Third annual Trenton Car Show draws crowd

Over 130 cars from any number of makes and models crowded the park in Trenton Saturday, a recently developed tradition for the community on the first weekend of August.

Terri Bain, who helped organize the event, said she was surprised at the turnout.

“It’s fantastic, we’ve gotten far more cars than we expected,” she said. “It’s like a reunion of sorts, it’s fantastic.”

Steve Sammons, another organizer, said word of the community’s show and shine traveled fast.

“There’s a lot of roots in this little town,” he said. “I just love going to car shows, and especially when I see stuff I haven’t seen before I like to throw flyers in the car, run up and talk to them to say we’re having a show in Trenton. Then they tell their buddies, and it just keeps spreading.”

The event was organized by a group called the Trenton Angels, a car club turned community club that’s all too happy to return to its roots every year.

Part of this year’s show was dedicated to members of the original group the Angels Club is named after, the similarly titled Angels of Trenton.

“They used to have an older angels club in town … it actually started in around ‘56,” Sammons said. “This year we’ve had three of them pass away, so we got together and said, ‘Hey, let’s do an award and have the members of their families come out and pick out a car.”

Sammons said the show had never done awards before this year.

“We don’t do those normally because it causes a lot of friction,” he said. “So we just do the show and shine, but this year we’re doing seven awards for people we’ve lost.”

Steve English, the son of Fallen Angel Lyle English, said the award was a great way to remember his father.

“My dad loved being from this place, he lived in this town for many, many years,” he said. “It’s a blessing to be able to do this for him, and I know that he would absolutely love this.”

The English family nominated a ‘67 Chevelle for their award, the closest they could find to the late Lyle English’s favorite car, the two-door convertible of the same model.