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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club April 2002 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the Little Rhody Bottle Club will be held on April 9th at 7:30pm at the Pontiac Library, 101 Greenwich Ave., Warwick, RI.   The evening's program will be Metal Detecting & Bottles presented by David Thatcher. David is also very knowledgeable about Hope Village and has published articles in numerous magazines and newspapers. Club News March Meeting by Pam Pawlowski The meeting was short. We had the Penny Social and each one is getting better and better! I won a juicer, still in the box. Tom Ross brought in a stack of Scientific Observer papers from the 1800's. Next time we have one of these we'll have to get bigger tables! Bob Lanpher brought in some really great milks for Show & Tell. One was one of the earliest, an early Thatcher milk. Hi, no. High! by Pam Pawlowski This newsletter is very late and very short. I had foot surgery on the 26th which was supposed to be a 1 or 2 day stay for pain management. I didn't leave there until Friday night! I am heavily medicated for pain and writing this newsletter with some pretty funny thoughts in my head, but am unable to write them down. Thank god for spell check. Oh, one more thing.... I really don't remember the last meeting at all. But my point to this explanation is I hope to have a more informative newsletter next month as I plan to record the whole thing.   Facelift For The Website by Dave Andrews If you are reading this newsletter you've probably noticed the changes that have taken place in regards to the look and feel of the website. A main navagation bar is located at the top left side of every page and hopefully this will make it easier for you to access different areas regardless of where you are in the site. Some pages also have sub menus like the Prior Newsletters one to the left, making it easier for you to get deeper into an area but still able to get out quickly. Every page has the same overall appearance but slight differences will always let you know exactly where you are. The book and book related pages have also gone through the same facelift and another change will be coming up within the next few months. Because of the multitude of bottles that have been added to the online book, the method used to assign numbers to each bottle is getting out of hand. A complete revision of the numbers will occur sometime during the summer. The reason I'm waiting until then is because I am trying to get together with several club members to photograph and catalogue their RI items, some of which are not currently in the book. I want to take care of as much as possible before updating the numbers and don't want to go through it again at least for a few years. Over 300 new bottles have been reported since the book was published in 1996 so it really is time for an overhaul. I'll let you know when this next change is taking place.     Upcoming Events March 24, 2002 - Syracuse, NY. Empire State BCA Annual Bottle Show & Sale 9 AM to 3 PM American Legion Post #1468, 110 Academy Green INFO: Jim Klering, PH: 315-468-0416 or John Spellman, spellmanjc@ny.tds.net   April 7, 2002 - Enfield, CT. Yankee Pole Cat Insulator, Bottle, & Collectibles Show & Sale 8 AM to 2 PM American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield St. (Rte. 5 - Exit 49 on I-91) INFO: Doug MacGillvary, PH: 860-649-0477 or veryoldmud@home.com   April 7, 2002 - Portland, ME. New England Antique Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. INFO: Jack Pelletier, PH: 207-839-4389 or Bill Yellenik, PH: 603-778-9692   April 21, 2002 - Rochester, NY. Genese Valley BCA Annual Bottle Show & Sale 9 AM to 3 PM Monroe County Fairgrounds, Minet Hall, Rte. 15A & Calkins Rd. INFO: Terry Woodhams, junkisus@frontiement.net or Tom Whipple, gvbcadealerstables@hotmail.com   April 28, 2002 - West Swanzey, NH. Gallery At Knotty Pine Annual Bottle Show & Sale 10 AM to 1 PM Knotty Pine Antique Market, Rte. 10 INFO: Joan Pappas, PH: 603-352-5252   May 5, 2002 - Utica, NY. Mohawk Valley ABC Annual Bottle Show & Sale 9 AM to 2:30 PM Herkimer County Fairgrounds, Rte. 5S & Cemetary Rd. INFO: Frank Capozzella, fcapozzella@hotmail.com Classified Ads Wanted: Do you have RI bottles which are not listed in Antique Bottles Of Rhode Island? Or maybe you have a bottle in a color or size that is not listed? If so, please send the information to me for inclusion. Proper credit will be given and all information is greatly appreciated. Send by email to: dandrews@littlerhodybottleclub.com or write to: David Andrews, 192 Wilbur Ave., Cranston, RI 02921 Don't forget to check out the book online at: http://www.littlerhodybottleclub.com/bottlebook/abofri Bottle collections. Always buying pre-1900 bottles and jars as well as painted sodas, milks, crocks, fruit jars, etc. Call Arthur: 401-647-3585 New England utility bottles. Call Rob Fahey: 508-520-4632 Toy marbles. Will pay cash. Call Jerry Biern: 401-826-3933 Bitters, Peppersauce, and Demi-Johns. Call Jan Boyer: 401-539-2051 1/2 gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplate. Preferably with bail and closure. Please call Art: 401-647-3585 or email: blobtops@aol.com Seltzer water bottles. Wanted in various colors such as red, cobalt, pink, and yellow. Please call Angelo: 401-421-3782 Woonsocket milk bottle - Carl Hendrickson Dairy. Wanted by his granddaughter Donna. Please email her at: dhendrickson@wallace.com. Pontil Providence bottles. Looking for quality pontilled bottles from RI especially from Providence. Also looking for nice squat sodas i.e. Harvey, Marlor, etc. Please call Gary: 401-862-4200 or email at VMAXwarior@aol.com Cardarelli Farms or Dairy Milk bottles. LRBC member always buying any bottles or other items from the dairy. Please contact Mike Cardarelli at 401-941-7112 or by email at: cardarelli@juno.com. Thank You. Christensen Milk Bottles. My grandmother and grandfather had a dairy in Easton, MA in the early 1900's. We are looking to buy several of the pressed glass milk bottles with their name on them (that's Christensen with an "e"). If you have any or know where I can buy some, please contact the grandson, Chuck Elmes: gce@touchinfo.com or call 800-242-8486 ext 102. Thanks! Bottles with Denniston on them. Would like to acquire two sodas from RI embossed DENNISTON & CO. / NEWPORT, R.I. and THOS. DENNISTON / BOTTLER / NEWPORT / R.I. or other bottles or variations with the name. Please contact Father John Denniston, 400 Main Street Huntington, NY 11743 or by email at: fdenniston@hotmail.com. Many thanks for your assistance. Please direct comments or corrections to: dandrews@littlerhodybottleclub.com Back To Top