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Show Lakeside Review, Wednesday, August 23, 1989 4 Lakeside PORT wearing a bag over his head. His wife Mar- FARMINGTON If Henry Ford was alive today, hed fit I right in with the Beehive Model Club where his early creations reign supreme. On Aug. 12, the Farmington City Park was decked out with 15 Model A cars and trucks, gleaming in one long row. It was the clubs monthly meeting, and part of the fun included events such as a fan belt toss and driving an obstacle course. When the club was started in 1982, we had just three finished cars, said Fred Bateman, who owns a 31 four-dosedan. Now the club has about 40 cars, since some members own several mod- t r, - 7 the balloon. den. The women are just as into it as the men, Mrs. Thompson said. But while the men talk shop, we talk about fashions of the period. She owns a few clothes from the Model A era. Another member, Karen Stoker, has enough old clothes to put on fashion shows. Part of the clubs growth is due to the members themselves, who help new members finish the restoration work on their cars. For about three months, the whole club was in our garage evattests Batemans ery night, wife, Gaylene. These auto buffs say the Model els. A has a lure all its own. Five milThe cars werent always bright lion Model As were built by and shiny, with beveled glass and Ford from 1928 to 1931. In conimmaculate interiors. Many were trast, Ford built 15 million Modfound rusting in old fields or dug el Ts from 1908 to 1927. Most of these are the original out of river beds. Some were inherited after years of sitting idle. colors, Bateman said, pointing to the deep maroon, rich tan and Many didnt run at all. gleaming yellow paint jobs disThrough swap meets, mail orThese offer a departure played. der houses and from the Model Ts basic black owners found the necessary parts exterior. to refurbish the vehicle, with Thats why we like Model As; hundreds of hours spent tinker- we can jazz them up a little bit, ing in the garage. Bateman said. Club president Mel Thompson He says he can get up to 52 saw an ad in the Big Nickel for a mph with his 24 1929 Model A pick-uHe horsepower machine. The group often tours together, bought it for $700. It was just a bucket of bolts driving in a caravan to Bear when I started, he says. Ive Lake, Park City, Provo and other had it for 15 years now. spots of interest. One memorable He bought a 3 coupe for his trip was a drive to Boise on the old highways, since with a cruiswife, Lauren, two years ago. Ive driven it all over, she ing speed of 40 mph the cars said. That includes driving arent fast enough for the freearound with club members in the way. When DeVere Broughs fan belt i, movie, Wait Until Spring, broke at a ghost town near Snow- when it was filmed m Og or ' word-of-mout- - ' h, four-cylind- p. . , 4 1 ! , Ban-din- Putting a little extra shine into the hood of his 1929 Model A is Mike Bachman of Pleasant View. viUe, the group pulled over at an old boarded-u- p gas station and went to work on it. Brough chuckles when he recalls how the group must have looked like something from out of the past, with the old cars and the ghost town for a backdrop. k He said, A guy in a slowed down, looked around at us and said, You guys were broken down for a hell of a long time, and away he went. Four years ago, several members drove to a World Meeting in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, that at semi-truc- tracted antique car buffs from as far away as New Zealand and lars for it. Australia. Brough said cars are worth $5,000 to $25,000, depending on the quality of the its much harder to locate a Model A to work on than it was ten years ago. You can possibly find one, but youll have to pay premium dol Thompson says the restored restoration. Once the mania sets in nothBateman said ing interferes, with a smile. Story by Valerie Phillips Photos by August Miller id w Recreation a building experience He earned a masters degree in VALERIE PHILLIPS from Lakeside Review correspondent recreation FARMINGTON City recrebe a building expeation should rience rather than a totally competitive, activity, Farmingtons e recreation director, first says. Woodhouse, Morgan While this idea might sound athlete foreign to the who thinks of no guts, no glory games, Woodhouse looks at recreation through a broader scope. I feel like recreation is important for everyone, something everyone should enjoy, he said. It shouldnt be something that only the elite, most athletic type of individual can have an opportunity to participate. The city council apparently agrees, since Woodhouse was hired last month over 46 other applicants. He wants to broaden the activities to include senior citizen programs and visiting museums. While attending BYU, he was a three-tim- e Western Athletic Conference wrestling champion. Brigham Young University, and was working as a recreation director for Salt Lake County when he was hired by Farmington. But before jumping into new ideas, hes learning about some of the programs already offered by the city like baseball, soccer, little league football and basketball. I want to get a feel for whats expected in each program, he said. Well probably institute a couple new programs a year. Those include something for senior citizens and a summer pro- win-win-w- in beat-beat-be- at, full-tim- die-ha- rd ) gram that planning offers different experiences for the youth, such as going to different museums, art places, water parks, the zoo, arts and craft activities. The program would be similar to the one Woodhouse ran in Salt Lake County. The whole summer was planned out so they could do thqse different types of things. It was little less affluent area than Farmington, said Woodhouse. He looks for such a program to. 4 begin probably by the summer of 1991. Since it would need more paid the recreation budget is going to have to increase a little bit. But most of the programs we ran were so it wont cost the taxpayers anything. He would also like to implement more activities for girls and adults. He plans to get a tennis program, including lessons and tournaments, on its feet for both adults and kids. staff, Woodhouse says self-sufficie- Ron Oborne (the former recreation director) did an excellent job, Woodhouse added. Hes left me with some foundations to build on. Under Woodhouses reorganization, a committee will be formed for each individual sport, so one group of people wont he have to work said. The chairman of each committee will sit on an advisory committee which would work directly with me. part-tim- e year-roun- d, He says any city recreation program is important because, It a little bit from the same old rut type activities. gives people an outlet, somewhere to release and relax, and, as the word says, to recreate. Its an opportunity to lift their spirits Thats why its important to be a building experience instead of a totally competitive beat- - day-to-d- 4 beai-boa- t, in activity. , Also, recreation offers both mental and physical benefits,. You exercise, stay in better condition, so not only mentally but physically its beneficial. |