SPLINTERS
HERE WE ARE, JANUARY 1990...A NEW YEAR AND A NEW DECADE. I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY SOME DISPUTE AS TO WHETHER 1990
REALLY MARKS THE END OF THE 80’s OR THE BEGINNING OF THE 90’s.
RATHER THAN DWELL ON THIS RATHER ACADEMIC ISSUE, WE’LL TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR EDITORIAL LICENSE AND CALL IT A NEW DECADE!!!
MOST OF US OLD WOODWORKERS HAVE PROBABLY LONG SINCE OUTGROWN
ANY NEED FOR THOSE POINTLESS NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN’T
ENDURE. PERHAPS WE MIGHT CONSIDER JUST A FEW NEW DECADE
RESOLUTIONS:
* CLEAN THE SHOP...REMEMBER THAT CLEANLINESS IS ONLY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER OR “A WOMAN’S TRASH IS A MAN’S TREASURE.
* START A LONG TERM PROJECT... .REMEMBER THAT A LONG TERM
PROJECT IS ONE THAT SHOULD EXTEND WELL INTO THE NEXT
DECADE..FOR EXAMPLE, SUSAN’S NEW KITCHEN CABINETS WOULD
BE CONSIDERED “A LONG TERM PROJECT”.
* START PLANNING THE COMPLETION OF THE LONG TERM PROJECT
THAT YOU STARTED DURING THE LAST TWO DECADES...THE SECRET
IS ALWAYS IN THE PLANNING...”INDECISION IS THE KEY TO
FLEXIBILITY.
* MAKE A PRACTICAL LONG TERM INVESTMENT.. .REMEMBER THAT
ONE OF THE MOST PRACTICAL AND LONG TERM INVESTMENTS ARE
TOOLS...THIS FACT IS SUBSTAN~IATED BY A MAJORITY OF THE
WOODWORKING FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS THAT I HAVE CONSULTED.
* PAY YOUR TENNESSEE VALLEY WOQDWORKERS DUES IMMEDIATELY...
REMEMBER THIS IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOLUTION! I!!
* BRING A FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR TO TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY JANUARY 16 7:00 P.M. AT THE DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC BLDG. IN BEAUTIFUL DECHERD
NEXT MEETING
SPEAKING OF THE NEXT MEETING. BOB REESE, OUR NEWLY ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT AND HONORABLE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN, HAS ARRANGED FOR AN
EXCELLENT PROGRAM TO START THE NEW DECADE. THE PROGRAM TOPIC THIS
MONTH WILL ADORESS A DEEPLY NYSTERIOUS SUB-JECT. THIS PROGRAM IS
AIMED AT KEEPING YOU SHARP. BOB HAS FOUR OR FIVE MEMBERS SET TO
DEMONSTRATE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES FOR HAND SHARPENING WITH STONES. I
IMAGINE THAT WE’LL SEE WATER STONES AS WELL AS THE TRADITIONAL
OIL STONES. BE THERE OR BE DULL! !
WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT OF MONTHLY PROGRAMS, LET’S NOT NOT
FORGET OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE PROGRAM...SHOW AND TELL....
MAYBE SOME OF OUR MORE FORTUNATE MEMBERS WILL BRING IN A
CHRISTMAS GIFT...A TOOL OR PROJECT.
BOB IS PLANNING ON DISTRIBUTING A QUESTIONAIRE AT OUR NEXT 4
MEETING. HE’S LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP FOR
MEETING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. TOPICS WE’VE DISCUSSED INCLUDE
WOODS, HAND TOOLS LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, POWER TOOLS FIELD TRIPS,
EXCHANGES OF SHOP VISITS AND SEMINARS. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO
CONTRIBUTE YOUR THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS. WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING
FOR ANYONE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US...EVEN FOR A
PORTION OF A PROGRAM. BOB ALSO MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF A
LIVE SCROLL SAW DEMONSTRATION. HELP US OUT! !!!
CHRISTMAS GATHERING
YES, IT WAS ANOTHER EXCELLENT GATHERING OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
W000WORKERS. WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR: RICHARD
GULLEY AND HIS CHURCH FOR ALLOWING US TO GATHER THERE, PAUL PYLE
AND THE AWALT RAMBLERS FOR THEIR FINE MUSIC, ALL THE DELICIOUS
FOOD, AND JAN M0YE’s ENTERTAINING LIMERICKS. OUR VERY SPECIAL
THANKS TO JACK TOWNSEND AND HIS SLED, I MEAN SLEIGH, AND
DELIVERING THE TOYS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN FRANKLIN AND
COFFEE COUNTY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU PRESENT AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY~ YOU WERE
PRIVILIGED TO HEAR JAN AND HER LIMERICKS. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD
ENCLOSE THEM IN THIS ISSUE OF SPLINTERS FOR ALL TO ENJOY. IF YOU
THOUGHT HER POEM FROM LAST YEAR WAS GOOD, JUST WAIT TILL YOU GET
A LOAD OF THIS FOLKS.
LIMERICKS BY JAN MOYE
WHAT
IS HIS NAME, THIS JOLLY ELF,
WHO MAKES THOSE
BEAUTIFUL CLOCKS ON YOUR SHELF?
WHY
IT’S JACK, THAT’S HIS NAME,
HQNORALBE JACK, ONE AND THE SAME,
THE
MASTER CLOCKMAKER OF ESTILL HIMSELF I
HERE’S
A MAN OF WIDE ACCLAIM,
HIS
WQODTURNING BRINGS INSTANT FAME,
AT PRATER’S MILL
HE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS,
WHO IS HE? WOULD YOU HAZARD A GUESS?
WHY, TOM COWAN IS HIS NAME
*1~., —
THERE
ONCE WAS A CARVER NAMED BENNETT,
WHO
DECLARED EVERY PIECE OF WOOD HAD IN IT...
A BIRD, OR A CHAIN-,
A PIG, OR A CANE,
HIS
FLY IN THE PIG, HE WON’T SELL. RECKON HE’LL RENT IT ?
THIS
TALENTED COUPLE, THEY WORK. IN OAK, POPOLAR, AND BIRCH,
ORDERS
ALWAYS ON TIME, NEVER LEAVE YOU IN THE LURCH,
THEY SOMETIMES WORK IN SNITCHES,
BUT THEY KEEP YOU IN STITCHES,
WHO
ARE THEY, TOM AND SUSAN CHURCH.
ENTER
HERE A WOODCARVER EXTRAORDINAIRE,
HIS
CARVINGS ARE UNIQUE, HIS TECHNIQUE RARE,
HE’LL CARVE AND HE’LL BURN,
FOR HIS DUCKS, WE ALL YEARN.
WHY,
IT’S BILL MOYE THERE.
HEAR
YE, HEAR YE, THIS WONDERFUL SCOOP,
ABOUT
THIS FANTASTIC MUSICAL TROUPE,
BILL ROTHE AND HIS CREW,
WILL PLAY, AND SING. AND ENTERTAIN YOU.
THEY’RE THE AWALT RAMBLERS GROUP I
THERE IS THIS LADY NAMES JAN,
WHOS
SOMETIMES TAKE PEN IN HAND,
To POKE A LITTLE FUN,
AND MAKE A LITTLE PUN,
AND
HOPES YOU WILL ALL UNDERSTAND.