Volume 30 Issue 6

June 2005

JUNE 2005

Place: Melears Barbeque, Fayetteville, GA

Occasion: May Meeting North Georgia SDC

Studebaker fans and friends attended the May meeting. We celebrated birthdays with a special “celebration”

cake and also celebrated Dan and Barbara Miller’s anniversary. The birthdays for the month in attendance were John & Arlene Hollier, Maureen Elliott, & Don Smith. Chuck Lampman gave the treasurer’s report which was the best news of

the day, a nice profit on the State Meet. A follow-up meeting of the Meet com-mittee after the meeting critiqued the meet and gen-erated ideas and sugges-tions for improvement for our next meet in 2007.

N. Georgia club roster hits all-time high Georgia State Meet attracts new members

May meeting at Melears gives south Atlanta folks a short trip

The Hillholder

Cars & Parts for sale 2

Upcoming Events 2

Classifieds 3

Member Profile 3

Badge design contest 4

Attendees list for May 5

Application Forms 6

Inside this issue:

Studebaker Drivers Club of North Georgia

President: Don Smith 706 354-4600 dhsmith@bellsouth.net

Vice President: Dan Miller 770 932-1615 alexmil@adelphia.net

Secretary: Don Smith

Treasurer: Chuck Lampman 770 926-7142 chuck@lampman.com

Membership Sec'y: Chuck Lamp-man 770 926-7142 chuck@lampman.com

Newsletter Editor Don Smith

Newsletter Photos

Bob Hughes 770 479-1723 bobarb@alltel.net

The Hillholder is published monthly. Editor, Don Smith, Photo Editor, Bob Hughes. Send all inquires to:

The Hillholder, 160 Tanner Bluff, Athens, GA 30606

dhsmith@bellsouth.net

Member list : Ron & Connie Bergeron Vance Blew & David Carlson Howard & Brenda Bodkin John & Dorothy Brown George Bugg Edward & Myrtle Burris Mike & Marsha Byrd Billy & Charleen Carey Chris Collins Dave & Marty Comstock William & Doris Cope Solon C. Couch, Jr. Robert & Jacquie Derrick Steve & Janet Detch Alexis & Deborah Donghi Ray & Linda Downing Tom & Maureen Elliott Sam & Kathy Ensley Jim & Bobbie Estes Bill Fennelly James and Linda Fisher David & Heather Gelmini Billy & Ina Greene Claude & Sue Ann Griffith Laurence Lowey & David Hagerman

Eric & Allison Hasley Edwin J. Rhodes & E.C. Henley John & Arlene Hollier Michael & Terrie Hopper Bob & Barbara Hughes Buddy & Dot Hunt Rick Kamen & Brighton Chuck & Cindy Lampman Ed & Dale Lane Rick & Jill Larrick

Jimmy Loftin Bob Lytle Lenny & Phyllis Major Daniel Malzhan Fred & Paula Martin Jim & Charles Masone Pete & Deborah McCaffrey Dan & Barbara Miller Bill & Kate Nixon Henry Parker Harry & Margaret Parnell Frank & Beverly Petru Ray & Brenda Phillips Paul Prebor Raymond Priest Roger Ramsier Bruce & Karen Rawley Jerry & Kay Robbins Susan G Schlittler, & Vern E McCarty Marvin & Carolyn Sikes Crazy Ray & Dianne Smith Don & Margaret Smith & Fleming Terry, Dora Smith & Jazz Tommy Statham Judy & Terry White Alan Ziglin

Members enjoy lunch at a recent meeting. Meet-ings are the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.. m. Check our web schedule.

The upcoming June meeting will be a barbeque and cookout with ham-burgers and hot dogs at the home of Dan & Barbara Miller. They will fur-nish most everything but need mem-bers to bring chairs and maybe sal-ads or deserts. Their email address is alexmil@adelphia.net or you can call them at 770–932-1615.

The directions from the Atlanta area:

Take I-85 North toward Greenville - go 35 miles, take the Hamilton Mill Rd NE exit 120 - go 0.2 miles, turn right at Hamilton Mill Parkway NE - 0.1 miles, turn left at Braselton Hwy -go 3.4 miles, turn left at Flowery Branch Rd NE - go 0.2 miles. Arrive 1691 Flowery Branch Rd.

