May 2015 - Henry`s Lady

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May 2015
ROGUE RAMBLINGS
A PUBLICATION
OF
HENRY’S LADY CHAPTER
MODEL A FORD CLUB
AN OREGON N
ON
OF
A
MERICA
-PROFIT CORPORATION
PO BOX 1442
GRANTS PASS, OR
97528
Rogue Valley History
By Guest Editor Rick Black
I offered to temporarily take over the newsletter editor duties from Mac while he is dealing with
Teri’s health issues, so I needed to come up with an article for our front page. We usually feature
members’ cars, but I don’t have a volunteer for this month, so I thought I’d share some things I’ve
found out volunteering at the Southern Oregon Historical Society.
My duties at SOHS involve scanning photographs and researching Society member requests.
During those research sessions, I’ve stumbled onto some very interesting Ford history.
The first Ford dealer in Southern Oregon was Charles E. “Pop” Gates, who got the franchise in
about 1912. He rented space in the Sparta Building on the corner of Hwy 99 and Main (today’s
North Riverside and East Main) and started selling Model T Fords. Business was good—Medford
had more cars per capita than any city in Oregon at that time. By 1922, Gates bought some
property at 41 N. Riverside at 6th, built a new building and moved his operation there.
A few weeks ago, I was sorting
through photographs at the SOHS
library and stumbled across this one,
taken in 1922. It’s hard for me to tell
if this was at the new Gates Ford
building or in the old Sparta Building.
In the photo, Auto Assembly worker
Herman Pence is assembling a
newly arrived Model T (which were
shipped partially broken down to fit
more Model Ts in each freight car.)
Herman could assemble 3 cars per
day if he wasn’t interrupted. His pay
was $5 each.
SOHS 03232—courtesy of Southern Oregon Historical Society
Rogue Ramblings
MAY, 2015
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2015 Officers
And
Executive Committee
President
Bill Mac Dougall
541-582-0374
[email protected]
VP & MAFFI Rep.
Bill Hallows
541-955-9280
[email protected]
Treasurer
Jerry Schulte
541-471-6089
[email protected]
Secretary
Nancy Firth
541-474-1516
Ann Tarski
541-476-4851
Mary O’Cain
541-479-0123
Past President
Chuck Green
541-471-9214
[email protected]
Web Master
Rick Black
541-499-1356
[email protected]
2015 Committee Chairs
Mac’s Garage
I have to figure that when it comes to this club I’ve been pretty lucky. You
guys welcomed me with open arms when I joined and made me feel like I had
been a member forever. The next thing I knew, I was Treasurer then Vice
President, President and Newsletter Editor and Coffee Maker. The only
elected office I haven’t held is Secretary and I am really glad that the ladies of
the club have kept that position filled.
Having to step back from some of the things I’ve been doing for a while
has been as hard as taking them on in the first place. I’m talking about the
Newsletter now. When I started doing that I didn’t know which end was up
and I worked through it with the help of Nancy Firth and Rick Black. Now, in
my hour of need, both of them have once again stepped up and Rogue Ramblings is still coming to you. Rick will be taking over the Editors job and Nancy
will be taking care of distribution. The core membership of this club is really
something. When bad stuff happens things still get done. I hope all of you
remember that when the next election comes up at the end of the year.
Newsletter Editor
Bill MacDougall
541-582-0374
[email protected]
Tour Coordinator
Dave Williams
541-479-7580
[email protected]
The tour to “Art the Hat Guy” in Medford last month was a rousing success.
We were joined by members from Rogue Valley A’s as well as the Model T
Club and everyone had a great time. Thanks to Mike McKey for leading the
tour and Dave Williams for setting it up.
Sunshine
Pam Green
541-471-9214
[email protected]
Librarian
Art Peary
541-471-3393
Coffee Maker
Bill MacDougall
541-582-0374
Membership
Chuck Green
541-471-9214
MAFCA Representative
The tour this month is to the Smoke Jumpers Base in Cave Junction and
will be led by John & Nancy Firth. This is local history at its best. Try not to
miss it.
See you at the meeting
Mac
Nell Mathern
541-941-2463
[email protected]
ROGUE RAMBLINGS IS A PUBLICATION OF HENRY’S LADY CHAPTER, MAFCA, AN OREGON NONPROFIT CORPORATION. IF INFORMATION IS BORROWED FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS, CREDIT IS
GIVEN HEREIN. WE THANK OTHERS FOR SHARING WITH US, AND ARE HAPPY TO HAVE OTHERS USE
ANY ARTICLE HEREIN, PROVIDED PROPER CREDIT IS GIVEN. INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR BY THE 25TH OF THE MONTH FOR PUBLICATION IN
THE NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE. EDITOR: BILL MAC DOUGALL, 2421 SYKES CREEK ROAD, ROGUE
RIVER, OREGON 97537-9767. E-MAIL [email protected].
Rogue Ramblings
May, 2015
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Meeting Minutes April 11, 2015
The April 11th 2015 meeting was called to order by President Mac MacDougall at 9:30AM. Mac
welcomed the guest Pam Green’s brother Gary Gardner. Pledge of Allegiance led by Bill Hallows.
Mac thanked Rusty Wall for refreshments this morning.
Announcement - Mac updated us about his wife Teri’s medical treatment since April 1 st to yesterday doctors appointment. Oncologist said April 3rd she has Stage 4 lung cancer. She started
chemo on April 4 and more on the 5th and 6th. The oncologist said the tumor was shrinking but
then she had fluid in her lungs which they drained 3 times. She will do another cycle of chemo
at end of this month. Rick Black will do the newsletter as needed for Mac and Nancy Firth will
do the mailing of newsletters.
Secretary minutes - Motion to accept minutes as printed by Grace Peary, 2nd by Chuck Green
& approved by members.
Treasurer’s Report – Jerry Schulte gave his report. Motion to accept, seconded, vote taken and
approved. Jerry said money was donated to MAFCA in Charlene Williams memory.
Sunshine - Mary Hallows home taking care of her sister today.
Mail - Mac said he received a copy of Model A Preserver, a letter from the National Award Banquet
committee and he read it and a copy of the Restorer.
Old Business - None
New Business - Mac also suggested as a raffle prize in December to donate a Gordon muffler.
