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Table of Contents FOHBC Officer Listing In the Footsteps of New Jersey 2014-16.................................................. 2 Glass Blowers

by Eric McGuire...........................................32 President’s Message...........................3 Digging with Jackie Kracker, The Coal Shards of Wisdom..............................4 Country Bottle Mines

by Rick Wiener.............................................38 FOHBC News From & For Our Members.................. 6 A.P. Simms: “In” and “Ousted” in Mississippi Chattanooga National Antique

by Jack Sullivan...........................................46 Bottle Show

by Ferdinand Meyer V.......................10 Everything’s Better with Bitterquelle

by Ken Previtali..........................................50

Charles Gardner Gets a ‘Love Token’

by Scott Grandstaff............................ 60 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Info..................................... 65 Membership Directory.................... 66 FOHBC Show-Biz Show Calendar Listings................... 68 Membership Application................. 72

On the Cover: “Charleston Shield” Superior Soda Water display at the 2015 Chattanooga National

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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our Primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.

FOHBC Officers 2014-2016

President: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford,

Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979;

e-mail: fmeyer@fohbc.org First Vice-President: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr,

Russellville, KY 42276; phone: (270) 726-2712;

e-mail: sbi_inc@bellsouth.net Second Vice-President: Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove,

Bartlett, TN 38135; phone: (901) 372-8428;

e-mail: genebsa@gmail.com Secretary: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: jhberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: Gary Beatty, 3068 Jolivette Rd.,

North Port, FL 34288; phone: (941) 276-1546;

e-mail: tropicalbreezes@verizon.net Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162,

Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833;

e-mail: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 208 Urban St,

Danville, IN 46122; phone: (812) 841-9495;

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Merchandising Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: vgberry10@yahoo.com Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; jim1@frontiernet.net

Conventions Director: Louis Fifer, 604 Topaz, Brunswick, Ohio 44212; phone: (330) 635-1964; e-mail: fiferlouis@yahoo.com Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford,

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e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr,

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Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham, PO Box 24114, Edina, Minnesota 55424, phone: (952) 920-4205;

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President’s Message Ferdinand Ferdinand MMeyer eyer V V FMG Design, Inc.

FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street 101 Crawford Street Studio 1A Studio 1ATexas 77002 Houston, Houston, Texas 77002 fmeyer@fohbc.org ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com

t is early Sunday morning andIt was I sit107 here reflecting Wow, Iwhat a hot and dry summer so far! degrees one dayat in Houston as Diner we lookinforward the reliefNew of fallHampshire and some rain.

Most TimoleonÕs quaintto Keene, while of us are busy with life and of course, 2015 National drinking some coffee to warm me we up had (it isour 45recent degrees outside, Antique Bottle Show in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was quite amazing as chilly for a Texan). The Yankee Bottle Show starts here shortly the temperatures seemed to subside for a few days to allow our visitors and will be great a funcity conclusion to a long weekend of bottle events to enjoy the of Chattanooga. that started out with a gathering at Federation members Mark and Anniereally VuonoÕs Stamford, Connecticut Fridayand and The show wasn’tinover for me until I returned toon Houston completedthe the Heckler article andColumbus references Day to theHayfield show for event this issue of included in WoodBOTTLES and Connecticut EXTRAS. I mean, who wants to read about that our show stock Valley, yesterday.

I am thinking this in the November December issue?

Probably be snowing in the northeast! was the exact spot, two years ago today, that the great Unfortunately, this meant an incredibly tight deadline to do the article, fit Feldmann story that I retell in this issue of Bottles and Extras, in the magazine and get it to the printer. got its wings. I hope you enjoy the article and pictures. John and Sheila areour wonderful thatfirst represent the Ifoundation We need to get thanks outpeople of the way here before give a recap of this wonderful show.

First of all, thank you to our co-chairs John Joiner and cornerstone of our great hobby. and What Jack Hewitt.

John, in particular, the freight andinis late a model a whirlwind of eventsreally sincepulled our great EXPO for all show chairs as far as I am concerned.

Next I would like to thank July in Reno, Nevada. Every time I think of this event, I am the Federation board members who have encouraged and supported this great reminded of how grateful I am, and we all should be, of Marty show. We should also thank the City of Chattanooga, Marriott Downtown Hall, Richard Siri, Staybridge the Reno Suites Bottle(support Club and of Hotel (our host hotel), hotel)the andlegions the Chattahelpers that pulled off this mega event.

Marty even reported a nooga Convention Center for really reaching out and making this a great strong success that demonstrates yet again, that our event forfinancial our members and attending bottle collectors. organization is getting stronger and marching forward. The Next we have ourNational committee who needNew our thanks such asnext Bill 2013 FOHBC inchairs Manchester, Hampshire Johnson for advertising, Mike Newman for the Battle of Chattanooga, year is progressing smoothly with a majority of the tables Tom Lines for Displays, Alan and Elaine DeMaison for the FOHBC already being sold. Lexington, Kentucky will be our location Virtual Museum, Jim Hewitt for Bottle Appraisals and of course the girls for the 2014 makeThis yourwould plansprimarily here, too. can up front in the National, locomotiveso cockpit. be You Val Berry, get for Booth, both Helen eventsForbes, by visiting our and website, Lindainformation Sheppard, Alicia Wanda Joiner my wife Elizabeth Meyer.

These women oversaw show registration, membership, FOHBC.org.

Tom Phillips, our Conventions Director, was merchandise and generalthis information throughout the show. even in the southeast week looking at venues for We the also 2015need to thank JimItand withago Daniel formuch conducting National. wasPattey not Daniel too long thatAuctions we were morethe rather professional and exciting Rolling Thunder live auction. short-sighted. Now with this advance planning and public announcements, we can stakeBoyle our claim on a date that willtohelp Next we need to thank Mallory for contributing her time be our other decide when to Ason anour officialshow show chairmen photographer.

Her images arehold usedtheir in thisevents. issue and aside, did were nineforbottle shows this web site.

Weyou also know need tothat thankthere Steven Libbey his spectacular Virtual Museum video and Jeff one Wichmann American weekend, including acrossofthe pond?Bottle Our Auctions hobby isforsohis generous gifts to the Federation.

A special shout-out goes to Tom Hicks strong. I see the glimmer of change even with our shows.

LetÕs who was our keynote banquet speaker. Tom, as many of you know, fell promote more and grow our hobby. Bring people to the shows. ill on Saturday after the banquet and missed the show. Collectively, as a Bottles, and positive change are contagious. group weglass all prayed for his speedy recovery.

We also thank and congratulate Ralph Finch for his heartfelt remarks following his induction into membership is Fame. also drastically up which is excittheFederation prestigious FOHBC Hall of

We need to thank our seminar speakers including Tommy Schimpf, Jack

Sullivan, MikebeNorthcutt, Jim Witkowski, Dougmembership McCoy, Rick drive ing.

We will announcing a major new Phillips Paul Sampson. saw the super displays, later thisand month that usesIf you a 2,000-member target.we We are need to thank Ed Provine, Gene Bradberry, Mike Newman, Dale nearing 1,200 members now. So if you are a member, stay with Murschell, Walter Smith, Mike Jordan, Tom Sproat, Bill Haley, us, youÕreAmy are Autenreith, undecided,Dennis pleaseSmith, join!Jim There many JimifBender, Berryare andso Mike exciting things planned. Our magazine, and Extras, Northcutt.

Congratulations to Mike NewmanBottles and Tom Sproat for is undergoing a major winning awards here.face lift, we have a new web site, by the time you read this, we will be 1,000 members plus on our Also, thanks to John Sharp the FOHBC Sunday worship service, Chip is FOHBC facebook page, forthe Virtual Museum Cable for filming the Battle of Chattanooga, the Battle of Chatmoving forward (look for a major announcement soon) and we tanooga judges and winners, all of the dealers and anyone who have just sent our first digital newsletter to a large audience of came to our show. Also, I would like to thank all of the people people.

The new comments Federation, your FOHBC. article. I was able who contributed to the forthcoming bloodthat and persons to carry the torch.

I will be toWe use need everynew comment came in before the deadline.

A special thanks isout alsoto due to allof of our our advertisers in the reaching some membership forsouvenir picturesprogram. of your bottles, assistance on the web site, articles and stories for Please and excuse me if the I leftweb someone out.newsletter As you can and see, this really Bottles Extras, site, the helpison the a major team effort to put on a Federation show. Teamwork is the norm Virtual Museum. If you would like to volunteer, in any area, it and paramount for success. would be very much welcomed and appreciated.

You Iwill a new section front ofaBottles and Since havealso beennotice president, I have kindin ofthe grown into role to help Extras called Letters to the Editor.

I am not sure why this was these shows where needed. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out thatthere strong andor super volunteers arebut needed make itwant happen. not in co-chairs some form another before we really to Each show we learn something, we do something right, we do something hear your stories and ideas and how we can do things better. wrong, but we study it and move forward. We always build a better You can send an e-mail, write a letter or call any board tomorrow for our hobby and members. member, including myself at any time. Our contact information isWe in this magazine and on numbers the webatsite. had surprisingly strong our Southern Region show which In the January/February 2013weissue of Bottles Extras, pleased me greatly. In my mind, usually have lessand than stellar we representation in the south which I Regional can not explain as the south is bursting will be starting a two-page Overview section where at thewill seams with bottle collectors.

We sold 256from tables of four the 300 we had we highlight incoming information the regions available, had 143 early admission and 365 general admission on Sunthat make up the Federation (northeast, southern, midwest and day. Obviously, we need work here. Our television report for the show western).

If you have material please forward to your Regional happened on Sunday night instead of Saturday. Go figure. Our bottle Director.

If site or received hall did feelyou like itvisit wasthe full web of activity which is goodour andnewsletter, we had a wide you will of seeantique that Regional News variety bottles and glass.is now appearing in a different and more refreshing format in these venues too.

We people from our Banquet Weturned are only as away strong as our weakestwho link.wanted I use last thisminute exprestickets andin hadbusiness a capacityand crowd of about 110 members for our with first ever sion often in my general conversations Membership Meeting Breakfast. We gave away a couple dozen bottle people. Keep an open mind, be positive, and try to help, give grab bags to children, had incredible displays and seminars, and an constructive forward.

Smilewhere and you someone exciting live criticism auction andand the move Battle of Chattanooga could see will smile to you. andWe you will hear a story.

Step bottles thatback you might notListen see again. sold about three times as much forward and tell a story.

Looka at yourwith collection find advertisthat merchandise as last year, broke record souvenirand program ing sales, and raised close to is $3,000 where missing bottle or link.

This whatfor it istheallVirtual about.Museum Our best assetwe tablemembers. and new video. We also signed up 44 new members! ishad all aofspecial our great I am also looking forward to the great 49er Bottle Show in Little details like Glen Miller’s Chattanooga Choo Choo greeting banquet Old Town Auburn, California in December. We usually go to arrivers and “See Rock City” bird feeder centerpieces filled with chocothe Festival of interesting Lights parade year after show. We lates made for tableseach appearance.

The the hat contest couldlove have it been because the better horses, and trucks promoted anddogs, our lastgoats, minutepeople Chattanooga bus tripall justare did not have timewith to materialize. was too cold Remember, in the hall. Myaapologies adorned lights forItChristmas. show istosoall. much better if you make it an experience. While you are at a We will have a conferencego calltosoon to debrief have ourselves on the show show, visit a collection, a museum, dinner with a and to learn from it. The Sacramento, Springfield and Ohio chairs will atbottle friend, go on a dig etc. There are so many things you can tend. We will continually get better. I am also looking forward to a team domeeting to stayat connected with ouringreat hobby.on Make it a multithe Lions Gate Hotel Sacramento September 11th in dimensional experience.

Happy autumn and winter. preparation for our 2016 National Convention. In the first week of sales, we sold 20% of the available tables. Better make your plans soon. This will be one for the books.

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Bottles and Extras as such. The town of Salem Massachusetts is still famous for its witch trials of the late 17th century. Salem Massachusetts was not the only small hamlet hunting witches at the time though. Neither was the hysteria limited to the United States. Many a town across England was caught up in the fever also, the fear of witches was a superstition born of Western popular culture, and it left little of the European world un-touched.

The American Witch Bottles Superstition has always played a strong role in the practices of popular culture. Even today, in what we consider the modern civilized world, where we explain everything scientifically many of our daily habits are rooted in superstition. We may no longer wonder where the sun goes as it sinks in the west, or worry that the camera has not taken a piece of our soul, but how many of us still knock on wood, or grew up yelling jinx when a friend spoke the same word at the same time? Superstition is an extension of our faith, a character of our imagination and scientific evidence indicates it is a crucial piece of a healthy mind.

Where there are witches there is of course a cure, while the most drastic of cures resulted in the hunting of witches. Many English families turn to preventative measures, in the form of white magic to combat the black magic used by the witches. Among many different items used to combat witches was the witch bottle. Highly prevalent in England from the 15th though early 17th century, it was believed a witch bottle reversed the black magic or that it would protect a household from it.

Our imagination can of course go a little too far, and here in the United States it was taken to extremes when witches were hunted high and low, and many an innocent person put to death

Witch bottles were just simple, regular bottles. In England and Europe, stoneware bottles called Bellarmines were considered witch bottles. They were filled with items considered to have magical properties when a spell was cast over them such as fingernails, pins, old nails and even small felt hearts. To even out the concoction the bottle was then filled with urine and spit, all of which were believed to ward off the witches or cause them bodily harm.

For the charm to work the bottle had to be carefully sealed and then placed upside down, often at a point of entry, somewhere in the home. The most common practice was to bury the witch bottle under the walk or threshold; sometimes, they were placed under the hearthstone and other times in the chimney stack or foundation of the home. With the witch bottle placed a witch Bottle extraordinaire Matthew Levanti will assist the Editor with Shards of Wisdom, so send in your news or bottle updates to: Matthew T. Levanti, 5930 Juarez Road. Placerville, California, 95667 m.tigue-levanti@hotmail.com

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could no longer enter the home or use black magic on it or its occupants and some thought it would even cause the a witch who was working against a particular home or persons to come running to them in pain pleading mercy and to have the witch bottle destroyed!

Witch bottles are thought to be an English tradition, and it was long believed they were only used in England and some of its close provinces in Great Britain. It would seem likely that an English tradition would be brought with English settlers to the New World, and in 1976 in Essington, Pennsylvania a witch bottle was discovered.

HISTORIES CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson FOHBC Historian

After taking over BOTTLES and EXTRAS, the first FOHBC issue of the magazine was Volume 6 - No. 9 published in March 1995.

It was 32 pages. The magazine had previously been published by Scott Grandstaff and Kitty Roach.

Today’s BOTTLES and EXTRAS is a much larger magazine that is primarily printed in color. It is 72 pages, not including covers.

This present issue is Volume 26, Issue 221.

The new logo for the magazine was also introduced.

Watch each issue for a new installment of Histories Corner.

The English mallet type bottle was found buried upside down outside of the foundation of the Governor Printz home during archeological excavations at the site. Buried with and under the bottle were a shard of redware pottery and a bird bone. Inside the bottle were 6 round-headed pins and it was tightly plugged with a wooden stopper. The bottle is most certainly a witch bottle. It dates to the mid-18th century and was likely buried by the family who owned the property long before the governor was gone.

So here we have evidence of an American witch bottle. Unfortunately there is very little evidence of any other on record, just rumored witch bottles or those purportedly believed to be witch bottles. That does not mean they are not there. It is very likely witch bottles were used by our early English colonials, and also likely that there are a few out there still waiting to be discovered.

Hopefully, one day some amateur treasure hunters will bring some more to light, the professional, opinion is that they were not

used here in the states and they are therefore not sought after. It’s possible a few have even been overlooked.

The American witch bottle, call me superstitious if you will, but I believe they are out there, waiting…

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FOHBC News From & For Our Members The best references/resources to study Historical Flasks?

What are the best references and resources to study historical flasks? Kindest regards, Larry

I have a novel story to tell you...

Annie, my girlfriend/wife/love-of-my-life of many years is from Colombia by way of Panama. Annie and her sons recovered over 2,000 bottles from the Panama Canal and associated lakes in Panama (Gatun, etc.) back in the 70-80s. The bottles were shipped to the United States and sat in boxes for almost 30 years.

After seeing your collection featured on Extreme Collectors, we were inspired to dust off the bottles, price them and take them to market in Florida at a local show. After getting our footing on what sells, (we sold some too cheaply), we are now bonafide bottle vendors. The cable show inspired us to get into the bottle business as a sideline and we have collaborated with local antique dealers to liquidate old collections when they come available.

Our latest find was a large collection of medicine and sodas and some really nice Hutchinsons. One is probably the best AWB Arcadia known to exist.

[FOHBC] Great question. I have placed a list of the McKearin Historical Flask Groups on the Peachridge Glass web site. You can use the search function. This chart will help in identifying the major flask groupings. I also keep the BLASKE COLLECTION, The Edmund & Jayne Blaske Collection of American Historical Flasks handy for reference. The book is pictured above. I believe that I found my copy on eBay. There is so much new information.

There really needs to be a new book.

More on Burton’s Bitters Oops! It hit me last night that I did not answer your question on page 22 of the May-June issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS regarding whether the bottle costume and label on the costume I wore at that Mardi Gras party was a mock up of an imaginary bottle or was it real? I confess it was all imagination! The only Burton’s Bitters bottle I know for certain was real and is the amber square one embossed “Burton’s Stomach Bitters.” If you have a copy of the catalog Jim Hagenbuch made for me for the sale of my collection in May, 2000, it’s number 13 on page 8 of the catalog. There is colored photo of the bottle there, too. The person I originally bought it from was an early bitters collector and member of the ABCA in Sacramento, CA. I’m looking forward to receiving the additional copies of the May-June issue I requested. They should satisfy the local club members and others who are eager for a copy. Maybe the Federation will get a couple new members. I’ll encourage that.

Warm regards, Burt Spiller

I know you specialize in bitters, but wanted to share our story with you. Are there any particular Florida bitters you are looking for? I might have something you need.

You are our inspiration!!! Keep on Collecting... Together Forever, As Long As It’s Glass...

David and Annie

From the Curator of Near East Collections at Princeton University Library Dear Mr. Meyer, I hope this e-mail finds you well. Let me say right away that I am not a collector of glass bottles; I am, rather, the Curator of Near East Collections at Princeton University Library. In that capacity, I recently acquired for the University Library the as yet only known copy of a broadside in Judeo-Arabic (Arabic written in Hebrew script), probably the work of Syrian Jews in New York City. This document is probably the oldest known example of Judeo-Arabic printing in the United states, and is in fact a broadside advertising Ordway’s Kaufman’s Bitters. I believe it is a translation of one of the labels used on the bitters bottles and includes a short biography of Dr. Kaufman, a description of the benefits to be derived from using the medication and a statement of proper dosage.

I have checked in Ring and Ham’s “Bitters Bottles” which was of limited help. Can you recommend a book on this kind of bottle which might contain information on the Ordway company and a good picture of the label? It is my intention to publish a short article about the broadside from the point of view of the history of Arabic printing in the United States, and I believe this kind of

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information will be very helpful in dating the broadside. Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours, James Weinberger, Curator Near East Collections Princeton University Library PS: By the way, I am very impressed with the Peachridge Glass web site.

More on The Bininger Man - Jack Pelletier Dear Martin & Ferdinand, I wanted to touch base with you both about the article I wrote in the last issue on Jack Pelletier, The Bininger Man. I received both calls and e-mails from people telling me how much they enjoyed the article and how they have always loved Jack and thought it was nice that we paid a tribute to such a great collector.

That being said we did have an error on our part that we have to correct. The one photo of a seal bottle is not a Bininger bottle and is tagged as one. I noticed it right off and my heart stopped. The bottle shown is the Caner bottle that I wrote about in the article. I am sure other collectors spotted the error and I hope they realize that these things do happen from time to time. During the creation of the article I sent Ferdinand close to 100 different photos.

By mostly e-mails we worked things out. When Ferdinand sent the Photoshop enhanced copy of the Caner bottle to me we decided to hold off putting it in until I could write something about it specifically. It truly is a fantastic part of history. But the photo made the article by mistake. I can only hope everyone realizes the amount of hard work it takes to put these kind of articles together.

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Heat from Down Under The last article on digging in your magazine was not healthy for the bottle diggers anywhere. Not sure what point the author was trying to get across. - Mark Youngblood [FOHBC] Yup, Mark’s e-mail was probably the nicest from about ten we received on the “Digging: From Bottle collecting to Archaeology, By one who knows the truth” article in the MayJune 2015 issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS. The hornet’s nest was certainly stirred up. We will say that a strong group of bottle collectors and diggers pushed the article so it did just not come from left field. Personally, I enjoyed it but I did read the article with skepticism and with a wry smile. Talking with big-time digger Tom Leveille, I did suggest free magazine space from another point of view. The offer is open to all diggers.

