Museum Musings: 1927 Chevrolet

By Kaydance Stammers

In 2024, the Crossroads Museum received a car, a 1928 brown Chevrolet, used by Gelbert C. Kasa and his children. Ethel Kasa wrote a description in 1972 about what they did with the car.

In early 1928, Gelbert Kasa bought a second hand 1927 Chevrolet from Mr. C.V. Johnson. He promised that when he traded it in on a new car, he would get his money back. One day, when Mr. Kasa was in town, he saw Mr. Johnson unloading a carload of new cars. A certain car caught his eye. Later, in the summer, Mr. Kasa bought the car with a special Radiator cap with 2 wings on it.

This 1927 Chevrolet was donated to the Oyen Crossroads Museum.

In July 1928, Marvin and three others took the car on a trip to Stettler with the instructions of driving the car 20 miles an hour for a certain amount of miles so that the car would be broken in right. They drove around, went camping, visited some friends and relatives before heading home.

In the winter of 1928 and 29, Gelbert Kasa used the car as a school bus to take Sanford, Reuden, Hill, Gordan, Hazel, and Ethel to school. They used the car for a lot of things, traveling and using the car before selling it in 1948 to Mr. Jack Blaney, who then sold it years later to Howard Hains.

The Oyen Crossroads Museum is open for tours from Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 to 12:00 and 12:30 to 5:00. Come over for a tour for free or call us to book for the Treasure Hunt.