February 15, 2001 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the first meeting of the Classic Chevy Club of Nova Scotia. We started with 17 members and we have now grown to approximately 70. Only three of the original 17 members have been continually in the Club since the beginning. Being member #1 and a co-founder of the Club, I have been asked to prepare an article for the newsletter documenting the formation of our Club.
My interest in Classic Chevys goes back to learning to drive in my father’s ’56 Bel Air. When I entered the work force, my first car was a ’57 150 with a 348 in it. Several years later I bought a ’57 Nomad to build as a drag car. That was the time when most NHRA records were held by Classic Chevys and before Classic Chevys were called Classic Chevys. This eventually evolved into a show car, but I quickly learned that a car that spent its life in Nova Scotia exposed to salt and rust, did not really cut it as a show car. A dry southern car was the way to go. This led to the purchase of a ’55 Bel Air two door sedan from South Carolina in 1975.
Unknown to me at the time, a guy by the name of Doug Moorhead had formed the Classic Chevy Club in Florida. I discovered the club through coverage of their 1976 convention by Super Chevy magazine and sent in my membership fee immediately.
About this time my neighbour, Skip Collier, who also is a car enthusiast started going down south and bringing back old cars to sell. It seemed like he always had one or two Classic Chevys in his driveway. He also joined the Classic Chevy Club.
In 1980 the Classic Chevy Club, which by this time was called Classic Chevy Club International (CCCI), decided to hold their annual international convention in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. As this was a reasonable distance from Nova Scotia, I decided to attend. Skip also attended along with other Classic Chevy enthusiasts Peter Kline and Ron Garnier. After returning home Skip and I started talking about forming a local chapter of the CCCI. CCCI sent us information about how to go about forming a local chapter.
Early in 1981, Skip got together with Hazel and me and we made a list of all the people we knew who owned ’55, ’56 and 57 Chevys and started calling them to invite them to a meeting to discuss forming a club. That meeting took place on February 15, 1981.
Seventeen Classic Chevy owners showed up and together we formed the Classic Chevy Club of Nova Scotia. Our vehicle roster consisted of nine ’55’s, five ’56’s and five ’57’s. On the advice of Classic Chevy International we did not jump right into elections. Their suggestion was for a couple of members to run things for a while until the club was established and running smoothly. Skip took on the role of chairman, while I looked after the dues and minutes. We also started a monthly newsletter. As this was going to be a province wide club based in Halifax, we felt it was important to keep in touch with members who were not able to attend the monthly meetings. That first newsletter was four pages long!
Our second meeting saw four new members join the Club
.Our first official event was participation in the Speed Sport car show in April 1981. We won Best Club participation and those who entered their cars won a total of five trophies.
Pictured in the foreground is Dave Sampson’s ’56 Bel Air. This classic has been owned by several members of the Club. It now belongs to Nelson Morrison of New Brunswick. The next vehicle is Wayne Maidment’s ’57. I don’t know what happened to Wayne or this ’57. At the end of the line is the ’55 Nomad then owned by Bob Reid and now owned by Peter Stokdijk. To the rear of the ’56 is a ’55 210 entered by Graham Swann. This ’55 was sold to Bob Reid who turned it into a pro street classic powered by a blown big block. I believe it eventually went to Newfoundland. In the background is Mal Jeffers’ ’57 Nomad which is now owned by Leo McAuley. Also in the show, but displayed separately, was Wayne Conrod’s ’57 convertible
By May 1981 we had grown to 29 members, decided on our club logo which was designed by one time member Mal Jeffers and had ordered club jackets.
In June we registered under the Societies Act and formed a phone committee. An article on members cars was started as an ongoing regular feature of the newsletter starting with the June 1981 issue. Greg Melanson’s ’55 Bel Air sport coupe was profiled in that issue.
Our first summer was quite active with members attending various Show & Shines in the area as a group. Bob Reid and Brent Henderson also attended the Classic Chevy International convention in Dearborn Michigan. We also put on a display at Historic Properties in Halifax, had a club picnic near Truro, participated in a parade in Chester and did a little drag racing at the old Drag City (how many of you remember that name?) in Sackville. By the end of September we had 36 members and 34 Classics.
We also started a club photo album.
