April 2019, Volume 21, Issue 4

Message from the PresidentGreetings!

If you are reading this and regularly read the club’s newsletter, I think you

will agree that it is a first class publication and keeps us all informed of

completed and upcoming activities of our chapter. Publishing a monthly

newsletter of this quality requires significant effort, talent and dedication.

Our Editors, John and Ruth Ann, deserve our thanks for and recognition of

their dedication. I think most of our members fully appreciate the job that

they do in publishing the Spinning Wheels and I suggest that you tell them

how much you appreciate their efforts at your next opportunity.

There is another way that we can show our appreciation, however. I

recently received a notice from National AACA concerning their Newsletter

Achievement Award Program. National AACA annually awards the

editor(s) of Region and Chapter newsletters that promote membership,

events and AACA in general and keep their membership informed of club

activities.

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Special Interest Articles:

Message from the President

Car Events Schedule

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Personal Notes

Tribute to Dick Strohmeier

Obituary - Dick Strohmeier

Congratulations

Purple Heart Car Show

Purple Heart Show Flyer

Spring Folly Classic CarCruise In Info

Veterans Mark YourCalendar

Pictures

OSC Cruise In Flyer

Alamance Region Flyer

Three Rivers Flyer

Classifieds

A Word from Our Sponsors

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April Meeting – Olympic Restaurant – KernersvilleEditors:

John & Ruth Ann Ronchetti

1025 Pine Knolls Rd.

Kernersville, NC 27284

Phone: (336) 996-5125

Fax: (336) 996-5253

E-Mail: j_ronchetti@usa.net

ra_ronchetti@usa.net

AACA’s Old Salem Chapter monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Apr. 16th

at The Olympic Restaurant,1541 W. Mountain St., in Kernersville. Dinner starts at 6:00 PM and the business part of the meetingwill start at 7:00 PM. Don’t forget to invite and/or bring your antique/classic vehicle friend(s) with youfor a fun evening! See ‘ya Tuesday for some great food, fun, and fellowship!

Editor awards recognize the editor(s) but also gain recognition for th

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newsletter this year, but I am looking into the possibility of submitting an

application even though we have missed the deadline. If we cannot enter

this year, we should certainly keep this in mind for next year. I am sure

there are a number of very good newsletters published by the many AACA

Regions and Chapters. But, I personally feel that ours is of the highest

quality and is very professionally presented. So, I will bring this up for

discussion at the club meeting next Tuesday. See you then!

Nelson

On the Web:

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alem Chapter:regionaaca.com/oldsalem

acebook:acebook.com/ld.Salem.AACA

Car Events Schedule – Mark Your Calendar!

Apr 13 Cars & Coffee W-S Reynolda Village, 2201 Reynolda Rd., 9 – 12 pm

Apr 13 CLASSIC Cars & Coffee, Food Lion Shop Ctr, 118 W. Main St, Jamestown, 8-10 am

Apr 14 Zeno Marshall’s Thunder Rd Cruise-In, Midway Town Ctr, 11141 Old Hwy 52, Midway, 4 pm

Apr 16 OSC Monthly Meeting, Olympic Restaurant, 1541 W. Mountain St., K'ville, 6 pm

Apr 18 Let's Talk Cars, 1628 S. Main St., Kagan's Furniture, High Point, 5 – 9 pm

Apr 19 Charity Laps for Victory Junction at VIR (VA Int’l Raceway), $25

Any interest?

Apr 19 King’s Hot Dogs Cruise-In, 1009 Bethania Rural Hall Rd off Hwy 52, Rural Hall, 5-8 pm

Apr 20 Cars & Coffee, UNCG Campus, 550 Tate St, Greensboro, 8 – 10 am (NEW location)

Apr 25 Let's Talk Cars, 1628 S. Main St., Kagan's Furniture, High Point, 5 – 9 pm

Apr 26 Forever Classic "Classic Fridays" Cruise In, 6340 Ramada Dr., Clemmons, 5 – 8 pm

Apr 26 Art on Main Cruise-In, Main St, Walnut Cove, 6 pm

Apr 27 Purple Heart Car Show, Main St. United Methodist Church, 306 S. Main St. K’ville,

10 am – 2 pm. Volunteers 8:00 am.

Apr 27 RCR Cruise-In, 236 Industrial Drive, Welcome, 9 am –2pm

May 2 Let's Talk Cars, 1628 S. Main St., Kagan's Furniture, High Point, 5 – 9 pm

May 3 King’s Hot Dogs Cruise-In, Hwy. 52 Rural Hall Exit # 118, Rural Hall, 5 – 8 pm

May 4 OSC Spring Folly Cruise-In, E. Mountain St., Kville, 10 am – 3 pm. Volunteers 8:00 am

May 4 Cars & Coffee, 1022 S. Main St., Kville, 8 – 10 am

May 4 Downtown Pilot Mountain Cruise-In, 3:30 – 9 pm

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May 10 OSC at Shannon Gray Rehab Center, 2005 Shannon Gray Ct, Jamestown, 2:30 pm

May 10 Pre-registration for Alamance Region Show in Burlington on May 18th. Form in back.