Bayou Bend begun years ago by Ima Hogg Ferdinand: I’m writing to introduce myself after coming upon one of your blog posts and Peachridge Glass on the web. You may know that Bayou Bend has a collection of American figured flasks and other bottles - not a huge collection, but one begun years ago by Ima Hogg - and I’d like very much to have you come look at it if you have not seen it.

My own background is in historic house museums and American decorative arts before that, so I am far from a specialist in bottles or glass. I came to Bayou Bend in January of this year after having worked for almost 15 years at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Before that I worked in Galveston and Beaumont - at historic house museums in each city.

In any case, I’d very much like to be able to meet you and learn a bit more about where our interests overlap - historic bottles.

Many thanks, Bradley Curator, Bayou Bend Collection The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Remembering Bob Harms

Please post this photo of the true Bininger Seal bottles (see above) in Jack’s collection. As you can see, they are much slimmer and taller in size. I would also like to say I spoke with Jack a few days ago and he just found a broken Bininger seal bottle in a smaller unknown size. I hope to be able to follow up with a photo of that in the future.

Happy collecting to all, Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian

Our very own bottle hobby legend, Robert J. (Bob) Harms, died April 18 while vacationing at the home of his daughter (Dr. Terry) in Englewood, Florida. Bob, also known as RJ, “Mr. Hutchinson” and Robert (the latter when his wife, Barb, needed to call his attention to something he said or did that she disapproved of), was a 39-year member of the 1st Chicago Bottle Club. During that time, he served 22 years as a member of the Executive Board, either in the capacity of President, Treasurer or Newsletter Editor.

During the 1980s, ‘90s and the first decade of 2000, he and his wife, who preceded him in death, were backbones of the club. He also was a life member of the National Bottle Museum and the

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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. He belonged to many other bottle clubs during his time in the hobby.

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“Not only was Bob a premier Hutchinson collector, he also was a very close and dear friend of my wife, Claudia, and I,” said John Panek, president of the 1st Chicago Bottle Club. “We traveled to many shows with Bob and Barb. We cruised the Caribbean together and always managed to find a casino in every state we visited during a show. The Las Vegas and Reno shows became favorites for obvious reasons.

“When Claudia, the children and I moved to our new home in Deerfield, Bob provided the 1880 paving bricks that line our walkway and patio. He had kept the bricks in his yard after removing them from the streets of the village of Dolton.

Bob was filled with many memories and experiences of his various occupations and roles he played in his 88 years on earth.

He was particularly proud of his service in the Seabees, the U.S. Naval Construction Forces, during World War II. He was a factory workers in his teenage years when he enlisted and became an operating engineer when he volunteered to operate a crane because no one else wanted the job.

After the war, he became a machinist, a mechanic, a policeman, a fireman, a truck driver, an excavator, a demolition contractor, a bank director, a railroad wreck specialist and the owner of many related construction and railroad businesses.

He had wonderful and delightful stories to tell us all about each and every one of his occupations. His stories about his Seeabees experiences during World War II were especially funny and ultimately became legendary.

When Bob discovered the world of bottle collecting in the early 1970s, he became a bottle collector extraordinaire. More specifically, he was a Hutchinson collector extraordinaire. “If it isn’t a Hutch, it”s not a bottle,” he loved to say. His home and bottle room were incredible sights to behold, with stacked cases and row upon row of Hutchinsons, including the most complete collection of Chicago Hutches including all varieties and examples from the many glass factories which manufactured the bottles. At one time, he owned three 50-state collections.

His awesome collections also included picture Hutches, rare and common, from every state and the 19th century territories. He always enjoyed speaking to other Hutchinson legends including Ron Fowler, RJ Brown and Zang Wood. Bob was a charter recipient of Ron Fowler’s Hutchinson Bottle Collectors Association Hall of Fame Award.

Curious as to how Hutchinsons were bottled, in the late 1970s or early ‘80s he purchased a bottling machine used by the Litchfield (Ill.) Bottling Works from father-son collectors in Alton, Illinois who were among his good friends. They had found it in the factory. He figured out how it worked and demonstrated it at several bottle shows, much to the astonishment of all who watched.

“When Bob obtained a duplicate of a rare Chicago Hutchinson that I did not have in my collection, he would call and say: ‘John, I have a new addition for your collection.’ I dared not ask him what I could give him for it because he would feel I was insulting him.

“He was an extremely intelligent individual who loved to read the daily newspaper, magazines and books, especially those pertaining to railroads and history. He was also a versatile writer whom I considered a modern day ‘Mark Twain.’ His columns in our newsletter about his travels in his ‘Cowboy Cadillac’ to bottle shows across the country were hilarious classics. There also were stories about trips to Hawaiian bottle shows.

“Fellow club member Jerry McCann can relate the humorous and wonderful stories of their trips to Australian and New Zealand bottle shows. Many more stories came from the trips to the U.K. and other European places taken with Jim Hagenbuch. He will be loved forever by Claudia and myself.”

Bob’s son, Bobby Jr., who worked for his father all of his life in Bob’s various businesses and was a backhoe operator on many club digs, will take possession of the collections, Panek said.

Bob is survived by his children, Sharon, Bobby Jr., Dr. Terry and Carolyn; his brother, Al; stepchildren Steven, Val, Denise, Alison, Keith and Tracy, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

By John Panek and Ray Komorowski – 1st Chicago Bottle Club Digging in a Civil War Camp My name is Brian Jones from Powhatan, Virginia. This past weekend while metal detecting a Civil War camp uncovered a bottle while digging some bullets out of a 1-1/2 foot deep hole.

The bottle is a Turner Brothers amber bottle with New York, Buffalo N.Y., San Francisco Cal. The bottle has no nicks, scratches or damage. I have found very little information on this style and was wondering a approximate value range. I have attached some photos which are high resolution so you can see what I have. I appreciate any information you can provide.

Thanks, Brian Jones

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E. Dexter Loveridge Still in the House

not know how all this info is added, but I’m sure glad it is!

Ferdinand, When I got the mail today, I was SO excited to see the BOTTLES and EXTRAS magazines!! I grabbed my cup of coffee, and sat down to enjoy every page. I only wish I could put into words what it’s like to experience something like this. Within months, these items went from being displayed in my home...to now being out there for the world to see and appreciate. I can’t help but think that Edwin is very pleased! You did an amazing job, and I can’t thank you enough. I know that I say that too often, but I can’t seem to find any other words.

[FOHBC] As as member of the FOHBC, you can enter the FOHBC Members Portal to access current year and past issues of BOTTLES and EXTRAS. You can read past issues cover to cover in a magazine software reading format or look at the indexed list for a massive compilation index of past article PDF files which you can read online.

When I was going thru yet another box of paper recently, (a full box of newspaper clippings, believe it or not), I read about how one of Edwin’s daughters committed suicide in 1907. I can’t believe how they wrote so many details in newspapers back then.

She had become depressed because her sister (Edwin’s other daughter, Mary) had died in a train wreck the preceding May. Edwin had passed away by then, but I found it very sad that of his 3 daughters, one was killed in a train wreck, and one committed suicide. Hattie was the only daughter left, and in her grieving, Louisa encouraged her to move into this house, which explains why we have the beautiful furniture, among other things, from Buffalo, N.Y. I have been in contact with another auction house who is interested in all the railroad things, including the photos of the wreck, and the lawsuit filed by the family. Poor Louisa. I also found clippings that her brother, Pierson, was shot in the back at work, (he was a lawyer working on the railroad case). The man who shot him, turned the gun on himself and was said to have been drinking. I think Pierson was only in his late 20s.

This family could be the basis for a great novel or movie! And I’m living right in the middle of all their stuff! If only these items could talk!

Well, anyway, I can’t wait to share these magazines with the kids.

We’ll all be in Michigan next weekend, so you can be sure we’ll be talking about it!

Thanks AGAIN, SINCERELY, Diana

Searching for BOTTLES and EXTRAS Articles I was talking with Eric McGuire at the Santa Rosa show and asked if he knew why links to the articles published in Bottles and Extras are not found using Google? He thought it had to do with copyright laws. Is there a way this information can be made available so someone doing a Google search could find these great articles? Just think how this could open the door to others about the world of bottle collecting and how much more valuable information would be available to anyone searching the internet!

Ken Morrill [FOHBC] Ken, using Google, I pulled up your latest FOHBC antique milk bottle articles in less than a second?

[Ken] Wow, I’m excited to see these articles are now linked through Google. A while back I did a search using the words X.L. Dairy Bottled Milk Co. and this PDF file did not come up. I do

Ralph Finch - FOHBC 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee

Ey up, Ferdinand. I am really sorry to be missing the Chattanooga National, unfortunately my Best Man duties must take precedence - been booked in for a long time!!

I am all the more so gutted to be missing seeing dear Ralph Finch (pictured above) getting his Hall of Fame award. I think had I been there I would have stood up and ‘heckled’ and said something impromptu along the lines of “I first met Ralph at the Montgomery Alabama Show. It was my first American trip and my first ever overseas bottle show.” At the Show I met him in person - polite, quiet, cool and placid. An all-round nice fella. From the outset he set something off inside me, and in many ways I can blame him for the way my own life has evolved over the decades.

He has been so much of a major influence, and inspiration, along the way. We’ve shared many good times together, had lots of meals, chats, pints of beer (well - he didn’t imbibe) …. and he has enjoyed (or should that be “endured”) the manic lifestyle of Alan Blakeman over at the UK Summer Nationals - wild after show curry party trips, and a great deal more. Ralph is simply one of the hobby’s main ‘lights’, he is up there on a pedestal for his ongoing commitment to the hobby, for so long. Ever humble, always humorous. Sadly, will miss his well earned accolade, but for sure I will (during the wedding - I’m best man - over the weekend) raise one or two glasses to him.

“Ralph - you are one helluva guy and it has been my pleasure to know you so well, for such a long time. Congratulations on your Hall of Fame award - if such was ever justified you are truly the pinnacle recipient in my mind.”

Wrote that straight from my head - in the middle of a busy, busy day…. will e-mail it to him as well - but I understand he and Janet have left for Chattanooga today. Hope all goes well for you over the weekend.

Best regards Alan Blakeman

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by Ferdinand Meyer V Thirty-plus years ago I was in Chattanooga and thought, “what a nice town.” Now, it has grown into a GREAT town, with so much to offer. We loved the hospitality, the free shuttle that made it a breeze to get around town, the river view, the restaurants, the aquarium, the city’s history, the FOHBC shows setup, the hotel, the great program, the banquet ... hey, the list goes on and on.

We arrived in town early so that we could spend a night at the historic Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. The terminal station has been converted into the most unique lodging. We slept in one of the Victorian Train Cars, with our family in two connecting cars, plus Bob and Marianne Strickhart in another. Bob was thrilled, since he is a train buff. (If he slept in the buff we don’t know ... and don’t want to know.)

After a couple of years of planning, the 2015 Chattanooga National has come and gone. The train arrived in all of its glory, met us at the station, and carried its passengers on a grand three day excursion in the great southern city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It left us with memories that will last a lifetime. Our signature logo was everywhere and greeted guests at our host Marriott Hotel Downtown and adjoining Chattanooga Convention Center.

There were badges, name cards, banners, posters and t-shirts that said, “Choo-Choo to Chattanooga”. I am so proud to say, we looked our best and our crowds and numbers certainly support the fact that this was one of our Federations finest events ever.

As I awoke in Chattanooga on the Monday morning after the show, I knew that another, and almost final stop was needed for the adventure, this being the production of this issues show report with a impending printer deadline just days away. Fortunately, we have had some nice and constructive comments that I will try to use throughout the article in different color type. I will also use the wonderful pictures taken from our professional show photographer, Mallory Boyle to take us for a ride.

I was thrilled to be there, and I thank all those involved for their great efforts. I was also appreciative of the great doctors at Detroit’s Ford Hospital. I went in on Monday for a “modest” heart surgery, and told the doctors to do a great job because I planned to get up the next day and go to Chattanooga! The hospital saved my life, but lost all my clothes (in Vegas I once lost my shirt, but that was a different issue). The next day, Janet arrived at the hospital, the car packed and with a new set of clothes for me (I had threatened to go wearing my back-open hospital garb), and off to Chattanooga we went.

Life is great, but it is even better if you are a bottle collector, surrounded by so many wonderful people. Many thanks to everyone involved in putting on such a great show; their time and efforts made for a WONDERFUL weekend. - Ralph Finch (Farmington Hills, Mich.)

Marianne and I had a great time in Chattanooga.....but then again, I can’t remember a bottle show where we’ve had a bad time. Particularly, the time spent with friends was for us, a major highlight. It was excellent to witness Ralph Finch’s induction into the FOHBC Hall of Fame, he truly is deserving. The banquet was great but I personally enjoyed the live auction action the most. I also came home with 3 nice lots.

As you may know, Jim Bender and I are co-chairing the 2017 National Convention in Springfield, Mass. Jim and I were paying close attention to the details at Chattanooga to see where improvements if any, could be made and what things we’d like to avoid. Just a short word of advance notice, Jimmy and I are going to have a show that will exceed any and all expectations. 2017 will be worth the wait and we’re going to pull out all the stops! The bar will be raised!!!! Keep your eyes peeled for developments in the future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob & Marianne Strickhart (Pennington, N.J.)

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One of the best bottle shows I have attended in a long time. Good selection of every kind of bottle. Thanks to Jack Hewitt and John Joiner and many others for a job well done.

Ken Nease (Claxton, Ga.)

Show Chairs, Jack Hewitt (left) and John Joiner cut the ceremonial ribbon to announce the start of the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Antique Bottle Show.

Mike Newman (Martinez, Ga.), Battle of Chattanooga coordinator and Louis Fifer (Brunswick, Ohio), FOHBC Conventions Director, make a grand entrance to the hall.

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“However, I felt the exhibits were out of this world. I was excited to see some bottles and insulators that I might not ever be privileged to see again. It allowed me to see where my own collecting could go in the future.�

Pat Morrison (Jasper, Ala.)

Jack Daniel stood proudly in the center of the display area

Detail from History of Jack Daniel display

by Mike Northcutt

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On Time and Ready: Houston, Thursday Morning, 1:30 am A Federation National Show is all about timing. Just like a train runs on a clock, so does our show. Our first experience with time involved getting up at 1:30 am on Thursday morning before the show to travel about 12 hours from Houston, Texas to Chattanooga, Tennessee. We usually fly, but when you are carrying 10 boxes of souvenir programs, 2 boxes of t-shirts, posters, banners, bottles, TV screens, contracts, computer equipment and luggage…you need to drive. We also had a special guest, Alicia Booth, who was traveling with us. The day before, I picked up a special car from Avis that I rented that would allow us to pack up all the items. The company provided us with a gigantic GMC Yukon SUV that fit the bill as long as we lowered the third row of seats. Maybe a truck next time because we were jammed.

Arriving in Chattanooga around 4 p.m., the three of us met up with our friends Jerry and Helen Forbes from Big Sur, California.

From there, we had a grand steak dinner at Porter’s at the Read House Historic Inn, one block from our venue. Joining us were Jim and Janice Hagenbuch from East Greenville, Pa. and Mike Newman from Martinez, Ga. You have to have fuel in your body to handle the coming three days. Trying to get to bed early, we knew that we had to be ready for the FOHBC semi-annual board meeting at 8:00 the next morning.

FOHBC Board Meeting: Friday Morning, 8:00 am - Noon With a strong turnout, as most of the 19 board members were present, the board meeting ran smoothly and four hours were up in a blink, it seemed. Our conference line was available for board members who could not make the trip. We started off with a full report on the Chattanooga Show with co-chairs John Joiner and Jim Bender (far left), Linda Sheppard, Val and Jim Berry. Four New Yorkers.

Jack Hewitt and moved on to the 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Sacramento, Calif. Eric McGuire, Western Region Director, gave an update here. From there we moved to the 2017 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in Springfield, Mass. Co-Chair Jim Bender gave an update. If that was not enough show business, 2018 Midwest Region Co-Chairs Louis Fifer and Matt Lacy gave us an update on their work in securing a venue for the 2018 Convention. Looks like Cleveland, Ohio is a front runner here. Louis is also Conventions Director and stated that he is also fielding requests for information for our 2019 Southern Region Show. From there we talked about finances, investments, membership, BOTTLES and EXTRAS, the Virtual

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The 2015 CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE SHOW equals a huge success thanks to all of the following: Tom and Mabel Hicks. Tom was the banquet speaker. Keep Tom and Mabel in your prayers as Tom was transported to the hospital early Saturday at the show. As of today he is anxious to go home. The hospital has completed its tests and still waiting on the results. Ralph Finch was elected to the FOHBC Hall of Fame. Janet and Ralph’s kids were there plus a surprise to Ralph was his grandkids who also attended the banquet. A well deserved award.

The last FOHBC membership was purchased for 92 year old Dorothy “Tootsie” Hood from Apison, Tenn. by her grandson who brought her to the show. Tootsie said she has collected bottles for years and was thrilled to be at her first show.

I also need to thank all of the following: Mike Newman (Battle of Chattanooga), Tom Lines (displays), Bill and Joyce Johnson (advertising manager). 79 ads sold!!!!; Jim and Pattey Daniel (Rolling Thunder auctioneer); Mallory Boyle (official show photographer), Jim and Val Berry, Jim Bender, Linda Sheppard, Jim Hewitt (appraisal table), Alan and Elaine DeMaison (Virtual Museum), John Sharp (Sunday worship service), Alicia Booth, Helen Forbes, Debbie Alley, Walter Smith, Chip Cable, the Battle of Chattanooga judges, the gentlemen that put on six GREAT seminars, all of the displayers and of course…our dealers!

Also thanks to the Marriott Hotel and staff, the Staybridge Suites, Chattanooga Convention Center, the program advertisers, with special thanks to Coca-Cola, Bluewater Grille, Tennessee Aquarium, Grumpy’s Antiques, Moon Pie General Stores, McKee Foods Corp and Little Debbie.

A super big thanks to Ferd and Elizabeth Meyer for all of their expertise, knowledge and help.

Last and MOST important to me is my wife, Wanda. The show would not have happened without the many hours she put in. Thanks!! SEE YOU IN SACRAMENTO in 2016!

John Joiner (Newnan, Ga.) This was for me the best show ever. I am not exactly a newbie at shows or collecting but this past weekend we seemed to go from one high moment to another without interruption. Loved listening to my friend Tom Hicks at the banquet, fully supported the changes to our FOHBC brought forward at breakfast (a stellar idea!), was able to buy one of two pieces I bid on at the auction, and had the best day selling AND buying at the show! My gratitude and deepest appreciation to the Federation, to Jack Hewitt and John Joiner, and to all the collectors who filled our days with wonderful bottle stories and good hearted fellowship! Our hats are off to all those who made this delightful weekend possible! - David Hicks (Atlanta, Ga.) What a fantastic show in Chattanooga! John Joiner and Jack Hewitt did a great job picking the site. Chattanooga is such a visitor friendly town. My friends and I appreciated the free public transportation to enjoy some nights on the town. There are so many great restaurants and tourist attractions in this historic city that provide endless opportunities for entertainment. Also, the FOHBC put on so many fantastic events it made it hard to decide where to spend our time the entire weekend. Although it was hard to choose what seminar to attend, we were glad we chose Tommy Schimpf’s presentation on Charleston sodas. He did a fantastic job and provided us all with extensive knowledge of Charleston’s rich history of colored sodas! Our group of bottle show friends, Tim Adams, Sonny Howell with his wife Garnella, and I were joined by our good friends Tony Carr and Wayne Hill. We are all from the Carolinas and share interest in bottles, pottery, history, and having a good time. Everyone in our group sold something, bought something, and brought home a little more knowledge of our hobby. We hope everyone enjoyed our company, and look forward to seeing everyone at the next show.

Vern Huffstetler (Graniteville, S.C.) This was truly a GREAT show. All aspects of the show came together as planned and it was enjoyed by all. There were nice displays, the banquet was wonderful and with no problems, the speaker did a great job as I knew that he would. Tom is a funny, folksy speaker. I pray that he recovers his health and can return home soon. Many tables with good inventory. The seminars were well planned. There was a good auction and friendly helpful members. The membership breakfast meeting was a hit with many people. I can hardly wait for Sacramento and Springfield. - Sheldon Baugh (Russellville, Ky.) This was an eye-opening experience for me, since it was my first time as a show staff member.

It was only my 3rd National Show as an attendee, and it was wonderful. I see more clearly that it takes many dedicated people to both lead and to follow in getting the preparations and onsite work done. I am grateful to the FOHBC board, executives and ALL the show chair-persons, everywhere, for everything they do. Kudos also to all the authors, auctioneers, collectors and dealers for their efforts. It takes a lot of passion and dedication by many to keep our wonderful hobby alive and well! - Bill Johnson (Snellville, Ga.)

