PRESIDENT
Judy Webb
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TREASURER
Jane
Hart
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MEMBERSHIP
Jessie Buckley
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VICE
PRESIDENT
Tay
Everett |
DIRECTORS
Allen
Carpenter
Bobby
Clark
Wayne Hart
Tommy
Hudson
Newt
Mason |
NEWSLETTER
EDITOR
Wayne Hart |
SECRETARY
JoAnn
Barbuto
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MS State Rep for
ECKLER'S
CCC
John Davis |
WEB SITE
Wayne Hart
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From the
President's
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Hello once
again Big River members!!
Hope all
are doing well!
If you did
not attend the
Grand
Gulf
picnic, you missed a great time, great fellowship and last
but not least, GREAT food!! Thank you Wayne! It was a
beautiful drive over, with no breakdowns or running out of
gas and we all made it back in one piece. Well almost, our
friend Carol Evans broke her ankle we all need to send her
get well wishes and lots of prayers.
All
members received the invitation from the Hart’s for the
annual Christmas party, Saturday, December 10th;
please let him know ASAP if you plan to attend.
Thank you so much Wayne and Jane for allowing us to come to
your home. We hope to see all members there. This will be
our December meeting and the last one of the year. If you
haven’t paid your club dues for 2012, this will be the time
to do so.
Looking
forward to seeing you at the Christmas Party!
Judy
I hope you
all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We
did! Now get ready to celebrate CHRISTMAS, the day
that commemorates the birth of JESUS CHRIST, to whom
I would like to wish a Happy Birthday!
It is hard
to believe that CHRISTMAS time is here again already
and that another year is coming to an end. Even though
Christmas is something I enjoy there are a
few annoying things that come with it that I don’t enjoy!
One thing happens to be those extra annoying holiday
commercials we have to endure while trying to watch our
favorite television programs! Especially that dumb Target
commercial with that screaming idiot blonde dressed in her
red outfit and high heals running around in the store! If
you have yet to experience such commercial, just you wait.
Sooner or later you will be Targeted! Don’t say I did not
warn you. Who is she anyway? Never mind, I really don’t care. I am just glad that she will disappear once
Santa does. Ho, Ho, Ho, she’s gotta GO! And then there are
those commercials where there is a nice new luxury car out
in a driveway on
Christmas morning with a big ole red bow on
top. Yeah right! Come on and get real. I understand that
Santa had to leave the Lexus outside because he could not
get it down the chimney, but how the heck did he get it
there in the first place? Beginning to wonder if this Santa
fellow is for real or not. Hey I may have never got a new
car for Christmas but I remember once back when I was 16 or
17 that Santa left me TWO brand new RE-TREADS under the tree
for my old hand me down Pontiac. I was so proud and happy to
get those new tires, re-treads or not! I think the smell of
those stinking things is what woke me up that morning. They
had the whole house stunk up. I remember having to tote them
out to the front porch before I opened any more presents,
what ever they were, probably new blue jeans. I just
remember getting the tires. Nice memorable times!
OK! Continuing with more Christmas things, the
Annual
BRC Christmas Party!
As most of you know It will be on Saturday December 10th
in Madison at mine and Jane’s house and we are excited and
getting ready for it!! It sounds like there is going to be a
lot of good food and a lot of fun and fellowship going on!
As our club President mentioned and verified in her section
above, I previously sent all BRC members an email with the
details about the party along with an RSVP request. Most of
you have quickly replied with your RSVP’s and I am much
obliged! But there a few who, for some reason have not. For
what ever your reason may be, it disappoints me but not
going to let it be my problem. I have placed the ball on the
tee for you and it is now up to you to take your little bat
and swing at the ball and hit it off the tee and run as fast
as you can. (Was I…..? Uh huh I was! ) We will see who can
take a joke. Of all the RSVP responses I’ve got back I have
received 10 yes’s and 2 no’s. As I mentioned in the email
invitation,
if I do not get an RSVP response back from you at all, I
will assume that you don’t plan to attend and we will not
expect you or depend on you to bring a food to share like
the rest are doing. Sorry but RSVP’s are usually requested
for a reason which I hope you can respect and understand.
Now that I feel better getting that off my chest, the
only thing I did not mention in the invitation is that you
are welcome to come in your classic Chevy if weather permits
and you don’t have to wear your Club shirts. Oh, by the way,
some of us may have to take turns guarding the cars during
the party. One of the neighbor dogs is a notorious tire
wetter but I have a BB gun that should take care of his bad
little habit! But seriously, Jane and I look forward to
hosting the party once again at our house and want you to
bring your Christmas spirit, your club spirit, and your
appetites. Oh, and don’t forget the food you signed up to
bring for those appetites!
