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Roy Chambers Has Worn Many Hats In The Lone Star Region VCCA

Roy Chambers hasn't always been a Texan, but most of us think of him as one. Roy and JoAnn and their daughters moved to Dallas from Kansas in August of 1963. Their son was already in college and did not move with them. They moved into their home on Royal Lane in Dallas, an address that became quite familiar to everyone in the Lone Star Region. It has been the site for many board meetings and club activities over the last 39 years and was always a favorite place to go for great Texas chili. Their move to Texas was brought about by a transfer due to a promotion for Roy from his employer which was RCA.

Roy grew up on a farm and in his words, "I was a gear head even then, and grew up loving cars". His first old Chevy that he bought in 1969 was a 1926 Touring and it was just like one that his family had owned when he was a small boy. The people that he bought the 1926 Touring from also gave him a copy of a magazine called the G & D. This magazine really interested him, so JoAnn got him a membership in the VCCA in 1969.

On April 25, 1971, when a group of Chevy lovers met at Meadowbrook Park in Arlington for their first meeting, Roy did not know any of the other people. There were 15 members from the group that already had their VCCA memberships. It was from these 15 that the first officers of the Lone Star Region were elected. Roy was elected to serve as a board member, and this was just the beginning of many offices he has held over the years. In 1975, Roy was elected to serve as secretary/treasurer and he has served as treasurer for several years at different times. He was the club's director in 1979 and 1992. Roy was also on the VCCA Board of Directors from 1980 thru 1982. In addition to being a charter member of the Lone Star Region, Roy is also a charter member of the San Jacinto Region and the Heart of Route 66 Region. He has been a steady influence over the years in the handling of the club's finances and with the club's only fund raiser, which is the Lone Star Swap Meet at Traders Village in Grand Prairie, TX.

When the club first began, the budget was tight and Roy and JoAnn helped with the printing of the early newsletters by writing and printing them at Roy's business office. They specifically have memories of doing them with George and Peggy Slider when George was director. Those first newsletters did not have an official name and were jokingly referred to as the "No Name as Yet" newsletter. At the July meeting in 1972, the club voted to give the newsletter the name of "Bowtie Bulletin" and the name first appeared on the August issue.

In 1976 the 15th Anniversary Meet for the VCCA was held in Colorado Springs, CO and Roy and JoAnn attended along with several others from the Lone Star Region. JoAnn has said many times that this trip really bonded all of these families together in a way that has lasted for 39 years. They have been to every VCCA Anniversary Meet since then and plan to go for the 50th anniversary next year in Flint, MI.

The oldest Chevy that Roy and JoAnn have ever owned was a 1925 Speedster and they have owned too many others to mention since that first 1926 Touring was purchased in 1969. What a coincidence that their first old Chevy included a copy of the G & D! Some things are just meant to be. They currently have a 1969 Impala Convertible and really seem to be enjoying it.

Roy and JoAnn have three children, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren that they see often, as they are a very close-knit family. Some of them live in Texas and some in Kansas, so they make a lot of trips back to Kansas, where they started out together.
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