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Museum, merchandise, our web site and facebook page, Hall of Fame and Honor Roll, awards, history and next years board elections. A full plate you might say. I am just so proud here with the FOHBC board that we have in place now. Lots of strength in every corner and plenty of new ideas and open minds.

Bottles and Extras Banquet keynote speaker Tom Hicks (Eatonton, Ga.), prepares to give his “Adventures in the Hobby” talk.

Early Dealer Registration & Packet Pick-Up: Marriott Mezzanine, Friday Afternoon, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm The full army of FOHBC volunteers was set up and ready at the Marriott mezzanine for the large crowd of dealers and show-goers that picked up their packets, bought or renewed memberships, purchased merchandise or just wanted to be part of the action.

You need your FOHBC show identification and all wore their lanyards proudly for all to see.

In front of column, Bill & Bea Baab (Augusta, Ga.) get some special instructions.

FOHBC Cocktail Party: Marriott Ballroom Prefunction, 5:30 to 6:30 pm FOHBC Banquet & Awards: Marriott Ballroom, 6:30 to 8:00 pm The traditional cocktail party preceded the FOHBC Awards Banquet and as usual, was the place to rub shoulders, bend your elbow and catch up with your bottle friends from across the country. At 5:15 pm the ballroom doors opened to the music from Glenn Millers Chattanooga Choo-Choo. A great way to start the banquet. Seating was prompt and initial introductions and announcements were made by the show organizers and Federation president. Three meal choices were served in preparation of the keynote banquet speaker Tom Hicks from Eatonton, Georgia.

The great southern storyteller, who spoke on his “Adventures

FOHBC 2015 Hall of Fame recipient, Ralph Finch (Farmington Hills, Mich.)

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in the Hobby,” captivated everyone. Another highlight of the banquet was the FOHBC Hall of Fame award that was given to Ralph Finch from Farmington Hills, Michigan. Ralph engaged the crowd, as he usually does, with his colorful way of speaking and reminiscing about his many years in the hobby and his global quest and love of antique glass. Yes, he spoke about target balls too.

More awards were given to the Federation clubs which included, Club Newsletter, Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association (Buffalo, N.Y.), THIRD PLACE, “Traveler’s Companion”, editor: Craig Maefs, Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club (Utica, N.Y.), SECOND PLACE, “Bottles Along the Mohawk”, editor: Jon Landers and the Ohio Bottle Club, FIRST PLACE, “The Ohio Swirl”, editors Phyllis and Adam Koch. For Show Flyer awards, Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association (Rochester, N.Y.), THIRD PLACE, designer Aaron Weber, Ohio Bottle Club, SECOND PLACE designers: Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer and North Star Historical Bottle Association (Minneapolis, Minn.), FIRST PLACE, designer Steve Ketcham. For Web Site awards: Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association, THIRD PLACE, James Bartholomew, webmaster, North Star Historical Bottle Association SECOND PLACE, Steve Ketcham, webmaster and Ohio Bottle Club, FIRST PLACE, Alan DeMaison, webmaster. The three Articles-Research/Information awards went to Mike Bryant, author, THIRD PLACE “How Well Do You Know Your Fellow Club Members?”, published in “The Bottleneck”, Mike Bryant, author SECOND PLACE “Aztec Brewery Murals”, published in “The Bottleneck” and Jack Sullivan, author, FIRST PLACE, “Uncovering Lima’s National Wine Company”, published in “The Ohio Swirl”. Best True Story awards: Mike Bryant, author, THIRD PLACE “Promoting Our Show in the West Indies and Cuba” published in “The Bottleneck”, Mike Bryant, author, SECOND PLACE “John Crihfield, The King of San Diego Breweriana” published in “The Bottleneck” and Ed Stewart, author, FIRST PLACE “Don’t Dig Up the Dead Dog” published in the “Oklahoma Territory News”. The Best Original Fictional Story awards went to Mike Bryant, author, SECOND PLACE “Ask Aunt Blabby”, published in “The Bottleneck” and Jim Bender, author, FIRST PLACE, “A Weekend to Remember” published in “Bottles and Extras”.

The special President’s Award was given to Jim Bender (Sprakers, N.Y.) for his outstanding service as FOHBC club Historian, his work in writing articles about the National Bottle Museum and The Bininger Man - Jack Pelletier and Michael Anderson - A Man with Everything Figural’d Out and his work with Bob Strickhart in securing a location for our 2017 National Antique Bottle Convention in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A special award was given to yours truly from the FOHBC board for outstanding service or something like that. This was a surprise as usually the president presides and lets all the great supporters do the work. Anyway, I was honored. Thank you. I told the crowd that my wife, grandkids and dogs were my bosses at home and that I reported to the membership and board of directors in my position. A lot of work but a lot of help. When you love what you do, it makes it so much easier.

A special Success to the Railroad flask was given to the hat con-

FOHBC board member, past Federation President and 2013 Hall of Fame recipient Gene Bradberry (Bartlett, TN)

FOHBC Historian, 2017 Springfield Co-Chair, 2015 Presidents Award recipient, Jim Bender (Sprakers, NY)

Group picture of just a few of the FOHBC Club award winners

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Chip Cable (McMurrray, Pa.) films an exquisite sauce battle. Images were projected on the large Federation screen.

Mike Newman (Martinez, Ga.) presiding over the Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition.

Colored soda category judge, James Campiglia (Bozeman, Mont.) inspects an entrant.

Left: First Place (tie) was Dr. Charles Aprill of New Orleans, La. with his blue Dr. Leriemondie’s Southern Bitters, pontiled, known to be from Brookhaven, Mississippi but not marked.

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test winner by Alicia Booth from Houston, Texas who donated the flask in honor of her late husband Tom Booth. Liz Maxbauer from New Hudson, Michigan won the award with what looked like a spur-of-the-moment concoction. Lastly, a $100 gift certificate was announced to be spent at the show and the “See Rock City” table centerpieces that were filled with sweets, were awarded to each table group with an “X” marked in tape on their chair leg. Pretty cool. A great evening that went too fast. Now we all pretty much scurried over to the Chattanooga Convention Center for the Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition.

Left, Hat Contest winner Liz Maxbauer (New Hudson, Mich.), center Alicia Booth (Houston, Tex.) and John Pastor (New Hudson, Mich.)

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Great show! Well organized and planned. Hotel was great. Good bottles. Got lots of nice compliments on shooting the Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition! Appreciate everyone’s hard work! - Chip Cable (McMurray, Pa.) I was able to attend as a seller along with my grandson (and associate member) Christian Morgan who is 15 years old. This was his first experience selling at a bottle show and we are very pleased with our sales. Also, we were fortunate enough to win an award at the “Battle of Chattanooga.” We carried home 6 new additions to our collection and could easily have added a dozen others. Loading and unloading went smoothly from our perspective as well. It is also good to be able to re-connect with old collecting friends such as Tom Lines and Ed Provine.

While in Chattanooga, we also stopped at the shooting memorial, which was a very moving experience. Our thanks to John Joiner, Jack Hewitt and the others who made this possible. Bob Morgan (Charlotte, N.C.) I was invited to attend the Chattanooga National Show by Ferdinand and Elizabeth Meyer. My husband had recently passed away and I think they were trying to help me through a rough time in my life. Reluctantly, I said yes and am I glad I did! This show was the greatest ever.

Everyone worked hard to make it the best yet and all the people I visited with had nothing but good things to say about the program as a whole. Thanks to ALL who worked behind the scenes to make it bigger and better! I know I enjoyed helping wherever needed.

Battle of Chattanooga Bottle Competition: Chattanooga Convention Center, Ballroom H, 8:00 - 11:00 pm The much anticipated Battle of Chattanooga bottle competition, which was coordinated and emceed by Mike Newman (Martinez, GA) was as exciting as can be, that is if you are a hard core bottle collector who likes seeing the best of the best. Some of these bottles you may never see again so it was exciting to get close and review the examples in the Federation light box and on screen as filmed and projected by Chip Cable from McMurray, Pennsylvania. Bob Riddick and Mark White, both from Lexington, South Carolina did a great job in checking in the bottles from all of the registrants as well as assuring their safe return. Chip Brewer from Charleston, SC was the primary person in charge of carrying the bottles from station to station. Jack Hewitt also helped with this job.

Four killer sauce bottle entrants

In the Sauces Category (see above) the judges were David Olson, Lou Pellegrini and Jimmy Bray. First Place was awarded to Dr. Charles Aprill of New Orleans, Louisiana with his blue Wells, Miller, Provost sauce in a rare 9 1/2 inch large size. In Second

Tom and I started our hobby in the 80s in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I wanted fruit jars in different sizes and same color of aqua to keep flour, sugar and beans in. We later moved to Houston, Texas and joined the Houston Bottle Club where we learned more about other collectible bottles and glass. Our interests grew to inks, Anna Pottery Railroad Pigs, Pickle Jars, Tobacco Jars and too many other assorted beautiful glass bottles or jars to mention. We just bought whatever struck our fancy at the time. We bought and sold as we went along, sometimes regretting having sold something we really and truly loved and wished we had kept. I am sure we weren’t the only ones that ever happened to. I hope to continue contributing to the FOHBC team by assisting in any way I can. I’m looking forward to being a part of the team for the Sacramento and Springfield Conventions. HAPPY BOTTLE COLLECTING TO EVERYONE! Alicia Booth (Houston, Tex.) We want to thank everyone who put on this show. This was our first National show and first time meeting the officers and spouses who treated us like family. A special thanks to Mike Newman on the great job with “The Battle of Chattanooga.” We saw many rare bottles including the only yellow straight sided coke from our home town, Savannah, Georgia. Our Charles Axt wine bottle display was fun to share. - Paul and Jeanie Chance (Savannah, Ga.) Cathy and I flew back to California Monday night. Here are some thoughts. With the hotel we were all-in-all pleased. We had a clean room at a modern facility with good staff experience and especially liked the Starbucks store in the lobby. We missed a small refrigerator in our room and there was no safe either but maybe others had these small niceties. The price of the hotel was perfect. Seems like the bar staff was overwhelmed on Friday and Saturday night.

Maybe they didn’t think all the old folks liked to party. In the general vicinity of the show, we found plenty of restaurants nearby of good quality. Regarding the Chattanooga Convention Center, I was only an Early Buyer and I liked the room. There was lots of natural light from huge skylights. I did not notice any dealers sitting in an unlit corner. Bright and comfortable and plenty of aisle space. Also plenty of behind the table space for the dealers to sit which hasn’t always been the case. I was actually impressed with the quality and variety of offerings by the dealers. I have to say, I expected less variety and quality because it is a Southern show and I thought many dealers in the North would not come down. While the Northeast dealers were largely absent, I bought three excellent historical flasks and was very glad I attended the show. - Richard M. Tucker (Laguna Hills, Calif.)

Dear Ferdinand, It was good to see your wife Elizabeth. She brightens my mother-in-law’s day every time she attends a show. I’ve only attended a couple of national shows but this show certainly raised my bar of expectation for future shows. Major hats off to our old friends John and Jack. This show had such a wide variety of not only glass but other collectibles. I collect flasks and Janice collects Wolf’s Schnapps Liberty Bell. We both did very well in adding to our collections. (Thanks for the great picture in our ad). As usual, we met some knowledgeable and good folks and reconnected with some dear old friends.

Gary Lassiter (Fairburn, Ga.) Great show! Excellent location. Very well organized. All events were very well planned and attended. Lots of good bargains. Best show we have attended in a while. Great job everyone.

Mike & Beth Northcutt (Lynchburg, Tenn.)

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Place, Terry Gillis of Fort Payne, Ala. won with his yellow green keyhole design peppersauce. In Third Place was Christian Morgan of Charlotte, N.C. with his aquamarine cathedral peppersauce with unusual flared lip treatment.

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An early morning buffet breakfast was served to the FOHBC membership at our annual meeting for the first time. Have food and they will come.

In the Colored Sodas category, the judges were James Campiglia, Vic Svendsen and Tod von Mechow. First Place was awarded to Eric Schmetterling of Moorestown, N.J. with his amethyst colored Blagroves Superior Aerated Mineral Waters, Brooklyn, N.Y., sided tenpin shape, iron pontil. In Second Place was Bob Currens of Export, Pa. with his blue Ira Harvey, Providence, R.I., teepee shaped, open pontil soda. Third Place went to Tom Leveille of Newport News, Va. with his green J. M. Roseberry, Alexandria, Va., embossed eagle, iron pontil soda.

In the Best Bottle South of the Mason-Dixon Line, the judges were Tom Lines, Jamie Westendorf and Jim Hall. In First Place (tie) was Dr. Charles Aprill of New Orleans, La. with his blue wine with embossed grapes and leaves, unlettered variant of the Imperial Levee, J. Noyes, Hollywood, Miss.). Also in First Place (tie) was Dr. Charles Aprill with his blue Dr. Leriemondie’s Southern Bitters, pontiled, known to be from Brookhaven, Miss. but not marked. In Third Place was Jimmy Bray of Oglethorpe, Ga. with his green Colliers Remedy, P. M. Cohen & Co., Charleston, S.C., pontiled medicine.

FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast: Marriott Plaza C, 7:30 to 8:30 am This was the first time that we had our annual FOHBC Membership Meeting in a breakfast format. Traditionally held on Friday afternoon, after the FOHBC Board meeting, we had noticed year after year, that the meeting was poorly attended. It wasn’t a big stretch to think that this was prior to many members arriving in town, and if they were in town, maybe they were sightseeing.

We all know that if you have food, more will attend. Well, that was exactly our thought so we changed the meeting to 7:30 am and invited our members at 7:00 am for an “American Dream Breakfast” which consisted of sliced seasonal fruit, assorted breakfast breads, fluffy scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, cottage fried potatoes with peppers and onions and coffee, juices etc. We guesstimated and worried that too few, or too many would come.

As it turned out, we sat about 110 members and the event was a huge success. This was important as we had some important news and voting to conduct. Oddly enough, two folks even came in and ate and left before the meeting. Oh, well.

At promptly 7:30 am, the meeting started. As FOHBC president, I gave the members an overview of the FOHBC board meeting the day before, discussed the present show highlights. We next addressed the FOHBC “Next Generation” plan which was originally developed in March 2014.

Next Generation committee chair, Jim Bender, FOHBC Historian, explained that the board has been talking about FOHBC memberships and membership rates for about three years now. After research, it was determined that the Federation was just about breaking even financially with a membership that includes our 72-page magazine, BOTTLES and EXTRAS (76 pages with covers). Most clubs have discontinued the expensive printed maga-

Good spirits were evident with all the early risers.

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zine due again to printing costs and ever rising postal charges.

As a result, it was recommended that membership rates be increased as follows: Regular second class membership: $40 (was $30), second class membership: $55 (was $45), Canada membership: $60 (was $50), Other Countries: $80 (was $65), Clubs: $75 (same), 3-Year membership, second class: $110 (was $75), Digital membership: $25, (Associate membership will continue at $5; Not available with Life or Digital Membership). Discussion occurred and a vote was taken. The cost increase was approved unanimously by members present.

There was also a vote to for Re-Institution of Life Membership.

The committee has been working on this for quite some time.

This type of membership has to appeal to everyone. Three possible levels of Life Membership were recommended. These levels were reviewed and discussed by Board members. The levels are as follows: Level 1: $1,000, Includes all benefits of a regular membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life. Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription.

Note: In the future, a Level 1 could become a Level 2. Level 3: Earned or Honoree. The Board would have the option of bestowing an honorary Life Membership. This person would continue to join the FOHBC at the regular membership rate. How this honor is earned will be determined by the Board. Our membership voted and again this was unanimously approved.

Doug McCoy (Marietta, Ga.) gave a talk on The Evolution of the Coca-Cola Bottle

Rate increases will occur on 01 September 2015 as will re-instituting Life Memberships.

FOHBC Seminars: Saturday, Marriott Plaza A & B, 9:00 am to Noon Six outstanding seminars were orchestrated by the FOHBC and included various collecting topics such as Charleston, South Carolina Colored Sodas by Tommy Schimpf, Every Bottle Has a Story by Jack Sullivan and Ferdinand Meyer V, The History of Jack Daniel Whiskey by Mike Northcutt, Alkaline Glazed Stoneware of the Edgefield District, South Carolina,“Warranted Good� by Jim Witkowski, Charleston, The Evolution of the Coca-Cola Bottle by Doug McCoy and Bottle and Relic Digging by Rick Phillips and Paul Sampson.

Each seminar was well attended with some with standing room only.

Charleston, South Carolina Colored Sodas by Tommy Schimpf (Charleston, S.C.)

Master story-teller Jack Sullivan (Alexandria, Va.) gave a talk with Ferdinand Meyer V (Houston, Tex.) titled Every Bottle Has a Story

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Early Admission on Saturday afternoon. Notice the abundance of natural light from the skylights in Hall A at the Chattanooga Convention Center

Man of steel, Vern Huffstetler (Graniteville, S.C.) hauls a large demijohn like it was nothing.

Rapt attention from the historical flask collectors

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Sept - Oct 2015 Alkaline Glazed Stoneware of the Edgefield District, South Carolina,“Warranted Good”

by Jim Witkowski, (Charleston, S.C.)

Showroom Closed: Saturday, Chattanooga Convention Center, Hall A, Noon to 1:00 pm This is an anxious time and a tradition for FOHBC shows. In the morning, dealers are allowed to set wares under their tables and all displays were set up. We need this time to catch our breath.

Remember, we have already had the FOHBC Membership Breakfast Meeting and the six seminars. All morning the FOHBC tables set up in front of Hall A were busy handing out more dealer packets, selling early admission, selling and renewing FOHBC memberships and hawking merchandise. Quite a crowd had gathered in anticipation of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Show Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Saturday, Chattanooga Convention Center, Hall A, 12:50 pm The honor of holding the FOHBC scissors and cutting the FOHBC ribbon falls squarely on the shoulders of the Chattanooga Co-Chairs John Joiner and Jack Hewitt. This is the second time that we have held this event. You can see a picture at the beginning of this article. This seems to be a great photo opportunity for all and it keeps the Indians at bay as they all wait for the clock to strike one and the show to start.

Dealer and Early Buyer Admittance: Saturday, Chattanooga Convention Center, Hall A, 1:00 - 5:00 pm The mad rush was controlled a little better this year as we let in Dealers first followed by Early Admission. The trick here is to open all the doors but check each name tag for access.

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Again thanks for all your help and kindnesses during the Chattanooga show. It was a kick to have won a writing award. Had no expectation of anything. I enjoyed myself, thought the seminar was well attend (beyond my expectation) and even found an item to buy that I had written about previously but never seen in reality. I often go to shows and buy little or nothing because for me the best part is seeing people I have met, worked with, written for, bought from, sold to, etc., over the 40 years I have been collecting. There were many such encounters at Chattanooga and they were good. I also needed personally to thank folks on the FOHBC board who voted me two years ago to the Hall of Fame - and did.

If I were grading the show itself, I would give it “B” grade. On the plus side, there were some excellent displays and a real effort made to show items of interest. Particularly good was the display of photos, bottles, barrels and jugs about Ed Sheehan of Augusta. Probably will get a post out of it. Other displays were also very interesting. The items being shown by dealers were fine - but nothing there to knock my socks off. People I talked to seemed happy and were buying things. It was disturbing to see so many tables empty, however, something I have never quite understood. The first day that happens, but the pubic showing the next day also had what seemed to be more “empties” than usual. (At Baltimore a “no show” does not get a table the next year without a very good excuse.) I also was concerned that a few of the dealers were pricing whiskey-related items at prices way above what I knew they had been selling for on eBay and elsewhere. In one case I saw whiskey pocket mirror I own, bought for about $12 not long ago, that a dealer had $174 on. When I noted the differential the dealer definitely was not interested in hearing anything. Maybe I got a real bargain - but probably not. The problem is with new buyers who might pay way too much for something, as we all did when we were just starting out, and become disillusioned about the hobby. - Jack Sullivan (Alexandria, Va.) I had a great time at the 2015 FOHBC National as usual with the Arkansas connection of Larry Childers (Ozark, Ark.), Rufus Buie (Rison, Ark.) and myself. We had a picture made with the three of us as we have attended a total of 30 National Shows combined. I was able to purchase a few superb bottles and trade for some others; the best being a mint condition Brown’s Celebrated Herb Bitters. We were also able to tour Lookout Mountain and some of the other local attractions and now trying to make plans for next year. Great show. - Dean Marvel (Conway, Ark.) The National Show at Chattanooga was well organized and seemingly well attended. Our sales were good. The banquet gave us an entertaining speech by Tom Hicks and a heartwarming Hall of Fame induction of Ralph Finch. We enjoyed out time with good friends and Chattanooga cuisine. We appreciated the untold hours given by those putting on the show, Ferdinand and Elizabeth, and that wonderful Southern hospitality. - John & Margie Bartley (North Hampton, Ohio) Susan and I greatly enjoyed the show at Chattanooga. Everything seemed to run so smoothly and, if there were any glitches, we sure did not see them. We sold very, very well at this show and just had a great time. I have yet to hear any complaints or grumbling. Hats off to Jack Hewitt and John Joiner. We well know that it takes a lot of work to make a show this successful and they really came through for us. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Sacramento! Randee and Susan Kaiser (Holts Summit, Mo.) I think this was an outstanding show with a wide variety of bottles, insulators, advertising and other miscellaneous items. However, I felt the exhibits were out of this world. I was excited to see some bottles and insulators that I might not ever be privileged to see again. It allowed me to see where my own collecting could go in the future. I was especially impressed with the southern bottle collection that Tom Lines exhibited (of course I’m a southern bottle collector).

