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We are on the CHVA National Tour 
and having a great time. See new 
pictures below. The tour lasts until
Saturday June 27th in Knoxville TN.
Support your CHVA club!!!

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CHVA Cruise Nights Every 4th
Saturday of the Month at
Sonic Drive-In Rt. 41
Cartersville 5 P.M. till ... 

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ATLANTA HOT ROD LIMO SERVICE
With rates starting at $100.00 call
770 364-2696 and go to that special
event in either a 2008 Dodge Challenger
or a 1957 Chevrolet or how about a
1939 Ford convertible...
Parades,weddings,receptions,birthday,
bachelor party,bachelorette parties,
airport limos,concert limo,graduation,prom,
date night to Varsity and much more...

www.AtlantaHotRodLimos.com

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Zaeske's Auto Painting
Cartersville Georgia
Phone : 770 364-2696
770 826-3575
www.zaeske.myphotoalbum.com





Complete Paint Jobs
clear coats, lacquer, enamel,
acrylic enamel. 

Custom Graphics to dress up your car. 

Striping for your Chevy, Olds, Dodge, Plymouth,
Ford and just about anything you are looking for.

Factory correct musclecar decals & stripes for
your Ford, GM, or Chrysler. We offer exact
production, one-piece hood birds. 

That classic you are bringing back to life will
turn heads when you finish it with a
new stencil, stripe kit, or painted stripes.

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B.K. and Marjorie Showalter

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The 2009 Contemporary Historical Vehicle Association Tour is under way in Chattanooga TN next stop Cherokee NC !!!

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34th Annual Contemporary Historical Vehicle Association Car, Motorcycle, and Model Car Show Saturady June 13th, 2009

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Day Cruise to Social Circle GA

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"I'm ready for a cruise how about you Sally?" "You bet let's fire up them old cars."

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"We're heading to Social Circle Richard not Town Square."

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Accident on Rt. 20 delayed us took 4 hours to get there.

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City of Social Circle

Social Circle is a historic community located some 50 miles east of Atlanta in the Historic Heartlands section of Georgia in rural Walton County. The population is approximately 4000 and rapidly growing due to the urban sprawl.  We are a community proud of its history and are actively seeking ways to maintain our small town atmosphere and accommodate the growth. Come visit "Georgia's Greatest Little Town".

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Self explanatory

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A group of fine looking folks from the CHVA of GA

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We had a nice tour of Social Circle Georgia http://www.socialcirclegeorgia.citymax.com/index.html 

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Southern Wishing Well

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Blind lady worker and her good dog...

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"Shall we head to the Inn and settle in?"

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Social Circle Society of Arm Crossers holding a meeting...

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Now here is some hard core shoppers...

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"Oh sweet Birdie sing a song for me..."

Blue Willow Inn

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The property housing the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant was purchased by Louis and Billie Van Dyke in January, 1991. 

During 1991, the property underwent extensive renovations including additions for a commercial kitchen and a dining room. New wiring, plumbing and heating and air conditioning systems were installed. The first floor and the outside underwent complete renovations prior to opening in November, 1991. 

In March, 1992, columnist and author Lewis Grizzard dined at the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant. He wrote an article about the restaurant indicating that he had finally found southern cooking he had been searching for all of his life. The column syndicated in some 280 newspapers throughout the United States. 

In late 1992, one of the side porches was extended and enclosed for an additional dining room. Also, renovations to the second floor were completed. This gave the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant a total of 264 seats. In 1993, the pool area was renovated and the pool house was expanded and remodeled for a gift shop. In 1993, the Blue Willow Inn Gift Shop opened. In the mid 90’s the Van Dykes purchased the property behind the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant housing a church and block building. 

During the Olympics in Atlanta, the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant was one of the few attractions outside of Atlanta that experienced significant increases in tour and travel traffic. Before, during and after the Olympics, the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant hosted numerous athletes from around the world. As part of the Olympic experience, the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant sponsored several members of the Estonia Olympic Team. Both royalty and international politicians experienced the South at the Blue Willow Inn.

From 1996 to 2001, the Blue Willow Inn was awarded Southern Living Magazine Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Small Town Restaurant” in the South. After 2001, the category was retired. In 2002 and 2003 the restaurant was voted one of the best country restaurants in the south by the readers of Southern Living.

