folks came down with COVID in October – including the Vice President/Photographer and Treasurer of the club.  The president was also out of commission and in rehab. Soooo, John Mennucci our valiant Secretary took the lead at the business meeting that month.  On November 6^th, 13 of the regulars and a couple old timers went to the annual Chicken Run at Wrights Farm in Burrillville.  The food was the usual great fare including their family style chicken with all the “fixins” and ice cream slices with little chickens visible in the middle! 

At Wrights Farm for the Chicken Run