I hope that we can have this National Show in the south again sometime in the near future.

Thanks for all the hard work everyone put in to make this show such a success.

Pat Morrison (Jasper, Ala.) I am Richard King from Tampa, Florida and President of the Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Association. I collect pretty bottles and figurals. I also have some hundred or so pieces of three-piece mold household items. Bottles too. I’ve been collecting since 1965. I enjoyed the presentation about Edgefield, S.C. pottery. The best part of the event was meeting with likeminded people and exchanging stories. There were a lot of people from Florida and the south in general that I see at shows, it was good to see them. I sold some bitters, historical flasks, and a three-mold decanter. I bought some things at the auction, including a large free blown milk pan. There were some good deals to be had. I picked up a Bennington Coachman I didn’t have and a Little Papoose nurser I’ve been wanting at the show. I added several sample bottles to my collection. Chattanooga was a nice town, I enjoyed eating at the City Café near the convention center. I’m looking forward to Sacramento next year. - Richard King (Tampa, Fla.)

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I want to thank all the organizers for putting on a great show. The events ran smoothly and it was clear that a lot of thought was put into each aspect. There is only one thing I would change and that would involve having tables set up before Early Entry. I was surprised at the number of tables that were not set up until the second day or late the first day. Oh well, it gave me a good reason to loop around the tables again. I also thought that the host city, Chattanooga, was a great location. I liked the fact that the convention center was attached to the hotel and we really enjoyed the free bus service. It was clean, reliable and allowed us to leave our car parked. There were so many restaurants to choose from. I vote that we go back to Chattanooga very soon. Femia Alberts (St. Clair Shores, Mich.)

Ann and I had a wonderful time at the show in Chattanooga this past weekend. In my opinion this show was a great success. It was very well arranged, had a beautiful facility for the event and the warmth of the “southern charm” of that quaint old city. It was also great to see so many of my collector friends that I have met over the last 45 years. Thrilling, simply thrilling!

We also took the opportunity to visit Ruby Falls, Rock City Gardens and rode the Incline Railway and got a spectacular view of the Tennessee Valley. Ferd, you and your staff orchestrated a marvelous bottle show in Chattanooga and I’m looking forward to next year’s event in California. See you in Baltimore! - Neil A. Moore (Milford, Del.) Great show both in sales and purchases. Bought a lot more than I sold but that’s normal.

Michael Morgan (Venice, Fla.) This was our first National Bottle Show experience, and we had a great time. The entire show was extremely organized and well planned. Steve and Joyce Lambert (Carrollton, Ga.) My son and I had a great time at the show and both of us were able to add to our collections.

It is always nice to see old friends and make new acquaintances in this hobby, and hats-off to all the dealers and displayers who went to so much trouble to make the room sparkle from one end to the other. My only complaint is that it all ended too soon. My prayers for Mr. Tom Hicks.

I’ve heard his stories countless times and I want to keep hearing ‘em! A big thanks to Jack, John and countless others for doing a top-notch job in making this event one to remember.

Jimmy Bray (Oglethorpe, Ga.) This was my first FOHBC annual meeting and it was awesome. I finally got to meet several collectors I had only talked to or e-mailed. I also did my part and bought lots of bottles. Thought I would share some of my pictures of Bill Babb, Jack Sullivan and John Wolf.

Chris Cleaveland (LaGrange, Ga.)

Linda Sheppard (FOHBC Membership Director) signs someone up.

The Girls up Front No event of this size and capacity can run without a crew up front in the operations center or nerve center for the show. This area we called the FOHBC Tables. Initially located in the Marriott hotel for dealer registration, the tables, en masse, migrated to the left entry door area of Hall A at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

Here you primarily found Val Berry, Alicia Booth, Helen Forbes, Wanda Joiner, Elizabeth Meyer and Linda Sheppard. These women operated non-stop with show registration, FOHBC membership, merchandise sales, and with providing general information.

The tables looked the best ever. We even obliterated our record in merchandise sales.

I remember going to the front tables once and asking the ‘girls’ if they needed help. In unison, they all said “No” and for me to go elsewhere. I think my wife had something to do with this. One of these days, two women are going to chair a national show. That would be interesting.

The 2015 National Show experience was welcoming and pleasurable in part because of the professional contributions made by an army of volunteers. The venue was first rate in terms of lighting and layout. The seminars offered a wealth of information, adding to an educational show experience that cannot be duplicated through online sales and purchases. The friendships generated and nurtured through the Federation shows create a community that is self-sustaining as new collectors join and experience a hobby that is so much more than the bottles we acquire.

The current leadership of the FOHBC has added direction and energy to fulfilling its mission to promote and encourage and educate collectors on the history of our bottles, as well as the process of researching their origins and availability. I look forward to the 2016 FOHBC show and continued innovations through the Federation’s publication and museum efforts. And of course a big thank you to everyone who made this year’s show a great success.

Jerry McCann (Chicago, Ill.)

FOHBC Logo on button down shirt.

We had a very enjoyable time at the FOHBC Chattanooga National show. You gave us an excellent table location next to the American Digger magazine tables which did them and us a good selling and viewing location. We did sell a good number of Teresa’s baby bottles, actually far more than we expected. We were disappointed originally with the fact that the public were not allowed in except for the early birds on Saturday afternoon BUT we actually sold more on Saturday than on Sunday --- what a surprise. Everything could not have been better as far as we were concerned.

I only had one small concern with the competition displays and that was the Tools of the Bottle Making Trade (which I did vote for as most educational.) He had a farriers knife which is used to shave a horse’s hoof and to pick out small rocks labeled as a hot glass working tool. It is truly a farrier’s tool, but because of the shape of the blade was also a “cross-over” tool that was well adapted to its use in glass making. The displayer might mention this in his future displays.

Thanks for a great show. - Charlie & Teresa Harris (Ooltewah, Tenn.)

T-shirts sold well.

All show-related shirts sold out

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James Bell (Penrose, New South Wales, Australia) opens a recently purchased bottle.

Below top: The Arkansas connection of Larry Childers (Ozark, Ark.), Rufus Buie (Rison, Ark.) and Dean Marvel (Conway, Ark.). They have attended a total of 30 National Shows combined.

Below bottom: Strong crowds on Saturday afternoon.

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The two top hammer items in the auction.

The last FOHBC membership of the day was purchased for 92 year old Dorothy “Tootsie� Hood from Apison, Tenn. by her grandson who brought her to the show. Tootsie said she has collected bottles for years and was thrilled to be at her first bottle show.

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The Marriott ballroom was decked out with chairs and a stage with the 144 lots.

FOHBC Rolling Thunder Preview: Saturday, Marriott Plaza Ballroom A & B, 5:30 - 7:00 pm FOHBC Rolling Thunder Auction: Saturday, Marriott Plaza Ballroom A & B, 7:00 - 10:00 pm One of the signature events of any national antique bottle show is the Federation auction. This year it was no different. Step back a year and a half or so ago, and we were in a situation where Glass Works Auctions auctioneer Jim Hagenbuch passed on his opportunity to be our southern auctioneer in Chattanooga. He had been doing our auctions for a number of years and felt it was time to move on. John Joiner and Jack Hewitt, thinking quick, immediately suggested that we consider Jim Daniel of Daniel Auctions from Sylvester, Georgia. Zoom forward to Saturday night and presto, we had one of the finest auctions ever. Jim and Pattey Daniel are professional yet have that southern charm that made this event distinctive. 144 lots were hammered down, some going low, but a number far exceeding the estimates.

Interesting enough, Jim Hagenbuch again played a role in the auction as he was the high and successful bidder on the lion’s share of the treasure trove of E. Dexter Loveridge items that were found in a home of one of his granddaughters outside of Chicago, Illinois. You may remember the last issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS which had a feature article. Yes, bitters were the star here on this night. As Jim took home the pictures and some of associated material, new Federation member Brad Francis (Alma, AK) took home the labeled E. Dexter Loveridge Wahoo Bitters bottle and Jerry Forbes (Big Sur, CA) took home the hat and walking stick. Brad was especially happy since his new bottle was pictured on the cover of the previous issue.

144 auction lots laid out in numbered order for the auction preview.

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Great Show! Hats off to Jack Hewitt, John Joiner, and the others who helped in their successful efforts. Have no complaints, a solid National. Sold really well, best displays to date; superb venue; would do it again! Many thanks again to all. - Perry Driver (Live Oak, Fla.) The bottle collecting community owes a big Thank You to John Joiner, Jack Hewitt, the Southern Region, and the entire FOHBC crew for hosting another successful, fun-filled event in Chattanooga. Everything went smoothly and the many activities, including the banquet, the member breakfast, interesting seminars, the shoot out, the amazing auction, the colorful and educational displays, and the show and sale, were enjoyed by all who attended. Sales were strong and buying was plentiful throughout the weekend, and the phrase “See you in Sacramento” was heard dozens of times as we packed up and left for home. A huge bonus was the city of Chattanooga itself. Many attendees, accompanied by fellow collectors, were able to enjoy the bustling downtown shops and eateries as well as the nearby river walk and arts district. A Sunday farmers market, just three blocks away, was still another treat. Thanks, everyone, for bringing high-quality bottles and advertising to share on both the sales tables and the displays.

As always, there was a lot to be learned as we chatted with one another, and we all seemed to leave happy. What more can we ask? Let’s do it again next year!

Steve Ketcham (Edina, Minn.)

The facility, organization, displays, and overall positive attitude surrounding the show were all excellent. The Saturday setup day and Sunday show worked perfectly for me, allowing my eleven hour drive each way without missing any work. I look for early drug store items of all types, and prices were quite reasonable. Saw and held the world’s greatest pot lid (from Australia) and bought well. Finding no target balls was my only disappointment. Hammer prices at the auction were all over the place – some extremely high, some quite low. Auctioneer Jim Daniel did a good job, and it was great fun watching some of the heavy hitters butt heads over some of the better items. Great show! - Henry Tankersley (Tulsa, Okla.)

We enjoyed the show. Was well run and organized. We had a good time, saw friends and the weather was great as we came back to an oven in Florida. The hotel was a little expensive. I can generally stay in a nice hotel with free parking and free breakfast. I guess I am spoiled by the way we are treated at the hotel in Muncie at the fruit jar show. THE SHOW WAS GREAT. Betty Jordan (Ocala, Fla.) We enjoyed the National Show at Chattanooga. Every show should have such comfortable chairs and great lighting. The food was good at the Marriott host hotel, especially the breakfast buffet omelets. We enjoyed the live auction, the way the hobby is going there are not to many of those around any more. It was a lot of miles and traffic but we felt it was worth it.

Ed & Kathy Gray (Du Bois, Pa.) I was so excited to go to the Chattanooga Show especially since our dear friends Alicia Booth had agree to join us. We were looking forward to seeing our dear friends Jerry and Helen Forbes from Big Sur, California, so excitement was high. Once arriving, the excitement just grew seeing all our bottle friends I only see at bottle shows. The hustle and bustle of it all was tiring but sure worth the work. 99% of bottle people are so grateful for the work you do for the hobby, the other 1% ,well lets just say they got off on the wrong side of the bed that day. I thoroughly enjoy helping people set up for the seminars, making sure their equipment runs smoothly. Everyone is very appreciative. Then off to the registration tables where I spent most of the time. Thanks everyone for making this a show to remember. - Elizabeth Meyer (Houston, Tex.) I enjoyed the whole show. This is the first time my son, Bode, has been to a national show. It was great to show him the types of bottles and prices they can sell for. Very educational. He even sold a bottle he bought for $20 that he gave only $5 for. That was exciting for him. This type of show helps me update my list on Tennessee sodas and their values. Thanks for a great show. - Stanley Word (Lebanon, Tenn.)

Would have been helpful to have directions to convention center - at least the fact that Carter St. only departs Main St. in one direction, and is Reggie White St.? the other way. Too cold on Sunday. Probably fewer people. Majority of sales were from other dealers, not from early buyers or the public. Perhaps early buyer concept needs revisited. Charging the early buyer fees helps the FOHBC; however, that is money that does not find its way to dealer tables.

Promotion to the public needs to be enhanced in some way. I noticed older dealers had trouble getting down that long hallway. Unloading/Loading access was fine, after we learned we could enter the locked gate. Picking up name tags on Saturday was a bit of a problem, as the facility people did not seem to know where to pick them up. The last hour of the show should be free admission to the public (not publicized, but exercised). Thanks for a nice show!!! These things are just talking points, and not to be considered as criticisms. - David Keith (Canton, Ohio)

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The Displays: Convention Center Hall A Exceeding all expectations this year were the wonderful displays presented along the left wall of Convention Center Hall A. Upon entering the Hall you could not miss this area as it was so eloquently presented by our display coordinator, Tom Lines from Birmingham, Alabama. This year we had black backdrop curtains in back of the displays plus white curtained tables that were protected by stanchions. Comments were overwhelmingly favorable from all who took the time to visit and take in the majesty of each presentation.

The displays this year included: Great Southern Bottles (group display), Tom Lines coordinator, Ed Provine (Millington, Tenn.) with the Tennessee Bottles group display, Gene Bradberry (Bartlett, Tenn.) with his Tenn - Cola display, Mike Newman (Martinez, Ga.) with his Georgia and South Carolina Colored Sodas, Dale Murschell (Springfield, W. Va.) with Paperweight Perfume Bottles, Walter Smith (Augusta, Ga.) with his Augusta Sodas, Mike Jordan (Ocala, Fla.) with Hyacinth Vases, Tom Sproat (Covington, Ky.) with Glasmaking Tools, Bill Haley (Chattanooga, Tenn.) with Glass Insulators, Jim Bender (Sprakers, N.Y.) with FOHBC History, Amy Autenreith (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Houston Museum Bottles, Dennis Smith (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Celery Cola, Jim Berry (Johnsville, N.Y.) with Inks and Mike Northcutt (Lynchburg, Tenn.) and his History of Jack Daniels display.

At 2:50 pm, and after some healthy voting and tabulations, the “Best in Show” award was given to Mike Newman and the “Most Educational” award was given to Tom Sproat. Plaques were given to each and their pictures were taken. Bravo!

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Paperweight Perfume Bottles display

Glassmaking Tools

Great Southern Bottles display

Augusta Sodas

Carter’s Ink display

Georgia and South Carolina Colored Sodas

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Dahlia Boyle, one of our youngest collectors, poses with Federation President, Ferdinand Meyer V. Dahlia had just opened one of the bottle, grab bags set up for children. Dahlia is the daughter of our photographer, Mallory Boyle and granddaughter to Jack Hewitt, one of the Co-Chairs for the Chattanooga National show.

Another youngster proudly shows off his new bottle that he pulled from the bottle grab bags.

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One of my favorite pictures from the Chattanooga National show as this pretty much sums up the direction and strength of our great hobby. I want to know what the child is saying and congratulate the father for encouraging and listening to his son.

FOHBC 2017 Springfield (Mass.) National Antique Bottle Convention Co-Chairs, Jim Bender (Sprakers, N.Y.) and Bob Strickhart (Pennington, New Jersey)

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Alan DeMaison (Painesville, Ohio)

FOHBC Virtual Museum Positioned in a prominent area of Hall A was the FOHBC Virtual Museum table. You could not miss this area with the large logo banner calling for your attention. You could also not miss Alan and Elaine DeMaison from Painesville, Ohio who staffed the table the entire weekend. They introduced our excellent new Virtual Museum video produced by Federation member Steven Libbey (Delafield, Wis.), fielded questions and solicited donations. Alan reports that Virtual Museum donations totaled $2,670 not including a bottle valued at $10 to $15 for a future auction.

Alan adds, “The success of the table out-did my best estimate.�

Show Drawings Again this year we conducted drawings on the hour with an opportunity to win two $100 gift certificates to be spent at the show. The FOHBC was also conducting drawings for Tennessee Aquarium tickets. The gift certificate drawings were possible because of the generosity of Jeff Wichmann and his donation from American Bottle Auctions in Sacramento, California.

John Joiner (Newnan, Ga.) gives Alan Johnson (Lawrenceville, Ga.) a $100 drawing certificate.

Mallory Boyle & Her Pictures We are very fortunate that we had the opportunity to use our new professional photographer, Mallory Boyle (Dallas, GA), at our 2015 Chattanooga National. Of course, pictures tell us a story.

They rekindle our memory and they help tell the story for those who could not attend the event. Here are a few pictures on the next few pages. Visit FOHBC.org for many more images.

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The Chattanooga Choo Choo has departed the station and chugged on. The little engine that could put on a mighty show. With waves and shouts from the passengers, we hear “See you in Sacramento!�

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FOHBC S A C R A M E N T O National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo

4 - 7 August 2016 “Back to our Roots” Presented by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors at the McClellan Conference Center & Lions Gate Hotel, Sacramento, California Thursday-August 4: FOHBC Generals House Reception for registered Dealers and Early Admission followed by the Sacramento Shootout bottle competition at the Lions Gate Hotel • Friday-August 5: FOHBC Membership Meeting Breakfast, Educational Seminars, Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Early Admissions, FOHBC Cocktail Hour & Banquet • Saturday-August 6: General Admission, Live Bottle Auction • Sunday-August 7: General Admission & Display Awards

Info: Richard & Beverley Siri, Show Chairman & Co-Chair, 707.542.6438, rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or Louis Fifer, FOHBC Conventions Director, fiferlouis@yahoo.com or Eric McGuire, Western Region Director, etmcguire@comcast.net

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF NEW JERSEY GLASS BLOWERS BY

ERIC McGUIRE

THE GLASS BLOWERS - Abandoned, 50 Illustrations by Jules Verne

Attendingthe thelast last Baltimore Baltimore Bottle Attending Bottle Club Clubshow showand andsale salewas wasa real a real treat.Being Beingaanative native and and resident resident of few treat. of California, California,I Inoticed noticedvery very few western-madeglass glass products products at western-made at the the show, show,but butthat thatwas wasexpected. expected.

The quality and variety of eastern and midwestern glass upup The quality and variety of eastern and midwestern glassmade made forthis thisnoticeable noticeable deficiency. deficiency. for

After viewing the show, my wife, Lisa, and I motored our rental car north and east with the final destination of After viewing show, my wife, Lisa,This andwas I motored our rental north andofeast with the final destination offrom Cape May Cape May inthe southern New Jersey. the location of thecarsettlement a distant ancestor who moved in southern New Jersey.

This was the location of the settlement of a distant ancestor who moved from Easthampton, Easthampton, New York, to Cape May in the late 1600s to partake in the newly founded whaling industry. Our New York, to among Cape May in the 1600s to partake in the newly whaling industry. goal, among others, goal, others, waslate to photograph the tombstones of founded my long-ago relatives who Our inhabited this area.

Whilewas to photograph the tombstones of my long-ago relatives who inhabited this area.

While I knew that the earliest my familial I knew that the earliest of my familial New Jersey brethren, Christopher Leaming, had died there in 1695,ofand New Jersey brethren, Christopher Leaming, had died there in 1695, and his tombstone along with the rest of the his tombstone along with the rest of the cemetery at Towne Bank, was washed into the sea in the 1700s, there cemetery at Towne Bank, was washed into sea in thescattered 1700s, there remained other gravestones remained other gravestones of the his progeny throughout Cape May County. of his progeny scattered throughout Cape May County.

Southern New Jersey is glass-making country like none other in the United States. Driving through this region, Southern New Jersey is glass-making country like none the United Upon States.close Driving throughit this region,to one can’t one can’t help but notice bare patches of greyish whiteother sandinthroughout. inspection is difficult help but notice bare patches of greyish white sand throughout.

Upon close inspection it is difficult to find grains find grains of any other color than translucent milky white. All the way to the southern tip at Cape May, large of any other color are thanprevalent. translucent milky white. All to the southern tip location at Cape May, largeproduction. deposits are prevalent.

It is no deposits It is no surprise thatthe thisway region was a favored for glass The silica-rich surprise that this region was a favored location for glass production.

