BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Midway X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Midway BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-1100 TZOFFSETTO:-1100 TZNAME:SST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5072275:Event:893514 DTSTAMP:20260509T095412Z SUMMARY:Professional Car Society's 39th Annual International Meet -Hou ston, TX DESCRIPTION:The aesthetics, dignity and fine craftsmanship distinguish ing American funeral vehicles, limousines and ambulances will be showc ased “Texas Style” when the Professional Car Society heads to Hous ton for its 39th Annual International Meet from June 9th-13th, 2015.  Prior to Saturday’s Concours at the National Museum of Funeral Hi story, attendees of the “Lone Star Pro-Car Round-Up” will get to t our the Old Town Spring historic railroad village; Frazer Limited’s ambulance factory; the Art Deco 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airp ort; the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville; and the San Jacinto Battle ground where Sam Houston’s volunteers avenged the Alamo and won thei r independence from Mexico in 1836. \n\nThe itinerary and activity fe es are fully-detailed at www.pcsmeet.com, which also offers a dedicate d link for reserving specially-discounted, $105 pre-tax nightly rooms at the Hyatt North Houston headquarters hotel that’s situated in con venient proximity to George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 425 North Sam Houston Pkwy East (mention the Professional Car Society if callin g 800-233-1234 instead).   General meet questions can also be addres sed to local coordinator Robert L. Koryciak at (281) 382-9800 or rlko ryciak@sbcglobal.net.\n \n“I am extremely proud of the collaboratio n we’ve established with the National Museum of Funeral History in h osting this meet,” PCS President Tony Karsnia declares, “especiall y as it’s a destination of natural interest to the many funeral and EMS professionals in our membership ranks.   Museum President Genevi eve Keeney and her staff have been enthusiastic champions of the idea that a big outdoor gathering of our pro-cars will be a great way to dr aw Houstonians’ attention to the unique, fascinating exhibits inside the building,” which include horse-drawn and motorized hearses; fan cifully-carved caskets from Africa; Papal and Presidential funeral mem orabilia; and audio-visual displays exploring the mourning rituals of ancient civilizations. \n \n The Museum’s easily-accessed locatio n, at 415 Barren Springs Drive just off northbound Exit 63 or southbou nd Exit 64 of the I-45 North Freeway, should facilitate public scrutin y of the PCS’ ambulances and hearses, which must be displayed empty without coffins, cobwebs, skeletons or other morbid miscellany that wo uld distract from the skilled handiwork of such esteemed specialist co achbuilders as Eureka, Flxible, Henney, Pinner, Siebert, Sayers & Scov ill, Miller-Meteor, Cotner/Bevington and Superior.  “As this is the first time a PCS International has been held in Texas and the schedul ing is two months earlier than usual,” President Karsnia adds, he’ s “looking forward to meeting PCS members who might never have atten ded our biggest annual event before.   We expect, as a result, they ll show many cars our regulars will be seeing for the first time.”     \n\nFor more information visit https://www.southeastwheelsevent s.com/events/professional-car-society-s-39th-annual-international-meet DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20150613T000000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20150613T235900 CATEGORIES:welcomes, vintage, funeral, vehicles, limousines, "&", ambu lances LOCATION:National Museum of Funeral History WEBSITE:http://www.nmfh.org URL:http://www.nmfh.org CONTACT:(281) 382-9800 ORGANIZER:Professional Car Society & Natl. Museum of Funeral History ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/967687769?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gregg Me rksamer":https://www.southeastwheelsevents.com/profile/GreggMerksamer END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR