Its our 51st Anniversary and we are celebrating with an evening with great trains and great food at the New Jersey Hi Railers in Paterson New Jersey. METCA's 50th Anniversary Banquet was a fun event in 2011. Members asked us to do it again and here it comes! Mark your calendars for November 3rd 2012. That’s the date for our Annual Banquet for 2012. It will be at the NJ Hirailers club in Patterson New Jersey from 5 pm to 10pm. Co –Chairmen Ben Fioriello and Larry Laskowski are working on a great event for you. This year, you can run your train on the layouts at NJ HiRailers. Just call or Email Ben at bluelinec4@yahoo.com%27%29%22" target="1">bluelinec4@yahoo.com and request your time slot. Chef Vinny will be cooking up another great meal for us. We have some great raffle items for you and everyone attending has a chance to win a table door prize.We have some nice lionel cars for these prizes and there are some interesting items for the silent auction at the event. Ben has promised a surprise item for the auction. In 2011 it was a Ballantine Reefer.
Tickets for this great event are still $20 each for TCA and family members with children under 16 years of age no charge.Make your reservations now by e mailing Ben Fioriello at bluelinec4@yahoo.com%27%29%22" target="1">bluelinec4@yahoo.com or Larry Laskowski at laskowsl@optonline.net%27%29%22" target="1">laskowsl@optonline.net. You can mail your check payable to METCA with Banquet on the memo line to METCA Banquet c/o Bob Amling, 2023 Coyle St Brooklyn, NY 11229-4013.Please include your TCA number . Please include a LSASE with your check for return mail of your tickets. Don’t miss this one folks!
Thanks and hope to see you on Nov 3rd at the NJ Hirailers
Larry Laskowski
Member METCA Board of Directors