The silica-rich sands of the Cohansey Formation sands of the Cohansey Formation are still an important source of glass sand, even though the great glass houses of are stillthis an region important source of glass sand, even though the great glass houses of this region are mostly gone. are mostly gone.

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An excerpt from Carl Sandburg’s famous poem, entitled “Millville,” sums up the experience of visiting this area in about 1900:

in July 1691 & In Sepbr 1691 Settled on this Plantation.

In January 1693. he died April 8 1698

Down in southern New Jersey, they make glass. By day and by night, the fires burn on in Millville and bid the sand let in the light. Millville by night would have delighted Whistler, who loved gloom and mist and wild shadows. Great rafts of wood and big, brick hulks, dotted with a myriad of lights, glowing and twinkling every shade of red. Big, black flumes shooting out smoke and sparks; bottles, bottles, bottles, of every tint and hue, from a brilliant crimson to the dull green that marks the death of sand and the birth of glass.

LYDIA Married to WILLIAM SHAW by whom she had RICHARD LYDIA JOHN JOSHUA & NATHAN that Survived her.

May 17th 1712 WILLIAM SHAW died and Octbr 12th 1714 she Married AARON LEAMING, who died June 20th 1746. They had AARON, JEREMIAH & ELIZABETH And Octbr 2, 1762. she finished this Life.

On our way I couldn’t resist stopping at Glassboro just to see what the town was like. After driving a few streets, being rather unimpressed by the sights, but wondering what glass treasures lay underground, we happened upon an old cemetery. We immediately noticed the prevalence of the name of Stanger. Now, any student of glass would recognize this name, and the most imposing gravestone in this little cemetery was Frederick Stanger (1786-1831). Not knowing how common the name might be in this part of the world, I photographed some of the earlier stones, including one for Philip Stanger, who died in 1813. The lighting conditions were not great for taking pictures but one often has to deal with the way it is. It was getting late and we moved on to Vineland where we had hotel reservations for the next several nights - my mind continuing to wonder if we had actually just stumbled upon the final resting place of the glass-making clan of the Stangers back in Glassboro.

The next couple of days were spent with trips into Cape May County where my own ancestor’s mortal remains were supposedly reposing in the sandy soil. Little did I realize that the Leaming name was so common in those parts. The family must have enjoyed long winter nights at home, entertaining themselves in ways that were conducive to very large families. After visiting four or five cemeteries, we came away with pictures of at least 30 gravestones of Leaming members who were born before 1900. Some of the earliest were that of my 6th great grandfather’s brother and his wife, Aaron and Lydia Persons Leaming. Aaron’s gravestone was a bit of a mess, well worn from the ravages of time since it was erected in 1746 - but amazingly, it still existed. Lydia’s grave marker was a big surprise. Not because of its size or artistic creation, but for the story it told. Incised upon its surface was a short biography of her life such that any family historian could only wish for.

LYDIA LEAMING Daughter of JOHN & ELIZABETH PERSON Was Born at Easthampton April 10th 1680. They moved to Capemay The gravestone of Philip Stanger, one of the seven Stanger brothers who initially blew glass for Caspar Wistar and died at Glassboro on December 29, 1813. He was the father of Frederick Stanger.

Satisfied with photographing family gravestones, we spent the next few days visiting some of the historic glass-making sites of southern New Jersey, including Batsto, Millville, Wheaton Village, Port Elizabeth, etc.

As a student and collector of California glass, I still recognize New Jersey as the unequivocal center of successful glass production in the United States, and much of this glass actually made its way to serve the needs of Californians after the discovery of gold in 1849. As many as 200 glass factories had reportedly been established in southern New Jersey since the construction of the glass house at Wistarburgh in 1739. Lisa and I paid homage to some of the early New Jersey glass centers, visiting towns made famous by their former glass factories. We often happen upon the old cemeteries where visiting the memorials can give a sense of who was important among its populace, and we find the artistry of the grave memorials to be fascinating historical objects designed to be visited instead of shunned as is the choice of so many people. Furthermore, it can be a moving experience to be so close to the mortal remains of those for whom one has great respect for the deeds of those who are now gone. To

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think that us living witnesses can actually stand next to and touch the marker of the likes of Philip Stanger is a special experience.

Imagine what masterpieces of early glass he created.

The gravestone photos we took at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Glassboro were, in fact, part of the families of the seven Stanger brothers who initially blew glass for Caspar Wistar at his glass factory in nearby Alloway. Philip Stanger was one of those seven brothers and died at Glassboro on December 29, 1813. His gravestone is still in fairly good condition after all these years. A diminutive stone next to his marks the burial location of his wife, Dorothy Swope Stanger, who died in 1850, and who caught the attention of the newspapers upon her death as she was recognized as the last of the pioneering Stangers, who contributed so much to this country’s glass-making heritage. She was over 92 years old upon her death.

The Frederick Stanger gravestone that had originally caught my eye is also found near the stones of Philip and Dorothy Swope Stanger, his mother and father. Frederick was the third known child of Philip and Dorothy, and was born in Glassboro, New Jersey, on June 12, 1786. Born into the world of glass making, he undoubtedly was an expert gaffer and was also involved in the management and establishment of glass factories. At the time of his premature death on May 14, 1831, at age 45, he was involved with the construction of a new glass factory being developed by his father-in-law, John Marshall, then called the Brooklyn Glass Works, at a place known as Seven Causeways in New Jersey.

The previously undocumented grave stone of Ann Marshall Stanger (1795-1815) daughter of Randall Marshall and first wife of Frederick Stanger, located in the Maurice River Friends Burying Ground, Port Elizabeth, New Jersey After leaving the vicinity of Glassboro, Lisa and I were on our way south when we noticed a small country cemetery on the side of the road near Port Elizabeth. The Maurice River Friends Burying Ground was established by Quakers, presumably next to their church which is long gone. Having never visited a Quaker cemetery we were curious about what to expect. Most of the markers were small and simply decorated if at all. I surmise that the reason for the plain markers is that the community was poor, or more likely that their culture was to not exact extravagance on memorial stones of the departed. Many of the stones were badly weathered and not readable, but one little moss covered stone caught my attention as it was different in color. Upon close inspection I noticed the nearly unweathered surface was inscribed with the name of Ann Stanger and a death date of February 15, 1815. Possibly yet another of the great glass-making Stanger clan. After I returned home, I used the magic of the Internet to document this marker to its mortal owner. Ann Marshall was the daughter of Randall Marshall who was the majority owner and builder of the Brooklyn Glass Works, and a business partner of Frederick Stanger.

Frederick Stanger married Ann Marshall on July 22, 1812, and they had two daughters together, Hannah and Ann; however, just days after daughter Ann was born, the mother, Ann Marshall Stanger, died from complications of childbirth with her daughter, The grave stone of master glass blower, Frederick Stanger (1786-1831), at Glassboro, New Jersey.

The Newark Daily Advertiser of March 15, 1850, noted the following:

Ann. She was just 20 years old. A few years later, Frederick Stanger then married Ann’s cousin, Elizabeth Marshall, whose father was John Marshall, the brother of Randall Marshall.

To my knowledge, the burial location of Ann Stanger’s grave had been forgotten by family historians. The fact that Ann Marshall Stanger was buried in a Quaker cemetery assumes she was a member of the Religious Society of Friends in this region. This also implies that Frederick Stanger was a Quaker at this time since it was not allowed for a Friend to marry outside their religion. Caspar Wistar, himself, had joined the Quakers in Philadelphia about 1725 and married his Quaker wife, Catherine Jansen, in 1727. It is interesting to note that Frederick Stanger is buried in an Episcopal cemetery in Glassboro. Lisa and I were pleased to have found and documented the grave of this “lost” ancestor of the Stanger family.

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par, assumed control of the glass works at Wistarburgh after his father’s death in 1752. Both Caspar and Richard tapped into the human skill and knowledge of European workmen to support their enterprises in the new world. This would especially be true of glass workers, who would understandably be in short supply in the Colonies. The Stanger (usually spelled STENGER in Europe and in the Colonies soon after arrival) family could be used as a good example of this importation of expertise, as it has been shown that they came from a long background of glass manufacturers in Germany. While the circumstances of how the Stanger family emigrated from Europe have been tied to the Wistars is clear in general terms, the details are not clear. Johannes Jacobus Stenger, wife Christina Gerhards, and his family of nine children arrived in Philadelphia on October 26, 1768, aboard the ship Betsy. Jacobus and seven of his eight boys entered into the employ of Richard Wistar at his glass factory. One of those brothers, the Stanger’s fifth child, Jacob Stanger, was born in 1752.

The previously undocumented grave stone of Ann Marshall Stanger (1795-1815) daughter of Randall Marshall and first wife of Frederick Stanger, located in the Maurice River Friends Burying Ground, Port Elizabeth, New Jersey

Side Note: Caspar Wistar, America’s first successful pioneer glass manufacturer, mentioned herein, reportedly died March 17, 1752, in Philadelphia (Some historians give a date of March 21, 1752).

Still a Quaker, he most assuredly would have been buried in a Friends cemetery there - probably Arch Street. The 18th century Friends burial regulations strictly forbade gravestones. Unless a small stone was added at a later date, the location of Caspar Wistar’s grave, as well as most of his immediate family, will not be known.

It has been well documented that Richard Wistar, son of Cas-

The Jacob Stenger mentioned above is most certainly the son of Johannes Jacobus and Christina Stanger as he is the same age as their son. The implication here is that at least some, if not all, of the Stanger family entered into indentured servitude to pay for their passage from Germany. Such indentured commitment often lasted for a term of about four years and provided positive reciprocity for both parties. Passage to the New World was provided without up-front monetary cost to the servant, and an assured work time commitment was provided to the sponsor in a labor market that was unsteady and unsure for most employers.

It is not known if Jacob Stanger returned to the employ of Richard Wistar but he likely did. It is also not known how long any of the Stangers remained at the Glass House, as the Wistar concern was often simply called. Regardless, by about 1775 the Stanger family all appeared free of their indenture obligations and set about preparing to operate glass works on their own terms. This fact, as well as the impending Revolution, probably played a big part in Wistar’s glass factory languishing shortly after the loss of the Stanger’s expertise.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES Historic Themes and Resources within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY and the DELAWARE BAY: Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties. By Kimberly R. Sebold and Sara Amy Leach. 1991 and Reprinted 1995 Published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record P.O. Box 37127 Washington, DC 20013-7127 The Glass-Sand Industry of New Jersey, by Henry B. Kummell and R. B. Gage.

In Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1906. 1907 The Glass Gaffers of New Jersey and their creations from 1739 to the present, by Adeline Pepper. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. 1971 American Glass, by George S. and Helen McKearin. Crown Publishers, New York. 1941 Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, by Helen and George S. McKearin. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. 1950 In Reckless Ecstasy, by Charles Sandburg. Asgard Press: Gatesburg, Illinois, 1904.

Glass in Early America, by Arlene Palmer. Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum. 1993.

The Wistars (Casper, Richard, Dr. Casper, Henry & Isaac) by Cecil Munsey and Frank Sternad, in Bottles and Extras, Fall 2005.

Immigrant and Entrepreneur, The Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar, 1659-1750, by Rosalind Beiler. Max Kade German-American Research Institute, Penn State University Press. 2008 Quaker Burial Grounds in Philadelphia: http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/philaburials3.htm

Reward Ad taken out by Casper Wistar for the return of two indentured employees

The Wistars and their Glass 1739 - 1777. Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center (A 1989 Exhibition). Also online at: http://www.wheatonarts.org/museumamericanglass pastexhibitions/8789/1989thewistartsandtheirglass/

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Premier Auction 128 Bidding Begins: September 21st

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Digging with Jackie Kracker The coal country bottle mines.

Rick Wiener

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have always enjoyed finding old bottles on out of town digs. It I have always enjoyed finding old bottles on out of town digs. It is like going on a mini vacation of sorts. Waking up bright and is like going on a mini vacation of sorts. Waking up bright and early, packing up the tools and the lunches and hitting the highway early, packing up the tools and the lunches and hitting the highwith high hopes of finding some good bottles to bring home. The way with high hopes of finding some good bottles to bring home. majority of the bottles that we dig on our trips are items we rarely The majority of the bottles that we dig on our trips are items we find on our home turf. Their local common bottles always turn out rarely find on our home turf. Their local common bottles always to be our “keepers.” turn out to be our “keepers.”

Everyone has his specialized taste in what he collects. Personally, I Everyone has his specialized taste in what he collects. Personally, collect “everything” and if the bottle is one that I don’t have, I am I collect “everything” and if the bottle is one that I don’t have, I happy. Most of the coal region diggers are more focused on their am happy. Most of the coal region diggers are more focused on own local bottles. When a good privy is hit here, everyone goes their own local bottles. When a good privy is hit here, everyone home happy. goes home happy.

Our latest road trip adventures took us to the heart of the coal Our latest road trip adventures took us to the heart of the coal region in Tamaqua, Pa. Our adventures began when I met a guy region in Tamaqua, Pa. Our adventures began when I met a guy named “Jackie Kracker.” I’m not sure that was his real name, named “Jackie Kracker.” I’m not sure that was his real name, but that’s what he told us. I met Jackie on my Facebook bottle but that’s what he told us. I met Jackie on my Facebook bottle page, “19thcenturybottlediggers,” the same name as my web site page, “19thcenturybottlediggers,” the same name as my web site 19thcenturybottlediggers.com. It is definitely a good place to show 19thcenturybottlediggers.com. It is definitely a good place to off pictures of your digging treasures and just shoot the bull with show off pictures of your digging treasures and just shoot the bull other fellow bottle fanatics. with other fellow bottle fanatics.

While visiting my site on a daily basis, I hooked up with a few out of While visiting my site on a daily basis, I hooked up with a few town members for road trips to dig outhouses. I did find some cool out of town members for road trips to dig outhouses. I did find things on those adventures, but the majority of the trips we made some cool things on those adventures, but the majority of the were usually only one-time excursions. Either it was too far to travel trips we made were usually only one-time excursions. Either it every weekend or I did not hit it off with the person who invited us. was too far to travel every weekend or I did not hit it off with the It is a must to get along with your digging buddies, be it out of town person who invited us. It is a must to get along with your digging or local. If that does not happen, a lot of things can go wrong. buddies, be it out of town or local. If that does not happen, a lot of things can go wrong.

We didn’t have to worry about that with Jackie. He turned out to be a real down to earth guy, a really cordial country coal cracker.

We didn’t have to worry about that with Jackie. He turned out to The only problem with him was he did not like to photographed. I be a real down to earth guy, a really cordial country coal cracker. respected his wishes even though it was pretty hard because I am a The only problem with him was he did not like to photographed. I picture-taking fool! Without pictures, memories fade with time and respected his wishes even though it was pretty hard because I am there is nothing to look back on. a picture-taking fool! Without pictures, memories fade with time and there is nothing to look back on. Many trips were made to Many trips were made to Jackie’s home town of Tamaqua since we Jackie’s home town of Tamaqua since we met up on the internet. met up on the internet.

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One afternoon, I got a private message from Jack O: “We got a dig set for the weekend -- are you in?” Of course I was in. I never turn down an invitation to dig for bottles. This would be our first trip to the coal region, and this particular dig was supposed to be a big one. It was located on a vacant lot where two rows of mid1800s houses once stood. My buddy and digging comrade “Badger” always rides with me on road trips. He is like a human GPS, that stems from his truck-driving delivery days in the big cities. I never have to worry about getting lost with Dave in the passenger seat. His direction finding skills were second to none and would be needed that day because I had no clue where heck I was going.

As we drove through the town, Badger yelled out “Turn here!” I made a quick sharp right and ended up in a small alley with hardly any room on either side. We tried to follow Jackie’s directions but we could not find an old library where the site was supposedly located. Just as we were ready to turn around and look the other way I spotted some huge piles of dirt next to an old school. Then I saw a man with a shovel in his hand. It was Jackie!

As we walked towards the action we saw a big blue tent where people were cooking hot dogs on a grill. “Were we in the right place?” It turned out to be an amateur archeological dig. There were kids from a local high school and other volunteers waiting for Jackie to give the go ahead to dig. The concrete and blacktop was scraped off of each pit by a backhoe in advance. So all we had to do was dig down. Easy, right? This event brought the local Tamaqua newspaper to visit. So everyone was praying for some bottles to show up. But sometimes no matter how hard you pray, the bottles just aren’t there. We dug three privies and only a few blown embossed crown tops and some pottery pieces were found.

Despite the lack of bottles the kids and the News crew had a good time just learning about the ins and outs of privy digging. That day was definitely on the light side for us on the bottle scale, but we met some nice people and had an exceptional lunch. It is not

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always about finding a ton of bottles, it is about the people you meet in the process. In the words of famous New Orleans bottle digger Charlie Cook: “First, it’s a social event; the bottles are just an extra.” The library dig, as I called it was the start of many other enjoyable digs to come. Back at home, I wasn’t getting any permissions for privies because we were too busy going up to coal town to dig. It turned into an every weekend event for a while. I recall one dig we got invited to in the town of Minersville, another coal cracker town. Badger and I got an early start because we wanted to check out the town before Jack got there. I wanted to take some pictures of the town. There were a lot of big old homes on that street.

“Some of the houses looked well kept and some were pretty run down.”

I always gravitate toward the run-down houses for permissions to dig because the yards are usually disheveled and give the impression that the homeowners don’t care, making it easier to get in and dig the privy. But that is not always the case. A lot of times we have gotten in some pretty well kept places. So I guess it really all depends on what kind of mood the people are in that day. But we didn’t have to worry about getting permission from anyone today because Jackie Kracker had that covered.

As Badger and I walked up and down the main street admiring all of the homes, we were trying to guess what house we were going to be digging behind. Jack told us “kind of” where it was, but not the exact location. I spotted a sign on one of the homes that said “1897.”

I hoped it was not that particular property because a house built that late is usually not productive when it comes to old bottles. A lot of times when plumbing came into the sanitary picture, the original privy was converted into a water closet drain. But I wasn’t sure how things went in this town. I do know in our area most 1890s privies were converted with terracotta or cast iron pipes.

Jackie arrived with a box of muffins and a “Jug of Joe” from a local bakery. We all stood around and shot the crap for a while. I didn’t want to get to full and sluggish so I broke up the conversation “what house is it” on that note we all started to walk across the street. When I saw he was headed right towards the 1897 house, I had to stop Jack and ask him, “I thought you said the house was built in the 1850s?” He told us, “all of these homes on this row are 1850s.” Then I showed him the plaque on the house’s front door. As we talked, the homeowner came out and told us the reason we were confused. There was a fire and the original home burned down. In cases like this, the old privy from the “original” should still be there.

Jack guided us to the back of the house and we proceeded to climb up one of the hilliest back yards I have ever seen. I looked down the row of houses and noticed that all of the yards were like mini mountains. We were in coal country and this is how some of the people had to live if they wanted to have any kind of back yard. It must have been troublesome having to climb to the outbuilding every day. I am sure these people used a “big” chamber pot to lessen the trips up the “outhouse hill.”

We did probe around a bit, but then out of nowhere Mr Jack said, “Pack up, we got another place to check out.” When I am on a

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A Dr. T.E. Davis switch-back Pharmacy, Summit Hill, PA. Pharmacy bottle.

The beginning of every dig is usually when all of the labor happens, not much glass is showing and the anticipation of finding whole bottles starts to spike.

This outhouse hole was in a tight spot between a garage and a property line fence.

guest dig, I do not question, I just go with the flow. We were headed a few blocks over to a yard where Jack and his digging buddy, Pete Roman, dug a privy that had two broken Indian Queen figural bitters and some other nice old glass. The only problem was everything was in pieces. Whenever good old glass is found in a yard there is a chance of more to appear in another privy. But to keep your mind trained on that thought will just bring depression if nothing is found. So I just dig and try to take it one shovel full at a time.

This privy was located in a hard to get spot, under a thick slate sidewalk! And no one had a sledge hammer. We had to bust up one square of the sidewalk to get to a starting point. But without a sledgehammer and pry bar it might not happen. At first, everyone blamed me for not being prepared, but they were just joking. Jack laughed, then decided to take Badger to his house a couple of miles away to get the tools we needed.

I stayed behind anticipating the outcome of the dig. After a half hour went by, I was starting to get a little jittery. I wanted to dig!

I started to walk around the perimeter and pace like a caged animal. I spotted a large rock in the parking lot next door.

What better way to relive some of the pent-up energy, use the rock as a hammer! The cavemen did it, why can’t I? With a few slams of the boulder, a big corner chunk of gray slate came off of the walkway. Soon I had half of it broken up and there was no sign of Jack and the Badge anywhere. I knew I would pay for that ingenious but crude idea in the form of a twisted muscle or two, but I wanted to get started. Finally, they returned with the tools, and some coffee and donuts. I wasn’t in the mood for donuts but I never look a gift horse in the mouth.

