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Cat Tracks
Central Oklahoma Jaguar Association
January 2022
Compiled &
Edited by
Harry
Frantz
A Message From Our New President
Susan Frantz friends. If you choose to go out tomorrow
night, be very careful, especially concerning
Happy New Year! I hope everyone the people around you. After all it is amateur
had a wonderful Christmas celebration and night.
that you are looking forward to a new year I wish to thank Susan Frantz , Sarah Baxter
full of good health, good times, and good and Marsha Lietz for the fantastic
friends to share it with. Christmas party and dinner. I also wish to
I am honored to be your 2022 thank Susan and Sarah, Sandy and Ben
President. I hope I can live up to both your Ratzlaff, Dick and LaNeal Russ, Susan
expectations and the standards and successes Laurence and Al Leitz for their
of so many who previously held this contributions to this issue of Cat Tracks.
position. Also I wish to thank the membership in
Be sure to check out the calendar of having the confidence in my editing and
events at the end of this and each month’s writing skills to for me to continue as your
Cat Tracks to mark your personal calendars editor. Congratulations to all the new and
for our fun activities. We will begin the year continuing officers and directors elected at
the way we ended last year: with FOOD!!! the Christmas Dinner.
A perennial favorite, Dick & LaNeal Russ
will organize a trip to Okarche for the best
chicken in Oklahoma. Watch for details to Christmas Dinner 2021
By Susan Frantz
come.
How delightful to be able to gather
A Message From the Editor
again with our dear COJA friends. It’s fun to
dress up once in a while and enjoy an
I echo Madam President in wishing you a
excellent meal in such good company. We
very happy, enjoyable and uneventful (in a
had a nice sized group of 32 at our recent
negative way) New Year. I am a bit
Christmas dinner. We met at Legends Times
pessimistic in thinking that because of
Two, a private event venue owned by
Covid, it will be just more of the same but if
Legends Restaurant in Norman. (These are
we stick together, we will have each other
the same people who catered last year’s
for some good times. I trust that you had a
dinner.) The food was delicious, hot, and
very Merry Christmas with family and
well-cooked. We had time to greet and catch
up with each other before dinner, and some Ladies Luncheon
took advantage of the clean-up time by the By Susan Laurence
waitstaff to chat as well. Is everyone ready to move beyond holiday
We held our usual short business plans and get back to our regular schedules?
meeting after dinner. There was a brief For sure, I am!
review of the proposed 2022 events calendar Toward that end, let’s start off January with
(see the most recent updated calendar a Ladies’ Luncheon at Pearls on Classen
attached to this Cat Tracks). Randy Curve. This luncheon has been set for
reminded the members that an email survey January 29 at Noon. As before, please send
has been distributed concerning an offer off an RSVP to me, Susan Laurence
regarding a Concours. We also held the (405.640.0545) or Susan Frantz
election of officers and board members. (405.250.1082). Another reminder will be
Outgoing President Randy McCormick was coming out a couple of weeks prior to that
presented with a new name tag, bearing the event. Please come – your face will be
title of “Past President”. Our officers and missed if you don’t! Love to you all and the
directors for 2022 are: happiest of New Year wishes! Susan
Laurence
Susan Frantz - President
Robert Drummond - Vice President
First Americans Museum
Sarah Baxter - Secretary/Treasurer By Ben and Sandy Ratzlaff
Harry Frantz - Cat Tracks editor
Randy McCormick - Past President February 18,2021
Sandy Ratzlaff First Americans Museum
Jeff Hand 659 First Americans Blvd
Oklahoma City, Ok 73129
( Off Eastern)
Upcoming Events We will meet at museum at 11:00 am.
Admission – Seniors $10.00
Road Trip to Eischen’s Self touring of the museum…lots of seating
By Dick and LaNeal Russ
through out building.
There are theaters with some film
We have scheduled a trip to Eischen’s for
presentations or live performances & story
chicken for January 15. We are to meet at
telling (TBA)
the McDonalds parking lot at 10:30 AM
Lunch at THIRTY NINE café at 12:30pm
located NW Expressway and Council road.
We’ve tried the Hominy stew, fry bread and
Departure time to be 10:45. I am concerned
turkey sandwich. HUMM
about the COVID spread and being around
Hope to get a guide for our group. 15
people we do not know. I think we will still
people in a group is needed.
plan on it but if things get worse we may
Please let us know by February 15,2022 for
need to cancel at the last minute.
tour & restaurant reservations.
405-213-4535
bensanratz@cox.net
tally the results as we need to respond to
both the Dallas Club and Tulsa Club as soon
Miscellany as possible.