To the left is our display at Historic Properties. The ’56 Bel Air sport sedan belonged to Skip Collier and the ’57 convertible in the foreground was owned at the time by Wayne Conrod. In the background are (clockwise) Mal Jeffers’ ’57, Gary Porter’s ’55, Chris Chisholm’s ’56 and Graham Swann’s 55
Our September drag meet was attended by 15 members with their cars, three without and three other classic owners who were not members at the time. To the right are Mitch Robicheau in the foreground and Gary Porter in the background.
A milestone event took place in October with the election of our first slate of officers.
These included:
- Skip Collier – President
- Gary Porter – Vice President
- Peter Phillips – Secretary
- Wayne Conrod – Treasurer
- Greg Melanson – Sergeant at Arms
By the end of 1981, we had decided to become a 100 percent affiliate of Classic Chevy International, meaning that in order to be a member of the Classic Chevy Club of Nova Scotia, you also had to be a member of the International Club.
As with any organization, members come and go as interests and priorities change. The Classic Chevy Club was no different. As we started on our second year as a club, our membership dropped to 29.
This seems like an appropriate point to end part one of this article. I have already missed one newsletter and the deadline for the next one is fast approaching. Stay tuned for part two.
In the last newsletter I detailed events leading up to the formation of the Classic Chevy Club of Nova Scotia and the highlights of our first year of operation. The story picks up at our first anniversary in February 1982.
February 28, 1982 must have been a very nice day. Wayne Conrod brought his larkspur blue ’57 convertible to the meeting that day. Anyone who knows Wayne, knows that he would only drive his car when the roads are clean and dry. As we started our second year, our membership dropped to 29. It is interesting to note that we had originally set the dues for the club at $10.00 per year plus $1.00 per meeting for a total of $22.00 per year. This was calculated from the time a member joined. The complexity of this system was about to become evident as renewals were starting and as not everyone attended every meeting.
Club jackets were still not received. After 16 weeks of waiting for jackets from the first supplier, we got our money back and ordered jackets from Team Tailor.
Highlights of the winter and spring of 1982 include a lengthy debate on whether to be a 100 per cent affiliated chapter of Classic Chevy Club International. This was resolved in the affirmative. We also started to lobby the province to issue personalized license plates. A bowling night was held with the Corvette Club, with our club taking the win. The club jackets arrived in May. We then produced club t-shirts. Does any one remember the light blue shirts with the dark blue trim? Does anyone still have one of these that fits? The jackets and t-shirts can be seen on the next page.
Members also attended cars shows in Kentville and Sydney. I remember the Sydney show well. It was early May and the weather was very nice. Wayne and Sharon Conrod in their ’57, Skip Collier in his ’55 and Hazel and I in our ’55 drove to Sydney. As the Trans Canada highway in Cape Breton was closed due to road damage from a storm earlier in the week, we had to take a detour involving two ferries. An interesting trip! Bob Reid and Gerry Russell also attended. Wayne and Bob took home trophies. The rest of us just had a good time.
Each meeting we had new members join the club. By the beginning of the summer we had 36 members. The suggestion to host an event of our own was made. It would be a couple of years before that would materialize.
Summer activities started with participation in the Bonney Lea Farm Show and Shine. Most will probably remember that this show and shine dates back to 1976 and was the first show and shine in the area and perhaps the Maritimes. We had a club meeting and family picnic in June at Chris Chisolm’s in Chester. That too, was a wonderful day that I remember well. Thirteen Classic Chevys were present along with a good turnout of members, wives, girlfriends, children and guests.
The July newsletter took on a new look. A cover was added along with the presidents message. We also incorporated a theme to each issue. If the cover featured a ’57, we would include primarily information relating to ’57’s in that issue. A club banner was purchased. We proudly displayed it at the many events where we participated as a group.
Here is the club banner on display at the P.E.I Street Rod Association show and shine. From left to right are Gary Porter’s ’55, Wayne Conrod’s ’57 and Mike Medicraft’s ’55.
Speaking of the P.E.I Street Rod Association show and shine, it is one of those events during the summer of 1982 that stands out as a highlight in our club’s history. Sixteen club members attended, which was enough to take the club participation award. Members means memberships, not people. Counting wives, husbands, children, etc. we were probably about 40 people. We won some of the contests and some members collected awards. I’ll let Bob explain the award he received that weekend. For me, the best part of the weekend was waiting for the ferry home. Don’t get me wrong, the rest of the weekend was great (except for the mosquitos). However, quite a few of us arrived at the terminal at the same time. We had an informal party in the staging area complete with a barbeque on the side of the road. The three hour wait went by quickly and part of me was disappointed to see the ferry finally arrive.
