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November, 2007

2100 Walnut Street

Kansas City, MO 64108

Local Chapter of MAFCA and MARC

NEWS

‘A’

LETTER

Heart of America Model A Ford Club

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Certificate of M erit” 2007

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A ward of

Continuing Excellence” 2006

I’d like to start this month’s article on a somber note. Our thoughts and prayers are

with Jack and Norma Padley with the recent passing of their daughter. Also, our

prayers go out to Lynn and Louise Lackey. Their daughter is receiving hospice care.

November is traditionally the month of thanksgiving. The celebration of the

Thanksgiving holiday is grounded in our national history when our economy was

largely agrarian or based on farming. Farmers and farm families across the nation

gathered in thankful celebration of the fall harvest and the crops stored in their

barns. Times have changed. We now live in the high speed, high tech information

age where life is truly complicated and complex, and people often find it difficult to

take the time to return thanks. This is where the Model A enters the picture. I often

hear stories where a Model A is discovered in an old barn that perhaps at one time

held the harvest crops. More than that, owning and driving a Model A provides us

with the opportunity to reflect back in time when people seemed to have more time,

and when people were more important than things. I am thankful for this opportu-

nity. I am also thankful for the leadership of those people who served on the board

during my tenure as president. Most of all, I am thankful for the wonderful people

in the Heart of America Model A Ford Club. I am also thankful for your friendship

and fellowship. In turn, you folks have cause to be thankful because at the end of

December, you won’t have to put up with my articles and technical advice any

more. Yeah! Finally, don’t forget to sign up for the Christmas party.

Thankfully,

Chris Launer