Having a Blast at the June Rally

The June Rally was began at the Howard County Fairgrounds and was planned and run by Dave and Carolyn Griffey, and their assistants Bob and Rose Gollner. The Hoosier Cruisers appreciate all their work in hosting a rally that went off without a hitch. Members were treated to a wide variety of activities and tours.

The women began their tours at the
Greentown Glass Museum. The Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company of Greentown produced holly amber glass and chocolate glass for only nine years (during the gas boom era), until 1903 when fire destroyed the factory. The members had an opportunity to view over 1,700 pieces highly prized glass.

You can see that they enjoyed the tour.

A second tour include a visit to the Opalescent Glass Factory. It was a fascinating tour where you watched hot glass being rolled into colorful sheets of designer glass, which are sent all over the world for use by stained glass artists. In has been in business since 1888, this is Kokomo's only gas boom era factory still in existence today.

Dave Griffey and Bob Gollner were both instrumental in the establishment of the Kokomo Automotive Museum. Dave and Bob provided a narative of the development of the auto industry in Kokomo which began in 1894. The museum's historic facades feature a 1930's gas station, the Haynes home, and a 1950's diner. Auto industry related displays and around 100 antique and classic cars are all located in the museum.


At the Grissom Air Museum, Bettie tried her had at flying a model of one of the first airplanes that was build by the Wright brothers.

After climbing the tower members got a birds eye view of airplanes from WW II to present day aircraft.

Lloyd, a Hoosier Cruiser member and pilot, was explaining the working of a F-4 Phantom II jet fighter.

As one can see, the June Rally was chock full of things to do.