Table of Contents

President’s Message 1

Activities 2

Event Details 3,6

Calendar 4

Ladies Fashions 5

Advertisers 7

Membership Info 8

Volume 43, Issue 3 Meadowlark Model A

Ford Club, Omaha, NE

March 2011

Special Points of Interest:

Calendar

Events

Ladies Fashions

Hello fellow Model A'rs

It's getting around to the time when we

will begin to turn our thoughts to spring and getting our A's out for the year.

The board has been busy lining up ac-tivities for the coming year. We have-

n't filled every month up yet, so if you have a tour or activity that you think the

club would enjoy, please let one of the

board members know about it. We have several good local tours lined up

that you won't want to miss. Some of these will have more information about

them in the newsletter. Make sure you

read about upcoming events and mark your calendar likewise.

This past week we had a good turn-out for our monthly eat out at Petrows

and also our annual Bunco party.

There were lots of good food and soups at the Bunco party and the 23 that were

present had a very good time. I'm sure that we'll be talking more

about getting our cars out and readying them for the coming summer months.

So keep thinking spring and I hope that

I see everyone at the next monthly meeting.

Lee From the Editor:

Can you feel the weather

starting to turn? I am trying to

decide which project I will

start with when the weather

warms up a bit.

Please contact me at

dwjerg@gmail.com if you

have any ideas for upcoming

newsletters or phone me on

402-949-0521.

Dale

President's Message

A couple drove down a country road in their Model A for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, “Relatives of yours?” “Yep,” the wife replied, “in-laws.”

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Tech Talk News

The February Tech Talk concerned the choices

available for headlites, tail lites, and stop lites. A display of three headlites showed the difference between a regular headlite bulb, a quartz bulb, and a halogen bulb. A fourth option of using a sealed beam bulb behind the regular stock lens was also shown. Tail lite and stoplite options using regular bulbs, quartz, and halo-gen bulbs were also shown.

The March Tech Talk will be on rebuilding the transmission tower

in your Model A. We will cover the different styles of transmission

towers and check out areas which may need to be rebuilt. We will also cover the different styles of

emergency brake handles and the problems they develop.

February Women’s Activity Janet Graves organized heart warming activities to occupy the ladies after the February 12

th general

meeting. From “Romantic Movie Riddles” to “Red Trivia Questions” the Valentine related activities kept the ladies thinking and vying for the chocolate candy prizes. BINGO words and candy markers added to the Valentine theme to make it a “sweet” evening. Mary McKinney, Sherri Kunz, Karen Noodell, Judy

Beckman and Millie Jankowski mark their BINGO boards.

Is This a Chili Feed? On February 19 delicious smells were inviting as the club held a Soup Supper and Bunco Night. More than 20 club mem-bers had a great time sampling a variety of soups, breads, cheeses, veggies and desserts. Some loud laughing and a single hand high score of 51 points made the evening enter-taining and fun. The “keeper of the punch” ended up with the most wins, rewarding him with a “man purse”, (wait a minute, it was a tool bag). Great food and fun made a very enjoyable evening for all.

Don Graves punches Doug Heeren, & Jan Hartenhoff’s winning slips while Howard Denker and Judy Beckman look on with envy.

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June 19th, 2011

The Henry Doorly Zoo has contacted our club to help them celebrate an event called ZOOm. They

would like as many cars as we can get there from our club on Sunday, June 19. This is the day af-

ter the Benson Ford Show. The times are from 8:15 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The basic concept of the

event is to focus on different types of vehicles-and will also tie into the speed of the animals ( exam-

ple: A Cheetah can run up to 70 mph ). I'm not sure where that places the Model A!!!

They want to place cars among the exhibits and will escort us into place before the Zoo opens. You

can then stay with your car, or go throughout the zoo until 3:00 pm, when they will

escort us out to go home.

This will be an excellent opportunity to put our cars on display for the public to see.

I encourage as many members as possible to take advantage of this as possible.

MARCH 12, 2011

Omaha is fortunate to have so many wonderful attractions to entertain its people. There is the Zoo, the Holland center, the Orpheum, the Durham Museum, the Omaha playhouse and the ConAgra Center to name just a few. Through March 20, 2011 the Durham Museum is featuring an exhibit titled “With Malice Toward None” This Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit comes from the Library of Congress and

traces Lincoln’s growth from prairie lawyer to preeminent statesman. The exhibit commemorates the 200

th birthday of America’s 16

th president. Included with the Durham exhibit is a free hourly shuttle

to the UPRR museum in Council Bluffs to view the UPRR Lincoln Collection. UPRR has long recog-nized its collection to Abraham Lincoln from 1862 when Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act creat-ing the UPRR to 1922 when silver from Lincoln’s funeral car was discovered in a UPRR vault. After returning from Council Bluffs we can take a short trip to the old market area and have lunch at the Spaghetti Works. The Durham Museum opens at10:00A.M.on Saturday so we can be one of the first to enter. Admission is $7.00/person or $6.00/person for those over

March 19, 2011

There is nothing like seeing how it gets done. Again the Meadowlark Model A Ford Club will have the opportunity to visit one of Omaha’s finest attractions for behind the scenes. On March 19, 2011 at 1:30 P.M. we will have the opportunity to visit the Omaha Playhouse back stage and see how it all happens. The tour will take approximately 45 minutes to an hour. The Playhouse is located at 6915 Cass St. Prior to our tour we will meet at Jason’s Deli 7010 Dodge St. for soup, sandwich and self-serve soft ice cream at 11:45 A.M. That gives us time to eat and enjoy each other’s company prior to the tour. See you all on March 19, 2011 Sign up at the March meeting.

