Hello Mark -
Thanks for your interest in our Club.
The standard membership period is January to December. I presently have newsletter copies from October - December 2017 and January - June 2018. New members who join during the year get all of the past newsletters that I have copies of to get them caught up, plus a membership card, WOJC window decal, and a copy of the membership roster. So in this case, you would be getting the past 9 newsletters from the months I mentioned, and July would probably be the first you get in the mail individually.
Hope this helps... let me know if you need anything else.
I also have a 1949 Jeepster... it has been in my family since 1956. You can read about it in the January 2018 Jeepster News!
Thanks again,
Kevin Stepinski
WOJC Secretary/Treasurer
Carleton, MI