There was
an unfortunate scheduling of the Braxton Christmas Parade on
the same day as the club party, but Charles Bullock would
still like to invite everyone to drive your Chevys down to
Braxton and be in it. If you happen to be having a bad time
at our party (not likely) feel free to leave the party and
head down to Braxton. You would be required to be at Braxton
Community Center at 4:00 with parade starting at 5:00. Your
call on this!
Last month I mentioned the second annual Chevy's for Hospice
Show down in Hammond next year on March 23-24. I mentioned
trying to come up with a flyer and entry form. Well I have
not come across any yet, but still looking. Still the only
information I can provide is that the host hotel is the
Quality Inn with a room rate of $75 / night. Again this show
is for 55-56-57 Chevys, 1958-1972 late great Chevys,
Corvettes, Trucks, Chevelles and Camaros.
Reminder…. BRC has a new mailing address!
Big River Classics, Inc.
198 Van Doren Court
Pearl, Ms 39208
I
am so happy that I don’t have to write another newsletter
until next year! I've said all I’ve got to say for now, and
may have said to much! Remember the “Reason for the
Season” and please enjoy and celebrate it for what it
was meant for. MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year everyone!
In God We Trust!
Wayne
Next
meeting will be during our annual Christmas Party
Saturday December 10th at Wayne &
Jane's House in Madison. Please refer to Wayne's email
invitation he sent to all members on November 28th with all
the details and a request for RSVP's of your attendance or
not.
All members are
encouraged to:
Attend the monthly
meetings.
Arrive a little early and eat before
the meeting is called to order at 7:00.
Drive
to meetings in their classic Chevys when time and weather
permits.
Please wear your club shirt or other
form of clothing bearing the BRC logo for public
recognition and to show club loyalty.
Please remember that our
meetings are always on the second Thursday of each month,
unless you are otherwise notified!
Bill
Barbuto’s mother had some heart complications last month and
had to spend a little time in the hospital but seems to be
doing much better. Jessie Buckley sent word that Bobby has asked
to be removed from the prayer list since he has been doing
so much better. Your prayers for him worked and he
appreciates all whose been praying for him! She said that he
is much better mentally but still has some speech problems
but working on that. Bobby Clark is still dealing with
complications from his stroke so please keep him and Diane
in your thoughts and prayers. We send our thoughts and
prayers to our friend Carol Evans who broke her foot while at Grand
Gulf Military park with us last month. We pray for a speedy
recovery for her!
Please
remember to always pray for
our
Country and for the right leadership to come along and bring
America back.
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Birthdays |
Anniversaries |
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Linda
Sanders - December 3
Jesus
Christ – December 25
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THE LORD'S
PRAYER
Our Fat her, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses,
As we forgive those
who trespass
against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
AMEN! |
OUR PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
I pledge
allegiance
to the flag
of the
UNITED STATES
of AMERICA,
and to the
Republic
for which it stands:
One nation
under
GOD,
Indivisible, with Liberty
and Justice
for
all.
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ATTENTION!
This will be your final notice to get your membership
renewed with paid dues before the end of the year. There has
been a repeated reminder of this each month, beginning back
in September up until now. Your
2012 dues were required to be paid at the October business
meeting and have been considered unpaid and late since! All
dues are to be paid by
December 31, 2011 for insurance purposes!
According to our treasurer’s records, the
below listed members have paid their 2012 club membership
dues.
Barbuto
Buckley
Bullock
Clark
Everett
Hart
Hudson
Mason
Matthews
Thurman
Webb
Maybe you have just simply forgot to renew, or maybe you are
waiting to pay your dues at our Christmas party, or for some
reason maybe you are just postponing renewal until the last
possible minute. Our last assumption is that maybe you
just have no plans to renew at all and you have failed to inform
Jessie Buckley, our membership manager of your intentions?
Just remember that your membership will be automatically
suspended if your dues have not been paid and renewed by
December 31.
If your name was not on the list above and you plan to stay
in the club, you still have time to either pay your dues at
our Christmas party or immediately mail your $25 dues to:
Big River Classics, Inc.
198 Van Doren Court
Pearl,
Ms 39208
Thank you for your cooperation and club loyalty!