Up Coming Event Details

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March 2011 * see more info in letter

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 4 5

6 ENWI Car Council Swap Meet, Lincoln

7 8 9 10 11 12 Regular Meeting @ Doublas Cnty Health Center 7:30 pm * Durham Museum*

13 14

15 16 17

St. Patricks

Day

18 19

Tour of Omaha

Playhouse*

20 Board Meet-ing @ Jan-kowski’s 3:00 pm *

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22

23 24 Eat out at Brazen Head @ 6:45pm

25 26

27 28

March 6 ENWI Car Council Swap Meet in Lincoln

March 12 Durham Museum – Lincoln Exhibit*

March 12 Regular Meeting

March 19 Tour of Omaha Playhouse*

March 20 Board Meeting at Jankowski’s at 3PM (note this is different from our usual 2 PM)

March 24 Eat out at Brazen Head*

April 16 Tour of Bernie Taulborg’s Auto Collection*

April 16 Regular Meeting – NOTE SPECIAL DATE (Not our usual second Saturday)

April 21 Eat out at Sam’s Italian Villa in Council Bluffs

May 1 Pancake Breakfast & Tour to Fish Hatchery

May 29 Lofte Theatre – the play is Leaving Iowa

July 29-31 Tour to LeMars, IA and the Plymouth County Fair

For sure events:

June 5 – 11 Plain Ol A’s Regional Model A Meet in Overland Park, Kansas

See information and registration form at http://www.plainolas.com/2011.html

We will bring copies of this information to the February meeting, for those who don’t have access

June 18 Omaha Ford Show in Benson. This is the 25th year that the Meadowlarks have sponsored this

show.

Be sure to bring your ‘A’ or any other Ford-manufactured vehicle and join the fun.

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Model A Fashions for 1928 Wow! These 1928 summer fashions from the Bernard-Hewitt of Chicago are sure fancier than the ones in the Wards and Sears catalogs! These pretty dresses illus-trate several of the charac-teristics listed in Winnie Col-well’s Ladies’ Fashions 1928 pamphlet (which you can check out from our club library).

Irregular hemlines

Lots of pleats

Jabots & scarves

Lots of bows and

ruffles

Colors include ma-

hogany, rust, green

Heavy silk crêpe

And, look at those fancy bloomers and hosiery! On first glance, the prices looks really low, but then we re-member that a loaf of bread was about 9 cents, a Model A could be bought for $500, and the average yearly in-come was about $6,000 in 1928 (according to www.time.com). So, that pretty green dress that I want would have been about 0.1% of my salary (or probably my husband’s sal-ary). Still, I sure wish I could buy it.

From http://www.costumes.org/history/100Pages/1928CAT1.HTM

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March Eat Out

March 24

6:45PM In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, our eat out for March is at the BrazenHead Pub, a traditional Irish Pub with great food.

The BrazenHead is at 319 N. 78th

ST (the strip mall between Dodge and Cass, where the

New Tower Motel used to be). Sandwiches from $7.99, Fish & Chips, and more.

See http://www.brazenheadpub.com/ for more information. If you plan to attend, be sure to

sign up at the March meeting or call Don Graves (402-453-7166).

Tour to Bernie Taulborg’s Car Collection April 16

th is a tour you won’t want to miss. This time will be the last chance for most of us to

see Bernie Taulborg’s car collection because the majority of it is being moved out-state. Several of our members have visited this great collection, but it is always a treat because each time we go, we see something we missed the last time. Plan to attend this tour – you won’t be sorry you did. Bernie Taulborg's superlative collection of over 150 automobiles (all in running condition) and thousands of items of memorabilia distributed throughout eight buildings of a former dairy (or hog, depending upon the source) farm. We plan to meet at 10AM at the Harley Davidson dealership parking lot at 174

th & Maple. We

need to arrive at Taulborg’s in one group, so please be at the meeting place on time. Also, please bring a few $$ to put in the jar for Bernie’s favorite charity. If you have ques-tions, please call Don Graves (402-453-7166). PLEASE sign up at the meeting or call Don to tell him you will be joining the tour. It probably won’t be a surprise, but following the tour, we will have lunch at a near-by restau-

rant.

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This is the official publication of the Meadowlark Chapter of the

Model A Restorers Club (MARC) and the Model A Ford Club of Amer-

ica (MAFCA). This monthly newsletter is mailed to members, prospec-

tive members, and editors of similar publications. Its purpose is to keep

you informed about what has taken place and to remind you of future

activities.

Members may publish at no cost, ads for items wanted, for sale, or

trade. They are also invited to submit technical Model A information

and other interesting tidbits. Material should reach the editor by the last

Saturday of the month.

MONTLHY MEETINGS: Second Saturday of each month (except

January) at 7:30PM at the Douglas County Health Center – in the

Town Hall. 42nd & Woolworth Ave.

2011 Officers

2011 Board Members

Membership dues for the Meadowlark Club are $24.00 per year

prorated monthly for new members. Membership in one of the na-

tional clubs is required. You may join both national clubs if you

wish. MAFCA dues are $40.00 per year and MARC dues are

$38.00 per year.

Prospective Members: Please call Membership Chairman, Don

Graves, (402-453-7166) for more information.

Club web address: http://meadowlarks.omahaneb.org Club web master: Janet Graves 402-453-7166

President Lee Hendrix 402-895-2432

VP/ Pres. Don Graves 402-453-7166

Secretary Vicki Heeren 712-533-6183

Treasurer Mary Denker 402-333-1393

Steve Anderson 402-932-1401

Ed Jankowski 402-558-7679

Sherri Kunz 402-493-2211

Doug Heeren 712-533-6183

Howard Denker 402-333-1393

Monthly meetings are at the Douglas County Health Center. See map and directions below.