2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
By Sarah Baxter
DUES ARE DUE
By Sarah Baxter Attached at the back of the Cat Tracks is a
copy of the updated 2022 Calendar of
Statements for 2022 Club Dues were e- Events. For the members who are
mailed the week of November 15th. Dues organizing an event, please pick a date and
are payable on December 1st and are send to me as soon as possible so that I can
delinquent and the member dropped from update the Calendar of Events. It helps
the Club on January 31st. If you did not members to know ahead of time so that they
receive your dues statement, please let me can plan accordingly. We would like to get
know. The dues are $60/year ($30 for COJA more people involved at the monthly events
and $30 for JCNA). Please make your and letting them know early might help.
check payable to “COJA” and mail to me
at the following address:
COJA PICTURE ROSTER
By Sarah Baxter
COJA
c/o Sarah L. Baxter
11008 S. Eastside Drive I will be preparing the updated Club
Oklahoma City, OK 73165 Member Picture Roster at the end of
January. If you have not submitted a copy
I will submit the amount to JCNA when I of a digital photo, please consider doing so
prepare the JCNA Renewal Form at the end as it helps new members with putting a face
of January. with a name. If anyone would like to submit
a new photo for the next Picture Roster,
please send to me as well by January 20th
COJA SURVEY
By Sarah Baxter
On December 10th, a COJA Survey was e- Jaguar Club Support Vehicle
mailed to all members. When we donated I think it’s time has come.
our inventory of trophies and other By Al Leitz
Concours items to the Dallas Club rather
than just storing them, the Dallas Club Over the years when the Jaguar Club hits the
offered to do all the work in putting on a road, we have occasionally had a sick
Concours for us and only asked that we find kitty. In October, when we were at Mt.
a venue for the show. Also, the Tulsa Club Magazine State Park, we had Glenn’s flat
has contacted us regarding doing some joint tire adventure. As we stood around looking
events next year. Your input is important. at the problem, we all wished for a trolley
Please take a moment to fill out the survey tire jack and an air compressor…we all have
(if you can’t find the e-mail, please let me them but they were safety tucked away at
know and I will re-send to you) and return to home. Luckily, our Jaguar came with a
me. The officers and directors will then small air compressor. It got the job done but
it was not as easy as it could have been. A borrow them from another COJA member.
few years earlier, Jess had a flat tire and got
it changed, but a trolley tire jack would have
made the repair so much quicker. Our
garages are full of the tools we would need The Ubiquitous Henry Ford
to make these repairs much easier. We just By Dick Russ
need to bring a few more with us. I bet if we
ever put all our tools together in one place In 1917 Henry Ford was looking for a Chief
we could probably open a Jaguar service Engineer to develop the new Model T Ford
center! and had interviewed several promising
engineers. The last interview he suggested
It seems that every time we go on a road the two of them go to lunch and visit about
trip, we now have at least one member the new position. At the restaurant they both
driving a truck or SUV because the Jaguar is placed their orders and visited more about
needing repair or they just want a bigger the position he was offering. Mr. Ford was
vehicle for the longer drive. So we already very impressed by the engineers credentials
have the vehicle…we just need to load it and felt he just might be the best for the job
up. and told the engineer he was impressed with
him. The luncheon was served and like
Here is a list of a few items the support many of us, the engineer immediately salted
vehicle should bring at a minimum: and peppered the steak he had ordered. The
two of them visited more while having
Air compressor lunch. When they were through eating the
Trolley jack engineer ask Mr. Ford if he was going to
Few pair of gloves hire him for the job. Much to his surprise
Old blanket to lay on Mr. Ford said he would not hire him even
Roll of duck tape though he was impressed with him. The
Engineer ask why he wasn't going to hire
You all are much more aware of what would him if he was impressed with him. Mr. Ford
be nice to have in the support vehicle than I replied that he was going to hire him until
am…and if you have any suggestions, the luncheon was served. He said that you
please let me know. My guess is that the list immediately assumed the meal needed salt
will grow over time. As Glenn said “once and pepper without even tasting it to see if
we have the support vehicle then nothing in fact it needed the Salt and Pepper. Mr.
will break”. I’m not sure that is possible, Ford said he would not hire an engineer that
but I like the way he thinks. assumed anything. Engineers are needed for
factual decisions and not to assume
So if anyone one wants to do this, please anything. True story from "The Ubiquitous
contact the person who is coordinating the Henry Ford"
road event for the month and just tell them
you will be the support vehicle. If you don’t
have all the tools needed, just reach out and
Officers
President Susan Frantz 405-250-1082
Vice President Robert Drummond 405-308-1731
Secretary/Treasurer Sarah Baxter 405-408-8878
Editor Harry Frantz 405-496-0850
Board Member (Past Pres.) Randy McCormick 806-217-2594
Board Member Jeff Hand 405-590-4167
Board Member Sandy Ratzlaff 405-213-4535
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