Big River
Classics 2012 Officers and Board of Directors
Officers:
Judy Webb – President
Tay Everett - Vice President
Paul Webb – Treasurer
Jo-Ann Barbuto – Secretary
Directors:
Bobby Clark
Wayne Hart
Tommy Hudson
Newt Mason
Allen Carpenter (pending membership renewal)
Big River
Classics Monthly Meeting
& Annual Grand Gulf Military Park Cookout
November 5, 2011
Wayne Hart
Reporting
Big
River Classics held its November meeting during our annual
cookout at Grand Gulf Military Park down in Port Gibson.
Members present included Bobby Buckley, Jessie Buckley,
Bobby Clark, Diane Clark, Tay Everett, Dot Everett, Wayne
Hart, Jane Hart, Dale Holloway, Tommy Hudson, Newt Mason,
Carolyn Mason, John Sanders, Linda Sanders, Paul Webb, and
Judy Webb. Special friends Jim and Carol Evans tagged along
with us in their ’57 Mercury. The Clarks also had friends
from their church come along and join us for the cookout. I
am sorry but there names have slipped my mind. Good folks
though! The trip went as planned as we met in Clinton on
Saturday morning and drove from there to Vicksburg and down
Highway 61 to Grand Gulf with the Everett’s falling in line
on the way. The Sanders met us at the park a little later in
the morning as they traveled a different route coming from
Mendenhall. Tay and I were in charge of the grill once again
and we cooked around 36 hamburgers and 48 hotdogs to go with
all the other foods that were brought along. The Vicksburg
Post had advertised that Big River Classics would be at the
park this day having a “car show”! Not a show in that since
but rather a showing of our Chevys. There were a few from
the area who read about us going to be there and made a
special trip down to look at the classics. We had enough
food left that we were able to invite several of the Park
Staff to jump on a burger and hotdog. Always feels good to
share! I look forward to next years trip and cookout.
EMERALD COAST
CRUIZIN
November 10-12
Panama City,
Florida
Reported by Dot Everett
Bobby & Jessie Buckley and
Tay & I arrived at our hotel about noon Thursday. It was
very windy, cloudy, and cold. We were thinking, “this is
Florida?” The hotel was nice--small kitchen, living room
with TV and a great view of the beach, and nice bedroom with
TV. After unloading, we traveled to the park where all the
vehicles are displayed. We walked a little while, but
Jessie & I got back in the car, it was too cold for us.
Friday was nicer, sun was
shining and it was a little warmer. The guys dropped us off
at the mall and went back to the park. We got some really
nice bargains, but eventually got hungry. The guys came and
picked us up for lunch. Jessie & I went back to the hotel
and the guys went back to looking at cars & trucks.
Determined to enjoy the sand and water, Jessie & I went to
the beach and wiggled our toes in the sand while the water
washed our feet. The sand was beautiful. We sat around the
pool in the sun for a while. We were supposed to meet the
Monroe group for supper, but we got lost and never found the
restaurant, ended up at Applebee’s.
Saturday Jessie & I slept in
while the guys went back to the park. The awards and cash
drawings ($7500) were scheduled for 4 p.m. so Bobby & Tay treated us to lunch at Arby’s and then we went for the
awards. There were over 2000 vehicles registered. The
sponsors gave awards to their favorites (not us). It was
getting dark, finally drawing for the money. Again not us.
We met the Monroe
group about 6 p.m. at Captain Anderson’s, a very nice restaurant, and enjoyed seafood.
Sunday morning checked out
of the hotel about 9:30 and headed for home. It was a long,
tiring ride. I believe the trip home was farther than the
trip to Florida. We got home about 3 p.m. It’s a nice trip
for the guys, but not much (except shopping) for the gals.
Florence Days
November 12
Florence, MS
Reported by
Bill Barbuto
J o-Ann and I went to
Florence for Florence Days. At the car show we ran into Ed
and Mary Robertson, Sydney Overby, and the Webb's. It was nice seeing everybody. When it came time
for awards,
Sydney
took best interior. Ed and Mary got best engine, top 10 and
best of show. Congratulations to our former members for a job
well done. It was a nice day had by all.
Project
Nomad
Barbuto '55 Nomad
Reported by Bill Barbuto
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
From The Nomad
Monthly report
on Project
"W"
Wayne's 57 Chevy Truck
Reported by Wayne
Hart
My pitiful
little progress report this month is a little disappointing,
for me anyway. I found out that the 1991 Z71 truck 350 that
I was going to use in my truck turned out to be a dud! All
the trouble I went thru to go out of town with my trailer
and load the wrecked truck up and bring it home just for the
motor was all in vain. After I removed it from the truck and
got it on the engine stand and took off all the parts that I
did not want on it, I mounted it to my 2004R transmission
and then got it situated on the truck frame where it needed
to be with the truck cab temporarily back in place. After I
got the new engine cross member and motor mounts bolted to
the block I marked where it all needed to rest in the frame
with plenty of distributor room and drilled holes and bolted
it all in. Then I took all that back apart and got the motor
back on the stand and removed the intake and heads. I was so
happy to find that all 8 cylinders were perfect with no wear ridges.
