june 2013 stack talk
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Volume No. 5, Issue No. 5
American Truck Historical SocietyMetro Jersey Chapter
Chartered 1983
THE STACKTALK
June, 2013
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Arnold Block, President; John Suckoe, Vice PresidentScott Baker, Treasurer; Bill Wagner, Secretary
Tim Day, Membership Chairman; Dave Read, Historian;Media Committee, Jim and Helen Veevers
Past Presidents serving on the Executive Board:Tom Mulligan, Bill Wagner, Hunt Jones, Stanley Chciuk
National Ofcers serving on the Executive Board:Tom Amaducci, National Past President; George Petrask, Regional Vice President
Volunteer Stacktalk Editor: Caity Chciuk
President's Message:
Just a quick overview of the May 22nd meeting:
We went over the assignments for the then upcoming Florham Park show.
The high point of the evening was the sale of our new club tee shirts. We sold almost $700.00 worth of shirts and ran
out of some sizes. (See the shirt ordering info on page 3.)
The next was the parade in Parsippany, in which we had 6 trucks.
And the high part of the year was our show at Automatic Switch! (Statistics and info are listed on page 4.)
First I want to thank all who worked not only at the show, but to the handful who helped get almost 10,000 yers out
to the public. It was the help of just a few people that made this happen. Just think what we could do if there were
another 25 to 50 people getting the yers posted at food stores, barber shop, delis and gas stations!
Again I want to say THANK YOU to all the members that stepped up to the plate to help with the show. There were
a lot of trucks that we haven't seen before. See the over head picture of the show parking lot below.
Arnold Block
Are you looking to buy or sell truck parts?
Maybe you have some truck servicesyou'd like to advertise. Do you have news
or a fun fact you'd like to share with other
members? Or maybe there's an event com-
ing up that you'd like to publicize. All of
these things can be featured in Stacktalk!
Email anything you'd like to see in Stack-
talk to Caity by the 10th of the month at
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Report of the May 22, 2013 Business Meeting
Calendar of Upcoming Metro Chapter Events:Thu., June 27, 2013 8:00 PM VFW Recap Metro Jersey & National Truck Shows.
Thu., July 25, 2013 8:00 PM VFW Hot Dog night, bring your trucks!
Sun., July 28, 2013 Orange County 45th Anniversary Car Show, Montgomery, NY
Sun., August 4, 2013 Two Kids Foundation Classic Car Show, Birchwood Manor, Whippany
Thu., Sept. 26, 2013 Time TBA 61 Iowa Ave., Paterson. Visit Frank Malatesta's collection.Thu., Oct. 24, 2013 8:00 PM VFW Guest speaker & Ofcer Nominations.
Thu., Dec. 5, 2013 Time TBA VFW Holiday event.
Thu., Jan. 30, 2014 8:00 PM VFW January reorganization meeting.
President Arnold Block opened the 297th meeting of the Metro Jersey chapter on Wednesday, May 22nd
at 7:55 p.m., with a salute to the American ag followed by a moment of silence for our troops and de-
ceased friends.
Minutes of the April 2013 meeting were approved as distributed in Stack Talk.
Treasurers report: March balance of $3,946.73
Income $549.00
Expenses $363.34
May Balance $4,132.39
OLD BUSINESS:
Pine Island show may not happen this year.
Two Kids Foundation Show: Birchwood Manor, August 4th.
Parsippany Rescue & Recovery Show: Lanidex Plaza (date currently unknown). Montgomery, Orange County New York show: July 28th.
Please sign in at the meetings, we will distribute this list to entice other members to attend the meet-
ings.
NEW BUSINESS:
We listed the commercial vendors attending our show; a record number of vendors already paid to be
at our show. Both State Farm and Haggerty Insurance would be there.
The club presented the plaque truck award to Thomas Amaducci.
A second air lter donation canister has been made, along with easels to display additional signage for
the back entrance.
Saturday work party will attempt to get as much done as possible before the show.
Need to complete the sign-up sheets.As of the meeting we had 46 pre-registered vehicles.
The colored yers have been a large success.
The club authorized Bill Wagner to spend up to $200.00 on folding plastic tables to replace the old
damaged stock.
Additional signs will be complete by the show date.
A small work party will be held after Macungie to clean and organize the trailer.
At this time there is no place to go on an old truck tour.
Show ads are only in certain TBG editions this year.
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Monday is the Memorial Day parade in Parsippany. Let Arnold know if you will be participating, Bill
will pull the ATHS trailer with his van.
Staff will be issued lime green hats and walkie talkies.
Bill Wagner won $34.00 in the 50/50
and donated it back to the club.
Meeting adjourned 8:50 PM
Minutes submitted by Bill Wagner, Secretary
ATHS METRO JERSEY CHAPTER TEE SHIRTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
President Arnold Block can ship any shirt order via the USPO Priority Mail for $5.80 each,
or you can pick them up at our next meet in June.
