TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKIERS      NOV. 1992

 

 

SPLINTERS

 

WELL, JUST ANOTHER THREE YEARS BEFORE WE CAN START THE OLD SELECTION, ELECTION, DIVERSION, REJECTION OPERATION ALL OVER AGAIN... .PROBABLY MORE OF A NATIONAL PASTIME THAN BASEBALL. Now FOR A LITTLE “WISDOM” FROM PROFESSOR WIZDUM:

--AN HONEST POLITICIAN... IS ONE WHO WHEN HE IS BOUGHT- STAYS BOUGHT.

--LIBERALS... I CAN REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN A LIBERAL WAS ONE WHO WAS GENEROUS WITH HIS OWN MONEY.. WILL ROGERS

--THE BIBLE.. .IT AIN’T THOSE PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT I CAN’T UNDERSTAND THAT BOTHERS ME , IT IS THE PARTS THAT I DO UNDERSTAND. .MARK TWAIN

 

SUPER SATURDA Y SEMINAR

DON ‘T FORGET OUR SATURDAY WORKSHOP... THIS COMING SATURDAY..

NOVEMBER 14. WE’LL BE STARTING AT 8:00 WITH GOURMET COFFEE AND

THOSE SPECIAL DIET DOUGHNUTS. JUST A FEW REMINDERS: IF YOU THINK

YOU MAY GET LOST OR HAVE A COMPASS FAILURE. . .CALL US 967-4460.

COMFORTABLE SHOES WILL HELP IF YOU LIKE TO STAND... THE SHOP FLOOR

IS CONCRETE. WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF METAL CHAIRS.. .BUT YOU’RE

WELCOME TO BRING YOUR OWN FAVORITE LAWN CHAIR IF YOU HAVE A FEAR

OF THE DREADED FF.   DRESS WARMLY.. .WE’LL HAVE HEAT BUT A LAYER OR

TWO OF CLOTHING WILL LET YOU ADJUST TO SUIT YOURSELF.  WINFIELD

BENNET SAYS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BRING YOUR OWN KNIFE TO WHITTLE

WITH... WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF “STICKS”. ALL THAT SOUNDS LIKE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BOY Scour CAMP OUT... JUST WANT IT TO BE A

PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL. SEE YOU SATURDAY I!!

 

NOVEMBER MEETING

THIRD TUESDAY IS ALSO UPON US. ONE IMPORTANT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS

OUR ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS... JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE

THROUGH WITH ELECTIONS. OuR SLATE OF CANDIDATES INCLUDES:

PRESIDENT... BILL CHEW

VICE PRESIDENT... Ross ROEPKE

SECRETARY... LUCINDA HOWARD

PUBLICITY... JACK TOWNSEND

TREASURER... JUDY DA VIS

MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO OFFER UP ANY OTHER NAMES FOR

OFFICE.

RICHARD GULLEY HAS ARRANGED FOR A GUEST FROM GALLAGER GUITAR IN

WARTRACE TO TELL US ABOUT PRODUCING THESE WORLD CLASS

INSTRUMENTS... MAYBE EVEN A FEW TRADE SECRETS. DON ‘T FORGET OUR

EVER POPULAR.. .SHOW & TELL!!!!/

 

 

TOYS FOR TOTS TOYS FOR TOTS TOYS FOR TOTS TOYS FOR TOTS

 

 

HENRY DAVIS WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER TO CHAIR THIS

IMPORTANT COMMITTEE AGAIN THIS YEAR. HE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB

LAST YEAR WE JUST HAD TO HAVE HIM BACK. THE GROUP LEADERS ARE

TOM GILLARD, BOB EUBANKS, LUCINDA HOWARD, AND HENRY AND JUDY

DAVIS. EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO MAKE TOYS HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO

A GROUP. YOUR GROUP LEADER WILL BE NOTIFYING YOU AS TO WHAT

GROUP YOU ARE IN. IF YOU MISSED THE SIGN UP SHEET, JUST LET

HENRY KNOW AND HE WILL ASSIGN YOU TO A GROUP, OR BETTER YET, CALL

THE GROUP LEADER NEAREST YOU AND VOLUNTEER.

 

REMEMBER IF YOU ARE MAKING TOYS ON YOUR OWN, BRING THEM TO THE

CHRISTMAS MEETING. WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE LAST YEAR AND HOPE TO

DO EVEN BETTER IN 1992.

 

 

SPECIAL THANKS

 

OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO RUTH WARMBROD FOR HER DONATION TO THE CLUB

OF COLLECTIONS OF BILL ‘S MAGAZINES. RUTH GAVE US A COMPLETE SET

OF WORKBENCH AND HANDYMAN THAT STARTED BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.

THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR LIBRARY. AND NOW WITH THE

BOOKSHELF THAT BILL CHEW MADE, WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO A FINE

SELECTION OF WOODWORKING INFORMATION. I PROMISE TO GET STARTED

ON LISTING THE BOOKS REAL SOON.

 

OCTOBER SURPRISE

 

Ross ROEPKE STARTED THE EVENING OFF SHOWING A MODERN STEP STOOL.

THE DESIGN WAS SO UNIQUE THAT I SAW A COUPLE OF FOLKS STEPPING ON

IT DURING BREAK TO SEE IF IT REALLY WORKED. IT NOT ONLY WORKED,

BUT IT LOOKS GREAT, TOO. ROSS ALSO HAD A BURL CLOCK THAT PASSED

JACK TOWNSENDS CAREFUL SCRUTINY. BILL CHEW, MY KIND OF

VOLUNTEER, ROLLED OUT THE BOOKSHELF THAT HE BUILT FOR THE CLUBS

WOODWORKING COLLECTION. MANY THANKS, BILL.

 

JIM VAN CLEAVE SHOWED A CHEST OF DRAWERS THAT HAD A LOT OF FAMILY

HISTORY WITH THEM. THE WALNUT WAS WOOD THAT CAME FROM HIS

GRANDFATHERS FARM. WINFIELD BENNET A . K. A. WINFIELD BISHOP SHOWED

A PEACOCK CARVING THAT HE DESCRIBED AS A PENITENTIARY CARVING.

No FOLKS, WINFIELD HAS NOT SPENT ANY TIME AT THE CROSSBAR HOTEL,

HE JUST CALLED IT THAT. HENRY DAVIS HAD A NEW CHUCK FOR HIS

LATHE. HE WITNESSED STRONGLY FOR THE NOVA SYSTEM CHUCK. I DON ‘T

REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THESE CHUCKS FOR LATHES. IF I HAD THAT

MANY ATTACHMENTS FOR MY MIXER, THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR NOTHING

ELSE IN THE KITCHEN.

JOHN TROXLER HAD A NICE STURDY STOOL WITH HIM THAT HAD A FINE

STEADY DESIGN TO IT. CROCIA HAD A MYSTERY TOY THAT I NEVER GOT

MY HANDS ON BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE ATTEMPTING IT.

 

I HOPE I GOT THIS PART RIGHT, BECAUSE IT SHOW MORE OF THE FINE

VOLUNTEER EFFORT OUR CLUB IS PUTTING OUT. MURREL CHATTIN MADE

THE SQUARES THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER NEEDED TO

TEACH CANING. AND FRANK AND MARY GRIZZARD HELPED CROCIA WITH THE

SAMPLES. THAT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK AND WE’RE PROUD OF ALL

OUR MEMBERS. THERE WERE SO MANY MEMBERS IN VOLVED IN THIS

PROJECT, I HOPE I GAVE EVERYONE CREDIT.

 

AND IN THE TRUE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT, A VOICE CALLED OUT TO PHIL

BISHOP AT KETNERS MILL AND SAID , “I’M A TURNED WOODEN BOWL, BUY

ME. “ I’M GOING TO TEACH MY FRAMES TO TALK. DON’T GET TOO CLOSE

TO THEM.

 

 

W00DCARVERS EXTRA ORDINAIRE

 

JIM AND CARLA WRIGHT FROM MURFREESBORO GAVE OUR PROGRAM. JIM NOT

ONLY HAS A FINE EYE, BUT A FINE EAR SINCE HE IMMEDIATELY

RECOGNIZED THE INSTIGATORS ON TROUBLE MAKER ROW. HE’S A SELF

TAUGHT WOODCARVER THAT HAS BEEN AT IT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. YOU

CAN ALWAYS TELL A GOOD PROGRAM WHEN PEOPLE ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

THIRTY MINUTES AFTER JIM ASKED “ ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ?

FOLKS WERE STILL RAISING THEIR HANDS. IT WAS A FINE PROGRAM, IF

YOU MISSED IT JOIN US THIS MONTH FOR ANOTHER FINE PROGRAM. DID

ANYBODY GO OUT AND GATHER DRIFTWOOD AFTER LISTENING TO JIM ?

 

FINAL NOTES

 

DON’T FORGET THAT LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED SATURDAY AT THE SEMINAR.

TOM IS KEEPING THE MENU A SECRET BUT I THINK I HEARD SOMETHING

ABOUT STONE Soup.

 

DON ‘T FORGET TO BRING A POCKET KNIFE IF YOU ‘RE TAKING WINFIELD ‘S CLASS.