Driving Tour – Lebanon Doll Museum and Maple Motors – July 18, 2026

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Thank you to everyone who made the effort to come out and cruise to the Doll museum in Lebanon. We had 25 attending and 7 Classics in line. A special thanks to those who came out without A/C! It was a nice drive through Lascassas to Rt 266 and through Lebanon. The Museum was definitely a labor of Love. Set on a beautiful five acres in a house built in the late 1870s, every room was filled with very ornately dressed dolls of all sizes. The Owner was very kind to let us look around and even provided some snacks.

Lunch was very good and service was great with lots of great conversation. I would highly recommend stopping into El Rancho Nuevo if you get the chance. The route to Maple Motors was an easy cruise through 109 and Lebanon Pike to Hendersonville. Unfortunately, I had to stop prior to arriving at Maple Motors to assist a broken-down classic minivan (Tom & Barbara Collins), so I can’t speak to what was on display there.  I can’t wait for the next opportunity to get together. I hope you will join us on the next adventure.
Thanks again Sue & Scott Zimpfer

I have said before it takes many to plan activities, thanks to all but special thanks to:
Scott & Sue Zimpfer
Russ & Pat Barnes
Janet Fulton
Barbara Collins
Mike Barrett
Dorthy Attermeyer (Doll Collection)

 

Dine Out – DJ’s Pizza and Steak House – August 11, 2026

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Hello Honk Rattle & Roll Family.

First of all, thank you, Kathy Warlick, for all the great places you find for Dine Out Night. Tom Collins

On August 11,2026 we enjoyed our HRR family eating at DJ’s in Woodbury, Tennessee!

What a night!! We had 38 in attendance, celebrated Ms. Barbara Collins’ birthday along with some others that are celebrating too.

The Conversation, Food, Fellowship and Service was good. Let’s just say we closed them down! It was all absolutely heartwarming!

We missed those that couldn’t be with us!

We lifted in prayer those who are not feeling well and those that are grieving tremendous losses at this time.

Our sincere condolences to Pearl and Tom Vassar and their son, grandchildren and family upon the recent loss of their sweet daughter in law. Please keep them in your prayers in the difficult days ahead!

DJ’s staff did a wonderful job! Please feel free to share any feedback or suggestions you may have for future Dine Outs!

Extending a thank you to these folks:
Tom and Barb for all they do not only for the club, but for others, our church, and our community! You are greatly loved and appreciated!

Dan and Sue for providing the birthday cake Tuesday night!

Tom and Patty for assisting with serving and cutting the cake! Tom Washer is a great cake cutter!!

Alice for being our photographer in Arlene’s absence Tuesday night.

Bruce for being our VP and for managing the website, FB page and lots of other IT management that may be needed from time to time!

Russ and Pat for keeping us up on directions, money management, new club shirt program and those red tickets we enjoy drawing. Wanting New Club Shirt contact Russ Barnes 615-330-6930

To all those who willingly volunteer to lead tours and helping those in leadership!

To those who show up faithfully in support of the club and the activities! We couldn’t do it without all of you!!

Last but not least thank you to our Board Members for keeping the organization of the club going! As said before it takes everyone help to have a successful HRR Club Activity

Many Blessings,
Your Dine Out Manager
Kathy Warlick

 

Dine Out – Jim & Nick’s BBQ , Murfreesboro – November 14, 2023

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The barbecue was flowing and the conversations were booming at our November Honk, Rattle, and Roll Dine-out last week at Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q. What a wonderful restaurant! Special thanks to Kathy Warlick, who made all the arrangements for this terrific evening of food, fellowship, and fun.

Special Request:

We love that so many members attend our great HR&R outings! There is so much time and effort expended on planning and final arrangements to make it a great event for everyone, but please always RSVP for each and every HR&R event that you plan to attend so that the restaurants will be informed of how many people to prepare for. For our outing at Jim ‘N Nick’s, we had 27 members who RSVP; however, we had 56 members to attend! This caused a real dilemma for the restaurant staff, who had not set up enough tables and chairs nor assigned enough servers for our group. Please, Please always RSVP.

Driving Tour – September 16, 2023 – Beechcraft Heritage Museum – Tullahoma

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If You Missed this HR&R Tour, You missed a Real Treat!

Saturday, September 16, our great Honk, Rattle, and Roll Club headed for Tullahoma on a rainy, drizzly day after enjoying coffee and donuts at Loafers’ Glory. Several members arrived early and enjoyed just sitting and conversing prior to our leaving. 

Our lunch stop was at Damron’s Restaurant just a few miles from our ultimate destination. This little restaurant was fabulous! Everything was homemade and delicious. The hamburgers were hand-rolled and huge! Several club members stated that they eat there regularly and have never had a bad meal! This place is highly recommended!