The wait for the ferry”. Here are some of us with things we won during the weekend. Standing, from left to right are Brent Henderson, Gary Porter, Wayne Conrod, Gary Wright and Bob Reid. Kneeling are Skip Collier and Gerry Russell.
A second summer meeting/ barbeque arranged by Bob and Judy Reid was held in Bass River in July.
Thirty eight people and 13 classics went to Augusta, Maine in August. This was a Classic Chevy only event. There were lots of activities, games, a dance and, of course, a show and shine. Individually, we did well winning prizes and trophies. As a club, we almost got the club participation award, narrowly losing to the Bay State club. Considering the distance we came, there was no same in second. I think that event raised our level of interest in hosting our own event.
Later in August we went to Oakfield Park for our picnic. Thirteen Classics and 16 members ( 50 people) attended.
By the time the fall of ’82 arrived we had attended many events Our membership had grown to 43 with 47 Classic Chevys. It is interesting to note that along with a variety of passenger car body styles, we also had two ’55 pick ups and a ’55 Corvette on our roster.
Here is Gary Wright’s ’55 Corvette. This was later owned by fellow club member Karl Shay, who also owned the first pick up in the club.
With campaigning to rival the recent Bush – Gore contest, our annual elections were held. Just kidding. Things were no different then than they are now. I became President and Skip moved to Vice President. Peter Phillips continued as Secretary, Graham Swann was elected Treasurer and Wayne Cooper took on Sergeant at Arms. We also formed an entertainment committee and a ways and means committee. The $1.00 per meeting was dropped in favour of making the annual dues $20.00. These were still being collected monthly, based on when you joined.
To get off on a tangent for a second, the dues are still $20.00 per year. What else is still the same price it was 19 years ago? Going through my magazine collection recently, I notice that a 1982 issue of Hot Rod cost $1.75. Today it’s $4.99. That’s a 285 per cent increase. At this rate our dues should be $57.14. This isn’t to suggest that dues be increased, just to let everyone know the good value they are getting.
The newsletter included an interesting, but short lived feature called Classic Flashback. Some brave members were willing to share some pictures of themselves taken a few (or many) years earlier or of Classics they previously owned. It would be interesting to see this revived. But, like everything else, it relies on contributions of the members.
While I haven’t been specifically indicating the names of new members as they joined the club, I think it is appropriate to mention here that our long serving president and the person who should get a lot of credit for keeping this club going so that we have a 20th anniversary to celebrate, Jeff Kempton, joined the club in November of 1982.
1983 got off to a good start with well attended regular monthly meetings. We had a couple of meeting with the Province lobbying for personalized plates. I don’t think we can take the credit for now having personalized plates, but I would like to think that we helped show the Province that there was an interest in making these available.
The first Classic Chevy Club dance was held in March. It was quite successful. Here are Bernie and Carol Fraser enjoying the music. That looks like Bob Reid at the right of the picture
The indoor car show season started in April with events in Halifax and Kentville. The Golden Age Automobile Club held their first Show and Shine in May. This has grown to be the biggest event of this nature in this area and perhaps, the Maritimes. We had 12 Classics at the event, which was good enough for a tie in the club participation award. When you consider the narrow focus of our Club and the broader range of vehicles accepted by other club’s (and potentially more members), we put a lot of other clubs to shame in terms of participation.
We attended an ever growing list of shows throughout the summer. I’m not going to list every one, but one that stands out for 1983 was the “Hot One” in Chicopee Massachusetts. Wayne Conrod and I and our families attended with our Classics, while Ron Garnier and his family attended but were Classicless. Wayne won second place in the ’57 original class. Although we traveled a long way, a guy from Texas took long distance.
Other highlights of the year getting an official mailing address, a regular coping source for the newsletter and an attempt to organize a photo shoot to submit to Classic Chevy for inclusion in Classic Chevy World magazine. Susan McAuley made a quilt for the club to raffle off as a fund raiser. It was won by Darrel Clark. I wonder if he still has it?
By the time elections rolled around we had 46 members and 51 Classics. Most areas of the province were represented from Weymouth to New Waterford. We also had members in P.E.I. and Newfoundland. Our roster included ’55, ’56 and ’57 convertibles and a ’55 first series pick-up.