In 2003 and 2004, the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant was listed on USA Today’s “Top Ten” lists. In 2004 Gourmet Magazine included the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant as one of the “Top 100” in America. In 2004 the Food Network “Top 5” program featured the restaurant as one of the top 5 “Bodacious Buffets” in America. In 2006, Southern Living Magazine selected the restaurant as one of the top regional restaurants in the South.

It is not an understatement to say that the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant in Social Circle, Georgia, is truly one of the South’s top restaurants and possibly the best restaurant in the South featuring traditional southern cooking.

Guests from all 50 states and 180 countries have visited the Blue Willow Inn Restaurant. Of the 200,000 plus visitors annually, such guests as Helmut Kohl, former chancellor of Germany, the military leadership of the Republic of Georgia (hosted by the Georgia National Guard), ambassadors and ordinary people have experienced the true hospitality, grace and cooking of the Old South.

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Beautiful gardens at the Blue Willow Inn

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All the Blacks are in Social Circle David & Sally &David's brother & wife...

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"Did I tell you about the wrestler that was 10 time champion?"

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"Fried green tomatoes are our specialty."

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Looks like these folks tasted the home made moon shine.

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http://www.bluewillowinn.com/ 

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Hungry like a wolf...

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Fine looking gardens

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Now that's my kind of plate there...

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Didn't mean to keep you guys in the dark but ya'll are having fun...

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Very serious conversation at table 2...

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High Five ain't no jive...

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2009 Atlanta Steeplechase
and
CHVA Car Show

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And their off...

To the 44th Annual Atlanta Steeplechase and CHVA Car Show benefiting Starlight Children's Foundation and UGA College of Veterinary Medicine at Kingston Downs on the Etowah River.
 

Starlight brings together experts from pediatric health care, technology and entertainment to create programs that educate, entertain and inspire seriously ill children. Whether it’s finding friends online, learning more about a disease, or just spending time together as a family, Starlight’s programs help children and families cope with the challenges they face daily.

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine promotes the art and science of veterinary medicine through the education of tomorrow’s veterinarians, research in animal diseases, and service to the public. Proceeds from the Atlanta Steeplechase will go toward building a much needed new hospital for animals and supporting the educational programs of the College. www.vet.uga.edu

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One of the biggest hits at the Steeplechase was when the Bartow Etowah chapter of the CHVA drove in with their beautiful cars...

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POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS!!!
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Click here for steeplechase video...

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History of the Steeplechase 


1966 - 1970
Our first five years in a bend of the river
Horseshoe Bend
"Good for cotton and good for racing" described the late John Wayt Sr.'s sandy bottom land at Horseshoe Bend on the Chattahoochee River, once farmed by pioneers. It was there on a hot Sunday in March, 1966, that the first NSA-sanctioned Atlanta Hunt Meeting and Steeplechase was run.

About 9,000 spectators came to watch 'chasers vie over timber and hand-stuffed brush hurdles for the benefit of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Fewer than 100 Guarantors underwrote the $7,000 in purse money and enjoyed the first Tent Party. Picnickers and tailgaters experienced the usual vagaries of Atlanta springtime weather while establishing the gourmet food and eclectic dress traditions which are all part of Atlanta's unique 'Chase Day.

The Atlanta Hunt Meeting and Steeplechase was held for five years at Horseshoe Bend. Both brush and timber races were run "backwards" or clockwise to deal with a sharp turn which sloped the wrong way, but the whole level track was visible to spectators watching the races.


1971 - 1980
Our new home
Seven Branches Farm
In 1971, the Steeplechase moved 40 miles north to Seven Branches, yet again a Wayt property. In 1979, the Board of Stewards changed the Hunt Meeting date from March to early April. Horses had more time for race conditioning and spectators had a chance for better weather. Hollywood celebrities, Polly Bergen and Hugh O'Brien, each attended a race during these years. By 1980, the race purse had climbed to $34,000. Attendance had nearly doubled from the approximately 9,000 at Horseshoe Bend to 18,000 at Cumming. With the goal of having the Steeplechase benefit a local rather than national institution, in 1976 the Atlanta Speech School became the new beneficiary.

