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PRESIDENT’S NOTESA message from Richard Holmes

August 2014 Number 8

Runningboard RamblingsAntique Auto Club of America Tulsa Region

has done wonders with the website and linking us to publications. Ron Hardage has helped greatly with Krispy Kreme Car Show along with his secretarial duties. I certainly appreciate my Vice President, Dan King, who is full of energy and good ideas for the club. Ron Scott has continued to be our tour chairman. I could go on and on about the board and other volunteers. Thanks to all. We are so sad to learn that Billie Jullian passed away. She joined us as Herb Karner’s dear friend and became involved in many areas of volunteer jobs in the club. Billie traveled with Herb to many different AACA Regional and National events, and they had many stories to bring back to the club. We will truly miss hearing Billie’s voice.

Happy Motoring,Richard

It is incredible that July weather has had days that are really pleasant and not too hot. That really makes working on old cars, gardens and outdoor activities wonderfully unexpected for us. I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy the rare July days.

The August meeting is the always fun Ice Cream Social. Next month, in September, we are going to have a cookout at our home. Also, in September, we are going to Oklahoma City on a Route 66 road trip and view the Ted Davis private car collection.

We need to all plan finding new directors in October. I believe we have three vacancies and need to have good people to join us. Let a board member know if you are willing to serve. We really need your help!

I can’t thank everyone enough for all of the work that they have done this year. Randy Beason continues to regularly contribute interesting articles for our Runningboard Ramblings. Fred Narrin

AUGUST Runningboard Ramblings

2014 AACA TULSA REGION CALENDARDATE ACTIVITY PLACE PERSON RESPONSIBLE TIME

AUGUST8/3 Ice Cream Social Joanna Cooper’s Ron Hardage 2:00 pm

TBD Quarterly (Garage) Tour

8/26 Board Meeting Richard Holmes’ Richard Holmes 7:00 pm

SEPTEMBER9/7 Hamburger Cook Out Richard Holmes’ Richard Holmes 5:00 pm

TBD Bartlesville Fly-In Frank Phillips Field

9/30 Board Meeting Teresa Wilkinson’s Teresa Wilkinson 7:00 pm

OCTOBER10/5 General Meeting Joanna Cooper’s Teresa Wilkinson 2:00 pm10/28 Board Meeting Jim Jones’ Jim Jones 7:00 pm

TBD Fall (Halloween) Party

NOVEMBER11/2 General Meeting Joanna Cooper’s Jim Jones 2:00 pm11/11 Veteran’s Day Parade Downtown Tulsa

DECEMBER12/2 Board Meeting Fred Narrin’s Fred Narrin 7:00 pm12/7 General Meeting Joanna Cooper’s Fred Narrin 2:00 pm

TBD Christmas Party 6:00 pm

From the Editor of RUNNINGBOARD RAMBLINGSPlease send your articles or photos to: [email protected]

ALL PHOTOS SHOULD BE ATTACHED SEPARATELY AS JPG FILES. If you only have hard copies, I can scan them. BE SURE TO CHECK THE AACA NATIONAL WEB SITE FOR

EVENTS GOING ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

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AACA GENERAL MEETING MINUTES – JULY 6, 2014

The July 6, 2014 general meeting was convened by President Richard Holmes at 2:05 pm. The minutes from the June 1, 2014 general meeting were read by Jim Jones, with one correction. David Turner said the 2015 Glidden Tour was being sponsored by theChickasha Region. No Treasurer’s report was available, Teresa Wilkerson was absent. Richard announced the passing of Bob Burch, June 9th. He read a read a memorial sent by Bob’s son. A contribution will be given to the Little Light House in his memory. The Krispy Kreme car show had 17 cars displayed. One guest Frank Stogsdell had his 67 Barracuda. There was confusion over the time that we were to show our car’s, but Ron was able to get it straitened out. Ron Scott reported on the Claremore Tour. All went well till some bad weather on the way back.

Richard has set up the tour to Ted Davis in Oklahoma City on Sept. 20th so there is no conflict with the OU football game. The August 3rd general meeting will be the Ice Cream Social; a sign-up sheet was passed around. The September meeting will be the cookout at Richard and Lina Holmes’. The LOWL will meet at the EGG IT ON on Wednesday. Guest Jeff Lydle gave an updateon the 2015 Glidden Tour in OKC August 30- September 4, 2015. We had two guests, Henry and Kay Tan. Richard said we need to start thinking about board members for next year. With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 pm with program about the greatrace given by Dan King.Respectfully submitted,Jim Jones, Acting Secretary

Have you ever been on a car tour where you were labeled as a lowly freshman and received a graduation diploma at

the closing dinner? If this sounds like an interesting tradition, join the fun at the annual reenactment

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I’ve posted some Haikey Creek Car Show photos. Anyone can

