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23 November 2003
Happy
New Year everyone! I hope you all enjoyed Christmas with your family, had
a great New Year’s eve with your friends, and all enjoyed a good break
over the holidays. Who received some nice carnival glass surprises from
Santa this Christmas? Tell us all about them. Well, that’s all over now
for another year, and now it’s time to concentrate on all our activities
for 2004.
OK
folks, we’ve discovered the secret to making it rain in a particular area
– hold a carnival glass meeting! Would you believe that it rained for
every one of our meetings in 2003. That’s right, every one! So, if you
want the drought broken in your area, all you have to do is hold a
carnival glass meeting at your home. Now there’s a challenge for you all!
21
members made the trek south to Doug & Sheila Russell’s home in Kalaru
for the November meeting, and not one was complaining about the rain
which we desperately needed. It wasn’t cold, just wet. A lot of us made a
weekend out of it, and were looking forward to a sunny weekend on the
coast – but it was not to be. And Australia didn’t even win the Rugby
Union final on the Saturday night! Oh well! There was lot’s of beautiful
carnival glass on show, lots of warm fellowship shared by members, and
great hospitality shown by our gracious hosts, so none of the rest
mattered.
A
large group of us went to dinner together on the Saturday night at a
beautiful gourmet pizza restaurant in Tathra. We had a great night. These
Saturday night dinners have become a bit of a tradition for the
out-of-Sydney meetings, and it gives us an opportunity to extend the
meeting to the Saturday night.
We
managed to get enough members present, and enough proxies submitted, to
pass the changes to the club’s constitution that were mentioned in the
last report. So a big thank you to everyone who took the time to send
their proxy votes in. It was very much appreciated. A minor
amendment was suggested to one of the resolutions on the day, but as the
proxies were submitted for the original resolution as published in the
newsletter, it was decided to proceed with that resolution as it stood,
and to propose a resolution to make the minor amendment at the next
meeting. More about that later in the newsletter.
On
a sad note, our Secretary, Cathy, read a letter from club member Judith
Saunders from Casino, telling us of the death of husband Les. We were all
saddened to hear of Les’ death, and we all send Judith our deepest
sympathy and best wishes. We are thinking of you Judith.
We
have had difficulties contacting the organisers of the monthly Wentworth
Park antiques and collectibles show regarding our proposed carnival glass
display in March, and with the show now filling both levels of the
building, indications are that the organisers are no longer interested in
our display. So, we are pursuing the possibility of doing the display at
either the Springwood or Gosford shows some time later in the year.
The
new rules regarding the number of pieces members bring along for show and
tell worked well at the November meeting, with much less crowding on the
display table, and a significantly reduced risk of damage. Thank you for
your co-operation in this regard. Just to clarify, please only bring two
or three pieces for the theme, and another two or three pieces for
general show and tell. Your co-operation in this regard will be greatly
appreciated by all members. We desperately want to see all the pieces you
want to bring along to show us, but unfortunately there just isn’t the
room on the table to fit them all on without risking damage to other
members’ glass as the pieces get picked up and shown.
Robin,
Neil and Roy White sent along some new newsletter cover designs with Ray
and Olive, and we thank them sincerely for their continuing support of
the club in this regard. Their designs are beautiful. Watch for the new
designs on this year’s newsletters.
A
few members who don’t come along to all our meetings, but who were at the
November meeting pointed out that it was difficult for them to remember
everyone’s names. We issue name tags to all new members, and ask that you
bring them along and wear them at meetings to avoid those embarrassing
moments when someone may not remember your name. A simple little aid for
us all. Put them in your CG meeting box now so you don’t forget for the
next meeting.
Glen
and Steven Thistlewood of the UK have released their third carnival glass
book called ‘The Art of Carnival Glass’. It is available from Schiffer
Books in the USA via their Interenet site at http://www.schifferbooks.com/,
or from your nearest big bookshop. I can thoroughly recommend it. It is
another excellent book on carnival glass which will bring you many hours
of joy as you read the fascinating stories, and admire the fantastic
photos.
Our
first meeting for 2004 is at the home of Ray & Jean Rogers in
Lugarno, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. The theme is
‘Imperfections’, so dig out all those really interesting pieces that
didn’t quite turn our right (well three of them anyway) and bring them
along with you to the meeting on Sunday, 22 February. More details later
in the newsletter.
Well,
that’s it from me this quarter. If you haven’t been to a carnival glass
meeting for a while, why not make a New Year’s resolution to make it
along to at least one club meeting this year. The real joy and benefit of
belonging to the club comes from attending meetings where you can see and
handle lots of beautiful carnival glass, and talk about carnival glass
with your fellow club members. Here’s hoping to see lots of you at
Lugarno in February.
Take
care and happy glass hunting!
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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