The 1983 election brought in a new slate of officers. As our bylaws put limits on how long someone could hold office, some of the previous executive were not permitted to run. Bernie Fraser took over as President, while Peter Stokdijk, Jeff Kempton and Bob Reid were elected as Vice president, Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. The Sergeant at Arms position was changed to Director and Graham Swann was elected into that position. After writing 34 issues of the newsletter, I retired and Jeff Kempton volunteered to take on the job. Serious discussions on having an event of our own took place. A questionnaire was sent out to all members.
The year ended with a decision to hold a club event on the July 1, 1984 weekend, with John Perry taking on the task of organizing the event. Bernie stepped down as President. Peter stepped up to the position and Rick Merrill was elected Vice President to replace Peter.
Although I had no idea how this article would evolve when I started, it’s obvious that it can’t all be reported in one or two chapters. The end of 1983 looks like a good point to end chapter two. For those with Internet access, check out this article on the club website to see the pictures in colour.
There obviously will be a chapter three and, at the rate I’m going, probably a four and maybe a five. Stay tuned. I welcome any comments
I guess it’s been about four years since I wrote part two of the club history. I never thought at the time that I would take so long getting around to doing the remainder. First I should apologize to everyone for being so slow, especially Jeff, who has politely asked, pleaded and begged me to finish this. Without getting into the reasons why I wasn’t able to continue this story, let’s pick up where we left off, the end of 83 and start in 1984.
“One of the directions in which I would personally like to see us head is a ‘Classic Chevy’ meet
of our own making”.
-President Peter Stokdijk, January 1984 newsletter
We did hold our own event for the first time in 1984 as Peter had hoped. However, it was John and Cheryl Perry who took on the task of organizing our first ever event. The Old Orchard Inn was the host hotel. Room rates started at $35.00! A telephone survey done in April indicated 34 member planned to attend our event, two said no and there were five maybes. As the event grew closer more and more details were finalized, members worked frantically to have their cars ready on time for our event.
In May, the Mail Star did an article on our club and our upcoming event. Pictures of Wayne Conrod’s ‘57 and Earl MacDonald ‘56 were featured.
After much anticipation the first Classic Chevy weekend was held on June 30 – July 1, 1984. Approximately 35 Classics attended with some coming as far as Maine and Newfoundland. The event was a big success and fanned the flames for a bigger and even better event in 1985.
Like the previous summers, 1984 had its share of show and shines that various members attended as well as a couple of get togethers at members homes.
The annual elections were held in October with Jeff Kempton being elected as president (for the first time). The position of Director was changed to Entertainment Director and I (after three ballots) was voted into the position. I also was elected as Show Chairman for our 1985 event. Planning for the 1985 Classic Chevy weekend was well underway by the fall of 1984. While John and Cheryl did an excellent job with the first 1985 Classic Chevy weekend, it was easy to see that with even more club members involved with the organization, the event can be even better without burning out a few individuals. So for ‘85, 14 separate committees were formed to organize various parts of the event. Also in ‘84 we decided that it was no longer mandatory to be a member of the
Classic Chevy Club International in order to be a member of our club.
1984 ended with 46 memberships and 51 classics. The “Classic Chevy weekend” was still the hot topic as 1985 rolled in. To the right is the flyer announcing the big event.
Our dues structure was changed again to keep things simple and is basically still the same today. Rather than dues being paid on the anniversary of a member joining the club, dues became payable by all at the end of February each year. This eliminated a lot of unnecessary complex book keeping.
In February we held an anniversary dance. The tickets were $10.00/couple and the music was provided by a DJ. Ticket sales prior to the dance were described as “slow”. Fast forward to 2005. An anniversary dance is planned for February, 2006 . The tickets are $15.00/couple and the music will be provided by a live band. Tickets are almost sold out as of early December! I guess we can conclude that although 20 years has gone by, your entertainment dollar has fared better than your gasoline dollar.
It is also interesting that T-shirts and sweat shirts with the club logo were being sold back in ‘85. Twenty years later, club apparel is still popular. Over the years we have had countless T-shirts commemorating our various events, golf shirts, belt buckles and four club jackets.
The May newsletter reported some members participating in a number of spring indoor car shows.
A club roster was published in the June newsletter. There were 57 memberships and 63 Classics. There was quite a variety with lots of sedans and hardtops, but there were Nomads and convertibles from each of the three years along with a ‘55 Corvette and several pickups. The 2005 roster lists 73 memberships, but only 52 classics. Nineteen of the current memberships have 20 or more years in the club with only three of the “originals” left. Ten of the above 19 memberships still have the classics they had in 1985. Some then and now pictures would be interesting!
