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DAVE HINKLE MEMORIAL AWARD
The North Carolina Region AACA adopted the Dave Hinkle Memorial Award
on January 16, 1971. The award is presented annually at the January Business
meeting to recognize the Region's most outstanding member. The winner's name is engraved on a permanent trophy that is
displayed at the Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. The recipient receives a
small wall plaque as a lasting memento.
(A.) BALLOTS
The current President and one previous recipient of the award or a past
or present Region officer count the ballots.
(B.) NOMINATION PERIOD
Nominations should be mailed to the Current Region President each year
beginning November 1. All nominations should be received no later than January
1.
(C.) NOMINATIONS
All Region members except the Current President are eligible for
nomination.
(D.) TROPHY
The permanent trophy is stored at the
Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. Each year the recipient's name and date
will be engraved on the permanent trophy.
(E.) VOTING
Each individual signature on a nomination
petition count as one vote. Only Region members in good standing may vote.
This trophy is awarded in memory of Dave Hinkle
who was one of the Region's first members and President in 1957 and then again
in 1964 & 1965. Dave Hinkle was very active in all aspects in the North Carolina
Region. It was through his time and efforts that memberships more than doubled,
the Region started taking in chapters, and hosted its first National meet in Chapel Hill in 1970.
When Dave Hinkle was stricken with cancer, his love for the North Carolina
Region and the AACA did not falter; he was still "active
until his death. The Region, wanting to keep that spirit alive which Dave Hinkle
started, established the memorial award to be given to any Region member, except
the current President, who shows that same spirit. The first recipient was J. D
Foust of Raleigh, chairperson of the National meet in Chapel Hill. Flo Hinkle,
Dave's widow, and William Hinkle, his son, presented the first award at the
January business meeting held in Greensboro, NC.
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