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Home” has been affected by
night. In the end, his dilemma the reduction of financial aid
was choosing from three or four from the Dept of Social Ser-
excellent vehicles that ranged vices with the recent state
from a street rod pickup truck, budget cuts and the reduced
an old school tail draggin’ cus- value of their large endowment
tom coupe, an excellent muscle with the market meltdown, so
era pro street car, and a beauti- any financial assistance they
fully restored 1937 Ford Con-
vertible. The 1937 Ford won can get from donations will
out. Jim Keating, who’s owned help them help these at risk
the ‘37 for quite a few years, kids. Some interesting facts
decided to bite the bullet a cou- are that “The Home” has been
ple of years back and have a helping children and families
professional do the finish work since 1799 and counts John
on it until and the final results and Abigail Adams among their
show very well. founders. Their mission is no
There was a lot happening all longer just an orphanage as we
over Lot 16 on this night, The probably thought of them, but
Grill Seekers set up again and Mass Cruisers President Dale Williams presents the ShoCar As- is the oldest child agency in the
created an expressway traffic sociation Cruise Night Plaque to Jim Keating, whose beautiful country and the largest in New
jam of bodies queuing up for 1937 Ford Convertible was select by the Bass Pro Shops Front (Continued on page 6)
those free Patriots First Down End Lead, Brendon Beninghof.
beef franks that Big Grill Johnny
Croati was serving. This time The Lot 15 section near the
we finally had a night where the Bass Pro Shops was filled with
“Grills vs. Grilles” competition boats as part of their month
took place. Rick Finamore set long July Great American Boat
up a table to pass out his Sho- Sale which ends July 20. Al-
Car Association Aug. 1 & 2, 2nd though we’ve experienced one
Annual Rod & Custom Nationals cruise with a large number of
flyers, Seekonk Race Track cars without that space, some
brought one of their cars and cruise car owners expressed
posted all the spectator events preferring the Lot 16 only
that they now run, Patriot Place setup; but, wait until the over-
had a sign up table for their cast skies make way for hot
Rewards program and of August nights and we’ll see
course, our own 50-50 table was what shakes out for the next
there selling benefit raffle tick- cruise.
ets, cruise night tee’s and the
2008 cruise DVD’s. The Patriot http://www.masscruisers.com
Place shuttle was running every has all the still photos and slide
20 minutes between the Bass shows for these and all the Our club’s 50-50 raffle team is in good spirits at the July 16 cruise
Pro Shops and the South and ongoing cruise nights. following two previous rain hampered events that prevented us
North shopping plazas to keep from running the club’s 50-50 raffle that benefits local area chari- ties. Mary Falcione, left, counts the raffle donations while Marie
the flow of patrons moving. Armando, Ralph Chadsey & Patrick Touhey celebrate.
Overcast sky backdrops some of the 450 cruise cars from atop the Lot 16 grass berm along Rte. 1 on July 16
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