There were three Model T Club’s touring together on September 30^th. Eve Wagner of the Southern California Model T Club was the Tour Director and was assisted by her husband Harold. The Long Beach Model T Club toured from the Bagelry at about 9:00 AM and arrived in La Habra at about 10:00.

  Long Beach brought out ten cars and the members attending were; Larry and Rae Blair 19 Touring, Ted Bridges 15 Touring, Joe Brun 35 4dr Convertible, Will and Sue Campbell 26 Touring, John Craig 24 Delivery Van,, Lonnie Gibson and Zoe Harris 30 A Pickup Truck, Frank and Mary Harris 22 Speedster, Jeff Hood 15 Touring, Phylis Horner 21 Coupe, Mike Neesham modern, Phil and Joy Reed 15 Speedster, and Bob Schwink, 22 Widow Maker.

  All together there were over 35 cars and about 60 or so people from the three Clubs attending the tour and we were never all together in the usual parade configuration.  We met up with the Orange County group in La Habra and then toured through lovely neighborhoods with tree lined streets and even at times wound up on country roads. Our first actual stop was at the historic seven room Bailey Home which was the first dwelling built in Whittier.  It is a sort of a California Bungalow and was built in 1887.  Period furniture and many personal items and photographs of the Bailey family were there for all of us to see.  Outside it had a buggy barn with a huge beefy gravel hauling wagon parked in it and there was a deep cellar full of barrels off to the side. A covered cistern was located in the back yard. The home was originally the headquarters for the 1270 acre Bailey Ranch which was located in what was then called Puente Hills before it was re-named Whittier. In the early days the setting was called the “Mustard Ranch” due to the abundance of the wild native California mustard growing in the fields. The docents were dressed in period clothing and treated us to home made cookies from a period earthen-ware jar, the cookies were very delicious and “Fabulous Phylis” . . . .  reportedly had many of them.

  After touring the home, we were guided to many historic places of interest about the streets of Whittier with very complete directions provided by the Wagner’s. We eventually wound up at the Rose Hills Rose Garden which was in full bloom and many pictures were taken during our visit there.   We then departed for the lunch stop at Sako’s Restaurant in Santa Fe Springs at 2:00 in the afternoon.  Some people stopped to do a little shopping in the antique stores along the way.   The servings of food were huge and the menu was unbelievably complete.  The lunch was over by 3:00 and we were home before 4:00. The Campbell’s went home on a trailer courtesy of Larry Blair, due to a connecting rod noise.