TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS DEC. 1992
SPLINTERS
A
DECEMBER To REMEMBER... COLD, COLD AND MORE COLD !! PERFECT
WEATHER
FOR WORKING IN YOUR UNHEATED SHOP... NO PAIN.. NO GAIN.
YES
INDEED FALL HAS FALLEN TO THE ICY GRIPS OF WINTER. I WAS JUST
FATHER
TIME, BUT WINTER MUST BE COMPLETELY WITHOUT GENDER.. .I’M
NOT
SURE THAT EVEN MOTHER MATURE WOULD CLAIM A KINSHIP WITH
WINTER.
ALTHOUGH EVEN WINTER DOES HAVE A FEW REDEEMING
QUALITIES...
IT GIVES US A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF HEAT, WARMTH
AND
OTHER THINGS THAT I MAY RECALL ONCE MY BRAIN THAWS IN JULY.
ATTENTION ALL ELVES (GOOD & BAD)!! PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS “GATHERING OF THE SPLINTERS” ON SATURD4Y, DECEMBER 12 AT THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN DECHERD. THIS GALA EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 6:00 P.M. MY STOMACH REMINDS ME TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A POT LUCK DINNER .. .BRING ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES OR SEIZE ON THIS EVENT TO EXPERIMENT ON A HUNGRY GROUP OF WOODWORKERS. THE CLUB WILL PROVIDE PLATES, CUPS AND DRINKS.
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FIVE
MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED FOR THE EVENING.
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EATING
DELICIOUS FOOD
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EATING
DELICIOUS DESERTS
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MARTA
MAIERBACHER.. .BAVARIA AND CHRISTMAS
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CHRISTMAS
MUSIC .. . RICHARD GULLEY & COMPANY
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GATHERING
OF TOYS FOR TOTS
ON THE THIRD TUESDA Y OF DECEMBER, ALL WOODWORKERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE AT CROCIA ROBERSON‘S
HOME.
HOURS ARE 2:00 TO 10:00 P.M. DROP IN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE,
SOME
RETIREES MIGHT WANT TO COME IN THE AFTERNOON. FIND A BED FOR
YOUR WRAPS AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. FEEL WELCOME TO BROWSE
THROUGHOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE TOYS. AND OTHER INTERESTING
ARTICLES.
CHALLENGE OTHERS TO GAMES AND NIBBLE ON SOME GOODIES.
HOUSE RULE: FOR USE
OF TOYS—-JUST PUT IT BACK IN THE VICINITY IN
WHICH YOU FOUND IT, EXCEPT IF IT BREAKS, SEND IT TO THE TOY
HOSPITAL.
To CRQCIA ‘s NEST FROM ESTILL SPRINGS, TULLAHOMA, OR
MANCHESTER.
AT FRANKLIN CHEVROLET TURN RIGHT ONTO SHARP SPRINGS ROAD. AT
STOP
SIGN CONTINUE STRAIGHT. CROSS WATER. GO TO TOP OF HILL THEN
SECOND ROAD TO THE RIGHT IS SPRING HILL DRIVE. FROM
WINCHESTER,
IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING THE BRIDGE ON THE BOULEVARD, TURN
LEFT
ONTO SHARP SPRINGS ROAD. AFTER STOP SIGN GO TO TOP OF HILL,
FIRST STREET, AND TURN LEFT ONTO SPRING HILL DRIVE WHICH HAS
TWO
BRICK COLUMNS. GO TO THE LAST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AT THE STOP
GATE. FOR EASIER PARKING, THOSE WHO KNOW MIGHT GO TO
WINCHESTER
VILLAGE, PARK ON SPRING HILL AND WALK OVER.
NOVEMBER MEETING
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1993.
BILL CHEW PRESIDENT
ROSS ROEPKE VICE PRESIDENT
JUDY DAVIS TREASURER
LUCINDA HOWARD SECRETARY
JACK TOWNSEND PUBLICITY
WE CAN’T LET 1992 PASS WITHOUT THANKING PRESIDENT TOM
GILLARD AND
ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS OF THE PAST YEAR FOR SOME MIGHTY FINE
ENTERTAINING EVENINGS.
TOYS FOR TOTS
HENRY DAVIS INTRODUCED ALL THE CHIEF ELYES AND THEY GAVE
REPORTS
ON THEIR PROJECTS. WE WANT TO BE SURE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS
WHO
VOLUNTEERED ALL THEM SHOPS FOR ELFDUM. THE FIRST DAY OUR
GROUP
MET AT LUCINDA’S WE BROKE HER SCROLL SAW BLADE, HER BAND SAW
BLADE, AND FILLED THE PLACE UP WITH SMOKE. I’M SURE THAT
EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED THE USE OF THEIR SHOPS WILL FIND
MORE
THAN LUMPS OF COAL IN THE STOCKINGS.
SHOW AND TELL
MANUEL BROWN STARTED EVERYTHING OFF WITH A CHERRY MUG, AND
TALKED
ABOUT ONE THAT HAD EXPLODED, TOO. PM NOT SURE WHAT YOU
W000WORKERS PUT IN THOSE MUGS AND BOWLS YOU MAKE, BUT MANY
OF
THEM SEEM TO HA YE THIS EXPLODING CAPABILITIES. AND I CAN
NEVER
GET THESE SAILING TERMS CORRECT BUT TOM GILLARD, RERIGGED OR
DERIGGED OR TOOK THE WIND OUT OF HIS SAILS OR SOMETHING, BUT
ONCE
AGAIN HE CAME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOODEN SAILBOAT. BOB REESE
WAS
SHOPWING (THAT’S A NEW WORD I CAME UP WITH FOR W000WORKERS
WHO
SHOP AND SHOW AND SHARE ) A NEW TOOL REST HE MADE FOR HIS
NEW
LATHE. JOHN SARGENT HAD A TURNED PIECE THAT HE PUT A CLOCK
INSET IN. WHICH WOULD BE A NICE GIFT ANY TIME, CHRISTMAS OF
NOT.
SOME GUY, OUT OF THE BLUE, JUST RUNNING HIS FINGERS DOWN
NAMES IN
THE PHONE BOOK, A COMPLETE STRANGER IN TOWN, JUST HAPPENED
TO
CALL PHIL AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANYONE THAT JUST MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN AN OLD TOOL BOX. ROY FARMER HAD A IRONING
BOARD
STOOL, WHAT WE NEED ROY, IS SOMEONE TO DO THE IRONING.
CROCIA
HAS BEEN TO THE FLEA
MARKET AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S GOT, BUT ‘ GOT FIVE OF THEM. JIM VAN CLEAVE
HAS BEEN VISITING ON OF
THE SOUTH’S MOST BEAUTIFUL TOWNS AND CAME HOME AND BUILT A
CHARLESTON BUTLER ‘S TABLE. BILL CHEW HAS LEARNED HOW TO
MULTIPLE
CATALOGS AND THE EVER GENEROUS ROSS ROEPKE WAS GIVING OUT
DESIGNS
FOR HIS STOOL AND BENCH.
ABOUT DON GALLAHER’S PROGRAM WHAT ELSE IS THEIR TO SAY ABOUT
THIS FASCINATING EVENING EXCEPT THIS. YOU CAN LIVE IN WARTRACE AND THE WORLD
WILL BUILD A PATH TO YOUR DOOR.