After the caffeine and chocolate kicked in, I was ready to dig out a privy! Jackie brought the big bar because the busted chunks of thick slate were wedged in place like a glued-together jigsaw puzzle. With every piece that was removed the others became easier to pull out. Soon we were looking at ashy dirt in the shape of a square. It was finally time to sink that shovel in. This outhouse hole was in a tight spot between a garage and a property line fence. We all took turns digging out the fill and piling it behind us on the sidewalk. There wasn’t much room for anything.

I took a break and went back to my truck to get a snack and some Gatorade, when I got back and turned the corner of the garage Jack had a bottle in each hand, they were both aqua Hutches. One was from Lebanon, the other was from Tamaqua. That is how it usually works for me -- I leave the site and bottles are found. I try to do it often. After the two Hutches were recovered, more bottles were unearthed. There were some local medicines that I was interested in. One was a small “Switch Back Pharmacy” from Summit Hill and the other was from Susquehanna, Pa. These are bottles that Jack has dug many times. But to Badger and I, they were something new.

This privy was taking on a strange form. We thought we had a wood wall showing, but it turned out to be just some rotted boards that were thrown in the hole when they filled it in. Jackie decided he was going to probe straight down the middle, sideways and see how the reading on the probe looked. The probe should have stopped within a couple of feet and hit a clay wall, but that wasn’t the case. The six-foot probe buried to the handle sideways! This was not a privy. Even the most seasoned privy diggers get misguided on occasion.

To dig this thing, we ended up going under the sidewalk. We were still pulling out bottles, Hutches and local coal region pharmacies were the flavor of the day. But this operation was getting a bit dangerous. Badger was laying down on his stomach under the cement sidewalk with only his feet showing. There wasn’t a whole lot supporting it.

Jack made the call to halt the dig.

In the end we all decided this was a very long trash pit. Trash pits are cool as long as there is trash in them, hopefully in the form of old bottles.

Jack had a lot of permissions lined up and ready to dig. His

A Lebanon Pa. Hutch, in a slug plate

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regular digging crew had recently disbanded because they couldn’t get along and he needed a few good men to fill the void. That would be Badger and I. One Friday, we got the word to get ready for a dig. This yard had to be done in one day. The owner had a life-threatening illness and Jack didn’t want to linger around out of respect. We all arrived early ready to probe the yard. Jack had another guy that he dug with sometime, a fellow named Stan Lee. He turned out to be a Lehigh Valley guy. Then there was the ex-privy digger “Johnboy.”

John was a colorful character I always looked forward to seeing on digs.

The probing stopped abruptly when Stan stabbed out a pit by the property line fence. Everyone went into action, from laying out the tarp around the test hole area to cutting the grass in sod-like pieces so it can be put back in place with ease. Once it is determined there is an outhouse, it is time to start digging out.

In the process of digging we found out this was a double privy -- a two-seater.

With more and more fill being tossed on the tarp some water started to flow in! This is something we all dread. It has to be bailed out and the remaining fill becomes a mucky sludge-filled mess. There were not many bottles coming out, but there were a few that kept it interesting. Some were coal town druggists from Summit Hill and Tamaqua and a nice slightly colored, ground top pontiled tobacco jar. Badger was in the pit when the water was at its worst.

There are times when I get a little edgy while digging; wet pits are one of those times. I passed the “anything for bottles” prayer on to Dave and what do you know, he started to pull out the bottles! A few more pharmacies and some embossed crown tops. The only way to dig now was to slowly check the mud piles for hidden bottles. It seemed like Badger was having all the luck in the muck, a few more embossed meds appeared in the thick mud but the glass slowly began to peter out and before long this dig was history. We ended up getting more than we originally thought out of this dipped privy.

Badger checking out a bottle in the wall

The fill-in process was under way, we all were talking about the dig and what was found when Jack chimes out unexpectedly, as he always does, “Next, we dig with a backhoe!” We just looked at each other thinking, “Where did that come from?” But Jack always had an ace up his sleeve even though he has a big mouth. He went on to tell us about a lot where three or four houses burned down and the owner had a backhoe that we could use to pop open the pits. I have dug a dump using a backhoe, but I have never dug a privy so this should be an interesting experience.

It would be two weekends before we made the trek back up to Tamaqua. That crappy thing called the daily grind had a grip on us, jobs, kids, wives. But sooner or later we broke loose and were in route to coal country once again.

We were excited because we knew a backhoe would be there waiting for us.

That meant not much manual labor would be involved on this dig. When we showed up at the site, Jackie wasn’t there. He was running late because of an early engagement with the donut shop. It seemed like donuts were a staple up here, the breakfast of champions. As we began to unload the tools and get ready, I walked over to inspect the old Case backhoe on the lot. I noticed the right front tire was a bit low. I took a mental note to remind the owner of it later.

Our job was done because the tools were set up and ready to go, but first we had to re-probe the lot for the privies. Jack lost track of where they probed on the last outing and didn’t mark off any spots because sometimes he does not think. The lot owner was not awake yet but that didn’t matter, we had some time to kill. The ground here was as hard as concrete. It took all I had to try and get the probe tip through the top layer. That machine was looking really good at this point.

But despite all of our probing efforts we could not get a good reading with the rods. Time was ticking away and the backhoe man would be up soon. We

Badger in the muck, sifting for bottles.

decided to try the corners of the lot. Badger spotted a slight depression and said, “This could be one,” and it was one. The probe sunk in like it was supposed to, easy and crunchy. Soon Jackalope showed up with breakfast and said we might as well start digging by hand until Mr. backhoe man gets on track. It could be a while. We broke out the long- and short-handled shovels and went to work.

The fill looked a little mixed at the top. Sometimes that is a sign of a privy that was dug by someone else.

We put that thought right out of our minds and kept going down. Soon, the mixed fill changed to hard layers, and that was a good sign. We had the hole all squared out and dug down to three feet with four walls showing when the backhoe man showed up.

All our faces showed signs of relief. Then just as fast as that feeling came it was taken away in a flash with

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these words. “I won’t be able to dig for you today, Jack. I’m a little under the weather. I need to go back to sleep.”

We just had to nod and look concerned, when in reality we were all bumming! But what could we do, at least we had the hole started. We were about half way down when the signs of blown glass started to show, embossed pharmacy tops and soda squat bottoms. The first whole bottle out was a Bronx, N.Y. oil bottle.

Then the druggist bottles started to come out. There seems to be a lot of local pharmacy bottles in these coal cracker privies. That is fine with me because every one that is pulled out is another one we have never seen in our area.

The pit started to get a little wet, just enough to make it a sloppy mud cavity. But there were bottles being found so it definitely made it more bearable. Badger was in the pit plunging away when he let out a sigh of frustration and disbelief: “Oh, crap!” At first I thought he broke a good bottle, but when we looked in the hole we saw something different. He was holding his bootless foot in the air? Seems that he didn’t tie his boot too well and the muddy suction monster ate his footwear. We ended up digging for a boot along with the bottles. It wouldn’t be long until the bottom was hit in this wood liner.

We dig for the mystery of what could be buried beneath our feet including a boot. With the start of a new dig everyone has high hopes. Sometimes it might go in your favor and sometimes it might not; either way, we come back for more and do it all over again.The mystery and the unknown keeps us going.

It was time to start thinking about filling this one in. I was dreaming about the backhoe man filling it in with one side ways push of the bucket. But that was just a pipe dream today. We did get a few nice bottles from this one and everyone was happy. That is what it is all about in the privy digging world.

This was starting to become a habit.

We were rolling up to Tamaqua every weekend or every other weekend. Our digging at home pretty much stopped.

As long as Jackie was getting permissions, we were there to help him. His old crew was gone and he had no one to rely on. So we became the “out of town crew.”

Oil Bottle from Bronx N.Y.

Jack had a few more places to hit before he began to start working on the car he recently bought. He would be out of the digging game for at least a month so we were praying that some old glass would show up in these holes today. He had two permissions, one was an abandoned 1880s house and the other was a mystery house; he wasn’t sure about the built date.

But that didn’t matter to us, we knew they were old homes just by looking at the stone foundations and the roof structure.

An old town house, looking worn and weathered.

The day started out in the “chicken man’s” yard. I named this one because of the big bird coop that took up a large spot at the back of the property. The guy who lived there treated these hens like his kids. Nothing but the finest feed and a coop that looked like a mini Taj Mahal for birds. It was always fun to see the different animals in people’s yards while digging, from the funny acting dogs, friendly cats and now champion poultry.

Badger and I arrived in coal town around 7:30 a.m. ready to dig.

We probed out the “chicken man’s” yard the last time we were up and we thought we had located at least four privies. The probes went down with ease and everything felt really good. But as soon as I stuck my probe in a spot that read good the last time I got nothing. We continued to probe the rest of the yard and got the same results ,”no privies located.” It was strange to say the least. Jack said it rained the night before and the ground totally changed. I found that hard to believe. But anything was possible in this game, I guess.

Soon the homeowner came out and set it straight, he informed us that his yard was filled in over the years with a loader and a bulldozer. Top grade ground was brought in to fill in low spots.

That would make sense about the false reading the last time we were here. We knew that we would not be digging his yard on this trip. I was really bumming about this. I had visions of four loaded privies producing all kinds of fun glass. While we were picking up the tools getting ready to head back to Allentown, Jackie was busy three yards over. He was probing the abandoned store property’s yard. By the time we had the tools together, Jack had an outhouse located. We were back in business! This time it probed just like a privy should, easily, crunchy and unmistakable.

Without hesitation we laid out the tarps and went into action.

There were four guys involved in this dig, Jack, Badger, Ron and yours truly.

We knew there would be one “obstacle” that would have to be dealt with. This pit was located at the very back of the porch right where an old iron cast pole stood! It was dead center in the privy.

As we began to take out the fill, the huge concrete ball on the bottom of the pole began to reveal itself. There was no way we were going to get this heavy chunk of Crete out of the hole. The only other alternative was to try and bust it up to make it lighter so all of us could drag it up and out of the privy. Soon we were more

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Amber Prof. Dills Balm of Life

Cool little diamond-patterned pocket whiskey flask

The Kaiser Export Beer Special Brew

Amber Prof. Dills Balm of Life

than halfway around the ball and the bottles started to pop out, including a few coal town blobs right off the bat. We were all excited. So excited we forgot about the big white hunk of concrete !

Now all of the fill was gone from both sides and the bottom, it looked like it was floating in the middle of the privy! But there was no magic here, it must have been affixed to the wall of the porch in some way. We decided to support it with a few 2x4s just for peace of mind. We kept digging and took our chances.

The bottles were coming out steadily. A bunch of nice local druggists came to the surface. The Lansford medicine was a cool one for me. It had the names of two towns embossed on it. Next to see daylight was a good ole amber “Warner’s Safe Cure.” People often say these are common bottles. But I see them as unique finds. A lot of areas in the 19th century did not use the Warner’s products, so to dig one in a city or town where they are scarce is always a thrill. In some areas they are abundant. I have only dug one in my many years of digging privies. Jack was down in the pit when he started to do a little dance. I thought maybe some dirt or bugs from the wall went down his pants, but it was something else. He had a bottle that just fell out of the trash layer hidden in his hand. It turned out to be a rare squat blob embossed “PDC.” I guess that was reason enough to do the “privy dance” in the coal region. The local rare bottles are the ones most sought after.

It could be a plain looking aqua blob, but if the name on it was a company that didn’t produce a lot of products and went out of business early or maybe the business was destroyed by fire and never got back on its feet. Then the bottle is highly sought after because there were only a certain amount made and circulated.

As the pit got deeper the situation with the pole and concrete got more dangerous. The man-made boulder was now literally

hanging over our heads. It could fall off of the wall at any given moment and put a nice knot on someone’s head.

Since Jack was still in the hole after the rare blob was found, we voted he just remain in the privy and get what he could instead of climbing out and The Mad Doll, ceramic doll head disrupting the pole. Decent things continued to be uncovered. Next to be passed up was a cool little diamond-patterned pocket whiskey flask, an Allentown Hutch, some more local pharmacies and some doll parts, heads, feet, etc. I would love to find a whole doll one day but since the bodies of these dolls back in the 19th century were made 90 percent of cloth, most of the doll was dissolved by the privy’s harsh chemicals over the years. I guess I will have to be happy with heads, feet and arms.

The end of this pit was getting near. It was a good thing because that pole was getting bumped one too many times. Cracker tossed up a few more goodies dug from the corners and behind the walls.

A nice amber lady’s leg unembossed but still a cool bottle, a nice clay pipe with an oakleaf and acorn on it, a common Dills’ Balm of Life, and the Kaiser Export Beer special brew” ended the dig.

It was an interesting out of town adventure. We had a degree of danger mixed in for good measure, then there were the bottles to top it off. All the makings of a productive day in the coal country bottle mines.

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A. P. Simms:

By Jack Sullivan

(Fig. 1)

“In” and “Ousted” in Mississippi A.P. Simms A.P. Simms

once was a big man in Natonce was a big manchez, in Natchez, Mississippi.

He Mississippi.

He owned owned a furniture shore.

He owned a meat market.

He owned a furniture shore. He owned a meat market. He owned a grocery a grocery store. He ownedand a saloon and a flourishing liquorThat store.

He owned a saloon a flourishing liquor business. business.

That profited him very little when, in 1908 he was, as profited him very little when, in 1908 he was, as a Mississippi a Mississippi court ruled in unusually strong terms, “perpetually court ruled in unusually strong terms, “perpetually banned from banned from doing doing business in thebusiness state.” in the state.”

From many many indications, indications, Simms Simms was was born born Alpha Alpha P. P. Simms, Simms, likely likely From in Arkansas.

For most of his early life, he seems to have avoided in Arkansas. For most of his early life, he seems to have avoided census-takers. By By the the time time Simms Simms entered entered the the public public record record in in the the census-takers. late 1800s, he was already a thriving merchant in Natchez, with late 1800s, he was already a thriving merchant in Natchez, with establishments on the town’s main commercial avenue, Franklin here Fig. Street, 2: Simmsshown furniture ad as it looked in 1900. (Fig. 1) He owned the A.P Simms Furniture Store, a large retail establishment that spread from 627 to 635 on Franklin (Fig. 2). Simms’ meat market made news in Natchez when it burned in 1907.

This energetic merchant also was a family man. From burial records and other sources, his wife was Mary Watkins, apparently known by a nickname “Cle.” She was six years Simms’ junior and likely also Arkansas-born. Records indicate only one son, born in 1889, and given a name that indicates his father’s sly humor: Jesse James Simms.

Simms’ big money maker and the source of financing that fueled his other operations was whiskey. He ran his saloon in connection with a grocery store, as attested by a drink token (Fig. 3),

Natchez main commercial avenue, Franklin Street, shown here as it looked in 1900.

establishments on the town’s main commercial avenue, Franklin sellingshown whiskey byas theit drink over the bar(Fig. and away for Street, here looked in 1900.

1) take He owned theretail A.P customers.

From Store, the larger containers bearing his name, it is clear Simms Furniture a large retail establishment that spread that he also wholesaling liquor to the many saloons from 627 to was 635 on Franklin (Fig. 2). Simms’ meatother market madein Natchez (Fig. 4) when that catered both locals and to Mississippi news in Natchez it burned into 1907.

River traffic.

This energetic merchant also was a family man. From burial Simms obtained liquorhis from distilleries that shippedapparit in records and otherhis sources, wife was Mary Watkins, barrels downby thea river from “Cle.” places She like was Kentucky andSimms’ Ohio. He ently known nickname six years and hisand associates emptied the barrelsRecords into stoneware junior likely also Arkansas-born. indicatecontainonly one ers of various sizesand bearing label.that (Figs.

5-8). He havesly son, born in 1889, givenhis a name indicates hismust father’s kept area potters working with Mississippi River clay very busy, humor: Jesse James Simms. indeed. Some Simms jugs look primitive, with rough exteriors and his name and “Fine Whiskey” stenciled in cobalt slip across the front. Others bear more sophisticated lettering and Albany slip brown tops on Bristol glaze bodies. Still others are totally in white glaze, with cobalt lettering. One jug shown here (Fig. 9) recently sold at auction for just under $250.

Simms did not just engage in the liquor trade on the Natchez side of the Mississippi River. He also ran a saloon on the west bank, at Vidalia, Louisiana (Fig. 10). That outlet got him in trouble with the authorities in Vidalia. In 1900, he was sued by the town for the amount of $750, the price of a retail saloon license. Simms claimed he already had one license and did not need another. He was, he said, conducting a “Jim Crow” saloon. He was selling to whites at one bar and to blacks at another bar, separate from the first but under the same roof. The saloon was so constructed that

Bottles and Extras Simms’ big money maker and the source of financing that fueled his other operations was whiskey.

He ran his saloon in connection with a grocery store, as attested by a drink token (Fig. 3), selling whiskey by the drink over the bar and take away for retail customers. From the larger containers bearing his name, it is clear that he also was wholesaling liquor to the many other saloons in Natchez (Fig. 4) that catered both to locals and to Mississippi River traffic.

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His lawyer likened the arrangement to the Jim Crow sections on railway and trolley cars.

Simms obtained his liquor from distilleries that shipped it in barrels down the When the district court dismissed this river from places like Kentucky and Ohio. argument and ruled for the town, Simms He and his associates emptied the barrels appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court. into stoneware containers of various sizes bearThat body contended that the Jim Crow arguing his label. (Figs. 5-8). He must have kept area potters ment held no water. Louisiana law mandated, the Fig. 3: Bar token working with Mississippi River clay very busy, indeed. court ruled, “that there be separate saloons, kept in sepaSome Simms jugs look primitive, with rough exteriors rate buildings, one from the other; i.e., the white separated and his name and “Fine Whiskey” stenciled in cobalt slip across from the colored.” The panel ordered Simms to buy another the front. Others bear more sophisticated lettering and Albany license and pay court costs. slip brown tops on Bristol glaze bodies. Still others are totally in white glaze, with cobalt lettering. One jug shown here (Fig. 9) A more drastic blow to Simms’ liquor business was to fall eight recently sold at auction for just under $250. years later. The voters of Mississippi with their strong ties to the Baptist Church in 1908 voted a complete ban on the sale of Simms did not just engage in the liquor trade on the Natchez side alcohol throughout the state. Natchez, despite its reputation as a of the Mississippi River. He also ran a saloon on the west bank, rip-roaring river town, was left high and very dry. A. P. Simms at Vidalia, Louisiana (Fig. 10). That outlet got him in trouble with was undaunted. Forced to shut down his saloon and liquor retail the authorities in Vidalia. In 1900, he was sued by the town for operation, he simply moved his business across the river to “wet” the amount of $750, the price of a retail saloon license. Simms Louisiana and set up shop. A Simms jug dated 1909, shown Fig. 4: Typical Natchez saloon

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Figs. 5-8: Here are Four diferent Simms Natchez, Miss. Jugs

here, helps tells the story (Fig. 11). In addition to selling whiskey in Louisiana, Simms also planned to send it into an increasingly thirsty Mississippi.

Several state courts had ruled that the Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution made mail order sales into “dry” areas legal until such time as the U.S. Congress decreed otherwise. Despite the Constitution, liquor dealers who sent their products into states where liquor was banned via parcel companies and railway express, found them increasingly harassed by arrests and legal action from local and state authorities. As a result, many carriers were refusing to transport booze into dry areas.

Ever the entrepreneur, Simms sought to obviate that problem by establishing his own carrier in 1908. He called it the “Simms

Fig. 9: Recently sold 2-gallon jug

Express & Telegraph Company.” He clearly intended it to be a large operation, advertising for an electric generating plant with sufficient output to supply 250 large lights, presumably for his warehouses. His scheme was to take telegraphed orders for whiskey from Mississippi, fill them at his Louisiana operation, and deliver the goods via his own express company.

It did not take officials in Mississippi long to determine that A.P. and the Simms Express and Telegraph Company were attempting to skirt Prohibition laws. In 1909, they enjoined him from selling or delivering liquors to the state. Simms, not one to buckle to the authorities, took the case to the Mississippi Supreme Court asking that the injunction be dissolved. The court disagreed and its formal ruling made the ban permanent. Not only was Simms was enjoined “perpetually” from doing business in Mississippi, his

Fig. 10-11: Two different brown Simms Vidalia, LA. One is dated 1909 and states they will ship jugs

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business was declared “ousted from the State” and he was required to pay hundreds of dollars for attorney fees, expert witnesses, and all court costs.

Simms was finished as a whiskey man in Mississippi, but apparently continued his Louisiana saloons, white and Jim Crow, in Vidalia, as well as maintaining a wholesale liquor trade.

When Louisiana went dry with the imposition of National Prohibition in 1920, he was forced to shut those operations down and moved to New Orleans where he ran what has been described as a “cheap hotel or rooming house.” When the fire marshal ordered the building torn down in 1923, it elicited three lawsuits from Simms in the courts of Louisiana. As usual, he lost and was assessed all court costs.

