24 June 2001
Sunday, 24 June saw 19 club members gather
at the home of Gary and Cathy Campbell in Narellan for our second meeting of the year. We
also welcomed visitors Gloria and Peter McGann from South Penrith as visitors, and by the
time they left they had signed up as new members. Welcome Gloria and Peter!
This meeting was our annual general
meeting, and Allan Farrell and Alan Christofferson supervised the election of the
Committee of Management for the 2001-02 year. Office holders for the coming year are:
President: Wayne Delahoy
Vice President: Gary Campbell
Secretary: Catherine Campbell
Treasurer: John Westren
Committee Members: Patricia Nissen
Rhonda Delahoy
Jean Rogers
Allan Farrell was confirmed as the
newsletter editor for another year, and Iris Westren has taken on the role of Librarian.
Both John Westren and Allan Farrell have
indicated their desire to hand over their responsibilities to someone new next year, so
please give some thought throughout the year to whether you may be able to take on one of
these roles. The tasks are not onerous and your efforts will benefit everyone in the club.
As the incoming President I would like to
take this opportunity to thank Ray Rogers for his sterling effort in steering the club
through what has been a difficult period. The club has weathered the storm under
Ray’s expert guidance and has emerged stronger and healthier than ever. We are deeply
indebted to you Ray. I would also like to thank the outgoing Committee of Management for
their efforts over the past year. Most of the members are continuing this year, but I
welcome Gary Campbell to the Committee as our new Vice President, and Jean Rogers as a new
committee member. A big thank you to retiring committee member Anne Tebbutt for all her
efforts throughout the year.
Members were asked to bring to this meeting
their first piece of carnival glass and describe how they got started in collecting
carnival glass. Once again we saw some beautiful glass, and heard some interesting
stories. Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences with us. Our grandmothers have
sure got a lot to answer for!
Our new constitution has now been formally
accepted by the NSW Dept of Fair Trading. Copies have been made available to members
attending the meetings recently, and all new members will be sent a copy of the
constitution along with their letter of welcome. If you don’t yet have a copy of our
new constitution and would like one please contact Cathy Campbell, our ardent Secretary,
and she will send you one straight away.
The Carnival Glass Collectors Association
of Australia has joined the 21st Century by establishing its own
Internet site.
The site is designed to publicise the
existence and activities of our club, to provide a general resource on carnival glass, and
(in addition to this wonderful newsletter) to enable club members who can’t make it
to the quarterly meetings to stay in touch with what is happening in our club. Some of the
pages it contains are:
- What is Carnival Glass?
- Australian Carnival Glass
- An extensive gallery of photos showing Australian, European,
American, Indian and contemporary carnival glass, along with estimates of current values
in Australia
- Club objectives
- Club officers
- Last meeting
- Coming meetings
- How to join
- Latest news
- Library
- Carnival Glass acronyms
- Carnival Glass colours
- Club directory
- Links to other sites
If you have access to the Internet I urge
you all to take a few minutes to visit the site and check out the information available
there. If you have friends or relatives with Internet access who are interested in finding
out more about carnival glass refer them to our Internet site.
If you have any suggestions for amendments
or additions to the site please let me know, as I would like the site to be as complete
and accurate as possible. I am also always looking for new photos to add to the site, so
please send along any photos you think may add value to the site.
Club members Rob & Dorothy Butler have
entered the antique trade by opening their own store at Windsor. It’s called Bob
& Dot’s Antiques & Old Wares, and it can be found at 394 George St, Windsor,
NSW 2756. Their telephone number is (02) 4577-4055. They have done a beautiful job of
restoring a run down old shop, and have a great collection of interesting old things for
you to look at, so next time you’re passing through Windsor, drop in and say
‘Hi’ to Rob and Dorothy. I believe they are open Thursday through Sunday each
week.
At the next meeting I would like to set the
schedule of meetings for 2001, so please check your diaries in advance and come prepared
to suggest dates. We also need four volunteers to host the meetings for next year, so
please consider whether you can help out in that regard. We would love to visit your home,
and I promise we are all house trained!
At the next meting I would also like to set
the themes for each of the meetings in the coming year. So please bring along all your
ideas. To get the creative juices going I would like to throw the following suggestions
into the pool for consideration:
Starry, starry night – patterns
including stars
Legs eleven – shapes with feet
Boo boos – pieces that went wrong
somehow
Waterworld – patterns with a watery
theme
All bottled up – bottles
Milk and sugar anyone? – creamer and
sugar sets
The long and the short of it – vases
of different sizes in the one pattern
Not a leg to stand on – pieces that
cannot or do not stand on their own (ie, pieces that need support – car vases, brides
vases, wall vases etc, or pieces that come with stands anyway)
The idea would be that you only bring along
pieces that fit this theme, or other pieces that you need some identifying. What do you
think? Any other ideas?
Our next meeting is on 16 September at the
home of Iris & John Westren in Lugarno. We didn’t set the theme for this meeting,
so I would like to suggest the following:
Let’s get all those rose bowls and
rose patterns out of the cupboards and take them for an outing to Lugarno.
Well that’s enough from me.
Here’s to another successful year of carnival glass collecting, and to the motto of
our club which is:
"To provide a friendly forum for the
exchange of information about Carnival Glass."
Regards
Wayne Delahoy
President
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