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June 21st , 2008

Third Annual Pacific Northwest Picnic.

 

 

The third Annual northwest picnic was held on June 21, 2008 at Fletcher Anderson’s place in Chehalis, Washington. What a wonderful day for a picnic. The weather was just perfect, not too hot, it was dry (for some people this is hard to believe for Western Washington), not too windy but a slight breeze and just a great group of wonderful Model A and other classic car enthusiast’s with their families. One of our club members and a dear friend of ours, Andy Panagiotou advised me he had 4 generations of his family. This was a wonderful turn out and Fletcher and Rod did another outstanding job. It has been a lot of work for them, especially since the 2007 Flood. They had to replant most of the split rail post leading up to the bridge and I understand they put 3 sacks of cement around each post this time to help keep them down. That group really puts on a good show. The cooks were excellent and all the food was just great. All the BBQ items were provided by the Cowlitz A’s and others in that area and then there was Pot Luck which all in all, just a whole bunch of food. I think most of it was well taken care of as I did not see too much left at the end. We will be adding more to this as we progress and if some of the attendees have some pictures and/or stories to tell about the picnic, please get it to me and I will try to get it into the web site as soon as I can. By the way, I received my third Pacific Northwest Annual Picnic Coffee Cup so I know it was the third one. I will take some pictures of each one and get them entered here also. Thanks,  Dick Burton




A FIRST LOOK AT OUR WONDERFUL MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP,”THE RIDGE RUNNERS” WITH FLETCHER ANDERSON AT THE PIANO



ANDY PANAGIOTOU’S BEAUTIFUL COUPE – THESE ARE THE COLORS I HAVE CHOSEN FOR MY LATE 31 WB PICKUP



A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PIN STRIPPING ON ANDY’S COUPE



1923 CHANDLER



 1923 CHANDLER – INTERIOR




 1923 CHANDLER-THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS CAR HAS HAD IT FOR 65 YEARS



A BEAUTIFUL 1923 CHANDLER – THE GENTLEMAN WHO OWNS THIS CAR HAS HAD IT FOR 65 YEARS



AS ALWAYS, THERE HAS TO BE AN INSPECTION TIME



MORE MODEL A’S



MORE MODEL A’S



MORE MODEL A’S



MORE MODEL A’S





MORE MODEL A’S



MORE MODEL A’S WITH INA POINTING TOWARDS ME



 INA WITH TWO FORMER CLUB MEMBERS WHICH HAD MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND WERE UP
VISITING



 BACK ROW OF MODEL A’S



 INA ARMOUR WITH HER BIG SMILE



INA ARMOUR  THE GALLOPIN GERTIES NEWS LETTER EDITOR WITH KARIE AUSTIN AND THE BACK SIDE OF MIKE CUNNINGHAM



ROD RICE – ALL DECKED OUT IN HIS SUNDAY BEST



RIDGE RUNNERS ORCHESTRA



FLETCHER ANDERSON AT THE PIANO



FLETCHER REALLY GETS SERIOUS WHEN HE IS AT THE PIANO



FLETCHER ANDERSON WITH ONE OF HIS MUSICIANS



RIDGE RUNNERS POSING FOR A PICTURE



ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE RIDGE RUNNER MUSICIANSORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Our many thanks for such fine entertainment on this great day. Music always brightens up the body, mind and spirit and opens the door for many happy occasions. I think all in attendance were well pleased and  really enjoyed the music We are all looking forward to 2009 for the 4^th Pacific Northwest Annual Picnic. Thanks,
Dick Burton John Bash, ViolinRon Blumbaugh, ReedsGary Calkins, Reeds Joseph Blaser, AccordionDane Hurd, trumpet/flugelhornTristan Hurd, Trumpet/FlugelhornJerry Mollerstuen, tromboneCalvin Taylor, GuitarStephen Gilligan, DrumsFletcher Anderson, Piano



 SUE CUNNINGHAM AND GENE REYNOLDS FROM THE GALLOPIN’ GERTIE MODEL A FORD CLUB



STERNES CREEK – LOTS OF SALMON USE THIS CREEK FOR SPAWNING IN THE FALL



ANOTHER PICTURE OF STERNES CREEK – KIDS AND PETS JUST LOVED IT



SAMI PANAGIOTOU AND HER GRAND SON WITH HER MODERN CAR WHILE ANDY DROVE THE COUPE WITH ANOTHER GRAND SON



STEVE BIRLEY AND OUR FRIENDS FROM THE COWLITZ A’S



HERE IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE MODEL A FOLKS AT THE EARLY START OF THE 3RD ANNUAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST PICNIC



ROD RICE ON HIS FOUR WHEELER CROSSING THE BRIDGE



ROD RICE GIVING JOHN AUSTIN INFORMATON ON HOW HIGH THE WATER MARKS ARE AS A RESULT OF THE 2007 FLOOD



AND THE PROUD NEW OWNER OF THIS YEARS DRAWING FOR THE MINATURE CARTRUCK – THERE WERE PLENTY OF HOLLERING AND SCREAMING GOING ON WHEN THIS NUMBER WAS CALLED



 PICNIC AREA – WHERE DID ALL THE PEOPLE GO LOTS OF EMPTY CHAIRS



EVERYBODY WATCHING THE AERIAL SHOW



THIS IS AN AIRCRAFT WHICH PROVIDED US WITH GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AIRPLANE BELOWHERE IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AERIAL SHOW THE AIR PLANE, PILOT AND OWNER He aircraft is a STARDUSTER 2 Bi-plane and was built over a 15 year period and has been finished for about 1 year. This was not a kit and The owner, Robert (Bob) Gruber had to make whatever items he needed for the airplane from a set of plans. Bob is a retired tool and die maker so I am sure that helped quite a bit.  The engine is a WWII vintage R755-9 which has 245 HP at 2200 RPM and was made by “Jacobs” and was originally on a Cessna UC78 (Military Type used for training and light transport). Bob has 2 other airplanes and between him and his son “Carl”, they have a total of 5 airplanes, one being a Cessna 170 which was used in the movie series “Northern Exposure”. He also has a total of 12 older cars with 5 being Model T’s, a 1914 Hudson, a 1948 ford, a 1940 Ford Coupe, a 1940 Ford four door sedan with original engine, 1 1948 Ford, 1 1949 Studebaker, a 1951 Chrysler, 62 Buick Special Convertible and a 1965 El Camino. Carl, who is Bob’s son was the pilot for this entertainment that really got the juices flowing doing his maneuvers in the air. He has been flying since he was about 2 years old and he currently races the Bi-plane at Reno Air Races. I think I can speak for just about everyone at the picnic, we all appreciate their efforts very, very much and a great big thank you for all your efforts and exhibition show you put on for us. Hopefully we can have a repeat of this at next year’s picnic. Maybe we can get the grass strip a little more on the level side with less bumps so Carl does not have to do all that bouncing. He did a wonderful job with it though and again, a great big THANK YOU!



 ANDY PANAGIOTOU WITH ONE OF HIS GREAT GRAND SON’S AND HIS DOG “RUSSELL”



AIRCRAFT




AIRCRAFT



 RASING OF THE FLAG