Yes, no boring required! I continued removing the pistons
and rods after I number stamped them. All looked good,
looked good until I started taking the bolts out of the main
caps. I had number stamped the caps and started removing the
bolts from each as I took them out. The very rear one came
out fine but when I started taking the bolts out of the
second one, that’s went the “Schlitz can” hit the fan! That
main cap came out in three pieces and then the next one was
cracked but broke into two pieces when I applied pressure to
it. All of the rest came out whole. Since this was my first
time to number stamp main caps, I had to call Paul to see if
I just did not know my own strength when I stamped them. He
asked did I use a sledge hammer? After I told him no and
that I used a plain old claw hammer he assured me that I did
not break them. That made me feel a little better that I did
not break the d@%& things! Next all the crank shaft journals
were pretty rough and looked like crap! Further inspection
of the dirty top pistons revealed numbers stamped on them
that told me they were oversize and the engine had been
bored .040 over which explained the cylinders being without
ridges. Dang, had my self a 357 I guess!
After
finding out all this
I was advised that I might as well junk the motor unless I
wanted to go through the expense of getting it line bored
with new main caps and crank shaft. Not happening, I am
canning that motor! Anyone one want it? Heads and pistons
may be still good and of use to someone. Got my eye on
another motor that I originally had my eye on.
I guess the
most positive news I can report on this month is that I
found an Ebay deal on an after market blank tail gate for my
truck. I won the bid it on it and have already received it
and it looks good. Only problem is that it has a Made in
Taiwan sticker on it, can you imagine that? I will be so
glad to see the day when all these parts I have stockpiled
are installed and in use on this project and I can quit
calling it a project! It’s getting there, a little bit here
and a little bit there. I doubt much gets done this month
with the holidays and all being here. Maybe my New Years
resolution will be to bust a#% and getter done!
I would
still like to part out the
remainder of the wrecked Chevy Z71 if anyone is interested
or know of anyone who might be.
Bubba’s
boss sends him to the local lumber yard for some wood. When
Bubba gets there he steps up to the sales counter where the
salesman asks “Yes sir, what can I do for you”?
Bubba
replies “Well, my boss sent me down here to get some 4 x
2’s, you got any?”
Salesman
questions “You sure he didn’t mean 2 X 4’s and not 4 x
2’s”?
“Hummm?”
says Bubba. “I ain’t sure, let me go and ask him, be right
back”
Bubba
leaves and comes back. “You was right mister” he says. “My
boss said he wants 2 X 4’s”.
“Ok” says
the salesman. “About how many 2 X 4’s will y’all be
needing”?
“Shoot!”
says Bubba. “I ain’t sure, let me go and ask my boss, be
right back”.
Bubba
leaves again and comes back and tells the salesman “Hey, my
boss wants about 200 or so of them 2 X 4’s”.
“Ok” says
the salesman. “One more question, how long you need them”?
“Dang!”
says Bubba. “I ain’t sure, let me go ask my boss, be right
back!”.
Bubba
leaves and comes right back again and says “Mister, my boss
said he is going to need those 2 X 4’s a LONG time cause we
gonna build a house.”
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2011 Shows & Events of
Interest |
For
a full listing and details on 2011 car shows please
visit:
Classic Car Bug at http://www.classiccarbug.com/
and
Gulf Coast Motorsports
Magazine at
http://www.gulfcoastmotorsports.com/
NOTE: Clicking on the Flyer hyperlink
at the end of some listings will allow you to open and print
a flyer for that particular event. Most require Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
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DEC 3 |
Ridgeland,
MS |
Ridgeland
Christmas parade |
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DEC 3 |
Madison,
MS |
Madison
Christmas parade |
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DEC 3 |
Pearl,
MS |
Christmas parade at Whitfield State Hospital |
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DEC 4 |
Byram,
MS |
Byram
Christmas parade |
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DEC 10 |
Braxton,
MS |
Braxton
Christmas parade |
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TO OUR BIG RIVER
CLASSICS SPONSORS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT!
Man Thinks-----God Directs
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