Page A10 October 2022 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A Call 651-450-7727 to request a wholesale catalog, Our Extra-Large Cremains Bags (13”x 15”) are perfectly sized for the Standard Plastic Human Service Urn. or visit UrnBags.com to order some bags. Just $2.90 each*. * Bags sold in multiples of 10 Choose from Black, Blue, or Burgundy J t $3.10 each* Choose fr m Black, Blue, rgundy, Green or Gray by KNAUER INDUSTRIES “Quite Possibly America’s Finest Line of Professional Cosmetics” • Cover Cremes • Lip Color • Liquid Tints • Powder • Brushes • Wax www.derma-pro.net 1-800-531-9744 Fax 903-641-0383 E-Mail: sales@derma-pro.net MOUNT AIRY,MD— March 1820, 2022 proved a milestone long weekend in Professional Car Society annals as its Mid-Atlantic Chapter assumed responsibility for hosting the club’s annual Micro Meet in Mount Airy, MD following a twoyear COVID-forced hiatus and sixteen hard-to-top stagings by Flint, MI funeral director Brady Smith and his wife Janet. Mid-Atlantic Chapter PCS members set the tone of the event through their diverse displays of miniature pro-cars reflecting their special areas of interest. Club co-founder George Hamlin’s tremendous pride in his Hawkeye roots and passion for Henney-bodied Packards found expression in a Hotel Davenport diorama fronted by 1/43 scale limousines, while Steve Lichtman recalled his paramedic career with an ambulancefocused exhibit featuring a largely scratch-built 1/25 scale replica of the 1963 Superior Pontiac U.S. Navy ambulance that took John F. Kennedy’s body to Bethesda Naval Hospital on the night of its return fromDallas. The Micro-Meet’s move to Maryland, inevitably, encouraged the participation of pro-car model makers and collectors who had never traveled to the Michigan editions. While Wesley Wood of Towson, Maryland insisted “I just grabbed what was easiest to grab in my display case,” he turned lots of heads with his huge display of 1/43 scale limousines (one standout was a 1956 Chrysler Crown Imperial that was #23 of 200 made by Legendary Models) and a 1/25 scale Ardleigh Elliott replica of a 1957 Cadillac bearing Elvis Presley’s John Hancock on the underside of its trunk lid under license from Elvis Presley Enterprises. Tim Peretich of Pittsburgh fielded an equally impressive array of 1/43 funeral car die-casts (mostlymade by Sunset Coach) replicating, among other classics, 1941 Henney Packard and 1949 Flxible Buick “slick top” Landaulet Hearses; a 1949 A.J. PCS: Miniatures MarylandBy Gregg D. Merksamer 1956 Chrysler Crown Imperial displayed by Wesley Wood 1957 Cadillac bearing Elvis Presley’s licensed autograph displayed by Wesley Wood Best of Show was Brian Martin’s 1959 Miller-Meteor Cadillac made entirely of Lego Replica of 1963 Superior Pontiac U.S. Navy ambulance that took John F. Kennedy’s body to Bethesda Naval Hospital on the night of its return from Dallas Tim Peretich’s impressive array of 1/43 funeral car diecasts included a 1958 Comet Oldsmobile that won the people’s choice vote in its class. Miller Cadillac “First Call” Coach; a 1954 S&S Cadillac Victoria shown with an appropriately-sized casket and church truck; and a 1958 Comet Olds Landaulet with wraparound corner windows that won the people’s choice vote in its class. In the end it was Brian Martin of Ellicott City, MD who ultimately earned Bestof-Show for a 1959 Miller-Meteor Cadillac made entirely of Lego, which he adapted from a GHOSTBUSTERS Ecto-1 kit he re-painted red-and-white to resemble a Sentinel ambulance rendering seen in MM’s 1959 literature. Professional Car Society Meets in Sturbridge Continued from Page A8 who hosted the proceedings with his wife Sandy – was proud to note this was the first time since its 1976 founding that the Society had ever held its biggest annual event in New England, ensuring it attracted several never-preed a dedicated pro-car display at the Brimfield Winery’s regular Friday evening cruise and a Saturday Concours at the Publick House Historic Inn that has been welcoming travelers to Sturbridge since 1771. The gathering’s Continued on page A16 viously-shown funeral vehicles, ambulances and livery service limousines. Most of the attendees who traveled in from points as far dispersed as Florida, Michigan, Tennessee and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick were funeral directors and EMS personnel who have spent their careers working with “procars,” making them fervent advocates of authentic restorations and preservations spurring public appreciation of the aesthetics and fine craftsmanship put into these essentially custommade vehicles by such esteemed specialist coachbuilders as Superior, Sayers & Scovill, Miller-Meteor, Eureka and Henney. The constitution and judging rules of the PCS, accordingly, prohibit coffins, cobwebs, skeletons and other macabre miscellany in any car displayed at its shows. New Englanders were afforded several memorable opportunities to admire PCS members’ hearses, flower cars, limousines, ambulances and hearse/ ambulance “combinations” during Meet Week, thanks to an itinerary that includSave on Shipping! 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