MONTHLY CRUISIN’ with the Mass Cruisers Auto Club
“Cruisin’ at the speed of fun”
Volume 18, Issue 11
October 30, 2009
Our cruise to Blithewold by Patrick Touhey
Nuts n’ Bolts
The Waites, Huntingtons, Ar-
• Bruce & Jean Waite served up
mandos , Freedmans, Rossmans,
meatloaf with mashed and veg-
gies cake for dessert.
Lapores, Nyborns MacDonalds,
Coles, Vinings and the Touheys
• President Dale Williams called
met and left from the Cardi’s in
the meeting to order at 7:10pm
N. Attlboro at 9:30 am on a per-
and read the notes from the
board meeting.
fect cruising day. Shortly after
everyone arrived we started out
• 22 Members attended the
to 95 south on our way. It was a
meeting.
little cool for the rag tops to
• New Member Roger Keller at-
come down on the highway, but
tended.
once we go off 195 we pulled
over and the few of us the had
• Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM
them, dropped them, the con- ‘Round About
vertibles that is. At that time
Super Wheels Showdown XV
Steve V, informed us that John
took place on City Hall Plaza,
and Judy Buchanan were a few
The Crew at Blithwold. Enjoy the large garden area . Saturday, October 1.
miles behind us, so we waited.
As we seen Diamond Lil chug
1906 and the current mansion was built. Here are some facts provided
By Neringa Bryant
past us at a healthy clip we
by their website Blithewold.org.
It rained while we drove in at 6:30
started back on the road through am... it rained all day... all day...
Barrington, Warren and the Bris- In 1895, Augustus Van Wickle and his wife, Bessie Pardee Van Wickle, and it rained when we drove home.
tol. We arrive at Bilthewold at purchased 70 acres of waterfront land in Bristol, RI and named it And yet, for Frank and I it was an
11:30 am. We took the tour Blithewold (Old English for “happy woodland”). They built a large, exciting day. We enjoyed the city.
through the stately summer resi- Queen Anne style mansion, and moved in during the summer of 1896. We liked driving into City Hall
dence in a different era. It was a They would reside at Blithewold from May until November, often return- Plaza. There is an energy in the
lovely design as the house flowed ing for holidays at Christmas, Thanksgiving, and family occasions. streets especially when Frank
from room to room. The original Bessie hired John DeWolf, landscape architect and Superintendent of drove Gracie, his1940 Tudor, into
house was destroyed by fire in Prospect Park, New York City, to help implement her vision of a horti-
cultural sanctuary. (continued on page 3)
Inside this issue:
Cruisin’ at The Bass Pro Shops by Patrick Touhey
Bass Pro Shops Cruisin’ 2
Blithewold Cruise(cont.) 3
Cruise Night - October 8th, our
Place. By then there were at least
proved it!!!
twelfth 2009 cruise night at the
350-400 vehicles of all types fill-
Cruise night– October 22nd, The
Board Meeting Notes 4
Bass Pro Shops at Patriot Place in
ing up the parking lots. By the
Foxboro. The weather was simi-
time dusk rolled in there were over
final cruise night of the season. It
Tool and Tips 5
lar to last cruise night, cool and
1,100 cars, trucks, hot rods, sports
was a spooktacular evening, the
weather was perfect. The candy
Classified 6
dry. There were a few early
cars, and at least 350 bikes. We've
cruise cars coming in at 1:00 but
been saying for quite a while that
was plenty and the ghouls were
Club Events calendar Page 7
by 4:00 things were really jump-
our cruise night is the biggest and
scary. Another 1000 + car night
A Valiant effort 8
ing here at Bass Pro Shop/Patriot
best in the Northeast and over the
(Continued on page 2)
last eight weeks all of you cruisers November Events and 9
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