Ocean Bay, Massachusetts-Rhode Island Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club

Ocean Bay Newsletter nov - dec 2011 proof

August 20th was another warm and sunny afternoon. The club's monthly meet was held down at the home of Bob and Alice Valpey. The couple has a beautiful 25 acre property right on the lake. This meet was a joint meet with the Ocean Bay Chapter and the Tri-Spokes Chapter. The couple's home is located in Center Harbor N.H. The longest people had to drive from what I heard was about a two to three hour drive depending on traffic. The cars were all parked at the bottom of the driveway on the lawn and the opposite side of the driveway held a few of the late comers. It was actually a good amount of Studes including what Bob had on display of his outside. The guess were also a good amount around 70 to 80 people I heard attended this event.

The arrival time for this event was set to be 11:00 a.m. with cold cuts and other sandwiches and salads being served around 12:00. After lunch comes dessert and from what I heard even though all the desserts looked delicious just like they tasted the homemade Chocolate chip cookies and the cherry squares were amongst the favorites. Stomachs full, it was time to go see Bob's collection. It was a walk up the driveway to the garage he had it in. If you were one of the lucky ones you got to board the Studebaker bus and head up to the garage.

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As I have said many times, “God must be driving a Studebaker” and he was definitely driving one on Saturday August 21st, the day of the Studebaker Drivers Club 2010 Northeast Zone Meet at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge Massachusetts. (At least he must have been driving one on Friday and Saturday of the meet, not sure what he was driving on Sunday!) As most of you know by now the 2010 Zone Meet was a huge success, it all started on a beautiful Friday evening at Ocean Bay’s hospitality suite. It was a great evening; Studebakers started driving in throughout the afternoon from all over New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and even Ontario Canada. This year Ocean Bay hosted a great Hospitality room in the Presidential Suite of the hotel which overlooked beautiful Cedar Lake complete with patio and a great gas fired fire pit. Our guests enjoyed cheese and crackers, munchies, dessert, cold drinks and a cash bar. By evening we were all sitting around the fire pit enjoying each other’s company and talking about great times and old friends and of course our Studebakers.

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