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Inaugural Membership Meeting
July 2008
The inaugural membership meeting of the
Preservation Society was held on Wednesday, July 16th at Siebkens Resort. This
was the first meeting following the launch of the expanded Membership Program
and the official formation of the Preservation Society. The meeting was attended
by sixty-eight Founding Members and their guests from seven states. Fourteen new
members enrolled in the Society at the meeting. Collector series Founding Member
membership pins were presented to all Founding Members at the meeting.
Siebkens opened the “Little Bar”, a favorite of
racing drivers and celebrities over the years, as well as a cash bar in the
dining room at 6pm. The meeting room and bar rapidly filled with enthusiasts
where comradeship and conviviality flowed along with plenty of refreshment.
Strangers, acquaintances and close friends quickly found common ground in their
love of sports cars and dedication to preservation of the historic circuits.
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Members discuss the original Cademartori painting "The
Last Race" from the 1952 Elkhart Cup Race. |
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Bea Hollfelder and Laura Myers handled the sign in
table and Julie Morter and Holly Kemmis opened the HRC Store so that members
could purchase exclusive HRC merchandise and limited edition prints. All in all,
the meeting was off to a great start.
Promptly at 7pm members and guests took their
seats in the dining room where Laurie (Siebkens) Stecker and her staff served a
sumptuous beef wellington dinner with all the trimmings. It was nip and tuck for
a while since the attendance exceeded our initial projections, but somehow
Siebkens came up with enough servings to feed everyone including dessert.
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Sustaining Member Tom Grunnah holding forth prior to
dinner. |
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Following dinner HRC President, Tom Hollfelder,
serving as master of ceremonies, began the evening’s program by recognizing
Sustaining and Supporting Members in attendance. Special thanks went to
Sustaining Members Tom Grunnah and Alan Balte’ and Supporting Members, Kevin
Rogers, Tim Kemmis and Mike Wolf.
The program featuring historical photos and filmed
footage for the 1950 and 1952 races but the hit of the program was a computer
enhanced tour of the circuit at near full race speed filmed by an unidentified
driver and filmed by an unknown camera man. The program concluded with an update
on the current state of preservation activities and a request that Society
Members write or email county officials to let them know that there is a large
group of citizens to whom preservation of the Historic Circuits is important.
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