May 11 Pre-registration for Eden Car Show on May 25th. Form in back.

May 17 OSC at Salemtowne Retirement Community, 190 Moravian Way Dr, Winston-Salem

May 18 Cars & Coffee, UNCG Campus, 550 Tate St, Greensboro, 8 – 10 am (NEW location)

May 21 OSC Monthly Meeting, Olympic Restaurant, 1541 W. Mountain St., K'ville, 6 pm

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Donna Sheffield – Apr 21st

Ron Casey – Apr 28thBob St. Laurent – May 13th

Frank Harris – May 15th

Becky Hancock – May 17thBonnie & Keith Tuttle – May 6th

Becky & Bynum Hancock – May16th

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Personal Notes

Member Sheila Blair (Bill Blair) finally had her knee replacement last month, all went well, and is nowin the therapy/recovery stage. Sheila, hoping things are moving along well for you!

Ruth Ann Ronchetti is now taking dry needling acupuncture to help with Plantar Fasciitis in her leftheel. Hoping this will be “cure.”

A TRIBUTE TO OUR BELOVED OSC MEMBER, DICK STROHMEIER

Sad, sad news … Our beloved former member Dick Strohmeier passed away on April 4th. For those ofus that knew him and shared so many fun times with him, this is a devastating loss to our OSC.

Dick Strohmeier was definitely one-of-kind! For those of us in ourclub that were fortunate to be in his company, we all knew howspecial he was, and were honored to be his friend. We are so verysaddened for his loss. He took us all on quite a journey with him. Hewas the best in the roles he played and when we went on old car tourswith him in his beautiful orange 1969 El Camino, he was a hoot,some of the best times in our car club adventures! Not to mention thefun he was at some of our OSC Christmas parties bringing Santa tolife in his own special way, Ho! Ho! Ho! There was never a personthat was sad or mopey around Dick, he was always so upbeat andhappy and could tell the best stories ever! Many a time on our cartours we would be “rolling” in laughter at some of the things he would say and that Dick was like a “cat withnine lives,” beating the odds with so many major surgeries and illnesses, he was amazing. Unfortunately,declining health is why he had to sell his car and no longer continue with our OSC. Yes, Dick now has hiswings and is one of those very special people we will never ever forget. We are sure he is up there nowtelling all of his funny stories with a big smile on his face!

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Obituary

Richard "Dick" Frederick Strohmeier

Richard “Dick” Strohmeier, 84, died April 4, 2019.

A Memorial Service to celebrate his life will be held Sunday June 30, 2019 at RiverLanding at Sandy Ridge.

Dick was born in Remsen, Iowa April 1, 1935 to the late Lillian Emma Reidel andRichard William Strohmeier. Dick married Janice Kathleen Petersen on October14, 1960. They were married 45 years until her premature death in 2003.

He joined the United States Air Force in 1956. He would fly the T-34A, T-28A andT-33 during his training. After his graduation in April 1957, he would fly the SDANG 715 FIS, F-94C, F-89D, H, J and the F-102. He transferred to the IA ANG174 TFG in 1962 and flew the F100C until 1967.

Braniff Airlines hired Dick in 1966, flying with them until 1982, and commanded the Convair 340/440, L-188,BAC-111, B-727 and B-707. He would be hired by Piedmont Airlines in 1982 and retired in 1993.

As he was “tired” of being retired, he became the Director of the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce from1994 until 1997. In 1998 he returned to a long lost love of acting and was involved in local communitytheater until his death. His last performance of “Love Letters” was March 2019 at River Landing.

Dick was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, and previously a member of Fountain of LifeLutheran Church. He was involved in many civic and community organizations including KernersvilleYMCA, Kernersville Lion’s Club, Korner’s Folly, Kernersville Little Theater, The Shepherd’s Center and thePiedmont Silver Eagles.

Survivors include his son, Todd Richard Strohmeier and Byerlei of Laguna Nigel, California; daughter, DanaLynn Strohmeier Helton of Wilmington; grandchildren, MacKenna, Austin, Kerry, Jana and her husbandKyle Ingraham; great-grandchildren, Adley and Cameron; and a host of extended family and friends.

Family and friends may sign, and view the guestbook at www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com

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Purple Heart Foundation Benefit Car Show!Ruth Ann Ronchetti, Activities

Saturday, April 27th, will be our fourth Purple Heart Benefit Car,Truck and Motorcycle (first year for this) Show to be held at theMain Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville, 10 am till2:00 pm. The proceeds from this show will help fund The NorthwestPiedmont Purple Heart Foundation’s Honoree Dinner in August thatwill be held at the Richard Childress Racing Complex in Welcomefor the Purple Heart recipients and their families.

On the following page you will see the Purple Heart Benefit Showflyer with all the info but here is a little more detail for you:

1) We will have an opening program starting at 10:30 am with the beautiful sound of bagpipes beingplayed by Bill Whitfield of Greensboro. So fortunate to have found him!

