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Annual Dinner 2003  –  The Story in Pictures
©  Tue Nov 25 2003

On Thursday evening, October 23rd, 2003, the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles held their Annual Dinner at the Inn at Moselem Springs, 12 miles NNE of Reading on Route 222.

 Auction Lookers 1/3



 Auction Lookers 2/3 Before dinner was the  silent auction.

 Auction Lookers 3/3 Our guests were busy checking out the items up for bid.

 Look !   The General's here. Look!  The General's here.

 1939 Chrysler Imperial The General is a 1939 Chrysler Imperial that

 Ray Carr in The General  Ray Carr  (close-up)
Ray Carr

 it's a giraffe - in the General

and friend

 The General  (past tense) drove nearly 5000 miles across Africa, in 19 days, in 110° heat, earlier this year.

For a little more information on this, go to Ray Carr, Driver Extraordinaire.   For a lot more information on this, go to Ray Carr - Home Page.

 Dinner Dinner is served.

 is served.

 But, I see a few But, I see a few empty chairs.

 empty chairs.

 Lisa & Sandi Oh.    Of course.    Lisa & Sandi are busy tabulating the bids on the 37 auction items.

 Lisa, Sandi, & Claire From left:  Lisa Reber, Museum Registrar;  Sandi Miller, Museum Office Manager;  and Claire Boyer, Annual Dinner Co-ordinator.

 Paul, Ken, Erminie, Ray From left:  Paul Hafer, Museum Founder;  Ken Wells, Museum Executive Director;  Erminie Hafer, Paul's wife of 70 years, and author of A Century of Vehicle Craftsmanship;  and Ray Carr, Driver Extraordinaire,

 Ray Carr, featured speaker and tonight's featured speaker.

 Bernie Hofmann, Museum President

Bernie Hofmann, Museum President, says, "Welcome."

 Edna, Greg, Claire, Ed, Kathryn, Sandi From left:  Edna Dierolf, Museum Docent-in-Chief;  Greg Dubeck;  Claire Boyer, partially obscured;  Ed Miller, husband of Sandi, and chronic Museum Volunteer;  Kathryn Miller, Ed's mother, and in charge of contacting all the potential auction contributors;  and Sandi Miller, finally gets to eat.

 Bob & Ray  (r to l) Bob Moon (right), of "Cignature Classic Cars", maintains Ray Carr's collection of automobiles.   For more information on this, go to Ray Carr Automotive Museum.

Bob & Ray smile for the camera.

 Bernie thanks Paul

Bernie thanks Paul.

 Paul thanks Ray  (Bernie betwixt)

Paul thanks Ray.

 Ray, Bernie, Paul And  I thanks you,  for visiting the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, and poking a nozzle into our Annual Dinner 2003  –  The Story in Pictures.   Of course, as you know, every travelogue must conclude with a "sunset" shot.   Okeedoke.   Here 'tis  –  From left:  Ray Carr, Bernie Hofmann, and Paul Hafer.

But wait.   There's more ...


The Inn at Moselem Springs (15 miles NW of the Museum) is a nice place for an event.

 Waitress #2  Waitress #1

And our waitresses were super !

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