The North American Spitfire Squadron 2009 Central Spit-Together Dayton, Ohio July 31 - August 2

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Friday July 31st.

Due to unforseen problems, the host hotel has changed from the Red Roof Inn to the Comfort Inn Wright Patterson, 616 N. Broad St. , Fairborn, OH, 45324.  Phone: (937) 879-7666.  When you check in, mention that you are with NASS so you get the $66/person nightly rate.   If you have already made reservations at the Red Roof Inn, feel free to change to the Comfort Inn.  We have 20 rooms reserved until July 20th.

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2 pm tech session at Chris Campbell’s home: Changed to rebuilding a Spitfire rear axle.

Address: 6921 Chama Trl ,Enon , Ohio , 45323  Home Phone:  937-412-1214 Cell Phone:  937-657-6571

Map to Chris' house from hotel

7 pm dinner at "Quaker Steak & Lube".  Spit-Together packets will be handed out.

3725 Presidential Dr, Fairborn, OH 45324    (937) 427-0500

Map to Quaker Steak & Lube from hotel

Map to QS&L from Chris' house

Saturday August 1st.

9 am- 4 pm  Dayton British Car Day Show at Eastwood Metro Park, 1385 Harshman Rd , Dayton, OH 45414

Map to show from hotel

6 pm – Awards, Food and merriment at the Campbell’s home.

Address: 6921 Chama Trl ,Enon , Ohio , 45323  Home Phone: 937-657-6571 Cell Phone:    937-412-1214

Sunday August 2nd.

8 am - Optional breakfast at Bob Evan’s Restaurant,     2648 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn, Ohio.

2648 Colonel Glenn Highway, Fairborn, oh 45324-6560 Phone: (937) 427-0442

Map to Bob Evans from hotel

9 am – Covered bridge drive and group photo shoot.

12 pm – Lunch and fairwell at the historic Clifton Mill in Clifton, Ohio.

75 Water St ,Yellow Springs, OH 45387   Phone: (937) 767-5501

Map to Clifton Mill from hotel

Owen Davis built the first grist mill on this Little Miami River Gorge site 20 miles SW of the headwaters of the stream in 1815. The site was chosen to take advantage of the natural power existant in the concentrated water funneled into the rocky gorge. The Davis-Clifton Mill burned in 1840, to be replaced a year later with the Patterson Mill, built by John Patterson. The Patterson Mill lasted only about 25 years, before succumbing also to conflagration. Patterson was also influencial in the beginnings of the NCR Company in Dayton, a few miles to the west. The third and present mill was built by 1869 and operated for 20 years by the Armstrong family. In 1889, Isaac Preston began 4 generations of ownership and milling, ending in 1948, when the mill ceased operations. Once five other mills shared the rocky gorge area within a mile of the Clifton Mill. These were a linen mill, paper mill, saw mill, barrel mill, and another flour mill.

Clifton actually, as with many early mill towns, grew up around the mills, the main center of industry and commerce. The mill is essentially 6 stories tall, with 2 levels below the gorge rim and 4 levels above. The lower level houses the turbine which supplies power for the operation, while the upper stories contain the milling equipment and storage area. The deteriorating mill, the only mill of the six early mills still surviving, was restored in 1962 to function on water power by Robert Heller. The mill was functioning from 1963 to the present, thanks to Mr. Heller and his wife. The mill is, today 2009, run by the Satariano family in an effort to preserve a beautiful, historical piece of property in such a way as to still make a living from the process. Today the mill houses a restaurant and  the remnants of the original mill which supplies flower for sale in the adjacent gift shop.