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22 September 2002
 My first duty this newsletter is a very
sad one, and that is to advise of the passing of
one our members, Maria Neveu, on 13 October
2002. As most of you know, Maria had been very ill for some time. Andre
tells us that Maria loved the company of her friends in our club and
sorely missed the meetings in her last years. Unfortunately she was not
well enough to travel to the meetings. Andre has asked that nobody grieve
for Maria. He tells us that Maria preferred one minute of joy to all the
minutes of silence. Andre also asked that we share her memory, and says
that his house is always open to us. Andre, we do share your sadness and
your wonderful memories of Maria. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
We’ll miss you Maria. Rest in peace.
On a
happier note, 18 members made the journey to Canberra for the 22
September meeting of our club. It was a beautiful spring day in the
nation’s capital, and once again members enjoyed the warm fellowship of
friends as well as the warm weather, and some beautiful carnival glass.
It was also great to see Doug & Sheila Russell again, who decided to
shut up their antique shop in Kalaru for the
day and join us. If you didn’t join us you missed a great day. Hopefully
you’ll be able to come along to the Christmas meeting. More details
later.
There
was lots of ‘Animal’ theme carnival glass on the ‘Show & Tell’ table,
as well as lots of other beautiful pieces members had bought recently.
The
‘For Sale’ table was also chock-a-block at this meeting with lots of nice
glass at very reasonable prices. Quite a few pieces went home with new
owners after this meeting.
Our
raffle raconteur, Patrice did his usual sterling job and raised over $100 for the clubs coffers again. Well
done Patrice. I would also like to thank those members who contributed
wonderful gifts to the raffle. We all enjoy the raffle.
The
Saturday night dinner seems to have become a regular feature of our
meetings out of Sydney now, and a group of us gathered at the Town Centre
Sports Club in Tuggeranong for a great night, followed by cappuccinos and
lattes back at our home courtesy of my birthday present.
I
would like to welcome our newest member, Arthur Williams, from Bairnsdale
in Victoria. Welcome Arthur! I know you are some distance from us, but we
hope to be able to see you at some of our future meetings. Our Internet
site seems to be doing its job of attracting new members.
While
we were in New Zealand in October, Rhonda and I were fortunate enough to
visit Angela Bowey’s glass museum in Paihia, north of Auckland. Some of you may be familiar
with Angela’s museum, and her font of knowledge on a wide range of glass.
If you aren’t, why not check out her web site at http://www.glass.co.nz/. Angela’s
collection of carnival glass was fascinating, and we spent quite some
time studying her many other types of glass as well. We were also pleased
to welcome into our home recently Margaret Dickinson and Betty Doody from the Victorian carnival glass club. We
spent a wonderful evening looking at and talking about carnival glass,
our clubs, and the adventures we have all enjoyed as part of our carnival
glass ‘hobsession’. Sharing our glass with
others is a wonderful part of this hobby, and I urge you all to take
every opportunity to visit others who collect carnival glass to see their
collection, and to welcome others into your home to see your glass.
At the
September meeting we set the schedule of meetings and themes for next
year, so please look for those details elsewhere in this newsletter. Our
November meeting is at the home of John & Lorraine Friend in
Blackheath, in the beautiful Blue Mountains. Our ‘Show & Tell’ theme
will be ‘Milk & Sugar – sugar and creamer sets’. As it is our
Christmas meeting, I urge you all to make a special effort to attend. As
well as our usual raffle, we will also be exchanging Christmas gifts, so
don’t forget to bring a contribution for the raffle AND a Christmas gift.
There
is a notice elsewhere in this newsletter of a special general meeting
which we will be holding in conjunction with our next meeting in
Blackheath. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and vote on the
question of raising the club’s membership fees to $22 with effect the
beginning of the next membership year. Our current membership fees are
$20 per single or family, so the proposed raise is very small. Please
give consideration to this issue before the next meeting, and come along
prepared to vote.
Don’t
forget to watch the ‘Treasure Hunt’ series with Alan Carter at 6:50pm on
Sunday nights on the ABC. One of the episodes will feature Ray & Jean
Rogers and their carnival glass.
Anyway,
our new newsletter editor has told me to stop hogging the pages (bossy
isn’t she?), so in closing, as 2002 draws to a close I would like to take
this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a great
carnival glass year in 2003.
Wayne
Delahoy
President
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Some of the beautiful carnival glass
on display at this meeting
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Club members enjoying the convivial
atmosphere of the meeting
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