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Month	Date	Time	Event/Location	Hosts/Sponsors	Participation Award
January			HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

February	4th	8:30am	Breakfast @ the Elks Club, Niagara St, Canandaigua	Annette & Carl Rapp	X
	21st	7:00pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X

March	17th	9:00am	Maple Sugar Weekend Breakfast & Tour; Stony Ridge Farms, 625 County Rd 28, Phelps	Dick & Brenda Stearns	X
	21st	7:00pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X

April	18th	5:30pm	Dinner @ The Blue Ribbon, Phelps	Hank & Donna Goellner	X
	18th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X

May	16th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X
	18th - 20th	8a-5p, 8a- 2p	Dunkirk Automotive 50th Annual Flea Market, Chautauqua County Fairgrounds	Chautauqua Lake Region AACA
	20th		Saratoga Springs Auto Show, Reflecting Pool, Saratoga State Park	Mick Albright, Saratoga Auto Museum

June	9th		Canandaigua Lady Cruise, Motometer Tour & Dinner, @ Canandaigua Lake & Ontario County Historical Society	Bill & Diana VanDeWeghe, Dick Stearns	X
	10th	8am - ?	Twin Tiers Vintage Car Club 41st Annual Car Show	Chemung County Fairgrounds	Ginny Buckner (607) 594-6331
	16th	11a-2p	Wayne County Nursing Home Car Show
	20th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Marion Town Park; refreshments beforehand		X

July	14th	1pm	Finger Lakes Live Steamers, Clyde, NY
	18th	7pm	Monthly Meeting & Ice Cream Social, Pete & Jean Empson, 1267 Ridley Rd, Phelps	Pete & Jean Empson	X
	21st		Noble Hurst Farm Tour, Jello Museum, Dinner; in Linden & Leroy NY	Rusty Smith	X
	28th	9a - 9p	Pioneer Gas Engine Show, Marion Town Park

August	15th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X
	19th-24th		AACA Reliability Tour, Geneva	Steve Heald	X

September	15th	2pm	President's Picnic, North Road, Canandaigua	Dick & Brenda Stearns	X
	19th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X

October	17th	7pm	Monthly Meeting @ Phelps Community Center; refreshments beforehand		X
	25th	7am	Norwich Museum Tour	Joe Marino	X

November	14th	6pm	Ham Dinner, Elections(?), Meeting @ the Marion Masonic Temple	Amy Ressue	X

December					X

January	6th	1pm	Annual Meeting/Banquet, The Villager, Canandaigua	Dick Stearns	X

So just exactly who is Wayne Drumlins? Well, actually, nobody - the club name is a combination of Wayne County and a geological phenomena known as a drumlin....

Wayne County is situated in upstate New York, it's northern border being Lake Ontario and it's western border being Monroe County and Rochester, NY. The county was founded in 1823, it's county seat is Lyons, and it has a rich agricultural and manufacturing history.

A drumlin is an oval or elongated hill believed to have been formed by the streamlined movement of glacial ice sheets across rock debris, or till. The name is derived from the Gaelic word druim ("rounded hill," or "mound") and first appeared in 1833. Drumlins are commonly found in clusters numbering in the thousands. As you might suspect, one such large cluster is located in central New York.

Thus, Wayne Drumlins.....

Some Memories (fallible) of Wayne Drumlins Beginnings

By David B. McCleery

When I bought my first antique Model A Ford in 1962, there were several persons in the area already active with old cars. They included Wayne Brownell, Tony Bushart, Dick Weis, Roger DeMay, Elwin Ressue, DeWitt Morley, Jim Bollman, Stan Herdman, George O’Neil, David Roll, Don Orr and probably some others that I don’t remember at this time. For several years thereafter, our only group activity was participation in the annual Apple Blossom parade in Williamson and Canal Days in Palmyra. Several of us belonged to the Genesee Valley Antique Car Society (GVACS), but did not participate in their program to any great extent. After purchasing my first Model A, I acquired several others in various stages of disrepair and eventually sold one to Les Buell of East Williamson. He then engaged the assistance of his neighbor, Frank Crudele in restoring it, since Frank had worked in an auto body shop at some earlier time. By the time Les’s A was ready to use, Frank was determined to have one of his own. At this time I was beginning the restoration of my second Model A, so I offered Frank a deal - if he would do the body work and paint mine, I would give him another one I had to restore for himself.