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Glidden Tour. This national tour is jointly sponsored by AACA, and in even numbered years by VMCCA, with the odd years by AACA. Patterned after the original Glidden Tours of 1905-1913 for good roads and the automobile in America, this year marks the 69th revival Glidden and is hosted by VMCCA in Defiance, Ohio, September 21-26. The five day revival Glidden tours began after WWII and now are for vehicles 1942 and earlier so a

lot of brass era vehicles attend. The 2013 tour was held in Chattanooga, TN and hosted by the Chickamauga Region and Coker Tire Company. The 230 vehicles and 550 people saw plenty of mountain scenery, Civil War sites, quaint towns that turned out to greet us, and all had a great time. For 2015, the 70th Glidden will be hosted by the AACA Okie Region of Chickasha, OK — the first time a Glidden has ever been in Oklahoma. It will center in Oklahoma City, visit car collections you’ve never seen before, learn about the Indian cultures that are a key part of what makes Oklahoma, tour the Chickasha area which iswhere the annual Pre-War Swap Meet is held, and you’ll even meet the Chief of the Cherokee Nation! I received my graduation certificate from Dean of Freshmen Pat Swigert in 2012, will serve as Registrar for the 2015 Tour, and look forward to greeting you as I am no longer a freshman!

from The Rummage Boxwww.AACA.org

By Chuck Crane VP Regions Development & Support, SE Division

A FRESHMAN NO LONGER


ONE HUNDREDYEARS AGO TODAYby Randy Beeson

French line. When the German lead division attacked by files, General von Kluck watched his forces decimated by BEF

troops equipped with their 10-round Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifles. The “Smilee” as it became known would be the best battle rifle of WWI. The average BEF soldier was required to fire 20 aimed shots/minute while the BEF’s marksmen were able to fire 30 aimed shots/minute. Because the Germans attacked by files, each British bullet accounted for two or three German casualties.

Despite the BEF’s efforts, however, Allied forces were routed and began their retreat toward Paris. By September 4th, Von Kluck’s German troop would be 30 miles from Paris. In the fighting of August 22nd, French casualties included 27,000 dead.

German Generals Hindenberg and Ludendorf soundly defeated Russian forces at the Battle of Tannenberg fought during the period of August 26th to 31st, destroying the Russian 2nd Narev army (30,000 dead) and reconquering East Prussia. Russian General Samsonov committed suicide.

European air and naval forces were also busy. A German Zeppelin bombed Liége on the 6th, killing nine. Antwerp was bombed on the 25th, resulting in another 10 deaths. Paris was bombed by German aircraft on the 30th, killing two. The German battle cruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau evaded the British Mediterranean

The world spun out of control during this month of August 1914 as European newspapers carried the banner headline “War!” Germany declared war on France on August 1st and invaded Luxemburg and Belgium on the 2nd and 4th, respectively. German troops endeared themselves to the Belgian populace by shooting Belgian priests and burning the Village of Battice on the 4th. Another 1,357 Belgian citizens were executed by firing squad during the period of August 19th to the 23rd. In an atrocity that would be exploited by British propagandists and would haunt Germany for years, one of those executed on the 23rd, was Felix Fivet, a three-week old baby.

Prussian Infantry Leave for Belgium

European military forces wasted little time getting down to the business of mass killing. Russian troops took East Prussia (Ostpreussen) and occupied Marggrabowa on the 12th. Russian forces also prevailed at the Battle of Gumbinnen, East Prussia on the 20th.

On the same date, the Battle of Mons began in France. Two days later German forces engaged the 90,000-man British Expeditionary Force (BEF), Europe’s most professional military force, holding the left flank of the


Squadron, arriving in Constantinople where they joined Turkish forces on the 10th, at which point Turkey entered the war on the side of Germany. The German submarine U-15 was sunk on the 9th, while the British fleet, in retaliation for German naval bombardment of English coastal cities on the 19th, defeated the German fleet at the Battle of Helgoland on the 28th, resulting in 1,100 dead.

On August 6th, Dennis Dowd, Jr. enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to volunteer for service in WWI. President Wilson, however, proclaimed U.S. neutrality on the 4th, while Japan, desirous of obtaining Germany’s China concessions, declared war on Germany on the 23rd. Japan would send naval forces into the Mediterranean and medical personnel to the Western Front during the war.

In other news, President Wilson grieved the loss of First Lady Ellen Wilson who died on August 6th of Bright’s Disease. Other famous deaths during the

month included John Holland, designer of the modern submarine, who died on the 12th.

In what would become a strategic asset for the Allies, the U.S. and Nicaragua signed a treaty granting canal rights to the U.S. on August 5th. The Panama Canal opened on the 15th, under cost. On the 29th, the Arizonian, the first ship to transit the Panama Canal arrived in San Francisco.

On August 16th, revolutionary forces under Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa overran Mexico. Anticipating victory by the Revolutionists, President Huerta and 2,000,000 pesos had fled to Europe the previous month.

In transportation news, the American Traffic Signal Company installed the first traffic light at Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, OH on August 5th. Unfortunately, history doesn’t provide the name of the first motorist to run a red light. The Greyhound Bus Line began operation in Minnesota on the 13th.