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T H E H I L L H O L D E R

Stude cars and parts for sale

June Monthly Meeting will be a barbeque and cookout at Dan & Barbara Miller’s home.

For Sale: 1931 President. original, 59,000 miles. Seller says It may be the finest original Studebaker President in the world at any price. Call(602) 368-9323 (Bill) Minimum bid $20,000. on eBay not met.

Steve Detch has the following (770)516-5434. sadetch@comcast.net

1937 President sedan. Good running straight 8. Mechanically good car, no rust. $8000. 1935 Dictator, sedan, all

For Sale: 48 Champion Business Coupe, 4255 South Hurt Road, Smyrna 770-432-8441. Jim Kalb DJKalb61@aol.com

Wanted: two hub caps for the speedster wire wheel covers. Jerry Bassler jabingb@sbcglobal.net.

For Sale: 1955 Champion $1900, obo needs brakes, master cylinder, paint job and some minor body work, 90K miles Interior good. Terry at Country-side Studebaker 1-204-866-3266

Miller’s Home

original, running and driving car, $14,000 ..1958 Golden Hawk pro-ject, running engine and super-charger, a 1958 Silver Hawk pro-ject. Engine work done but not assembled. He can assemble, an-other 58 Golden Hawk parts only, also lots of spare parts including fenders, quarter panels, engines, wheels, etc. All of the cars are roll-ers and could be trailered. $14,000 for all.

48 Champion for sale 55 Champion for sale 1931 President (Perfect?)

of Studebakers and a stalwart club member. It was nice seeing Myrtle out at the Orphan Show with her wheel chair chauffer: Ed.

Ed Burris has played a vital role in the world of Studebaker both as a national representa-tive and also a leader in the North Georgia club. His monthly reports have kept us in-formed on the direction the national SDC is going as our Southeast representative on the National Board of Directors. He and wife, Myrtle, have been national members since 1967. They are the original owners of their beautiful 1964 Avanti R1-1 which they often bring to the monthly meetings. Ed is a compendium of information on the history

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41st International Meet Studebaker Drivers Club August 15-19, 2005 in Spokane, Washington.

Ed burris , our rep and Studebaker watchdog

Southeastern Zone meet

October 2 Monthly Meeting

Lake Lanier Islands Hosted by John & Arlene Hollier

November 6 Monthly Meeting

Lake Arrowhead, Waleska, GA

Hosted by Bob & Barbara Hughes

December 4 Monthly Meeting

Annual Christmas Party

Hosted by Billy & Charleen Carey

Bethlehem, GA

June 5 Monthly Meeting

Hosted by Dan and Barbara Miller

1691 Flowery Branch Road, Auburn, GA

July 10 Monthly Meeting

Journey’s End Restaurant

4319 Atlanta Highway Loganville, GA

770-554-1770

Harry & Margaret Parnell 770-207-1149

August 14 Monthly Meeting Picnic Ft. Yargo State Park

Sponsored by Billy and Charleen Carey (770) 867-7186

September 9-10

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Upcoming events , monthly

The Museum of Modern Art honored the Starliner as a "work of art" in its 1953 exhibition Ten Automobiles.

Not a bridesmaid any more. Billy & Charleen Carey’s 1957 Commander 4 door was the winner of Best of Show at the Willie’s World of Wheels at the March of Dimes show. Charleen does great up-holstery work at her shop in Bethlehem, Georgia, Charlene's Auto Trim Shop .

Inland North West SDC is host club in Spokane

Headquarters Hotel Red Lion Hotel at the Park - www.westcoasthotels.com

W. 303 North River Drive, Spokane,WA Phone: 509-323-7219 or 1-800-733-5466

1940 Studebaker Commander inherited by Athens couple.

Eric & Allison Hasley of Athens inherited this beautiful Commander. It’s all origi-nal and will soon be on the road.