You can send checks made out to Metro Jersey ATHS at:
METRO JERSEY ATHS
c/o Arnold Block
29 Roosevelt Avenue
Lake Hiawatha, N. J. 07034-2121
Front of shirt
Back of shirt
Featuring trucks owned by members Don Slate, the
Amaducci family, Joe Camisa, and Stan Chciuk!Shirt Prices:
Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large
Members: $17.00 2 for $30.00
Non-Members: $20.00
2X, 3X, 4X
Members: $18.00 2 for $35.00
Non-Members: $20.00
Parsippany Memorial Day Parade 2013.
(Photo submitted by Arnold block.)
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ATHS Metro Jersey Chapter
Antique Truck Show
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Automatic Switch Company
Florham Park, NJ
Show Statistics
TOTAL ENTRIES IN THE SHOW INCLUDING PRE-REGISTERED NO SHOWS:
187 VEHICLES REGISTERED
(8 NO SHOWS)
6 FARM TRACTORS
1 UTILITY BODY IN CORRAL
6 CORRAL INCLUDING 1 ABOVE
31 DIFFERENT MAKES:
AHRENS FOX FIRE TRUCK 1
AMERICAN LAFRANCE CENTURY 1ARMLEDER 1
AUTOCAR 9
BANTAM PANEL 1
BROCKWAY 2
CHEVROLET 20
DIAMOND REO 1
DODGE 10
FARMALL FARM TRACTOR 6
FEDERAL 1
FORD 33
FREIGHTLINER 1GMC 10
INTERNATIONAL 11
KAISER M-54 MILITARY 1
KEN WORTH 11
LOGAN 1
MACK 38
OSHKOSH 4
PETERBILT 7
PLYMOUTH 2
REO 2SEARS HIGH WHEELER 1
STEINER MPV/DUMP 4WD 1
STUDEBAKER 2
UTILITY BODY 1
VW DOUBLE CAB TRANSPORTER 1
WARD LAFRANCE 59T FIRE PMPR 1
WHITE 3
WILLYS 3
STATE COUNTY COUNTS
NJ ATLANTIC 1
NJ BERGEN 20
NJ ESSEX 12
NJ HUDSON 1
NJ HUNTERDON 8
NJ MERCER 1
NJ MIDDLESEX 10
NJ MONMOUTH 6
NJ MORRIS 62
NJ OCEAN 1
NJ PASSAIC 10
NJ SOMERSET 6
NJ SUSSEX 19
NJ UNION 2
NJ WARREN 3
DE DELAWARE 2
NY NEW YORK 12
PA PENNSYLVANIA 11
Photos submitted by Arnold Block. Statistics submitted by Bill Wagner.
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Over the RoadBy Dave Read
Chapter Historian
Hi folks! Our picture this month was taken by me in 1964 at the Eastern Express terminal in Maspeth, L.I. New
York,while I was employed there. I worked for Eastern from 1964 through 1977, becoming the shop steward for Road
Drivers, at the newly opened terminal located in West Paterson, New Jersey. Eastern was a great company to work
for as it was like one big happy family. Their home ofce was in Terre Haute, Indiana, and their operating authority
extended from the mid-western states to the eastern states of PA., N.J., Maryland, and up into southern New England.
An imaginary line running north and south on the PA/Ohio border divided east from west, and freight picked up west
of that line was to be delivered east of it and vice versa.
Us over-the-road drivers ran from the northeastern terminals, like Maspeth and Paterson would run turn around trips
to Harrisburg, or one day layover runs to Bedford, PA, where the system relay station was located. In the early 1970's,
the relay station was moved out to New Stanton, PA, which made for better paying runs for us guys. Other interesting
runs were to North Lima, Ohio, where we met a Chicago driver who brought a set of 40 foot doubles east over the
Indiana and Ohio Turnpikes. He drove a special White 4400-TD with a 903 V-8 Cummins engine in it, and boy, did
the twin chrome stacks on that truck sound great. Another fun trip was down to what we called little Washington, PA,
near Wheeling, W.V. We could meet the Terre Haute drivers there. Like Bedford, it was a good layover town with lots
of food and drink.
In the picture above, the truck on the right is about a 1957 Mack B-65-T, which by then, had been downgraded to a
city tractor, meaning that it would now run local around the New York metropolitan area, making pickups and deliver-
ies with a city or local man driving it. The other truck is a brand new 1964 White 9000-TD road tractor, which would
run over-the-road trips. They were powered by 225 HP Cummins engines, and a ten speed Roadranger transmission.These tractors were extremely nice to drive, with good heat and the roomy Autocar type cab with it's big wrap-around
windshield.
We ran out across Pennsylvania, over the Allegheny mountains in both summer and winter, and in those days, every-
body didn't get off the road, just because it started snowing. You kept going until you couldn't go any more. I spent
many a night sleeping in "Hotel Mack", or "Hotel White". Sometimes, it took the snow plow driver to wake you up.
I always carried a small car radio that you could hook into the truck's electrical system to listen to the hillbilly music,
and of course later on, a CB radio to BS with the other guys.
Running the road was always fun for me, and it put groceries on the table, bought me a house, and raised my Daughter.
What more could I ask?