In This IssueJoanie’s Gibberish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Birthdays and Anniversaries. . . . . . . . . 1Tidbits from Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Fort Smith Coca Cola Museum . . . . . . . 2Minutes and Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . 3Spring Fling Application . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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M I D - A M E R I C A C H A P T E R O F T H E C O C A - C O L A C O L L E C T O R S C L U B

VOLUME 48, ISSUE 13 – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016

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October has come and gone so fast. If youdidn’t make it to the last meeting you missed awonderful collection of coin operated machines,jukeboxes, antique radios and wonderful Coca-Cola signs. What a great man cave. It’s likeKathy Hutchinson said:

“I don’t want to leave.” It was relaxing andwelcoming. Thanks to Darrell and Nancy foropening their home to us.

Your Board continues to work on Spring Fling2017. We are gathering door prizes and the giftsand door prizes with a few surprises for you. Checkthe time schedule. We are starting earlier on Friday.

The Christmas Party will be at 1:00 pm onDecember 3 at the Blue Springs Country Club,1600 NW Circle Drive, Blue Springs, MO64014. We have been there the last two years. Itis a great venue for our group and we look forwardto going back. The cost of the meal has increasedto $15 each. The room rental remained thesame. Mid-America will provide soda anddessert. The menu consists of salad, brisket,tenderloin, new potatoes, carrots, green beansand rolls. Water, coffee and tea will be provided.

If you choose, please bring a basket for auction

and a Coca-Cola gift for exchange ($10-15). Aswe did last year, the Board will purchase thirty$5 gift cards from Walmart. Members may thensponsor a gift card for $5. You will sign aChristmas card to accompany the gift card,which will go to Hope House for underwear.You may also make a donation if you wish.Again, we will have a representative from HopeHouse to share what has happened this last year.

Please continue to keep Iris Harris, Frances Buck,Delores Goldberg and Rodger Robinson in yourprayers. Kenny Davis had a knee replacement inOctober. Janet is recovering from her surgery andthey both intend to return to Florida after Christmas.You can send cards to Kenny at 4733 Tierney Drive,Independence, MO 64055. See you at BlueSprings Country Club on December 3 at 1:00 PM.

The Shovers will have an open house followingthe Christmas party.

The Board wishes you and your family a

very blessed Thanksgiving.

Respectfully,Joanie

Just wanted to take a few minutes of yourtime to introduce myself. My name is TraciMenke and I am excited about taking on theposition as editor for the newsletter. I hope youwill be as excited about that bit of news as I am.I have a background in journalism and enjoywriting. I love Coca Cola and collecting anything

red and white. Since this is a club newsletter Iwould like it to contain information that isimportant to you. I welcome suggestions on articlesor other information you would like to see here.Please feel free to contact me with your ideasand input. I can be reached by email at mtcol-lectible@icloud.com or by phone (816)229-9943

NOVEMBERBIRTHDAYS:Mark Menke . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 3Paula Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . November 12Terry Schmidt. . . . . . . . . . . . November 17Carolyn Burkholder . . . . . . . November 20Kenny Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . November 21Jeff Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 26Cory Hinesley . . . . . . . . . . . November 28Karen Cottengim . . . . . . . . . November 29Tim Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 30Craig Borges . . . . . . . . . . . . November 30

OCTOBERBIRTHDAYS:Traci Menke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 3Linda Wyssmann . . . . . . . . . December 11Tayler Hinesley . . . . . . . . . . . December 12Sarah Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . December 13Joyce Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . December 14Kathy Bassman. . . . . . . . . . . December 14Jerry Lierly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 14Olivia Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . December 15Megan Alexander. . . . . . . . . December 18Kathy Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . December 18Glenda Lasater. . . . . . . . . . . December 19Angela Bost . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 22Chris Giamalvo . . . . . . . . . . December 25Judy Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 28

ANNIVERSARIES:Kenny and Terry Johnson. . . . December 21David and Linda Wyssmann. . . December 22

JOANIE’S GIBBERISH

TIDBITS FROM TRACI

WELCOME NEW MEMBERSBob and Toni Strainfrom Nixa, MO

UPCOMING EVENTS:Christmas Party

Blue Springs Country ClubDecember 3 at 1:00 PM

Great Get TogetherLas Vegas, NVFebruary 5-9

TexfestRichardson, TXMarch 16-18

43rd National Conv.Orlando, FLAugust 1-5

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FORT SMITH COCA-COLA MUSEUMA Family Tradition