160 Tanner Bluff Athens, GA 30606

Phone: 706-354-4600 Fax: 706-369-1829 E-mail: dhsmith@bellsouth.net

Different by Design

JUNE 2005

We are on the web: www.studebakerclubs.com/NorthGeorgia/

President’s Message;:

What a great way to move into the summer, the budget is back to respectability, the membership is growing steadily, and the enthusiasm gener-ated by a successful and popular Georgia State Meet seems to abound. The next monthly meeting at Dan and Barbara Miller’s brings back the old tradition of the pot-luck supper which used to be the norm for these meetings. When I first joined in 1999 I was astounded at the effort a member put forth to host 40 plus attendees at their home. I could see my wife’s face if I said I was bringing 40 for dinner. My hat goes off to the pot luck tradition. It reminds me of my roots

in the South, the reunions and the dishes that everyone would bring. Everything, and I mean everything, was home cooked. It would have been embarrassing to bring bought chicken or any other dish to a reunion. I remember going to a friend’s pot luck and seeing bought food in a box and thinking that wasn’t up to my family’s standards. Well rest assured those days are over, the bought food is pretty good, but, let’s face it, homemade is special.

Birthdays & Celebrations

Jazz Smith 6/16

Marty Comstock 6/21

Janet Waters 6/23

Terry Smith 6/24

Jimmy Loftin 6/26

Deborah Donghi 6/27

Paula Martin 6/30

Anniversary

Frank & Beverly Petru 6/23

Design contest for North Georgia SDC badge Enter your design and win a nice prize

Got your North Georgia Stude-baker Drivers Club badge? Proba-bly not. So the club is undertaking a “Design new name badge” contest over the next three months. The winning entry will get a special prize that will be worthy of your efforts. All entries will be judged by the entire current members. The voting will be done on a ballot ba-sis which can be either emailed, faxed, or even phoned in. The de-signs will be displayed after three months of collections in the Hill-holder with a number by the de-sign. Only serious entries will be considered.

Send you entries by September 1, 2005 to The Hillholder, 160 Tan-ner Bluff, Athens, GA 30606, or email: dhsmith@bellsouth.net, or fax to 706-369-1829. A good site to see logos of different clubs is: www.studebakerclubs.com There you will see logos from all over. Here are some examples of logos from that website.

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Dan & Barbara Miller

Chris Collins

Pete McCaffrey, 64 GT

Don Smith

Crazy Ray & Diane Smith

Solon Couch, Jr.

Bob & Todd Hughes

Rick Kamen

William & Doris Cope, 63 Cruiser

Jim Rice, 81 Avanti II

Dave & Heather Gelmini, Tyler and Andrew, 62 Lark

Chuck Lampman, 84 Avanti

Dave & Marty Comstock, 58 Golden Hawk

John & Arlene Hollier

List for May 2005 Meeting

The meeting after the meeting. Members of the Georgia State Meet discuss improvements that can be made on the next meet. At the meeting were Dan Miller, Barbara Miller, Chuck Lampman, Chair, Don Smith, Rick Kamen, John Hollier, Tom & Mau-reen Elliott, Bill & Doris Cope. Suggestions in-cluded a venue change and 50/50 and raffle ticket sales on the show field.

ATTENDEES

May, 2005

Birthday cele-brations for John and Arlene Hollier, Mau-reen Elliott and Don Smith. Anniversary for Dan and Bar-bara Miller.

Jackpot drawing winner is the Gelmini

family: David, Andrew, Heather, Tyler.

Birthday and Anniversary Cake

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MEMBERSHIP FORM -

NORTH GEORGIA CHAPTER

To join our chapter, please, complete this form and send with

your $15.00 check or money order in US funds to:

North Georgia Chapter SDC

c/o Chuck Lampman

4141 Lynette Ct NE

KENNESAW, GA 30144

Note: you must be a member of the National SDC to join us.

Date_________

Name___________________Birthday__________ex. 4/12

Spouse or companion____________Birthday______________

Street__________________________________________

City_______________________State__________Zip________

Phone____________email____________________

Studebakers you own (Year, Make & Model)

__________________________________________

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MEMBERSHIP FORM

NATIONAL SDC

Dues: US & CANADA Periodicals class mail - $27.50

US & CANADA-1st class mail - $60.50

Young Adult (18-22) $22.00

Student(12-17) $20.00

To join SDC, complete this application and send with

check or money order in US funds to the following-

SDC, c/o K.R.LS.

P.O. Box 1715

Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311-7615

Or use VISA or MasterCard and call toll free

763-420-7829 or fax 763-420-7849

Call or write with change of address. DO NOT SEND ADS with your membership. Ads must be sent to Turning Wheels editor.

Name_____________________________________

Spouse or companion________________________

Street ________________________

City _________State ___ Zip _______

Phone _________Email _____________

[ ] VISA [ ] MasterCard No.________________

Expiration_____

Studebakers owned

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