Europe’s Crowned Heads


When Clark Wiens – co-founder of the Circle Cinema Foundation that took over operations of the theater a decade ago – went looking for the original organ, Phil Judkins was the man who had the answers Wiens was looking for. Judkins called Wiens and said, ‘I know where the organ is, and it’s in storage, and it’s for sale. ’ ” Judkins said before detailing the organ’s 80 years away: In 1931 the organ went from the Circle to the Scottish Rite’s down-town building, where it was played until the late 60s. When the organi-zation moved to its longtime home at 6355 E. Skelly Drive in 1970, the organ and its multitude of pipes moved as well. But it was never to be reassembled there. Just stored. “So it had not been in use for more than 40 years,” said Judkins, who after the Circle bought back the organ gathered fellow enthusiasts Rudy Geisler, Victor Kulp and Phil Gray. The four men went to work restoring the organ – putting in an estimated 2,400 hours among them. They arrived at the theater early in the mornings, lifting pipes upwards of eight feet in length, made of vari-ous metal and wood and timbre, up into a recently built concrete loft area located behind the Circle Cinema’s newest and largest screen.

“This was a labor of love,” ex-plains Judkins, who vividly recalls his brother taking him – at age 4 in 1936 – to the Ritz Theater in down-town Tulsa to hear Milton Slosser play that theater’s organ while on a lift, rising out of the pit to play solos and sing-alongs for 15 minutes before the start of the film. “It was just such a gigantic sound,” Phil recalled of the massive pipes, his arms above his head and widening. “You could really feel the music as well as hear it. It was like the original stereo system. I’ve been infatuated with them ever since.” A loud, rich sound resonates off the elevated concrete walls as “White Christmas” vibrates from the pipes. It is a magical mingling of sounds in seven different categories: tibia, flutes, strings, vox humana, reeds, viola orchestra and diapason, which is the fundamental organ sound. “I told you,” Judkins said with a chuckle to a group descending from the loft area after he had been play-ing the organ below. “You just have to feel it.” “I wanted the original organ back,” said Wiens, who has guided Circle Cinema renovations, includ-ing the building of two new audito-riums, adding 375 seats. “I just thought it would make it complete, just really complete the

Circle, if you will, because of its history. Of the 27 theaters in Tulsa in 1946, we’re the only one still here.”Following next week’s organ pro-gram, Circle audiences can expect to hear the instrument playing Christ-mas songs in December and during the showing of “White Christmas,” Wiens said. You can count Judkins among those on call when an organist is needed at Circle Cinema, reliving an experience that takes him right back to the Ritz theater in 1936. “I grew up to be an insurance agent, but this is what I always wanted to do,” he said, recalling the completion of the organ project. “It’s been a very emotional experience. When it was first turned on, and I played ‘Deep Purple’ (Peter DeR-ose’s 1930s piano hit) like Milton Slosser would have, it caused tears to come down my face. “It was just so much like I remem-bered it. To bring something like this back – and it was just sitting around like it was junk – but to bring it back to life, this has been very exciting for a lot of us.” As he spoke, the smile on Jud-kins’ face was that of a 4-year-old boy, given a gift he would treasure forever.

Photos and story portions: Tulsa World.

Phil Judkins’ Restoration Efforts Bring Original Organ back to the Circle Cinema


BIRTHDAYS

2014 AUGUST 7 John Winkle 8 Fred Narrin 18 Kathy Fender 22 Jerry Aldridge 25 Ron Hardage 30 Jack Ireland

SEPTEMBER 11 Betty Turner 14 Marjorie Knickerbocker

OCTOBER 11 Betty Turner 14 Marjorie Knickerbocker

For more information about either of the cars shown, contact Fred Narrin918 [email protected]

1. 1928 Model A Phaeton. Restored, but not originally correct paint and upholstery. Asking $20,000.

2. 1923 Model T Roadster. Restoration has begun. All parts (complete set) are included. Asking $7,000.

TWO VEHICLES FOR SALE Both are located near Bartlesville:

The AACA Tulsa Chapter Needs You!

IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT OUR 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

We will be electing three new Board members at the October 5th general meeting and need a minimum of six candidates to fill the ballots. We need you to consider serving on the board. Serving as a board member is a rewarding experience and will not only be appreciated by the club membership but will give you the opportunity to help our club be bigger and better than ever.

If you will give your time and effort to help guide our organization, please give your name to one of our current board members who will place your name in nomination.

AACA Runningboard RamblingsPresident: Richard K. Holmes7915 South Hudson PlaceTulsa, OK 74136

Editor: Lina Holmes, [email protected]

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AACA Tulsa Region 2014 OfficersPresident Richard Holmes 918 232 5821Vice President Daniel King 918 865 4399 Secretary Ron Hardage 918 254 0074Treasurer Teresa Wilkinson 918 261 9062Members at Large Fred Narrin 918 492 8636 Ron Scott 918 366 7988 Jim Jones 918 261 5993

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