In 1927 at the age of 62, A.P. Simms passed away. Although in life he was ousted in perpetuity by court order from Mississippi, he returned there in death. His monument can be found in the Zurhellen Section I of the Natchez City Cemetery where he lies next to his wife (Fig. 12).

But the true monuments to this enterprising -- if frequently unsuccessful -- whiskey man are the many and varied stoneware jugs he left behind.

Fig. 12: A.P. Simms gravesite

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By Ken Previtali A post by Ferdinand Meyer V on the Peachridge Glass website begins: “Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out of the way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either at a bottle show or on eBay and wondering if this was a bitters bottle. Many of us were intrigued by the embossing on the bottom of the bottle but wondered why there were so many and why they rarely sold, and if so, for only a dollar to two.” The article goes on to illustrate how the details of what we might consider commonplace can be intriguing indeed. What could be more commonplace than water?

arranged with our correspondents to receive continual supplies by every steamer, and as it is a specialty of our house, and has been so for the last twenty years . . .”

If you can believe them, the Scherer company kept on hand over 50 different “fresh” mineral waters from America and Europe, including the Hunyadi Janos Bitterquelle which they considered to be “one of the best and cheapest natural aperients.” They stated mineral analysis for Bitterquelle as:

Translated from German, bitterquelle means “bitter spring.” Water containing sulfates of magnesium and sodium tastes slightly bitter, and thus Andreas Saxlehner named his Budapest water aptly.

In 1882, a New York City importer, P. Scherer & Co, published “A Complete List of Mineral Waters, Foreign and Domestic with Their Analysis, Uses, and Sources.”

It begins with: “In presenting this list on mineral waters and products of mineral springs mentioned in this pamphlet, all of which are continually kept on hand by us, we beg leave to especially caution the profession that unless mineral waters are obtained fresh, no dependence is to be placed on their efficacy. We therefore have

Bitterquelle Analysis – P. Scherer & Co. 1882

According to to current current medical medical research research water water containing containing these these According minerals certainly certainly makes makes digestion digestion and and the the normal normal outcome outcome of of minerals digestion much much better better for for those those with with sluggish sluggish constitutions. constitutions. So, So, at digestion at least curative claims mineral water made mineral least oneone of of thethe curative claims made by mineral waterby purveyors waterthe purveyors 500 years or more over last 500 over yearsthe or last more was a good one. was a good one.

But was everything better with “bitter” water? Mineral and spring water bottlers believed it, and so did their hundreds of thousands of customers. And why wouldn’t ginger ale be better if made with

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mineral or spring water? They believed that too, but let’s back up a bit.

What is mineral water and what is spring water? The US Food and Drug Administration sees it this way: “Water containing not less than 250 parts per million (ppm) total dissolved solids, coming from a source tapped at one or more bore holes or springs, originating from a geologically and physically protected underground water source, may be “mineral water.” Mineral water shall be distinguished from other types of water by its constant level and relative proportions of minerals and trace elements at the point of emergence from the source. . . No minerals may be added to this water.”

And for spring water: “Water derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth may be “spring water.” Spring water shall be collected only at the spring or through a bore hole tapping the underground formation feeding the spring. There shall be a natural force causing the water to flow to the surface through a natural orifice.”

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copper, silver, gold, sulphur, bitumen, and nitre; and forbids their The dispute about the efficacy of mineral water as a healing use for common purposes.” agent began in earnest when in 1756 noted Irish physician Dr. Charles Lucas took issue with the prevailing beliefs on The dispute about the efficacy of mineral water as a healing agent mineral water. Christopher Hamilin, professor of history at began in earnest when in 1756 noted Irish physician Dr. Charles University of Notre Dame wrote that Dr. Lucas “had railed Lucas took issue with the prevailing beliefs on mineral water. at the pretension and corruption of mineral water physiChristopher Hamilin, professor of history at University of Notre cians and chemists in similar treatises on mineral waters.

Dame wrote that Dr. Lucas “had railed at the pretension and The ‘most pompous’ of the numerous tracts on mineral corruption of mineral water physicians and chemists in similar waters were written, Lucas noted, by men ‘living and practreatises on mineral waters. The ‘most pompous’ of the numerticing upon the spot, not always competent judges of the ous tracts on mineral waters were written, Lucas noted, by men subject, but always interested in the fame of the particular ‘living and practicing upon the spot, not always competent judges water, which was their idol.” of the subject, but always interested in the fame of the particular water, which was their idol.’ “

Ross’s Well - In the 1880s cholera and other water-borne diseases were rampant and the general public was correctly concerned with the purity of any water they drank. Bottlers went to great lengths (and depths) to assure their customers that their water was safe.

By today’s FDA definitions, it appears that the difference is what Byintoday’s FDA definitions, it exactly appears was that in themineral difference is what is the water.

However, what water was is in the water.

However, what exactly was in mineral water was disputed mightily by chemists and physicians alike for at least disputed mightily by chemists and physicians alike for at least three centuries. But let’s back up a bit again. The healing properthreeofcenturies.

Butbeen let’stouted back up a bit again. The healing propties waters have and promoted since the ancient erties of waters have been touted and promoted since the ancient era. In his book, On Baths and Mineral Waters published in era. InJohn his book, On Baths and (see Mineral Waters published in 1831, 1831, Bell, M.D., writes: top next colum) John Bell, M.D., writes: (see top next column) Bell goes on to say “The Greeks, whose knowledge of medicine Bellgreater goes onthan to say “The Greeks, whose of medicine was that of the nations who knowledge had been their precurwas greater than that of the or nations who had been precursors, paid honours to warm thermal springs, as atheir benefaction sors, honours to warmthem or thermal springs, a benefaction by thepaid Deity, and dedicated to Hercules, theasgod of strength. by themade Deity, and them for to Hercules, the god of strength.

They use of dedicated them for drink, bathing, and as topical They madeHippocrates use of themtells for drink, for bathing, as topical with remedies. us of warm springsand impregnated remedies.

Hippocrates tells us of warm springs with copper, silver, gold, sulphur, bitumen, and nitre; impregnated and forbids their use for common purposes.”

White Sulphur Springs cover – West Virginia’s White Sulphur Springs was one of the oldest and most famous in America. Established in 1778, it too had its “resident physician” treating the “invalids” who flocked to the spa during the “mineral water season.”

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White Sulphur Springs Map – Mineral water spas were immensely popular in America from the late 1700s through the mid 1930s. In 1869 White Sulphur Springs included a bowling alley and garden mazes for residents to wander the time away between “treatment” sessions imbibing the prescribed amount of water for their condition.

Professor Hamlin continues that “while Lucas was willing to accept in principle the claim that mineral waters had medicinal potency, he felt that their use was completely devoid of legitimate medical rationale: physicians were viciously attacking one another all the while being ignorant of the properties of waters. At Bath [England] and elsewhere wealthy invalids were fleeced by mercenary physicians, yet they ignored the advice they paid for, insisting on taking the waters without regard to season or constitution. . . Ultimately the spas were nothing but gathering grounds for sycophants, Lucas concluded, and it was futile to wish otherwise. ‘Forms, fashions, and flattery rule the world,’ Lucas wrote, ‘and a man may as well refuse to eat modish stinking wild fowl or venison at a great man’s feast, be insensible to the beauty of his mistress, hound or horse, or disrelish any other prevailing vice or folly, as [rather than] decline drinking of his favourite spring, or deny having received benefit of it.”

That was pretty strong criticism by Dr. Lucas, but the many hundreds of books, articles and dissertations published on mineral water reveal that he was correct. But it didn’t matter, because mineral water was big, big business. Even if you couldn’t get to or afford one of the many spas that had “sprung” up around mineral water localities, by the 1870s you could get the bottled item from a local spring or nearly anywhere it could arrive by boat or rail.

Before chemical analysis of mineral water was documented by Swedish chemist Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 -1784) there was no scientific consensus on a valid methodology. Chemists and physicians welcomed a “documented” way to analyze water content to support curative claims. In 1809, Valentine Seaman, M. D., “One of the Surgeons of the New York Hospital” wrote a 138page book on Saratoga and Ballston Spa waters. The introduction to the book acknowledged Bergman. (See next page)

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Dr. Bell in his 1831 mineral water treatise continued to support the validity of Bergman’s analytic methods: “To the celebrated chemist of Upsala, more than to any other, are we indebted for introducing system and clearness in the analysis . . .” Even with an accepted analytic method, Dr. Bell was a cautious administrator of the waters, and clearly knew that many imbibers were victims of their habits as he quoted this telling ditty:

“The stomach crammed with every dish, A tomb of roast and boiled, and flesh and fish, Where bile and wind, and phlegm, and acid jar, And all the man is one intestine war.”

Valentine Seaman intro – From “A Dissertation On The Mineral Waters of Saratoga, Including An Account Of The Waters of Ballston” V. Seaman, 1809. Regarding these waters, Seaman also notes: “I am told that during the Revolutionary War, while the troops lay at Saratoga, many of them were affected with the itch and were sent off in companies to these Springs, by which they were all cured.”

It’s no wonder that the aperient (laxative) effects of magnesium and sodium sulphate-laden “bitter” water made many believers.

145 years after Dr. Lucas raised issues of medical quackery, criticisms of the miracles of mineral water were still being published.

In his 1899 book Mineral Waters of the United States, James K. Crook, M.D. says:

Crook criticisms – Dr. Crook’s book contains descriptions and accounts of no less than 350 mineral springs from Mt. Shasta and Pikes Peak to the West Virginian high hills.

However, no amount of science could overcome the will to believe the medical claims, nor keep throngs of “invalids” flocking to spas around the US for another 35 years. The great depression and resulting loss of wealth led to many spas’ demise. The panacea so many mineral waters offered could not cure bankruptcy.

But let’s get back to the commonplace again: Ginger Ale. Ginger was long known for its healthful properties and beneficial effects on digestion and circulation. That knowledge was perhaps concurrent with the very early beliefs in mineral water cures; in fact, during Roman times ginger was as good as gold.

White Sulphur Springs promotion – The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad finally came to White Sulphur Springs in 1873. Eventually, the famous Greenbrier Hotel was added by the R.R. company in 1913.

The long-standing aura around ginger’s medicinal value was transferred to ginger ale when it was introduced from Ireland in 1852.

By the 1860s the mineral water business was booming and bottlers quickly discovered adding the vastly popular ginger ale

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Belfast Champagne Ginger Ale & Mineral Water Co., Edinburgh, London, Paris & New York. 12 sided; ca: 1880.

into their bottling line would provide a new stream of sales. After all, what could be better than healthful ginger ale made with their version of “bitterquelle”?

Many mineral and spring water bottlers produced ginger ale.

Here are a few examples from 1880 to 1959 from my collection.

References: P. Scherer & Co., A Complete List of Mineral Waters, Foreign and Domestic, with Their Analysis, Uses and Sources, F.A. Ringler & Company, 1882 University of Michigan Library Collection.

John Bell, On baths and mineral waters, Porter Company Philadelphia, 1831 U.S. National Library of Medicine Christopher Hamlin, Ph.D., A Science of Impurity - Water Analysis in Nineteenth Century Britain, University of California Press, 1990 J.J. Moorman, M.D., Virginia White Sulphur Springs, with the analysis of its waters, the diseases to which they are applicable, and some account of society and its amusements at the Springs, Kelly, Piet & Co., Baltimore, 1869 Valentine Seaman, M.D., A Dissertation On The Mineral Waters Of Saratoga, Including An Account Of The Waters Of Ballston.

Second Edition, Enlarged, Collins & Perkins, New York, 1809 James K. Crook, The mineral waters of the United States and their therapeutic uses. With an account of the various mineral spring localities, their advantages as health resorts, means of access, etc., to which is added an appendix on potable waters, Lea Brothers & Company, New York 1899 Lane Medical Library, San Francisco Wilson Anderson, M.D., Mineral Springs Health Resorts of California, Complete Chemical Analysis of Every Important Mineral Water in the World, A Prize Essay of the Medical Society of the State of California, awarded April 20, 1889, Bancroft Company, San Fransico, 1890 Hirochika Ohgam, Lithium levels in drinking water British Journal of Psychiaitry, April 30, 2009 Explore Maryland http://catonsville.exploremd.us/tourism/history/ Mount Clemens Public Library, The Mineral Springs and Table Water Industry, 2008 St. Clair Springs, Michigan Brochure Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan Greenbrier Resort http://www.greenbrier.com/HomePage-Sub-Pages/YOURGREENBRIER/History Clinton, New York Historical Society

Shasta springs & postcard – “Shasta Springs, California Located on the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Shasta Scenic Route at the base of Mt. Shasta, the upper spring is at 2,363 feet. The surrounding country is wild and picturesque, and a public resort has been established for the comfort of travelers from Mt. Shasta.”

Mineral Springs Health Resorts of California, Winslow Anderson, M.D., 1890.”

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Manitou Springs trade card ca. 1890.

Manitou bottles – Left ca. 1880; right ca. 1920. “Manitou is situated six miles west of Colorado Springs, immediately at the foot of Pike’s Peak. Here are located the celebrated effervescent soda and iron springs which in early days gave the name of springs to the town of Colorado Springs, An electric railroad, with cars at frequent intervals, unites the two places. The town of Manitou Springs contains a permanent population of more than 2,000 souls, which number is augmented during the summer months by about 125,000 visitors from all parts of the United States and from foreign countries.” James Crook, M.D.,1899. Manitou is known to many indigenous people in North America as the Great Spirit or Creator. The springs are said to have been known to many generations of native people.

Manitou Mineral Water Co. Office and Bottling Plant ca. 1890

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Saratoga crown – 1892-1900. BIMAL crown top.

Stockton Springs – Note that this Maine bottler even Even after the crown top was in use for a number of went as far as to call their water source “medicinal years, round bottom bottles were still produced. They springs.” were seldom embossed.

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Maple Leaf Springs bottle – From the 1880s through the 1950s, Mt. Clemens Michigan featured no less than 13 mineral spring companies all at different locations within the town. Maple Leaf Springs (1904-1956) had a big pavilion that was both a spring house and dance floor. Mt. Clemens is also known for its early glasshouse (1836-1849?)

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Saegertown bottle & label – ca 1890, European turn mold type, applied top. Many of the spa bottlers imported these olive-green turn molds, perhaps to lend a more “sophisticated air.”

Dietaide bottle & label – 1892-1905, BIMAL crown top. Given the name of the company, it is not surprising they listed the water analysis on the label.

East Mountain Lithia – Lithium carbonate was often found in mineral water, but in most localities it was in relatively small amounts. Current studies have been done to determine if naturally occurring lithium in water is beneficial to mental health.

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Catonsville bottle & label – ca: 1920. Catonsville was located on the Frederick Turnpike, (today MD Route 144) which was built in 1780s to connect a flour mill to Baltimore. The town quickly became an easy road stop for travelers. To escape the summer heat, wealthy Baltimore residents soon built up large estates in Catonsville. They were perfect customers for a spring water business.

Bottles and Extras Split Rock ACL – Split Rock, Franklin Springs, NY, 1959. When Fred Suppe dug a well on his central New York state hop farm in 1888, he discovered a natural mineral water spring that was compared to the lithia springs in Europe. A number of entrepreneurs in the hamlet thought they were on to another Saratoga or Richfield Springs, but that never happened. The town originally was called Franklin Iron Works because of the blast furnace built in 1850 to process the iron ore from nearby Clinton. With the Franklin blast furnace winding down, the town was renamed to Franklin Springs in 1898 when Suppe’s new business was flowing. Between 1888 and 1970 eight different companies bottled the lithia water and made soda. Split Rock was one of those firms and Arthur Suppe took over in 1912 and bottled ginger ale and other flavors there until 1962.

Deep Rock inside thread – Birmingham, England. Later inside thread ca.1900?

Salutaris Springs bottle, St Clair, MI – Bottle ca 1936. With daily boats and trains carrying customers back and forth from Detroit and points beyond, the Oakland House at Salutaris Springs boasted it was always open.

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Top center: An 1842 painting of the Baltimore Row houses built at White Sulphur Springs in 1830. Courtesy of the Greenbrier Resort. Middle center: A cut from a lithograph advertising piece, ca 1915. The railroad company added the Greenbrier Hotel in 1913. The Greenbrier bottle is ca.1930. Bottom left: The original 1858 hotel, called “The Old White”, was torn down in 1922. This engraving dated 1860 was reproduced on a postcard ca. 1950. The earliest guests arrived at White Sulphur Springs in 1778. Between 1830-1861, five sitting presidents visited White Sulphur Springs. There is a lot more history to the Greenbrier.

Arrowhead Ginger Ale – ca 1930 from Los Angeles. Springs were often associated with native Americans because the tribes readily showed the incomers where the good water was.

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Pint Columbia Eagle historical flask from the Corning Museum of Glass

School teachers and antique bottle collectors Art and Jewel Umberger were vacationing in the New England states, checking out all the antiques stores on their way back in the 1960s.

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It was customary for Art ‘n Jewel to take off each summer from their Texas home and go wandering around the nation in a Volkswagen camper. They attended every bottle show they came across and in the process became friends with nearly all the important collectors of the day.

Phase 1 Goal: $30,000

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Meanwhile, back in New England, they spotted a cobalt pint Columbia Eagle historical flask in an antiques store window and knew they had found something special. But the store was closed.

What were they going to do?

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They slept right there in the parking lot guarding that bottle until they could contact Charles Gardner in nearby New London, Connecticut and get him to come down. He bought it.

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What was so special about that flask? At the time, it was unique, and it turned out to be the single most valuable bottle Gardner had ever owned out of the hundreds of historical flasks, black glass, mineral waters and pontiled bottles in his massive collection.

The Umbergers, from Tyler, Texas, knew the flask was super-valuable, but they let him have it out of their love for him.

It later was sold by Norm Heckler at the Skinner Auction House in Bolton, Mass., for a world record price ($21,000) and today only one other is in existence in a private collection.

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If you spent two minutes with Jewel, no matter if she suffered from bunions or a fever, you were likely to make a friend for life.

I know wonderful people, great people, but Art ‘n Jewel were family people. They made me a part of their family so fast and they kept me for the rest of their lives.

The Umbergers later published a series of books on bottles, including “It’s a Bitters!”

Send money to: Alan DeMaison, FOHBC Virtual Museum 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077

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FOHBC Membership Directory 44 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.

Bruce Adwell 12071 Pinhook Road Rockville, VA 23146 badwell@landscapesupplyva.com pre 1820 bottles, blackglass and other forms Paul Anderson 46 Markay Lane Lynchburg, TN 37352 931-808-2404 paulwanderson73@yahoo.com Jack Daniels, Medicines, Sodas Gerald Alvarez P.O. Box 776 Marietta, GA 30061 770-597-7717 gemtiques2@aol.com Bottles, Antiques - all kinds Mike Bailey 455 Elm Street Broadway, VA 22815 540-405-7021 mikebailey49@comcast.net Pepper sauces, pickles, flasks Dave Beeler 1447 Vandalia RD Hillsboro, IL 62049 digrdveb@aol.com Midwest bottles - St.Louis Bitters, Illinois bottles Clifton Beith 2976 Shiloh Road Courtland, MS 38620 662-832-8494 beith@bellsouth.net Coke, Blob tops, Dr. Pepper, Hutchens, MS Bottles Brian D. Blankenship 326 Flagstone Way Marietta, GA 30064 lifeelixir@aol.com 770-845-1876 Chris Bubash 1230 Green Timber Trail Dayton, OH 45458 cjbubash@woh.rr.com Edward Bullock 24 Hickory Loop Ocala, FL 34472 edwardcsa@comcast.net Robert Currens 2218 Manor Oak Drive Export, PA 15632 724-733-2791 racurrens@gmail.com Flask

Ed Dolan 541 Valerian Lane Woodstock, IL 60098 Tom Duggan 4095 Alexander Avenue Washington, GA 30673 706-319-7134 gobrques1995@hotmail.com Georgia Bottles Brad Francis 3723 Robin Haven Drive Alma, AR 72921 479-883-8569 Steve Hale 1083 Lullwood Court Marietta, GA 30066 770-578-4829 southernlawn@comcast.net Interested in Marietta, Atlanta and North Georgia items.

Donald Hartman 251 Eastland Avenue York, PA 17406 717-854-4965 Dwain & Kathy Hayter 33 Liberty Street Shillington, PA 19607 dkathayter@gmail.com 610-451-2119 Connie Hill 181 Erie Drive Naples, FL 34110 239-597-7437 antiquefishbottles@gmail.com Heath Jenkins 500 Ward Road Bidwell, OH 45614 740.709.9045 heathjenkins1971@yahoo.com Dorothy Hood 4200 Clouts Road Apison, TN 37302 423-236-4131 greghood@gmail.com Bottles, Whitehouse & Jumbo Peanut Butter Don Hutchings 2972 Sparkmantown Road Doyle, TN 38559 931-686-4094 Billy Hutto 142 Lagoon Drive Clarks Hill, SC 29821 706-869-9988 oldpots@icloud.com Edgefield Pottery, Augusta Milk Bottles

Ken Jones 1396 Jessica Lane Lawrenceville, GA 30043 770-822-1503 abicol876@yahoo.com Georgia Brewery bottles and breweriana.