The hilly and challenging mile and one-sixteenth Cumming, Georgia track originally required tons of fill dirt before opening in 1971. It was not wide enough to accommodate timber as well as brush hurdles. It could, however, be run in the traditional counter-clockwise direction, contrary to its predecessor. A new grandstand was completed in 1972 and artificial but National brush hurdles replaced the arduously hand-stuffed evergreen jumps of previous years.

1981 - 1987
Atlanta gains a reputation as the testing ground of champions
With the change of date to later in the spring, owners, trainers and riders considered Atlanta the testing ground of the '80's for their horses. Flatterer, a four-time Eclipse Award winner, broke his maiden in a 1983 Atlanta race by eight lengths. Atlanta-owned, Census, another remarkable competitor, won the inaugural running of the Breeder's Cup Steeplechase. He was the leading steeplechase money-winner in '84 and '86. By 1987, the Atlanta purse had increased to $135,000. Corporate-sponsored and private parties gained in popularity during this era, and the landscape was dotted with colorful tents.

1988 - 1992
We come of age with the support of many friends
Atlanta's premier spring fling was named Best Charity Event by readers of Inside Buckhead and other metro publications in 1988. That same year, Mickey Free, ridden by Chuck Lawrence, was winner of the feature race that, for the first time, paid $100,000. In 1991, the Atlanta Journal Constitution highlighted a front-page photograph of the Atlanta Steeplechase in its Sunday edition for the first time. Members of Roswell Boy Scout Troop 87 sold programs and helped with pre-event preparations and cleanup after the races. Through all kinds of weather, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department directed traffic and provided security. Torrential rains mired the course and grounds in 1989 when scores of cars had to be towed from the muck. 1992 brought a new competition to the infield, a tailgate contest, with a prize for the most creative presentation.

1993 - Present
Time to move on again - to the bend in another river
KINGSTON DOWNS
In 1994, Atlanta prize money totaled $197,500, tying Iroquois in Nashville, for the richest race meet in the country at that time. Word from the Georgia Department of Transportation of plans for a road expansion through Seven Branches Farm forced yet another move, this time to Kingston Downs located between
Rome and Cartersville, Georgia. After researching more than 200 possible sites, members of the Board of Stewards held a groundbreaking ceremony in November 1993, for the new Steeplechase course. Located on 435 acres on the Bartow-Floyd County line, Kingston Downs closely resembles the original course as it, too, is nestled in a bend of a river, this time, the Etowah River. Set in a bowl-shaped valley, the entire track is visible to all spectators. The property, under a long-term lease to the Atlanta Steeplechase, is owned by De Clerck Hanssens

In 2007, the Atlanta Steeplechase announced two new primary beneficiaries, Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation of Atlanta and the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Additionally, souvenir sales benefit the Coosa Valley Chapter American Red Cross.

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4th Saturday of the month is CHVA Cruise Night at Sonic Drive-In on Rt. 41 Cartersville...Music...Food...Fellowship...FREE.

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Did you know it only cost $40.00 per year to join the CHVA???
Where else can you possibly have more fun that we do NO Where!!!
Come join us today by calling 770 386-4437 and talk to Brenda or email chvaga@aol.com
 Our website is www.chvaga.com

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Bob "Hard Butt" Harner - Harvey "Wildman" Woods - Jerry "Psycho" Schwarz
Be careful when cruising through Taylorsville if these guys are out thuggin'!!!

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Places & Faces of The CHVAGA

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Harvey, Vivian, & Ricky Woods
Car Collections...Cave Springs...
Fibbers in Alabama...Johnny
Stewart Car Collection Tour.

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Harvey & Vivian Woods Car Collection

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The CHVA of Etowah-Bartow Region in Cartersville Georgia is a club of 90 members who enjoy the fellowship of other car enthusiasts.We strive to make a differnce in our community by hosting and sharing in fund raisers that help groups such as battered womens shelter to families that may not have had a Christmas without us.

Click on the link at the top left Club Photo Albums and check out some of the fun times and adventures we have been on.

If you want to enjoy a trial run and see who we are and what we do give Brenda a call at 770 386-4427 and join us at our next event. The nice thing about our club is you don't have to own an old classic car to join...

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Ya'll Come Join Us For A Whole Lota Fun

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Click here to see all of our photo albums...

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Click here to see all the CHVAGA photo albums and come on back...