NEWSLETTER 29 - November 27, 2007 |
President's Corner: By Jim Miller. |
MILLER...STOKES HERE. THE DAMN HISTORIANS THING IS DARN NEAR UNREADABLE...THERE'S GOT TO BE A FEW PARAGRAPHS AND BREAKS...AS IT LOOKS NOW MY EYES GLAZE OVER...AND THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD STUFF ABOARD. HELP, STOKES Editor: My brother has pointed this out to me, but not the solution. It affects about 5% of the readers and I don't know if it's my system or theirs. At the present I have no time to solve this problem and both of my computer gurus are on vacation. The only suggestion that I can give is to go to the websites and read the newsletters there. The website operators have a way of cleaning up what I send to them and presenting it in a more readable format. Since it is simply a LONG email, it baffles me why there are 4 or 5 members who can't seem to read what is sent to them. It is on my long list of to-dos though. |
Editor's notes: In case I have forgotten, we want to welcome Dave Seely and Gale Banks to our group. Back issues of the Newsletter can be found on the websites listed above. The purpose of our group is to save our land speed racing history and heritage. To do that we must write, caption, record and preserve everything we know. Please start your biographies and send them to me to add to the Newsletter. |
I think Bret Kepner should be added to the Historians List. His knowledge of Bonneville Participants is extensive. Besides, he knows how to write and speak. He is the organizer of the Kilo Club. The membership is very restricted. Glenn Freudenberger Glenn: Bret was added to the list. Please let him know that he is going to receive it. The membership of the Society is open to everyone. It is not restricted. Why it seems that way is that I don't have much time right now to make calls and find out who wants to join. There are no dues, duties or requirements to belong, only a willingness to receive the newsletter. We don't even require that someone be nominated. At a later date the members may want to organize in a different way and that is perfectly fine. We set up the organization in this fashion in order to make it easy to grow. Many of our members come to us after reading the issues in the 6 websites that run our newsletter. |
I did, in fact, get off the soapbox and write my memoirs. It is currently at 5 pages. I need to go over it and see if I left anything out. Once I do that, I will send it to you. Please add Randy Travis to the mailing list for the newsletter. Jim isn't computer literate, but Randy is. Thanks, Bob McMillian Bob: I added Jim and Randy Travis to the list. Please let them know the newsletter is on the way and that back newsletters can be found at our kind website operators. If you don't want to have your biography listed in the Gone Racin' by-line, please let me know. Otherwise I will add it to the Gone Racin' series with you as the author and myself as the editor. This allows me to send out your work to those that are receiving my articles. Biographies, stories and articles that are intended ONLY for society members and not to go into the newsletter or onto the internet should be clearly marked in the main body of the email AND in the Subject box. However, once your article is sent to the members, the editor cannot control others from referring your work on to their friends. Write your articles in such a manner that if it should get out into the public domain, that it is what you want to say. |
I'll send a story about the Bonneville Northwest Reunion in the next few days. It's easy to start there and then I'll add what I remember of my 117 trips to Wendover since 1963. I can't say "to the Salt" because there have been times that I went to Wendover and never made it to the Salt. One time it rained when I was at Utah MP 12 on Saturday night and the meet didn't happen. Another time I went for an October meet, arrived, looked all around town, found no LSR cars, searched out Bill Woffington and found out the meet had been canceled and I wasn't notified. Stayed at the 6 that night and the next morning there was 4" of snow in town. Merry Christmas to all that participate in this history preserving site. Glenn Freudenberger Glenn: We'll look forward to your stories and Merry Christmas to all the LSR people in the Northwest. |
Richard, I would like to get a directory and be listed in it as long as other members respect the privacy of the information and NOT publish anywhere. I think we should all be able to contact one another, but I speak from nerve-wracking experience that dealing with volumes of unwanted, unsolicited and dangerous email is time consuming and annoying. Please continue to “bcc” the newsletters, it is the most respectful way to share information. Speedy Regards, "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth Louise: Will do. |
The 2007 Bonneville Speedweek will be on the National Geographic Channel Tuesday at 4:00 PM. Evelyn Roth |
Editor's notes: The following story is one that I did on Ak Miller and what I would like each of you to do on your own life. It can be longer, shorter or in a different format just so long as you are happy with your story and it gives details of your life in land speed and hot rodding history. |
Gone Racin'…With Ak Miller, Story by Richard Parks, photographs by Roger Rohrdanz |
Members: Jonathan Amo, Brett Arena, Henry Astor, Gale Banks, Glen Barrett, Lee Blaisdell, Warren Bullis, Gary Carmichael, Jerry Cornelison, G. Thatcher Darwin, Jack Dolan, Ugo Fadini, Robert Falcon, Rich Fox, Glenn Freudenberger, Don Garlits, Bruce Geisler, Stan Goldstein, Andy Granatelli, Walt James, Wendy Jeffries, Ken Kelley, Mike Kelly, Bret Kepner, Kay Kimes, Jim Lattin, Mary Ann and Jack Lawford, Fred Lobello, Dick Martin, Ron Martinez, Tom McIntyre, Don McMeekin, Bob McMillian, Tom Medley, Jim Miller, Don Montgomery, Mark Morton, Paula Murphy, Louise Ann Noeth, David Parks, Richard Parks, Wally Parks (in memoriam), Eric Rickman, Willard Ritchie, Roger Rohrdanz, Evelyn Roth, Ed Safarik, Frank Salzberg, Dave Seely, Charles Shaffer, Mike Stanton, David Steele, Doug Stokes, Bob Storck, Zach Suhr, Pat Swanson, Al Teague, JD Tone, Jim Travis, Randy Travis and Jack Underwood. |
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