New website of the Central Pennsylvania Region Cadillac & LaSalle Club

Hello everyone. I hope your winter went well and each of you are enjoying this onset of Spring. This year , this new Spring brings with it a new challenge.  Our club has formed a new alliance with Kelly Cadillac near Mt. Joy Pa. directly right off of Rt 283.

    As you all know for many years we enjoyed the relationship we had with Brenner Cadillac.  Since their Closing one of our members, Peter Poneros stepped up and forward and through relationships and good fellowship has opened an opportunity with Kelly Cadillac.   After an initial opening meeting between office holders within the club it was intimated to me that great enthusiasm exist on the part of Kelly Cadillac. Peter and I met with him yesterday to start working out logistics for the show and I can personally attest to that enthusiasm.

       As in the past you have all responded in a most favorable fashion when called upon to do so. Once again, I need your help. Starting a new relationship puts even a greater burden on us to put on a good show, favorable to us and the dealership.

I ask you to come to the show this spring. Not only that , but encourage any of your friends to bring their car, any make, any year, even new.    I am open to any suggestions to put on a great show. I encourage you to call me any evening at your leisure , for me to except your input.

       I can be reached at 717-671-8768 up till 9pm.

       The show is June 7Th, more info in the upcoming newsletter.

Plan on attending if you can next months club meeting as your input in this event is   important .

Please if you can, register early so I can give Mr. Kelly an idea of how many are coming.   You can send a check to me, made out to the CLC, Central pa. reg.

       Early Registration is 12.00 , at the gate 15.00

       Enclose a small note with what year car, make and model and address.

       I will do all the rest and have you all ready when you pull in.

 Mail to: Art Archambeault    1240 , Pa. Avenue,  HarrisburgPa.  17112

I think Mr. Kelly's idea is that by on or about the 25th of May if he has an idea of the amount of registrants , he can gage the size of the event and decide then on advertising dollars appropriate to the size of the event.

        So again , mark the date, June 7th, Kelly Cadillac and plan to attend. Tell your friends. Encourage them to come, to enjoy the show or bring their own car, any make, any year.   Thanks so much for all your help.   Art, Activities Director, CLC

NEXT MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA REGION:

Thursday May 15, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Park Plaza Hotel, 500 Centerville Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601

This is the same location where we held our April meeting.  The Park Plaza is easily accessible from Route 30 or Route 283. 

FROM HARRISBURG - Follow PA Route 283 East toward Lancaster; take exit for PA Route 722 (State Road).   After you exit, turn right on State Road; State Road becomes Centerville Road; you will see the Park Plaza Hotel on your right.  (Total travel distance about 2.8 miles from where you exit Route 283)

FROM YORK -  From I-83, Exit at Route 30 East.  Follow Route 30 East 15 miles to Centerville Road exit. 

FROM TURNPIKE - Exit 286 (old Exit 21); take SR 222 South to U.S. 30 West.  Go west on U.S. 30 for 5 miles to Centerville Road exit.

The hotel is next door to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre.

If you need more information, the hotel's phone number is 717-898-2431.  We will meet in the hotel's restaurant.  We will have time at the beginning to socialize and eat, before we start the business meeting.  Order what you wish from the menu, and pay your own check.


EVENTS THIS COMING WEEKEND MAY 10-11:

Saturday May 10, 2008 - "Cruise In" at the AACA Museum in Hershey, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.   This is the grand opening day for the Museum's new special exhibit on "FINS"!  This exhibit will feature 21 finned beauties from 1948 through 1961, including two Cadillacs -- a 1948 sedan and a 1959 convertible.    The other exhibit cars include some very unusual examples, such as a 1952 Allstate, a 1958 Dual-Ghia, a 1957 Dodge Sweptside pick-up truck, a 1958 Packard Hawk and a 1961 Chrysler Newport Station Wagon.  (More information appears below.)  When you visit the AACA Museum, don't forget to take a look at two cars owned by the Cadillac LaSalle Club Museum -- a 1931 Cadillac sedan and a 1937 LaSalle 4-door convertible.