After getting involved in this project, Frank suggested that there were enough of us in Wayne County interested in antique cars that we should have our own club, and with our agreement he began the process of organization. Since AACA requires that a new region be sponsored by an already existing club, Frank requested this sponsorship from GVACS. They refused sponsorship, stating that another club so near theirs would only compete with them. Frank then contacted the Finger Lakes Region in Auburn, NY, and they were willing to provide the necessary sponsorship. Thus our club was officially formed. I believe this was 1972, but you will have to check the records. We did have a car show in conjunction with the Apple Blossom Festival in May.

One thing required for a car club is a name, so we had to come up with something that somehow identified us with our center, which was Wayne County. I suppose we all gave this some thought. I know I did, for Wayne County then, as now, had its fruit growing and processing section in the northern part of the county bordering Lake Ontario, dairy farming farther south, the Erie Canal in the middle, and the various industries of Newark, Palmyra, Macedon, and the other villages. How to find a name that was inclusive of the whole area was the problem. An inspiration came to me one day when I happened to glance over our fireplace to a large antique map of Wayne County printed in 1858. Clearly marked on this map were the drumlins, those hills running north and south over the whole county, as they remained following the last great glacier. Here was something that was common to the whole area. At the next meeting of the group I proposed this name and the Wayne Drumlins Region of the Antique Auto Club of America came into being.

After a couple years, Frank’s interest in the club had begun to wane since he had become deeply involved in the Williamson Volunteer Ambulance Corps. For a brief period the club teetered on the edge of extinction until Wayne Brownell agreed to be president of the club if I would take over the duties of secretary. The club records should show the date for this election. Wayne, who was very literate, had retired from Rochester Products early, following a severe heart attack, and thus was able to devote considerable time to his duties. My dining room table became the talk and planning center with Wayne coming over at least once a week to discuss what could be done to improve the club.

One of his desires was to provide a monthly newsletter for the club so that everyone could be aware of whatever was being done. So thus the need for another name, “What shall we name this newsletter”? It was at one of these talk sessions when we were kicking around many name possibilities that I suddenly said: I’ve got an idea. Cars have headlinings and newspapers have headlines, so let’s put them together and call it The Headliner. Now we had a name and the next month, with Wayne editing and Jim Bollman printing, the Wayne Drumlins Headliner was on its way. And as they say, “The rest is history”. All of which should be available by reading the club minutes which, although very sketchy for the first couple years, should be complete beginning from the date of Wayne’s election. (Thanks to Amy Ressue, Historian, for providing this article.)

2014

*OFFICERS*	*Name*	*Address*	*Phone*	*E-Mail*
President	Dick Stearns	4605 North Road, Canandaigua, NY 14424	(585) 230-5035	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vice President	Joel Neal	2464 Maple Ave, Palmyra, NY 14532	(315) 597-6623	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Secretary	Donna Goellner	PO Box 86, 88 Granger St, Port Gibson, NY 14537	(315) 331-6046	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Treasurer	Ann Neal	2464 Maple Ave, Palmyra, NY 14532	(315) 597-6623	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

*BOARD OF DIRECTORS*
Chairperson	Matt Canavan	2103 Perry Point Rd, Penn Yan, NY 14527	(585) 746-9357	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Gerald Burnham	402 East Avenue, Newark, NY 14513	(315) 331-7911
	Pete Empson	1267 Ridley Road, Phelps, NY 14532	(315) 548-3168	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Carl Rapp	2460 Andrews Road, Canandaigua, NY 14424	(585) 396-1721
	Don Combes	213 Scott Street, Newark, NY 14513	(315) 331-2089

*COMMITTEES & CLUB FUNCTIONS*
Car Show Committee	Steve Heald	7613 School Street, Sodus, NY 14451-9515	(585) 703-2669	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Car Show Flea Market	Pete Empson	1267 Ridley Road, Phelps, NY 14532	(315) 548-3168	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Membership	Jean Empson	1267 Ridley Road, Phelps, NY 14532	(315) 548-3168	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Historian	Amy Ressue
Newsletter Editors	Dick & Brenda Stearns	4605 North Road, Canandaigua, NY 14424	(585) 230-5035	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.