2) Our OSC Honorary Member and good friend, Danny Crouse, will be our DJ for the afternoonaccompanied by his soundman, Eddie Reid. Danny will sing the National Anthem for us at thebeginning of our Opening Program and then during the last hour, “Elvis” will show up singing a fewof his memorable tunes, closing with, “The American Trilogy,” a very patriotic and moving song. \

3) The VFW Memorial Honor Guard will “Present the Colors” and do a presentation to honor each

Branch of the service.

4) We have also secured a military vehicle display with 3-6 vehicles.

5) Our Kernersville Mayor, Dawn Morgan, has agreed to come and say a few words for us again.

6) When our Opening Program is done, we are fortunate to have Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann

from “Letters From Home” perform some patriotic songs for us. Erinn has just been performing

on a Cruise ship and at a stop in Jamaica she went on a bobsled run! She is all over the place!

7) We are reserving the main church parking lot for Show Cars only. And the driveway in front of

the church door will be reserved for our motorcycle guests. The small parking lot next to the church

building will not be available for guests to park there.

8) The Purple Heart Foundation will be selling Hot Dogs & Drinks and raffle tickets for a $500 Visa

Gift Card and NW Purple Heart Foundation Polo Shirts.

Okaaay now … We need our VOLUNTEERS to pull this whole thing off! PLEASE GIVE USYOUR SUPPORT! This should be a great day to remember!

PLEASE BRING DOOR PRIZES, SINGLE PORTION BAKED GOODS TO

SELL, & CAKES FOR THE AUCTION WITH YOU! WE NEED THEM BADLY!

THANKS SO MUCH!

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May 4, 2019 Kernersville Spring Folly Cruise-InRuth Ann Ronchetti, Activities

This year will be the Second Old Salem Chapter Spring FollyCruise-In from 10:00 – 3:00 pm. By doing a Cruise-In, we will stillmaintain a presence at the Spring Folly with a lot less expense andwork and it will be much easier on everyone with little expense forus to put out. And … the spectators will still get to see all thosebeautiful Classics and Antique Cars!

We will have use of the parking lots from the KernersvilleChamber / Town Hall area and beyond, as needed, and we willcontinue to do our “Driving Thru the Decades” display in theChamber parking lot since that seems to be a crowd pleaser. This year we will feature cars from eachdecade, in groups. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. Wewill need to know ahead of time so we can make up the window cards for each car participating and toassign the correct number of parking spaces we will need. We will also have use of the Farmers’ MarketShelter where we will be playing the “Oldies”!

The Kernersville Chamber has also requested that some of our Classics be parked on N. Main Streetamongst the vendors as we did last year. This was well accepted and they would like to have possibly threesets of two-three cars grouped together. It is advised that you stay with your cars for safe keeping and alsohaving several people there will give everyone some time for breaks to walk around. PLEASEVOLUNTEER FOR THIS! It really worked out well last year and it was fun interacting with the people.This also gives our Chapter good exposure to let them know about the Cruise-In going on, too.

Now … to make this all work, we will still need some volunteers to help us out. We will need some parkingpeople in the beginning and a few people to help set-up and man a table under the Farmer’s Market shelter.I will have a Sign-Up Sheet at our meeting for that, our “Decades” display, and cars to be parked on N. MainStreet. PLEASE HELP US OUT! The more hands, the easier it is on everyone volunteering!

Veterans – Mark Your Calendars!

Here is a Special Event For All of You

In Welcome, NC, at Richard Childress Racing,

Wednesday, June 5. there will be a VERY

SPECIAL LUNCH to recognize the 75th

Anniversary of D-Day and to honor the men and

women who fought in WWII. Presented by Trellis

Supportive Care and the Gary Sinise Foundation.

ALL Veterans and one guest each are free. Other

attendees are asked to make a donation to the

Veterans Programs at Trellis Supportive Care.

There will be Vintage memorabilia and military vehicles, music of the 1940's and more. Doors

open at 11:00 am. The RCR museum will be open for free to our attendees after the event.

Register at: honoringveteran@setrellissupport.org or 336 768-6157 extension 1622

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2019 Run to the Sun – Myrtle BeachMarch 21-23, 2019

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OSC Outing to Beroth Collection / Priddy's Gen StoreMarch 30, 2019

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OSC Outing (continued)March 30, 2019

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Welcome Easter ParadeApril 6, 2019

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 4 door hardtop,

283 cid V-8, 4 barrel carb, power glide trans, frameoff restoration in 1980's. Nearly perfect car.

$29,500 OBO. dbmoody1nc@triad.rr.com (NC)

1958 Edsel Citation 2 door hardtop, 410 cid V8,

4 barrel carb, automatic trans. repainted andreupholstered in early 80's. Engine, brakes andsteering rebuilt recently.

New tires, older, wide whitewalls go with car.

This is a beautiful crowd pleaser. Only 50,000miles,(believed to be actual miles).

$21,500 OBO dbmoody1nc@triad.rr.com (NC)

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03 BMW Z-4 2.5i convertible, 2.5L 6 cyl.

to trans, power black soft top, beige leathererior, Maldives blue exterior, fully loaded. 123,000les. Original owner.

,000 OBO dbmoody1nc@triad.rr.com (NC)

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsors…

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Your ad will appear in our newsletter and will beincluded on our web site too!

Contact any member of the Old Salem Chapter for Details.