Sunday May 11, 2008 (MOTHER'S DAY) - Join the Central Penn Region for the Mother's Day Make-A-Wish Cadillac Caravan.  We'll meet at Sonic Drive In located at 4247 Oregon Pike, Ephrata, PA.  Sonic Drive In is located at the intersection of Route 272 and Route 772.  We will leave Sonic Drive In at 1:10 p.m. sharp to drive to our destination on Route 222 North, where we will park the Cadillacs together while watching the caravan of gleaming tractor-trailer trucks giving rides to seriously ill children in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Come to Sonic early (12:30 or so) and grab a bite to eat.  Bring lawn chairs, since the cars will be parked by the side of the road while the caravan goes by.  DIRECTIONS TO SONIC DRIVE IN - Route 222, exit at Brownstown and turn right.  Cross over Route 272, which is also Oregon Pike, pass Wachovia Bank on the corner, and make a right into parking lot next to Wachovia Bank.  This is in front of a strip mall.  You will pass a restaurant and Subway.  Sonic is at the end of the strip.  Art suggests we all park in the back two rows.  For more information, call Art Archambeault, 717-671-8768.

FINS FUN THIS WEEKEND
AT THE ANTIQUE AUTO MUSEUM AT HERSHEY
May 10th & 11, 2008
Hershey, PA (5/6/2008). Fins have been spotted in Hershey at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (AACA) - Tailfins that is! The Museum is getting ready to open its newest exhibit The Rise and Fall of the Tailfin in American Automotive Design on Saturday, May 10th.
The Museum will be hosting a "Cruise In and Come In" Event on Saturday from 10 AM - 3 PM with a focus on the 50's. Visitors are encouraged to dress in 50's attire, there will be a DJ playing 50's music, a food vendor with 50's style foods, 50/50 Raffle and much more! "Cruise In" to the Museum in your antique, classic or hot rod vehicle then "Come In" to the Museum to see the opening of the FINS exhibit. As a special opening day promotion, the Museum will be offering $5.00 admission for everyone on Saturday, May 10th. The Museum is open from 9 AM - 5 PM with Cruise In activities available from 10 AM - 3PM.
As a special tribute to all the Mother's, the AACA Museum will be offering all Mothers complimentary admission all day on Mother's Day, Sunday May 11th.
Times were good in America during the 1950s. Returning WWII vets had jobs families, money to spend, and dreams of a prosperous, positive future. It was time of big hair, full employment, rock and roll, drive-in movies, and hamburger stands serviced by roller-skating poodle-skirted "car hops."
American industry was in full swing, converting from wartime to peacetime production. It was poised and ready to supply whatever American wanted to buy - and Americans wanted new cars.
Detroit met this growing market with some of the largest, boldest and most audacious vehicles ever to roll down America's roads. The drab colors and dated designs of the war years gave way to brightly colored, chrome-covered highway cruisers many of which sported the styling feature of the decade - tailfins.
The Antique Auto Museum at Hershey will pay tribute this extraordinary chapter in America's automotive history with a major exhibit dedicated to the tailfin. It provides Museum visitors a chance to explore the development of the tailfin from 1948 to 1961 by featuring 22 classic examples on loan from individual collectors and the General Motors Heritage Center.
The Antique Auto Museum at Hershey, a member of the Smithsonian Institute Affiliations Program, displays beautifully restored automobiles in unique scenes and settings. This Museum is one of the nation's newest and largest automotive museums. Visitors are transported through eight decades in time from New York to San Francisco, making each visit a visual adventure for all ages. Special exhibits and events change throughout the year giving return visitors something new. The Museum is located just off Route 39, one mile west of Hersheypark Drive in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Regular admission $9, seniors age 61 and older $8, juniors age 4-12 $7, children age 3 and under are FREE. The Museum is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For further information, please call 717-566-7100 or visit www.aacamuseum.org <http://www.aacamuseum.org/> .

Richard P. Sills
Assistant Director - Central Pennsylvania Region Cadillac & LaSalle Club

 

2008 Cadillac & LaSalle Club Grand National Commemorative poster Posters are $15.00 and will be available for sale at the Grand National event in the Crowne Plaza hotel Artist Dan Reed will be on hand during the event to autograph commemorative posters