Truro Raceway/Nova Scotia Exhibition Grounds - Bible Hill
Charitable Donations:
Show & Shine 2011 collected a fair amount of money for our
charities, so we are giving to an
expanded list this year (see links to selected groups below) .
We traveled to Halifax for the Christmas Daddies broadcast
to present our donation of $1,500 to them...
but eight other deserving
groups received their cheques at our November Board meeting in Truro.
Club Treasurer Angela Hamilton had the distinct pleasure of handing
out the donations...
Golden Age
Auto Club, one of the oldest and largest antique auto clubs
in Nova Scotia, is looking for new members.
Enjoy the fun of belonging to a great club with like
minded people, help organize our annual car show and benefit
local charities, relax at our annual picnic, socialize at
our annual Christmas Dance. You can even buy & sell in
our newsletter! Want to know more about our
activities?
Call Pinky at 893-8490
History -About Us...
The first meeting of Golden Age Automobile Club was held on April
7,1974 with 35 people in attendance. Today we have
63 members and their spouses, making us one of the largest and
oldest antique car clubs in Nova Scotia.
GAAC offers a place for antique car collectors and restorers to share
their experiences, runs a large annual Car Show, and provides many social
opportunities to meet and mix with fellow enthusiasts. We also
support the community through various
events
and charitable donations.
GAAC meets every
second Sunday of the month in Truro at a local seniors centre.
Club Activities
Monthly Meetings
Annual Fall Corn Boil
Annual Summer Picnic
Annual "Show & Shine"
Monthly 50/50 Cash Draws
Parade Float Entries & Cruises
December Christmas Dance & Dinner
Year-long Charitable Fundraising
Regular Newsletter with Classified Ads
2012 Executive Committee
President
- Rick Hilliard
president@goldenageautoclub.com
Vice
President - Ron Stephens
Secretary -
Arlene Oatway
Treasurer
Angela Hamilton
Rachel
Nieforth, Director
Marg
Shipley, Director
Robert
MacLellan, Director
Jeff
Goulding, Director
Sonny
Green, Director
Auditing -
Jeff Goulding, Sonny Green
Phone &
Nominating - Marg Shipley, Jeff Goulding
Newsletter
Editor Brian Blaikie
50/50 -
Angela Hamilton
Refreshments - Arnold Neil
Sick &
Visiting - Marg Shipley
Our
Annual Car Show
The first annual show was held inside at the Truro Stadium in 1975,
where they continued yearly until they outgrew the stadium by the early
80's. By this time the numbers had reached approximately 40 cars.
The club then decided to try their first outdoor Show & Shine, which was
held in 1983 at the Nova Scotia Agriculture College in Bible Hill. This
show paved the way to our successful outdoor shows we now have today.
This first outdoor event was held in conjunction with the Big
Brothers/Big Sisters as we donated the proceeds to them. We once again
increased our numbers and with our second year at the College reaching
approximately 100 cars, we had to move to yet another location to handle
these large groups. In 1985 we moved to the
Scotia Pine Camp Ground but by 1993 we had approached 500 cars and thus
had to look once again for another facility that could handle our steady
growth! 1994 was the first year for our present day location at
the Debert Airport where we have had in excess of 1000 show cars, along
with over 100 cars for sale in our Car Corral. In 2005 we moved to
the Truro Exhibition Grounds, running for two years in conjunction with
the Truro Tulip Festival on the May Victoria Day long weekend.
Eventually the club decided to move the show up to June to ensure warmer
weather - visit our Events page for more on
this years show.
