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One of Golden Age's favourite activities -

donations to local charities.  Here 2010

President  Rachel Nieforth presents a

$1,200 cheque to the lawyer for the

Children's Wish Foundation.

 

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. 

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Presentation to club founders: L-R Alex Varner, Burt Filmore, Cecil Parker, Marshall Hutt,  Lawson Green.  Missing from photo: Wendell Brown, Rick Cox, John Davis, Bill Harvey, Charlie Hughes, Freeman Nieforth

Click here for a printable Member Application Form

Club Activities

bulletMonthly Meetings
bulletParade Float Entries
bulletAnnual Summer Picnic
bulletAnnual "Show & Shine"
bulletMonthly 50/50 Cash Draws
bulletDecember Christmas Dance
bulletYear-long Charitable Fundraising
bulletRegular Newsletter with Classified Ads

GAAC meets every second Sunday of the month at the Good Neighbours Retired Citizens Association Building at 21 Palmer Street  at 7:00 pm.

2010 Executive Committee

 

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President - Rachel Nieforth
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president@goldenageautoclub.com

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Vice President  - Theresa Shipley

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Treasurer - Anne Henderson

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Secretary - Arlene Oatway
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secretary@goldenageautoclub.com

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Wayne MacDonald, Director

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Gordie Henderson, Director

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Pinkey Shipley, Director

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Marg  Shipley, Director

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Ron Stephens, Director

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Burt Fulmore, Director

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Ron Stephens, Director

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Floyd MacKenzie, Backup Director

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Auditing - Jeff Goulding & Brent Nelson

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Phone & Nominating - Marg Shipley & Ron Stephens

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Newsletter Editor Brian Blaikie

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Refreshments - Arnold Neil

                                                           

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Truro Parade - late 1970's.  Founding member Marshall Hutt in his 1924 Star and yes, that's the one and only Colonel Saunders in the back seat!

 

One of our Hilden shows...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.

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~ Proud to be ~

Part of the Nova Scotia Community for over 30 years!

Golden Age Automobile Club

PO Box 252, Truro
Nova Scotia, Canada, B2N 5C1

info@goldenageautoclub.com

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