After lunch, we arrived at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum. The airfield was covered with small, privately owned aircraft. HR&R did this same tour in 2017; however, the museum has added a new and even larger building since then. The airplanes, particularly the “cut-away” planes and engines, were truly fascinating.

This tour was attended by 44 club members, most of whom drove their modern “iron” due to the weather. However, one vehicle did truly stand out – the Amphicar driven by Mark and Vicki Qualls.

Special thanks to Paul Collins, the Tour Director, and Russ Barnes, the Tour Planner, for all their time and effort in planning a wonderfully fun and educational day for all of us! Thanks, guys!!

 

Dine Out – August 8, 2023 – Sam’s Sports Grill

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Sam’s Sports Grill on Tuesday Evening was crashed by a 42 Honk, Rattle, and Roll members- Hungry and ready for a fun time with friends and ready for lots of car conversations! Lots of great food suggestions on the menus, a whole section of seating just for us, and numerous interesting people to talk to. What a great evening! Thanks for joining us for this awesome event.

Thanks, as always, to Kathy Warlick for always finding wonderful restaurants for our club members to meet and greet!

Dine Out – July 11, 2023 – Farmers Family Restaurant

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Plates were piled high with fried catfish, fried and baked chicken, mashed potatoes with lots of gravy, shrimp casserole, and, yes, even a few salads could be seen at the Honk, Rattle, and Roll Farmers Family Restaurant dine-out last Tuesday! If you missed it, you missed a real meal! We won’t even talk about the variety of desserts!

 Lots of great club members were in attendance. Thirty-one in all. Great food, Great People, Great fun! Our newest club members, Ben and Beth Davis were recognized. Each month there is always lots to catch up on! Eating and conversing were the order of the evening.

A special thanks to Kathy Warlick for making all the arrangements for a fun evening. 

Tour of Miniature Baby Donkeys at the Farm and HRR Annual Picnic – June 10, 2023

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Good Weather, Large Crowd, Great Food, Lots of Conversation and laughter.

That`s what made our annual June 10th HRR picnic very enjoyable. One thing we all should remember is it takes the complete club to make this so enjoyable.

Special thanks to Katrina & Dick Fleener for inviting us to visit their farm before the picnic and view the new baby show donkeys and their beautiful car collection. Thanks to Dan Felciano and Tom Washer for grilling and all the great cooks for bringing side dishes and desserts.

Now the rest of the story from Arleen Timbs captures the day in the pictures below. Special thanks to all who helped with set up & clean up. God Bless America!!!!

Tom & Barbara Collins

 

 

Driving Tour – Honk, Rattle, and Roll’s Shop Tour – May 13, 2023

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Another great car tour!! Over 40 members were in attendance.

Highlights included:

Tom Collins’ grand collection and the stories behind the cars

Terry Stegall’s place and his discussion of the restorations underway were not to be missed.

Then the great Barbecue meal and tour of David Huskey’s shop was the very best!

Special thanks to our Tour Director, David Huskey, for arranging a fabulous day!

Special Thanks to our Tour Planner, Russ Barnes, and to our hosts, Tom Collins and Terry Stegall. Also, thanks to our great photographer, Arlene Timbs.

Thanks to everyone who attended!!

Christmas Party – December 3, 2022

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It was an overcast, rainy day but it did not dampen the spirits of those that gathered for the Annual Honk Rattle and Roll Christmas Gathering.  St. Paul Episcopal Church located in Murfreesboro graciously opened its doors allowing us to gather at no cost to the club.  Many club members arrived early Friday and Saturday to setup tables, decorate the room in preparation of 60 club members which attended the gathering, starting at 5:00 PM, Saturday, Dec 3.  We had a wide variety of delicious food such as fried chicken, sliced ham, appetizers, large variety vegetables and casserole’s, covering tables about 24 feet in length.  Then there was the dessert tables stretching about 16 feet covered with such a wide variety of cakes, pies, brownies, cookies and more. Then there were beverages galore to satisfy every desire.

We had about a dozen door prizes ranging from books, Christmas decor, tools and more.  Each table had a center piece one large and one small with the oldest person at each table taking home the large and the small went to the youngest. As part of the festivity, the group performed a few Christmas songs to get the Christmas spirits flowing.  The Christmas spirit of giving was also present with the HR&R covering a large table with warm gloves and stocking caps, all donated to help those in our community in need of some assistance.  Moreover, of course enough cannot be said of the fellowship, smiles and laughter shared by the group.

Our club owns a big “Thank you and Job Well Done” to Paul and Melanie Collins for their work in putting this awesome party together, Janet Fulton and Cindy Jones as greeters at the door, David Huskey for the asking God’s blessing for our great meal, Melanie Collins for leading the Christmas songs and providing an fun Christmas game with prizes, Bruce and Alice Gibson for the slide presentation and music, Arleen Timbs for the photography, Tom Collins for chairing the business meeting  and everyone who came early on Friday and helped on Saturday with setup and clean-up. Thanks to everyone who attended!