Membership - Art Peary reminded members of club library available, can be checked out from
him.
Rogue Ramblings - BJ’s Brakes no longer in business per Jerry Schulte. There is a shop in
Medford does Model A brakes (Borglund Springs.) Need to update who they are.
Gene Amaral has trouble with his car, discussion followed, Ray Aguirre asked about a good
place to get tires, discussion and Kelsey tires were recommended and DJ Jordan might get
some tires for members. Ted also asked who does powder coating, discussion and Les Schwab
does for 38$ apiece and also asked about upholstering seats. Scott’s in Grants Pass at
Ringuette and Union Ave. # 450-5856 . Harry Fuller asked for shop that checks speedometers,
John Scholfield says Ray’s Speedometer in Grants Pass and he is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on Rogue River Hwy. Chuck Green suggested in The MAFCA site under
miscellaneous there is a shop that does speedometers listed.
Today's raffle collected $68, Lynn McDougall won $34 and $34 for the club treasury. Next prize a
visor won by Steve Hodges, next prize a visor won by Savannah McKee, suspenders won by
Rusty Wall
Motion to adjourn meeting by Chuck Green, 2nd by Pam Green.
Meeting adjourned at 10:10 AM
Respectfully submitted,
Ann Tarski Co-Secretary
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MAY, 2015
2015 REFRESHMENTS
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s NOVEMBER
Gone.
DECEMBER
Please call Pam Green at 541-471-9214 if you know of someone
in the club who could benefit from our thoughts and prayers to
get through illness or adversity. We will respect the need for
privacy. Our desire is to help without being intrusive.
MARY HALLOWS
TOM & SHERRY ROGERS
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
LYNN MAC DOUGALL
CHRISTMAS DINNER
Come to Meetings.
We Have Fun!
OUR MAY TOUR
After our meeting Saturday, May 9, we have planned a tour to the Illinois Valley for
lunch at Taylor's Country Store and a visit to the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum a few miles south of Cave Junction. We need an idea of how many are planning to join us so they can plan accordingly.
Here is a link to their website so you can see what they are all about:
http://www.siskiyousmokejumpermuseum.org/
You can also read what others have to say about the tour on the Trip Advisor website
here: http://tinyurl.com/qhb5hw2
There is no admission fee but donations are gladly accepted to help with their restoration efforts.
Please reply to this message or call the Firths (541-474-1516) in the next few days if
you are planning to attend.
We hope you will plan to join us to learn about this unique piece of southern Oregon
history. You won't be disappointed. It looks like the weather will be warm and dry so
drive your Model A if you can!
Rogue Ramblings
May, 2015
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Locating All Those Great Articles in The Restorer Magazine
Many MAFCA members have years of The Restorer
magazine, each issue filled with great articles, photos,
and how-to instructions on many facets of Model A restoration. The frustrating thing for me is remembering
that I read a great article in an issue but not remembering in which issue it was located. From time to
time, MAFCA has published indexes of The Restorer.
The problem for me is that it's hard to go through an
handful of indexes when you're not even sure what the
exact title was.
Well, to paraphrase a current technical phrase, "there's
an app for that." Actually, an electronic index of The
Restorer magazines is on the MAFCA website. That
index is in PDF form, which means you can download it
to your computer and then use the FIND feature of the
PDF reader program on your computer (Adobe Reader
for Windows, Preview for Mac) to find a title, a subject or an author or contributor.
The index file you're looking for is called RINDEX (Restorer INDEX). The first one you'll
probably find is called RINDEX50 – an index to the first 50 years of The Restorer . There
are others as well for Volume 51 – the current Volume 59. Download one or all of them
and then when you need to look up an article, search through those indexes to find the
Volume/Number and/or Issue Date of the magazine. Even the page number(s) of the articles are listed.
Where is this located on the MAFCA website? You can find the link on The Restorer page
(click on The Restorer magazine image on the home page) – it will tell you the indexes are
in the Downloads folder under Indexes. If you feel like typing, here is the exact link:
www.mafca.com/ref_downloads.html
That page explains what things are in the
Downloads folder and has links to them.
You'll notice that there are also indexes to the "How To Restore Your Model A" series, so if
you have those 9 volumes, there's an index for them as well. Happy Hunting!
Rick Black
Medford Oregon
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MAY, 2015
May Birthdays
Jerry Schulte
Felicia Acrea
Paul Jones
Richard Allen
Dirk Schulte
Mac MacDougall
Wanda Babcock
May Anniversaries
05/02
05/07
05/07
05/09
05/10
05/14
05/28
Chuck & Ann Tarski
Mike & Debbie McKey
Todd & Michelle Calvert
Ray & Karla Franze
05/07/69
05/22/82
05/30/03
05/01/09
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY YOU LOVEBIRDS
Hope we didn’t miss anyone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU ALL
WANTED:
You’ve read about our member’s Model A stories
In previous newsletters.
But have you sent in YOUR story to the editor?
We all have great memories about the acquisition
Of our Model A Ford
Please share your story with Henry’s Lady members.
Send your story and photos to The Editor.
May, 2015
Rogue Ramblings
2015 TOUR SCHEDULE
May
Tour to the Smoke Jumpers Base in Cave Junction.
Lunch at Taylor’s Sausage.
June
Tour to Spit and Polish Antiques in Williams.
Lunch stop to be determined
July
Annual Picnic at Green Acres. Hosts: Pam and Chuck Green
August
Lavender Farms in Applegate Valley.
Lunch to be determined
September Tour to Happy Camp, California. Picnic Lunch
October
Annual Fall tour and Lunch to Galice Resort on Rogue River
November Tour to Shady Cove. Lunch at Mel’s Diner
December Annual Christmas Party at the GP Country Club
(with Caveman Club)
Alternate Tours and Activities:

Tour to Onion Mountain

Progressive Lunch and Garage Tour

Tour to Wimer and Evans Creek

Sunny Valley Loop to Graves Creek—lunch at Wolf Creek

Lake Selmac Picnic

Wildlife Images
Thanks to Dave Williams for this schedule.
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From www.HenrysLady.org website:
Wanted - 1929 Roadster Chassis Parts -- 05/02/15
I started to restore my 1929 roadster and found the front axle, wishbone and frame was bent. I am
also looking for four 21 inch wheels. I would appreciate any assistance your chapter might provide
in finding these items.
Contact: Pat LaPointe ,
Saint Helens Oregon -- 503-366-1993
Wanted - 1930-31 Headlight Bar - 10/12/14
Gene Amaral - (541) 474-1806
New Members
Please add the names of our newest members to your roster:
Dan Jordan (BJ's Son)
938 W. Jones Creek Road, GP 97526 - 541-218-7037
Dale Waldron and Felicia Acrea
1111 Rounds Avenue, GP 97527 - 801-755-1068 - [email protected]
I tried the option to enter comments in Dropbox but just in case it doesn't show up here they are:
Pg 1 second paragraph: My duties...involve
Pg 3 Minutes: Remove the account balance
Pg 4 May Tour, first sentence: After '...for lunch' please insert 'at Taylor's Country Store'. I didn't talk to Dave until after i sent the
email.
Last page, Coming Events second line for May: Delete Art the Hat Guy and add Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum.
DON’T FORGET THE “BUSTED KNUCKLE GROUP”
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, GIVE CHUCK GREEN A CALL AND HE
CAN STEER YOU TO THE HELP YOU NEED.
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May, 2015
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2015 MAFCA National Awards Banquet
Each December, MAFCA has its annual Awards Banquet in different locations around
the USA, hosted by a local chapter. Last year, MAFCA asked us if we’d like to host a
NAB event. After consulting with Rogue Valley A’s and Sis-Q A’s, representatives
from those three MAFCA chapters decided to ask their chapters if they wanted to
participate. Each chapter agreed.
A committee was formed with representatives from the three local chapters, and
we’ve been meeting for the past year to put a program together. We have just
submitted our plan to the MAFCA board for their approval.
We will be asking all of our chapter members to give us a hand before and during the
event, which takes place Wednesday December 2 through Saturday December 5.
We hope that you’ll step up and help us when the time comes.
Once MAFCA
approves our plan, details will be posted on our website and in the July/August
Restorer magazine.
Rogue Ramblings
Henry’s Lady Chapter, MAFCA
An Oregon Non-Profit Corporation
P.O. Box 1442
Grants Pass, OR 97528
NEXT MEETING WILL BE SATURDAY MAY 9 AT THE FRUITDALE GRANGE
AT 9:30 AM. BE THERE. WE HAVE FUN.
COMING EVENTS
May 9 Business Meeting @ Grange
May 9 Siskiyou Smokejumper Base
June 15-20 Medford Cruise
June 23-27 NW Regional Walla Walla
Check out MAFCA on the web
www.mafca.com
Model A Ford Club of America Inc
250 S. Cypress Street
La Habra, CA 90631-5515
Phone orders only: 866/379-3619
Other Business: 562/697-2712
Fax: 562/690-7452
E-mail: [email protected]