The second annual “Classic Chevy weekend” was held on June 28-July 1 at the Old Orchard Inn. Records indicate that we had a 65 per cent increase in classics! That is a substantial increase, no matter how you look at it. In terms of real numbers that equates to approximately 57 classics, 16 from the U.S., including two from Maryland. While most of the remainder were from Nova Scotia, classics also represented New Brunswick and Newfoundland. The surprise of the weekend was Ron and Toni Garnier’s ‘56 Corvette. It was purchased before the meet, but kept secret. That must have been difficult!
The ‘85 show was a great event. We had meet and greet on Friday, cruise, lobster supper and dance on Saturday, show and awards on Sunday. There also were games for the adults and kids and a model car contest.
With our show behind us, the rest of the summer was spent enjoying other shows, having barbeques at various member’s homes and a contingent of members made the trek to Augusta in late August bringing home six class awards.
As summer turned to fall, we started getting back to business planning for next years event, purchasing new jackets, planning a Halloween dance and, of course, elections.
Because of what we felt was lack of cooperation on behalf of the Old Orchard Inn, we decided to move the event to the Best Western in Truro for ‘86. The once monthly feature of the newsletter of including an article and picture of a member’s classic was reduced to two issues for ‘85 despite the tireless pleading of editor Jeff for members to submit something.
1986 started with President Jeff resolving that “in 1986 special emphasis will be put on scheduling informal, friendly evening cruises, weekend picnics and the like.” Jeff pointed out that it would take an effort on everyone’s part to make this work. A number of club cars were being refurbished or upgraded during the winter months in anticipation of a busy summer. The jacket order was postponed and a dance was held in April.
The third annual “Classic Chevy weekend” was held on June 27-30 at the Best Western Glengarry in Truro. While we had approximately as many classics as in 1985, the big disappointment was the off and on rain on both Saturday and Sunday which caused a lot of last minute changes to the schedule of events.
Here is a picture taken of the show and chamois! Again, we used the International club’s judging guidelines with 40 classics taking home trophies. Eighteen trophies were given out for the models. While this was only our third event and it was considered a success by all, there was a continuing concern that too much was being done by too few.
For a lot of these cars, other than washing, this is one of the rare occasions that they got wet.
Our August meeting was at the home of former members Mike and Kathy Greenough. All of the cars in the foreground and their owners are no longer in the club. However, long time member Harold Jardine is seen here checking out the classics.
The last car event for 1986 was a trip to Maitland drag strip. Twenty members brought 12 classics to the event that cold October day. While I still remember how cold it was that day, what I didn’t remember was that I took the runner-up position, losing in the final round to Steve Gatti’s blown small block powered ‘57.
The club constitution stipulated that no person could serve more than three consecutive years on the executive. As a result, Jeff was ineligible to run for office in the 86-87 term. Five nominations for president were made with John Perry taking the majority. We finally decided to go ahead with a jacket purchase. We chose the melton and leather style which is better suited to our early spring/late fall (and some summer, for that matter) weather.
For reasons that were not explained in the newsletter, both the president and vice-president resigned their positions. I was chosen as interim chairman until a new president was chosen. A couple of other highlights from ‘86 included a membership survey to see if and where improvements can be made in the club and an article in the Mail Star on Curtis Levangie and his ‘55. Finally, 1986 saw submission of information for only one member’s classic for the newsletter. That’s down from two in ‘85!
Part three has turned out to be a summary of 1984, 1985 and 1986. My deadline has arrived to get this to Jeff in time for the next newsletter. However, I will continue to work on this and have another installment ready for the following newsletter. For those with access to the club website, check out this article for colour versions of the pictures.
1987 started with Harold Jardine being acclaimed as club president. Nominated for vice president were Earl Deveau and Skip Collier. Rick Merrill took over the editorial reigns of the newsletter. Planning continued for the fourth “Classic Chevy Weekend” which was again scheduled for the Glengarry in Truro. The new melton and leather club jackets arrived.
A membership survey indicated that the “Members Classic” was a popular feature (at least from a reader’s perspective), so it was decided that each member would have a turn scheduled for the newsletter starting with members 1 & 2 in the January newsletter. Being member #1, I obliged with a story and picture of my ‘55. Features on members #2 & 3 followed in the February newsletter. Hmmmm, maybe we were on to something!
