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The iPunty Rod Internet Newsletter Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club January 2002 This page is updated around the 1st week of every month The next meeting of the LRBC will be held on February 12th at 7:30PM at the Pontiac Library, 101 Greenwich Ave. Warwick, RI. The evening's program will be presented by Mr. John Stanford who will be bringing artifacts and bottles he's found while diving. Club News Resident Slacker - again Not that I care, but yes, I missed another newsletter. This one is a combination January / February edition and you ought to feel lucky you're getting one at all. I asked Santa to bring me a large supply of anti-obnoxious pills for Christmas but, as you can tell, that didn't happen. I really do apologize but had a pretty good reason for not keeping up with things. My wife and I were away for the holidays, visiting our new granddaughter in Okinawa, Japan. I've been asked a million times and no, she's not Japanese. My son and daughter-in-law are in the Air Force and are stationed in Okinawa. Joanne and I wanted to see the little tike before she was old enough to drive so we decided to spend the holidays over there. I felt like we were deserting our daughter and son-in-law who live near us but they ended up using our house to host his relatives, cook Christmas and New Year's Eve dinner over here, and gave our DVD and surround sound system a good work out. And I was worried about someone breaking in while we were gone......   The Christmas Party We had a terrific turnout for the Christmas slash Holiday party in December. I don't have an exact count but believe there were around thirty six members and guests that showed up. Of course! It was a free feed! I was pretty disappointed with the food that night, it was a buffet and a slow night except for us so it wasn't as fresh as it could have been. I've been to that restaurant many times and that was the first time I was unhappy with it. I've been a couple of times since and everything was excellent. Probably just an off night and of course we were there! Regardless, everyone seemed to have a good time. I just wish we had that good of a turnout for the regular meetings!   2002 Show It's over and done with for another year. I don't have many specifics but a couple of the dealers I talked to were very happy with the day. I didn't set up and arrived just after the doors opened to the public. The parking lot was full as was inside the hall. It seemed to remain pretty busy until I left around 1:00pm and I understand it stayed that way until the show ended. I will give a detailed report next month when I have some more info on attendance, dealer reaction, etc. One thing I noticed was the lack of good Rhode Island bottles. Check that - the lack of RI bottles at all. Very slim this year. I didn't pick up much, a couple of cheapo sodas and one clear medicine not listed in the book, but that was pretty much it. I did miss getting the bargain of the day, though, an unreported mineral water from Centreville (or was it Centredale?) that Art Pawlowski managed to grab before the doors opened. I am waiting for more details on this bottle and will report on it next month. Other than that there wasn't much for us RI collectors. Oh, waaah.   Local Museum, Local History In my never ending search for RI bottles on eBay, I have contacted many sellers and buyers informing them of the club's site, the book, and basically doing doing promotion and sharing what little knowledge I have of bottles from our state. I was recently able to get in touch with one such buyer and found out he is the director of the Central Falls Public Library and curator of the relatively new Central Falls Museum. I invited Mr. Tom Shannahan to attend the show and was pleased that he managed to make it and introduce himself. We had a good conversation and I plan to take a ride up and see the museum some time soon. Tom started the museum in 1999 and is still looking for any CF items that he doesn't have, including bottles to put on display. There was also some discussion of putting on programs for each other and that will be further discussed when we get together. They are in the process of developing a website for the museum and hope to have it up and running in the near future. I will post a link to it in the Collectors, Dealers and Sites Of Interest page when it becomes available. Upcoming Events February 24, 2002 - Enfield, CT. Somers Antique Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale 9 AM to 2 PM St. Bernard School - West Campus, Pearl St. INFO: Rose Sokol, PH: 860-745-7688   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 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