Atlantic and Old South Beer Steve Kehrer P.O. Box 211 New Memphis, IL 62266 618-410-4121 kehrerood@gmail.com Robert Koren 9628 Ledge Acres Drive Macedonia, OH 44056 bkorenc@roadrunner.com Captain Jack/Diana Morgan 3433 Seebers Court Louisville, TN 37777 jacknoble@aol.com/questions4@aol.com Antique Bottles Advertising Jarrod Larson 8128 NE 142 St Kirkland, WA 98034 jarrodlarson17@gmail.com Harold M. (Buddy) Lasaten 5414 Woodbridge Drive Oaltewah, TN 37363 423-718-3521 Bottles - Soda, Coke Robin C. Lennon P.O. Box 1113 DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 386-804-5510 Florida Sodas & Whiskeys rlennon@clrtcpa.com Martin Ludtke 434 Bayside Road Arcata, CA 95521 beeemartin@gmail.com Pete Mucare 5650 Brown Road Powder Springs, GA 30127 678-431-0255 petemulcare@yahoo.com Straight sided cokes, bottling works, hutches Larry McDaniel 8 CR 103 Corinth, MS 38834 662-415-5676 mgm21@avsia.com Soda Bottles, Straight sided bottles, early sodas and chewing gum advertising Fred Meek 7531 Woodvine Pl Ct Houston, TX 77055 832-476-7774 winmeek@comcast.net Texas Sodas

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FOHBC Membership Directory Ray Miller 9449 State Highway 197S Burnsville, NC 28714 cmoore@ccvn.com Ken Nease 832 Lenard Blaloch Road Clayton, GA 30417 912-739-7355 neaseken@bellsouth.net Georgia bottles Mary Ann Schatz 16202 Shady Elms Drive Houston,TX 77059 281-488-5435 Poison Bottles David Stiller P.O. Box 2161 Albemarle, NC 28002-2161 704-984-2941 davids08292002@yahoo.com

Vic Svendsen 1158 East & West Road Charleston, SC 29412 843-270-4624 Anything from Charleston SC, especially medicines or SC bottles Bobby Townsend P.O. 143 Jesup, GA 31598 912-294-6606 bobby_townsend@bellsouth.net David Vculek 1680 Avondale Drive Roseville, CA 95747 dadvculek@gmail.com Thomas Weller 1013 Apple Jack Drive Gibsonia, PA 15044-9576

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines.

The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible.

Thank you for considering us in your donation plans.

Ferdinand Meyer V, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Mark E. Williams 385 Greencrest Drive Athens, GA 30605 706-340-1822 budwine@yahoo.com Budwine, 3 Centa, 5 Centa, Deep Rock Ginger Ale and other Athens, Georgia soft drinks. Also inks, nonUPC soda cans, Georgia medicine and soda bottles and go-withs.

Stephen A. Wilson 2504 Elm Drive, NE Cleveland, TN 37312 540-448-6989 Soda, Medicine Greg Wyatt 9901 Hwy 142 Newborn, GA 30056 770-833-8632 proppregeo@yahoo.com Coke Bottles Jason Zolynski 724 East 6th Avenue Helena, MT 59601 400-461-0425 jzolynski@gmail.com Montana - Whiskeys, Hutches

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FOHBC Sho-Biz

Calendar of shows and related events FOHBC Sho - Biz is published in the interest of the hobby. Federation affiliated clubs are connotated with FOHBC logo.

Information on up-coming collecting events is welcome, but space is limited. Please send at least three months in advance, including telephone number to: FOHBC Sho-Biz, C/O Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org, Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances. All listings published here will also be published on the website: FOHBC.org

September 12 Downieville, California 24th Downieville Antique Bottles and Collectibles Show and Sale at the Downieville School Gym, Main and School Street, Downieville California 95936, Saturday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Early admission: Saturday 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Dealers can drop off their wares on Friday September 11th from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the school gym, Early lookers $10, show admission after 10:00 am FREE, Downieville Bottle Group, westernbitters.com, Contact: Rick & Cherry Simi, Show Chairman, PO Box 115 433 Main Street, Downieville California 95936, 530.289.3659, ricksimi@att.net September 13 Richfield, Ohio 45th Ohio Bottle Club Antique Bottle Show & Sale at the Days Inn and Suites, 4742 Brecksville Road, Richfield, Ohio (Ohio Turnpike Exit 173) 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Admission $3, Early Admission $20 (7:30 to 9:00 am) Chair, Louis Fifer 330.635.1964 fiferlouis@yahoo.com, Co-Chair, Matt Lacy 440.228.1873, info@antiquebottlesales.com, www.ohiobottleclub.org September 13 Pekin, Illinois Pekin Bottle Collectors Assoc. 46th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 715 N. 11th Street in Pekin. Contact: Jim Searle, 1003 Illinois Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554, 309.346.7804 September 18-19 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 1:00 – 5:00 pm, dealer set-up and early bird admission: $5, Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm regular public admission by donation, American Legion Hall, 3rd and Main Street, Aurora, Oregon, Contact: Shayne Bowker, Show Chairman, 503.351.4908

September 19 Santa Ana, California Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club’s 49th Annual Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Early Bird $10 at 8:00 am, FREE General Admission! Santa Ana Elks Lodge, 212 Elk Lane, Santa Ana, California 92701, Contact: Don Wippert 818.346.9833 or Dick Homme, 818.362.3368, Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club September 19 Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show. Set – up 7:30 am to 9:00 am, Show hours 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100 S. Lebanon, Indiana 46052.

FREE APPRAISALS. For Show Information Contact: Martin Van Zant 812.841.9495 or 208 Urban St. Danville Indiana, 46122. mdvanzant@yahoo.com September 20 Westford, Massachusetts 41st Annual Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club Show at the Westford Regency Inn, 219 Littleton Road, Westfield, Massachusetts, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (see flyer) Contact: Cliff Hoyt, 978.458.6575.

September 26 Moriarty, New Mexico 28th EIC/NMHBS Annual Insulator, Bottle, Barbwire and Collectibles Show at the Moriarty Civic Center, 202 Broadway Avenue, Moriarty, New Mexico 87035, Show open to public, Free Admission, Early admission: Friday 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Early bird admission: $10. Set up: Friday 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm and Saturday 7:30 am – 8:30 am Enchantment Insulator Club & New Mexico Historical Bottle Society Contact: Michael Gay, EIC President & Show Chair, 5516 Kachina NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120 505.899.8755, cdn102@centurylink.net

September 27 Depew, New York 17th Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association Annual Show and Sale at the Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, New York 14043, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Set-up: Sunday, September 27th 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Cost of admission: $2, children under 12 free, Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association, gbbca.org, Contact: Joe Guerra, Secretary, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, Phone: 716.674.5750, jguerra3@roadrunner.com September 27 Batsto, New Jersey The Batsto Citizens Committee is proud to host the Batsto Antique and Bottle Annual Show and Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Historic Batsto Village, Wharton State Forest, Batsto, New Jersey. Contact: Paul DelGuercio, 856.252.7730, paulhavoc@ Comcast.net October 3 Richmond, Virginia Richmond 44th Antique Bottle Show and Sale, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, $3 Admission, Early Admission – 7:30 am: $10, Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 Info: RichBottleClub@comcast.net or Marvin Croker, 804.275.1101 or Ed Faulkner 804.739.2951 October 3 Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia 20th West Virginia State Farm Museum Bottle Show at the West Virginia State Farm Museum, Fairgrounds Road, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia 25550, Saturday 9:00 am till 2:00 pm, Free Admission, Set up: Friday noon to 4:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 9:00 am, West Virginia Bottle Club, West Virginia Colectibles Bottle Page, Contact: Charlie Perry, Show Chairman, 507 Main Street, Apt 5, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia 25550, 740.612.9029, perrycola@ suddenlink.net

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(More) Sho-Biz October 4 Chelsea, Michigan The Huron Valley Bottle and Insulator Club 40th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Admission $3 for adults, children 16 and under free. Comfort Inn Conference Center, Commerce Park Drive next to Comfort Inn, Chelsea (Exit 159 off I-94) Contact Info: Mike Bruner, 248.425.3223, abbott4girl@sbcglobal. net or Rod Krupka, 248.627.6351, rod. krupka@yahoo.com October 4 Dryden, New York The Finger Lakes Bottle Collectors Associations 46th Antiques Bottles Collectibles Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Admission $2 for adults. Early admission $10 at 8:00 am. Dryden Fire Hall, Rt. 13, 26 North Street, Dryden, New York, Contact: Jay Travis, Show Chair, 280B Luce Road, Lansing NY, 13073, 607.533.4389 or 607.273.1347 jaywtravis@netzero.net, October 10 Coventry, Connecticut The Southern Connecticut Antique Bottle Collector Association’s 44th Annual Show, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on The Grounds of the Historic Coventry Glass Works, 289 North River Road, Coventry, Connecticut 06238 (corner of Rt. 44 & North River Road), Contact Info: Bob, 203.938.3879, rdsrla@optonline.net October 10 Memphis, Tennessee 30th Annual Mid-South Antique Bottle, Advertising & Collectibles Show at the Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38120, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Collectors from 15 States, Early Admission Available, Admission: $5, Memphis Bottle Club on Facebook, Chow Chairman: Gene Bradberry, 3706 Deerfield Cove, Bartlett, Tennessee 38135, 901.372.8423 or 901.359.8428 October 11 Keene, New Hampshire Yankee Bottle Club’s 48th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm, early buyers at 8:00 am, Keene High School, 43 Arch Street, Keene, New Hampshire. Contact:

John F. Bemis, 28 Cross Street, Keene, New Hampshire 03431, 603.352.5246 or Alan Rumrill, PO Box 803, Keene, New Hampshire 03431, 603.352.1895, director@hsccnh.org October 17 Richmond, Rhode Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet at Jules Antiques and General Store, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138). 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Free set up for members and potential new members. Free coffee, donuts and pizza for participants. Bring your own tables.

Info: William Rose, 508.880.4929 October 18 York, Pennsylvania The York Bottle & Advertising Show at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, inside the Old Main Building, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 175 tables, Admission on $3 for a day of fun, Info: Holiday Promotions 410.538.5558, holpromo@yahoo.com October 18 Findlay, Ohio Findlay Antique Bottle Show NEW LOCATION The Sterling Center, 4570 Fostoria Avenue, Findlay, Ohio 45840 (behind Humane Society). From I-75, take exit #157, follow signs for Rt. 12, approx.

5 miles. Show hours 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Admission is $2. Kids under 12 are free (w/adults). Free appraisals w/paid admission. Plenty of FREE parking. Heated building, restrooms, food concession inside with lots of seating. Early Bird Hours: 7-9am. Tickets are only $10 and include complimentary Coffee and Donuts until 9:00 am. Early Bird Session is Sunday only, not for Dealer set-up on Saturday.

Dealer tables are $35. Outdoor set-up is $20. Get more info, directions, nearby hotels and restaurants, show contracts and Paypal online payment here. Call show chairman Fred Curtis​(419.424.0486​) to reserve tables. Club email: finbotclub@ gmail.com – Findlay Antique Bottle Club website: finbotclub.blogspot.com

October 18 Scriba, New York The Empire State Bottle Collectors Association Presents The 17th Annual Fall Antiques, Bottles & More Show & Sale, Sunday, October 18 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, set-up 7:00 am, U.S. Route 104 East, Scriba, N.Y. – Scriba Fire Hall, Admission: $3 Donation, Contact: Barry L. Haynes, P.O. Box 900, Mexico, New York, 13114, 315.963.0922 or 315.963.3749, More info: John Golley, email: ByGolley@msn.com October 25 Matteson, Illinois 46th Annual 1st Chicago Bottle Clubs Antique Bottle, Jar, Pottery, Advertising and Collectibles Show & Sale at Holiday Inn Matteson Conference Center, 500 Holiday Plaza Drive, Matteson, Illinois 60443, Sunday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, No early admission, Dealer set up time will begin at 7:15 am and last until 9:00 am, Admission $3. Children under 16 admitted free, 1st Chicago Bottle Club, www.1stchicagobottleclub.com, Contact: John Vlahovich, Show Chairman, 630.390.9679, jvlahovich@att.net November 1 Elkton, Maryland 43rd Annual Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale – Table Top Antiques & Advertising at the Singerly Fire Hall, Routes 279 and 213 (I-95 – exit 109A) Elkton, Maryland 21922 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Admission $3 – children under 12 free. Contact Dave Brown, 302.738.9960 or e-mail: dbrown3942@comcast.net November 7 Jacksonville, Florida Antique Bottle Collectors of North Florida 48th Annual Show & Sale, Saturday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm; early buyers Friday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm $20. Free admission on Saturday. Fraternal Order of Police Building, 5530 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida, Contact: Mike Skie, 3047 Julington Creek Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32223, Tele: 904.710.0422 or Jackie McRae, 904.879.3696

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(More) Sho-Biz November 7 Detroit, Michigan 33rd Detroit Antique Bottle Show & Sale, Royal Oak Elks Lodge #1523, 2401 E. Fourth Street, Royal Oak, Michigan 48067, Saturday, November 7th, 2015 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, No early admission, Set-up: Saturday, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Admission: $2, Metropolitan Detroit Antique Bottle Club, Contact: Michael Brodzik, President and Newsletter Editor, 47668 Sonnett Drive, Macomb, Michigan 48042, 586.219.9980, bottlemike@outlook.com November 8 Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Antique Bottle Club 46th Annual Show and Sale at The Ice Garden Rostraver, Twp, 101 Gallitin Road, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. Info: Bob DeCroo 724.326.8741 or Jay Hawkins 724.872.6013, PittsburghAntiqueBottleClub.org November 8 Oakland, New Jersey NEW LOCATION! – North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Assn. 46th Annual Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers at 8:00 am, Pompton Lakes Elks Lodge, No. 1895, 1 Perrin Avenue, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey (Just 5 minutes up the road from the old Elks location), Contact: Ken, 973.907.7351, froggy8@optonline.net November 14 Belleville, Illinois Eastside Spectacular #8 COMBINED Brewery Collectibles Show & Antique Bottle and Jar Show, Saturday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Belleclair Fairgrounds, 200 S. Belt East, Belleville, Illinois (15 minutes from St. Louis), 300 Tables of Collectibles for Sale! Free Parking, Large Raffle, 50/50 Drawing, Food and drink on premises, Public Admission is $2 at 9:00 am, Early Admission at 7:00 am for $20, Info Contact: Kevin Kious, 618.346.2634, whoisthealeman@aol.com or Curt Faulkenberry, 636.797.5220 December 4 Roseville, California 49er Historic Bottle Assn. 38th Annual “Best of the West” Historic Bottle/An-

tique Show, December 4, 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm, December 5th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Placer County Fair Grounds, 800 All America City Blvd, Rodseville, California, $10 Early Bird Friday, Free Saturday, “Featuring” Antique Railroad Show Next Door. Info: Contact Mike 916.367.1829.

2016 January 10 Taunton, Massachusetts The Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale, New location at the Holiday Inn off Exit #9 of Route #495, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, Massachusetts, Info: Bill or Linda Rose, 508.880.4929; sierramadre@comcast.net March 13 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. For contracts call: Andy Agnew, 410.527.1707 or e-mail medbotls@ comcast.net, baltimorebottleclub.org at the Physical Education Center, CCBCEssex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34) Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@comcast.net April 9 Smyrna, Georgia 46th Annual Atlanta Antique Bottle Show & Sale, formerly Southeastern Antique Bottle Club Show at the Smyrna Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, Georgia, General Admission: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Dealer Setup and Early Admission: Friday, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm., Saturday, 7:00 am to 8:00 am, Admission: $3, Early Admission: $10, Jack Hewitt, 1765 Potomac Court, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, 770.963.0220 or John Joiner, 770.502.9565, propjj@bellsouth. net May 13 & 14 Lake City, Florida The Florida Antique Bottle Collectors 3rd Annual Antique Bottle & Collectable Show and Sale, Saturday, May 14 (8:00 am – 3:00 pm), Dealer Setup Friday, May 13 @ Noon, Early Buyers Friday, May 13 (3:00 pm – 7:00 pm), Columbia

County Fairgrounds, Exit 427 off I-75 South, Hwy. 90 East, Lake City, Florida, Admission $3, Info: Brian Hoblick 386.804.9635, E-mail: hoblick@aol.com or Ed LeTard 985.788.6163, E-mail: eandeletard@aol.com August 4 – 7 Sacramento, California FOHBC 2016 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo at the McClellan Conference Center, Host Hotel: Lions Gate Hotel. Room Reservations – Show Information: Richard & Beverley Siri, Show Chairman & Co-Chair, 707.542.6438, rtsiri@sbcglobal.net or Louis Fifer, FOHBC Conventions Director, fiferlouis@ yahoo.com or Eric McGuire, Western Region Director, etmcguire@comcast.net More info at FOHBC.org

2017 August 3 – 6 Springfield, Massachusetts FOHBC 2017 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo at the MassMutual Center, Host Hotel: Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place hotel. Show Information: Jim Bender, Show Co-Chair, 518.673.8833, jim1@frintiernet.net or Bob Strickhart, Show Co-Chair, strickhartbob@aol.com See Press Release FOHBC National Convention

SEND IN YOUR SHOW INFORMATION AND/OR SHOW FLYER TO: fohbc.org/submityour-show/

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Membership Benefits

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear.

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.

Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras, is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.

In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC membership benefits include: • A full year subscription the Federation’s official bi-monthly publication, Bottles and Extras • One free ad per yearly membership of 100 words for use for “wanted” items, trade offers, etc.

• Eligibility for a discount at FOHBC sponsored shows (National or EXPOs) towards “early admission” or dealer table rent • Access to a knowledge of the world of antique bottle collecting unavailable elsewhere • Contact information for clubs devoted to the study of historical bottles • A forum for your writings, articles, and editorials regarding the hobby • Participation in the nomination and selection of Federation members for the Honor Roll and Hall of Fame • Federation-sponsored writing, show poster, and newsletter-design contests • Free publication assistance for your book or manuscript • And more...

We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50% • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure • Links to your club website free of charge, as well as assistance with the creation of your website • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational Display at your show • Slide programs for use at your club meetings • Participation in Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities Finally…

We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. The Federation is the only national organization devoted to the enjoyment, study, preservation, collection, and display of historical bottles.

The FOHBC welcomes individuals who would like to contribute by running for Board positions or by sharing their expertise and volunteering their talents in other areas of interest such as contributions to our publications, assistance with the Federation’s National and EXPO shows, or through membership promotion.

If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!!

For more information, questions, or to join the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, please contact:

Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page on the web at FOHBC.org

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Bottles and Extras Individual and Affiliated Club Information

FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print)

Name ____________________________ Address ____________________________ City _____________ State___________ Zip _____________ Country________ Telephone____________________________ Email Address_________________________

Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No Do you wish to be listed in the

online membership directory? (name, address, phone number,

Bottles and Extras FREE ADS

Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year.

Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue.

(Use extra paper if necessary.)

email address and what you collect)

Collecting Interests_____________________ { } Yes { } No

____________________________

____________________________ Would you be interested in

____________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No

Addtional Comments___________________ Would you be interested

____________________________ in contributing your bottle

knowledge by writing articles for the Bottles and Extras? { } Yes { } No

Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One)

United States - second class $40.00 - second class for three years $110.00 - first class $55.00 - digital membership $25.00

Canada - first class $60.00 Other countries - first class $80.00

(all first class sent in appropriate mailer) Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year

Name(s) of Associate(s)__________________________

Signature __________________________ Date________

*Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privledges of an Individual Membership

Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002 Effective 8/2015

Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the Bottles and Extras, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: (713) 222-7979; e-mail: emeyer@fohbc.org

Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: (713) 222-7979; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: emeyer@fohbc.org

Article Submission Requirements: All Bottles and Extras articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professionalgrade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images.

We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.

American Glass Gallery TM

We are currently seeking quality consignments for our 2015 auction schedule!

As a consignor, please consider the following benefits to help ensure your valued items reach their highest potential: w Competitive consignor rates w Low buyer premiums

These are a few of the many fine bottles that have already been consigned to our next sale. Of special note are choice selections from the Diane Wheaton Bininger collection

w Broad-based and extensive advertising w Experience, knowledge and integrity w Attention to detail and customer service

For more information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience.

American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com

FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002

Please Check your information and notify us of errors.

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