At the February meeting, Earl Deveau was elected vice-president. It was also announced that we got permission to use the large field next door to the Glengarry for our show. This was a big improvement over trying to arrange the cars in the Glengarry lot. This field is part of the Truro Armory property. I got permission to use it from a fairly high ranking military officer here in Halifax. The problem was he never informed the Truro commanding officer. To jump ahead a bit, although these to properties are adjacent to one another, there is a high fence with barb wire at the top separating the two. In order to facilitate easy passage between the hotel and the show, Arnold Neil built an elaborate set of stairs to go over the fence. Now when we show up in July to make our preparations for the show, the Truro Armory commanding officer was surprised and p.o.ed as he new nothing of this and had equipment and material stored in the field that needed to be secured if civilians were to be in there. There were a few tense moments, but the show went on as we planned.
In March we decided to purchase golf shirts with the club logo on them. The newsletter had a couple of pictures of members’ cars in progress, but no written article. A members feature was included in the April newsletter, but it was not the member scheduled. It seems like, what was a very good idea, did not get the support it needed.
As usual, with the return of spring, car events began again. One of the first is the Golden Age Club show in Hilden, near Truro, held in late May. There is always a large turnout. For many, not having driven their “classic” or whatever for almost six months, this show is an opportunity to get driving again. From then on, it seems there is at least one show somewhere every weekend. No matter which show or shows you attend, there always seems to be at least one Classic Chevy Club member there.
Our event, which is a different format than most, was held on July 3-5. The weather was better than the year before (in other words, it didn’t rain all weekend), we had a better spot to display the cars, as elaborated on above, we had a vendor come all the way from Ontario with a truckload of Classic Chevy parts and all four Atlantic provinces were represented. Despite all these improvements, the event was a bit disappointing to us as only 43 classics registered, which was down about 13 from the previous year. To add insult to injury, we also went into the red.
However, feedback indicated that those who attended, had a great time and, coincidently, 43 awards were given out.
Nominations for the next year’s executive were made at the September meeting with elections being held at the November meeting. Jeff was reelected president and the constitution was amended to remove the restriction on length of time anyone can serve on the executive. In the September-October-November newsletter, Jeff’s president’s message indicated that, although everyone seems to enjoy reading the newsletter, there is very little being submitted by club members. Jeff warned that the newsletter cannot continue a monthly basis without more cooperation from members. Eventually our newsletter has become quarterly. Requests for more input from members for the newsletter has been a common topic throughout the existence of our club.In keeping with our enjoyment of a good party, we held a dance in late November. Prices were $10.00 per couple for a D.J. A gold star to Mo (Maureen Mulcahy ) for putting a dance together in 2006 with a live band for $15.00 per couple!!
The year ended with a December newsletter (Jeff’s pep talk must have worked) and the loss of our last Corvette. The club, at one point boasted four Corvettes with each of the three years being represented! Late in the year, the Province announced that personalized plates would be soon available.The new year started with a January newsletter and a feature on a member’s classic. An announcement was made that our fifth Classic Chevy weekend would return to the Glengarry for a third year. Being somewhat of a milestone, we hoped #5 would be special. To raise money, we raffled off a 1/10 scale R/C 57 Chev. This went so well that we did a second R/C raffle. This time it was a 55.
An anniversary dinner and dance was held at the Glengarry on February 27. Again, $10.00 got a couple into the dance with music supplied by a D.J. We also had a set of wide whitewall tires donated which we decided would be raffled off between the first 35 to register for the next Classic Chevy weekend. A contest to design a logo for the event was also held. A second order for the melton and leather jackets was made.
Several club members participated in the I.S.C.A. shows in Halifax and Moncton. Numerous members have participated in these I.S.C.A. shows or other similar indoor shows over the years, but their popularity has declined. On the other hand, the outdoor show and shines seem to be as popular as ever.
The stream of information that allowed for publication of newsletters for each of the first three months of 1988 ended with a combined April-May issue. Interest in the club remained strong with five more members joining in May, bringing our total at that time to 115. With 13 of those members in attendance, we won the club participation trophy at the Golden Age Show & Shine this year.
The Classic Chevy weekend attracted 45 classics which was up slightly. The weather was beautiful and members were kept busy with casino night, a poker run, a variety of games, a dance along with the actual showing of the cars. We were unable to use the Armory field this year (surprise!!!), so with the number of classics on had, the Glengarry lot was more than adequate. Unfortunately, we went $200-300.00 over budget.