The Official Publication of the SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL MUSTANG CLUB MARCH 2015 PONY EXPRESS APRIL MEETING April 18, 2015 Pig Pickin at the home of Jessie and Jackie Lisane. 2178 S. NC 11 HWY, Rose Hill, NC. Wilmington members meet at CostCo at 2:00 PM for a 2:15 departure. Jacksonville members meet at the Wilco-Hess station on HWY 258 at 2:00PM for a 2:15 departure. INSIDE THIS EDITION March Meeting Show Season Prayer requests Board Members Cars and Coffee March 4 March Meeting 5-6 Happy Birthday Clint 7 Upcoming Events 8 2 3 MARCH AT PIZZA CORNER The March meeting of the SENCMC was held on Sunday March 8 at Pizza Corner in Wallace, NC. We want to thank Colwell Smith for arranging this location and we need to thank the owners and staff of Pizza Corner for opening on Sunday to allow us to meet in their restaurant. The food was delicious and the staff were friendly and efficient for our meeting. Terry Thompson, president of SENCMC, opened our meeting by welcoming all our members and our guests. We had 41 members present and 3 guests. Sara Crimbring, Carvelle Easter, and DeAngelo Griffin joined us for our meeting and we do hope that they will be back to join us. The minutes of the February meeting were read by Emily Griffith, and Gloria Thompson gave our treasurers report. We have $2, 386.48 in our treasury. Gloria also emphasized that any member who has not paid their dues for 2015 will be removed from our roster and will no longer be receiving email updates or the newsletter each month. Jessie and Jackie Lisane have invited us to hold our April meeting at their home for a Pig Pickin. We will ask that each family bring a dish to share with those present, please bring a salad, a side dish, a dessert or drinks to share. If you have a specialty (such as Bonnie s world famous banana pudding) please bring that to share. We circulated a sign-up sheet and so far have a nice variety of food to share and enjoy. Please be sure to bring something if you are coming to this meeting. Jessie and Jackie s address is 2178 S. NC 11 HWY, Rose Hill, NC 28458. Plans are being discussed for our November meeting to attend a Christmas show in Myrtle Beach. We will vote to decide if we want to attend a show at The Carolina Opry or the Alabama Theater. We will meet for dinner before the show and then attend the show together. We will vote on the location when we have details to consider including the price and times of the shows. Our May or June meeting will be a dyno day/ combo white meeting at National Speed. We should have the details of this meeting ready to announce at the April meeting.
PONY EXPRESS MARCH AT PIZZA CORNER Our annual show will be held on October 10 in the K Mart parking lot. We need to be on the lookout for items for the goodie bags and for door prizes so that we continue to have quality items for our show. On March 21 we will be celebrating the 21 st birthday of our member at large, Clint Morrell. We will be cruising down I40 and as members join along the way we will all finish our cruise at Golden Corral on New Centre Drive in Wilmington. This was planned as a surprise for Clint. Terry recognized those with birthdays in March. We had quite a few March birthdays. Kristina Danley, JC Edwards, Greg Griffith, Bob Ellis, Wanda Dixon, and Clint Morrell. Robert and Karen Clarke are celebrating their anniversary this month as well. Terry shared with us that he had visited Randy Rackley and saw the 1970 Boss 302 that Randy is restoring. There were over 300 cars in attendance at the March Cars and Coffee on Saturday, March 7. The April Cars and Coffee is scheduled for April 4, 2015 at Chilis on College Rd. in Wilmington, NC. Teresa Ellis is in need of an enclosed trailer for her business items she takes to shows around the area. If you know of one that she could purchase please contact her at bellis1@ec.rr.com Terry awarded a door prize to the drivers of the oldest mustang in attendance. Robert and Karen Clark won this prize. John Talatinian won a free dyno pull that was donated by Pat and Ted Piekut. James McCoy won our 50/50 drawing of $68. We held the raffle for the car cover that had been donated to our club. Neil Anders won this prize. Jessie Lisane prayed to bless our meal. Terry adjourned the meeting and we enjoyed a delicious meal and lovely day to drive back home. SHOW SEASON IS BEGINNING Now that Spring is arriving so is the Spring and Summer Show Season. We want to share all the results from our members who attend shows. Please share with our board members any photos from shows and let us know when you win awards at these shows. Our members frequently bring home awards from shows and we want to be able to recognize their achievements this show season. Page 2
PONY EXPRESS PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISES Several of our members or their family members have been sick or injured lately. Colwell Smith s father is a rehabilitation facility regaining his strength. Gloria s mother is recovering from a broken hip and surgery to correct this. Ed Malone was in the hospital at the time of our meeting. Several of our members have recently had to face the death of dear family members. We also have a few members who have chronic health issues and they need our prayers as well. Also so many of our members have family members serving our nation in our Armed Forces. Please keep them in your prayers as no matter what their duty station they have made a decision to serve us all and we need to keep them bathed in prayer. BOARD MEMBERS Our board members are always ready to hear from any of our members. If you have questions, suggestions or just need to discuss something with one of us please feel free to do so. Our email addresses are as follows: Terry Thompson, President terrylthompson@ec.rr.com Colwell Smith, Vice President colwell.smith@gmail.com Gloria Thompson, Treasurer babyrn@ec.rr.com Emily Griffith, Secretary ggriffith@ec.rr.com Kurt Miller Sr., Past President buzzch46@aol.com Clint Morrell, Member at Large morrellclint@yahoo.com If you have any prayer requests, praises or concerns that you would like to share with our members please send them to Emily Griffith at ggriffith@ec.rr.com. Also any information or pictures that you would like to see in the newsletter should also be sent to any board member. In order for us to keep everyone informed we need the help of all of our members, we don t want anyone to feel left out of things so please send an email to any of the board and we will try to get the information out to the other members. Page 3
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PONY EXPRESS HAPPY 21ST CLINT We in the SENMCMC are more of a family then an organization. We like to celebrate the milestones that our members reach. HAPPY 21ST. BIRTHDAY to our Member at Large Clint Morrell. Several of us met to cruise and celebrate Clint s birthday with him. Have a great birthday Clint, and thank you for letting us share in the celebration. Page 7
PONY EXPRESS UPCOMIING EVENTS Send pictures or Pony Express input to Emily Griffith at ggriffith@ec.rr.com The Southeastern North Carolina Regional Mustang Club is a chartered club of the Mustang Club of America. We have been with the MCA since 1993. We are over 100 Mustang enthusiasts whose general purpose is to encourage the enjoyment, maintain the preservation, and enhance the general knowledge of Ford Mustang and Shelby cars manufactured from 1964 to current year models. We hold monthly meetings, organize car shows and have club social outings that benefit the members and general public. If you would like to learn more about us please give us a call or email us. April Cars and Coffee, April 4,2015 9:00AM Chilis 819 S College Rd., Wilmington NC. April Meeting, April 1 8, 2015 3:00PM Pig Pickin at the home of Jessie and Jackie Lisane. Grand Strand Mustang Stampede and Classic Ford Car Show 2178 S. NC 11 HWY, Rose Hill, NC The Coastal Carolina Mustang Club would like to announce that we will be hosting a MCA National Mustang Show on September 30 thru October 2, 2016 as approved by the MCA today. We will keep you posted as information becomes available 10% Member s Discount for Parts and Ser- (Oleander Location Only) Valid through 05/31/2015 Present this coupon and your SENCMC membership card Southeastern North Carolina Mustang Club Page 8