We had an opportunity to go to Arkansas withGary and Karen Grindel to visit the Coca-ColaMuseum in Fort Smith. A great big THANKYOU to Dell and Carolyn Nelson for arrangingthe tour of this wonderful meeting collection.The curator of this museum is Fred Kirkpatrick.Fred met us with a big smile and a great passionfor what is does for the bottling company. Fredled us through the awesome history of this muse-um, even though he is 97 years old. He beganworking at the bottling company in 1938 and

continues to go to work every day to take care ofthe museum that entails the entire second floor.The Meek family members are still general part-ners in the Fort Smith Bottling Company.Carolyn remains active in the museum and isvery proud of her heritage. For more informa-tion, log onto:https://greencountrychapter.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-meek-family-and-coca-cola-bot-tling-in-fort-smith.pdf

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Joanie Shover calledthe meeting to order at2:10 pm. She welcomedeveryone and stated thatwe have new membersthat have joined ourclub, Bob and ToniStrain from Nixa, MO.Joanie also talked about several members with health issues, FrancesBuck is day by day, Iris Harris is starting chemotherapy, DebbieHuffman has received a good report from her doctor, Deloris Goldbergis doing well after her knee surgery, Janet Davis had surgery and KennyDavis had knee replacement but they plan to be at the Christmas party.

Joanie told the club that she has Spring Fling flyers if the memberswould like to take them. Melody Frese made a motion to accept theminutes for the August meeting that were printed in the newsletter andMark Magel seconded, motion carried.

Melody gave the Treasurers Report. On September 30, 2016 the end-ing balance was $5,299.86. Mark Magel moved to accept the TreasurersReport and Paula Carter seconded. Melody also stated that if anyonereceived a notice that they need to pay dues but think they may havealready paid please check with her so they do not overpay.

Traci Menke gave the Editor’s report. She stated that if anyone wantsto submit anything for the newsletter please send it to her.

The Christmas party will be December 3, 2016 at the Blue SpringsCountry Club. Joanie and Bruce will set the menu and it will be similar to what we had last year. The price for food has gone up, so ourcost will increase from $12.00 to $15.00. Members can pay at the door.Information for the party will be in the next newsletter. We will have agift exchange for the members that want to participate, Coke items onlyand the price range should be $10.00 - $15.00 dollars. Joanie asked theclub if we still wanted to support Hope House and if everyone liked thegift cards we did last year. Reactions seemed positive on both questionsso the board will discuss these issues at the next board meeting.

The theme for Spring Fling 2017 will be Hospitability. Spring Flingwill be back at the Holiday Inn and we have a larger room for hospitalitynight. There will be a charge for hospitality night but registration costhas come down. The board has found some wonderful door prizes togive out to the members.

Joanie said we usually meet at Rib Crib in Independence, MO for theFebruary meeting but if anyone has any ideas about where they would like tomeet let her know. She also stated if anyone has any ideas for any meetingslet her know. One of the ideas that have been suggested is a chili cook off.

A representative from the Gateway club said they are hoping to havea swap meet in May in the St. Louis area. He stated they had a good turnout last year and will contact our club if they are planning to have theswap meet this coming May.

Door prizes were given out, a 50/50 raffle was held and a Tiffanystyle lamp was raffled off. Joanie presented Darrell and Nancy Pricewith a gift for opening up their collection for the club to view and themeeting was adjourned so members could go the Price home for cookiesand Coke and Root Beer floats.

Beg. Balance $6,076.60Revenue $291.00Expenses $412.98--Ending Balance $5,954.62

TREASURER’S REPORTAS OF AUGUST, 2016

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGMINUTES

Spring Fling

regiStration Form

March 31-April 1, 2017Holiday Inn and Suites8787 Reeder RoadOverland Park, KS 66214

Mid-America Chapter of the Coca-Cola Collectors ClubNOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTERJoanie Shover813 NW 12th StreetBlue Springs, MO 64015

Questions call Joanie Shover at 816-229-8920 or email jshover50@aol.com

MID-AMERICABOARD

PRESIDENT/EDITORJoanie Shover816-229-8920

jshover50@aol.com

VICE PRESIDENTBruce Carter816-934-2443

brdietcoke@embarqmail.com

TREASURERMelody Frese913-620-4679

coke_candy@yahoo.com

SECRETARYKaren Grindel913-232-7371

kgrindel@yahoo.com

HISTORIANStephanie Goldberg

913-636-4066molloff@yahoo.com

EDITORTraci Menke816-229-9943

mtcollectible@icloud.com

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