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PNA
CO-SPONSORS SECOND ANNUAL
CLASSIC AND ANTIQUE CAR SHOW
Chicago, Illinois - The Polish National
Alliance along with the Sauganash Chamber of Commerce and
Midwest Motor Shows, hosted the
second annual Classic and Antique Car Show on the grounds of the PNA
Home Office.
The day started off blustery then turned hot
and humid. Dave Hartman
registered two cars for the show. Jackie Boland,
President of the Sauganash Chamber of Commerce and PNA President
Frank Spula organized the volunteers, who set up on the PNA
grounds with a stage, food, and informational booths for
the thousand of car enthusiasts that came out to view the
classic cars. Classic motorcycles were shown as well. Cars were
entering the show till 4:30 p.m. towards the end of the day. A
total of eighty two cars were in line for viewing.
In the afternoon the Younger Wici Dancers
performed Jive Dance number and Ballroom dancing, under the
instruction of Wojciech Kozlowski, Cosmos Six and
Circular Soul performed on the music stage. Oldies music played throughout the day to set the
mood, to go with the eras from the cars.
A special coloring contest for children
occurred throughout the day with Kelly Sheridan age 4 and
Magdelena Pukal age 4 were winners. They were awarded special
trophies along with a toy car.
Throughout the day, judges went around to all
the participating cars to select the best of the show. The
judges included PNA Officers and Directors as well as members of the
Sauganash Chamber of Commerce. The selected winners in eighteen
categories.
President Frank Spula would like to thank
everyone that participated in the car show, the vendors that had
booths and the volunteers that assisted, which included:
National Secretary Charles A. Komosa, National Treasurer Marian
Grabowski, PNA Directors; Christine Domalewski and Cecilia
Tomaszkiewicz; Commissioner of District 13 Zenon Olejniczak, PNA
employees John Wantuch, Mary Wieczorkiewicz, John Benedetti,
Victor Modlinski, Robert Jadach, Joseph Magielski, Anna
Burszczyk, Bozena Sztukowski, Adam Maj,
Chester Iwan, Wojciech Wierzewski, Mary Sloniec, Jozefa Weglarczyk, Elzbieta Onak,
from PNA Bank, Jolanta Walaszak,
Basia Styczen and Ewa Mierczarek; Melanie Tomaszkiewicz, Tomasz
Pilewski, Robert Pukal, Bartosz Pukal, Piotr Walczak, Dennis Hammer, Piotr Latallo, Club "Sokol"
(President Ms. Dzika),
Gregory Grden, Mary Lou Quinn, Jenise Celestin, Stephanie
Hammer, Kelly Leggett, Jessica Jafari, Tom Boland, Jackie
Boland from the Chamber of Commerce and David Hartman and his wife
Sue and son that registered all the cars.
Story by Robert M. Jadach
Photos by: Robert M. Jadach & Wojciech Wierzewski
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