The Shuswap Vintage Car Club held its first meeting on October 20, 1983 with 28 people in attendance. Robert Reading was elected as President,  Stallard McConnell, Vice- President, Butch Clifford secretary, John Wycesany treasurer, and Bill Arnold, Richard Maki, Jelte Ganzeveld, Pat Shirley, Jerry Foskett and Ted Reading, Directors. 

At the Fall, 1984, meeting of the Vintage Car Club of Canada, we applied to be accepted as a Chapter and were accepted as the Shuswap Chapter. Since that time we have increased our membership to 150 members as of December 2007. 

Our Chapter is very committed to the support of our Communities, which include members from Armstrong, Enderby, Sicamous, Salmon Arm, Sorrento, Eagle Bay and Celista. We have made donations of money to Senior’s facilities in Salmon Arm, Sorrento and Enderby. Another organization that received financial support is the local area Search and Rescue group. 

Another of our contributions is to the CHBC TV “ Good News Bears “ promotion to raise money for the Food Banks of the Okanagan – Shuswap. Each year for the last 5 we have purchased a Collector Bear named “ Vinty “ and donated it to the program. People send in donations of money in the name of the Food bank of their area to CHBC. Just before Christmas each year, copies of the cheques are drawn and these winners are presented with a Bear. Over the years, 22 Food Banks have received well over 1 million dollars in total from this program.

President	John Higgins  250-675-4936 stephandjohn@telus.net
Past President	Brian Keith  250-546-6032 briankeith12@hotmail.com
Vice President	Bernie Lawson  250-838-0603 mexshirl@aol.com
Secretary	Nigel Jones  250-833-4514 yenrabx7@telus.net Helen Stoddart 250-675-6803 helensmail@lakecable.ca
Treasurer	Bruce Scott  250-804-2048 bscott442@xana.ca
Governor	Frank Richdale  250-835-8271 veevines@hughes.net
Directors:	Barry Swenson  250-836-4530 webs602@jetstream.net Wilma Swenson  250-836-4530 webs602@jetstream.net Kjell Hurlen  250-675-5070 klew@telus.net Ernie Webster  250-832-8323 emwebster@sunwave.net George Ross  250-836-2855 shorline@cablelan.net Wayne Huffman  250-833-1386 wayhuff@telus.net
Gas Pump	Bonner Neeve  250-675-2536 fbn@telus.net
Membership	George Alison  250-675-5375 gnalison@telus.net
Sunshine	Myrt Webster  250-832-8323 emwebster@sunwave.net
Regalia	George Eveneshen  250-832-9430
Buildings	Jerry Foskett  250-832-2854 foskettj@telus.net
May Tour	Ernie Webster  250-832-8323 emwebster@sunwave.net
Chapter Dues	$15.00
Chapter Meetings	3rd Thursday at 7:30 PM at the Seniors' Centre  170 5th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm
Chapter Address	P.O. Box 1231, Salmon Arm  B.C.  V1E 4P4

SHUSWAP SUMMER SHOW & SHINE INFO

The Chapter's most ambitious project was to preserve a part of Salmon Arm’s history. The Log Cabin Service Station was first constructed in 1927 by Mr. A.D. Meek on the south – east corner of Palmer St. and Alexander Ave. Mr. Meek was the Union Oil Dealer and had a small trucking company. The building was made of small logs and had an overhang at the front that covered the gas pumps. The ends of the logs were painted Union Oil colours, one end orange and the next one blue, and so on.

The building was dismantled in 1935 and towed by water to Paradise Point on Shuswap Lake and re-erected as a summer cabin. The cabin and property were sold to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Richards in 1944 and later was left to their daughter Pam ( Mrs. Bob Johnson). A few years ago the Johnsons contacted one of our club members with the offer to donate the building to us, with the provision that it be restored to original and placed at a museum. The offer was accepted and the building now stands at R.J.Haney Heritage Park, erected on a corner lot as it was originally. With many generous donations of money, materials and labour, the Service Station is now complete. We have also had donated to us many old Service Station articles and equipment to help complete the display.

Our next project at R.J.Haney Heritage Park is to construct a replica of the Lester and Thompson Garage and Chevrolet Dealership that was at the corner of Front St. and Alexander Ave. in downtown Salmon Arm in the 1910s and 20s. This building will be about 32 ft. by 80 ft. and will house car displays and equipment of the era.

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