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The
iPunty
Rod
Internet Newsletter
Of The Little Rhody Bottle Club
June 1999
This page is updated
around the 1st week
of every month
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The next meeting of the LRBC will be held next Tuesday,
June 8th, at 7:30pm at the Pontiac Library.
The program topic is "Brimfield Finds" and "Summer Plans".
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Club News
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- May
Meeting
- There
were eighteen members in attendance including one new
member, Chuck Richardson from Cranston. We also had two
guests, Jim and Marilyn Charleston, who brought in a bottle
which they were hoping to be a great find. As is the case
99% of the time, they were let down easily as it was explained
that the labeled, screw cap whiskey wasn't anything they
could retire off of. The label was in great shape though,
and while not a very desirable bottle may be collectible
to someone.
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- There
were four members in attendance who we hadn't seen in
a while. John and Bev Barone came up from Westerly and
Wes and Dianne Seeman made the trek because they thought
there would be a Sandwich "expert". Little did Dianne
know that she had brought him. In last month's newsletter,
Pam had written that one of our members, now an "expert"
because of the recent trip to the museum, would give a
presentation at the May meeting. This was meant as sarcasm,
and didn't lie in the sense. She did feel bad that some
people were misled but after returning home after the
meeting, she reread the newsletter and realized it wasn't
misleading. Anyway, it was good to see all of you regardless
and don't wait so long before you visit us again.
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- Some
of us did bring in things we thought were Sandwich and
Pearl's may have won the prize that night. She brought
in a very heavy vase which was determined to be more than
likely Sandwich. Of course Wes and Dianne brought in several
items, a box of shade pulls in a variety of colors and
some very large, heavy furniture knobs.
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- Local
Glass Blowers
- Pam
went onto the web to find some local glass blowers and
found quite a few in Providence, one in Cranston, one
in Newport, and one in East Greenwich. She gave the list
to Steve Berquist and he said he would call them and try
to set up something in the way of a club trip, possibly
on the night of one of our meetings. Stay tuned.
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- Bottle
Postage Stamps
- Postal
stamps depicting several types of glass will become available
on June 29th. Stanley Sorrentino suggested we get some
canceled first issues and sell them at the show next January.
Someone is checking into that.
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- Program
Chairperson Wanted
- Jan
Boyer has been co-program chairman along with Bob Lanpher
for several years now. He has been very busy lately and
not able to attend the meetings leaving Bob on his own.
If you have some good ideas for programs and would spend
a few minutes a month setting something up, Bob would
appreciate some assistance. He's been doing a great job
but two heads are better than one and it makes the job
easier with a partner to run things by. Come on down and
help out!
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- Summer
Hiatus
- We
take the summer off so the June meeting will be the last
one until September 14th. Pam will send out a reminder
in late August about the meeting which will probably have
something to do with Summer Finds. Plan on attending as
this is usually a really interesting evening.
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- 2000
Show
- September's
newsletter will include a contract for the Little Rhody
show scheduled for January 9, 2000. If you would like
a table or tables at the show you MUST RETURN THE CONTRACT
IMMEDIATELY. Club members have first shot at tables but
the contracts will go out right afterwards and the show
will probably sell out at Keene. DO NOT WAIT OR YOU WILL
LOSE OUT!!!!!!
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- FYI
- A
super rare Willington, CT pickle bottle was sold on eBay,
an online auction house, for $44,100! There are only five
known examples of this 11" tall pickle and this example
was reported as mint condition. There were 57 bids and
the bottle carried a reserve of $275. A gentleman from
Pennsylvania, Richard Rushton-Clem, purchased the bottle
at a yard sale in Massachusetts and an antique store consigned
it on eBay for him. The winning bid was by a doctor from
Pennsylvania who owns an extensive bottle collection.
See? There is still good stuff to be found so visit a
yard sale today!
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- The
Diggers
- Pam
and Art have been digging at a site where Art found a
pontilled piece and an Atwoods Quinine Tonic. One of the
conditions is that they clean out ALL of the glass and
put it somewhere else. There is a lot of glass already
on the surface along with cans and conetops by the hundreds.
They are reportedly taking their time. Evidently, the
dump is from the 40's and hasn't been productive bottle
wise but they have been finding glass candy containers,
marbles, tin soldiers, and such. Repeat after me.....
Willington pickle, Willington pickle.....
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Classified Ads
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Wanted:
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- RI
Bottles of all types. I am looking for ALL bottles
from RI, common and rare, clear and aqua, colored, medicines,
sodas, anything. Special interest in Rumford bottles and
go-withs. Contact Dave at 401-942-6634 or on the web at:
oaklawn@earthlink.net
- 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 in the book? If so, please
send the information to me for inclusion in a future revision
of the LRBC's bottle book. Proper credit will be given
and all information is greatly appreciated. Send by email
to: oaklawn@earthlink.net
- Toy
Marbles. Will pay cash. Please call Jerry Biern at
401-826-3933
- Bitters,
Pepper Sauce, and Demi Johns always wanted.
Call Jan Boyer at 401-539-2051
- 1/2
gallon spring water bottles with arched slugplates.
I have 5, would like more! Call Art at 508-399-6427
- The
following people are not bottle collectors but are looking
for milk bottles from their family's dairy.
- Sam
Terzian / Pleasant View Dairy / Whitman, MA. Cal
Alice Tavitian at 781-447-5141
- Lodi
Dairy / Plymouth, MA. Cal Winthrop Pachard at
617-447-3966
- Homestead
Dairy / Erbeck / W. Bridgewater, MA. Call Dick
Cogswell at 508-586-6272
- Morton
Dairy / Foxboro, MA. Call Laurie Morris at 508-697-0392
- Ritchie
Dairy / Virginia. Call Sue Worden at 413-697-5492
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