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 | | The founding members Nelson Bates, Gene Brewer, Wendell Hawkins, Cleburne McAllister, C. Stinnett, Billy Vaticalos, William Villyard and yours truly sat in the living room of the Spreadbury domicile and were optimistic, courageous, ambitious, and enthusiastic enough to initiate the formation of a single-marque antique automobile club. |
 | | Imagine a Packard Club to be located in a historically low-density, semi-financially destitute, borderline illiterate population area at a time when the object of our affection was an upper-class expensive automobile that had not been produced or sold as new for more than forty years. |
 | | At the outset we had the long tenure of Gene Brewer, an interim stint by yours truly, followed by the team of Nelson and Norma Bates, to the present well-organized Connie Spreadbury. |
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