Thirteen members prayerfully began our meeting at 7:11 p.m. Lory Wolf read her treasurer’s report and mentioned that we have 81 members in our chapter. Bill Wolf, our newsletter editor reported that 10 or so of us are now receiving Metro News electronically. Lory has sent an abbreviated treasurer’s report and two versions of our chapter roster to POCI. Our web designer has been doing updates to our web site. Members are always welcome to inform Lory of any items of interest and she will send them to our web designer for inclusion in our web site. Lory announced that our next wine-making venture will begin on Sunday, October 22nd at 12:00 noon at Your Own Winery in Riverdale, New Jersey. Mary Ann Schwedhelm showed us designs for our new T-shirt, sweatshirt and “dress” sports-style short sleeved shirt. Our new dress shirt will be black as the original and for an extra $5.00 a member may have his or her name placed on the front. Mary Ann will be taking shirt orders soon. An initial batch of our 2017 car show flyers will be run shortly. We will also book a food vendor for the show. We are considering the Jersey Spirits Distilling Co. in Fairfield, New Jersey and the Warren County Winery Train as sources of future chapter activities. Our meeting concluded at 8:00 pm.
Welcome 7 New Members
Our chapter would like to welcome Fred Cassel, Andrea Calison, John Driesse, Michael Weiss, George Kostro, Joe & Linda Rolleri.
President’s Message July-Aug
Hard to believe Labor Day is already here. Didn’t we just observe Memorial Day????
Our heartiest congratulations to Chapter member, Martin Hirsch, on receiving the Concours D’Elegance Award at this year’s POCI annual convention for his 1962 Bonneville. What an incredible achievement!!!
Time to buckle down for our Chapter’s car show on October 1 at the Masonic Lodge on Van Houten Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey. We hope to see many of our members, and please, please, please say a prayer, do a no-rain dance, cast a spell – whatever it takes for us to have good weather.
Our next regular Chapter meetings are September 21 and October 19, 2017. The September meeting is particularly important as we will be finalizing details for the car show.
President’s Message May-June
Happy Summer!!
Well, the weather was lousy, but Lou Calasibetta forged ahead and hosted his annual open house at his Old Stillwater Garage on May 13. Many of us went in our daily drivers, and a grand time was had by all!! Dare I say that we may have had more chapter members attend than any time I can remember in the past.
Martin Hirsch, Bill Wolf, John and I also attended the Long Island Chapters of POCI and GTOAA annual car show on June 11 in Bethpage, New York. The weather was sunny and quite warm, and they managed to park around 45 cars in a space that would ordinarily accommodate 25!! It’s always a good time hanging with our LI friends. To add the icing to the cake, Marty’s 1958 Bonneville Convertible took Best in Show!!! Congrats, Marty!!!
The 2017 POCI Annual Convention is coming up in Fort Worth, Texas (July 11-15). Unfortunately, John and I are not able to attend, but a few of our Chapter members and their families are. We hope anyone who does attend would share their comments and pictures when they return.
It’s not too soon to start thinking about the Chapter’s annual car show. Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 1, at the Clifton Masonic Lodge, 476 Van Houten Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey. Fingers (and toes!!) crossed for good weather!!! Please be sure to pass the word around to any Pontiac owners you may know.
Our Chapter’s next regular meetings will be July 20 and August 17 at The Hearth in Clifton.
