Shuswap Chapter

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 Brian Keith  250-546-6032
briankeith12@hotmail.com
Past President Barry Swenson  250-836-4530
webs602@jetstream.net
Vice President
 Ernie Webster  250-832-8323
emwebster@sunwave.net
Secretary Helen Stoddart 250-675-6803
helensmail@lakecable.ca
Treasurer Bruce Scott  250-804-2048
bscott442@xana.ca
Governor Clint Dunningham  250-675-4672
Directors:
Bonner Neeve  250-675-2536
 Kirsten Chapman  250-675-5077
Nigel Jones  250-833-4514
 Wilma Swenson  250-836-4530
 Kjell Hurlen  250-675-5070
 Lou Toop  250-675-5091
Membership
 George Alison  250-675-5375
Sunshine
 Myrt Webster  250-832-8323
emwebster@sunwave.net
Regalia
 George Eveneshen  250-832-9430
Buildings
 Jerry Foskett  250-832-2854
foskettj@telus.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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