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MEETING NOTES
The July meeting was called to order by President Phil Snyder and the minutes read by Secretary Walt Robbins. There followed a discussion of the two, major, up-coming, spectacular, not-to-be-missed, exciting, Chapter Events:

Instead of our normal, third Thursday Chapter Meeting, on August 21, we will have a Chapter Outing. It is recommended to begin the adventure by 6:15 PM at the Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania SEPTA Train Station to catch the 6:15 train to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. That gets us there in time to assemble at 7:30 PM (sharp) for our very own, special, behind-the-scenes guided tour of the control facilities high above the station floor!

And, if that wasn't enough, on Saturday, August 16, the Chapter's greatly anticipated, Do-It-Yourself, Bring-Your-Own-Food, Rain-or-Shine, Come-and-Join-Us Annual Picnic will be held with the aid of the Wilmington & Western Railroad. We will board the 12:30 PM train at the almost-ready-for-use new station at Greenbank, Delaware for a ride to the picnic grove at Mount Cuba (one of the highest elevations in the state of Delaware).

Following refreshments, we had our usual summer do-it-yourself slide program. Slides were presented by Ken Berg (Vancouver-Lillowet 9/96), Ed Thornton (Track Laying Machine 5/97), Greg Ajamian (St. Paul, MN 6/97), Bruce Barry (Portland,OR area 6/97), Ernie Barry (Lancaster, Oxford & Southern right-of-way), Frank Ferguson (Chicago, Powder River, Fort Worth), and Phil Snyder (Wilmington Station, Feltonville 7/97).

From The Editor
Sorry I couldn't put more into this newsletter but I'm only home a short time between business trips. However, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about the Chapter Trip and other events coming up. Hopefully, I can put more together next time.

A LOOK BACK
Historian Ron Cleaves

August 1967: The first meeting of the Wilmington Chapter was held at the engine house of the Wilmington & Western Railroad in the Parlor Car "Defender". The slate of officers elected at that first Chapter meeting: President Henry Dickinson Historian John Dwasak Vice President George M. Cramer Editor to be named Treasurer H. C. Massara Trip Committee to be named Secretary J. Howard Link For the name of the new Chapter, several were offered, such as "Del-Mar-Va", "Red Clay", and "Wilmington" but the official name became "The Wilmington Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society".

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Chapter Officers
President - Phil Snyder
Vice President & Historian - Ron Cleaves
Treasurer - Ralph Stevens, Jr.
Secretary - Walt Robbins
National Director - Ed Thornton
Editor - Greg Ajamian
Public Relations - Ken Berg
Event Photographer - Doug Weaver

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