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Vol. 20 No. 2

March - April 2009

The official publication of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Color Abounds In all Categories

Attend a show Make new friends Visit with old ones

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Table of Contents FOHBC Officer Listing 2008 - 2010 ......... 2 Show Reports .......................................... 30 President’s Message .................................. 3 Huey P Long: The Patent Medicine Man Who Became Louisiana’s Governor Recent Finds .............................................. 4 Charles David Head ....................... 35 At Auction ................................................. 5 History of the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club Shards of Wisdom ..................................... 6 Junne Barnett ................................. 38

Profile of a Super Collector Bill Baab......................................... 46 I Never Intended to Collect Target Balls Mike O’Malley ................................ 48 Anchor Mason’s (dot) Half-Gallon Jars Barry Bernas .................................. 50 Classified Ads & Ad Rate Information ... 62

Paper Trail ................................................. 8 Louisburg, North Carolina Bottling Works Bill Baab ......................................... 40 A Book in Review ................................... 10 Babb Coast to Coast Regional Reports ..................................... 12 Eric McGuire.................................. 42 Legends of the Jar Picnics/Pumpkinseeds Bruce Schank .................................. 26 Garth Ziegenhagen ......................... 45

Show Biz Show Calendar ............................... 66 Membership Additions and Changes....... 69 Membership Application ......................... 71 Membership Benefits .............................. 72

The Changing Face of the Marble World Bill O’Connor ................................. 29

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Business & News 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 2008-2010 President: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, CA 95402; phone: (707) 542-6438; e-mail: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net First Vice-President: Bob Ferraro, 515 Northridge Dr, Boulder City, NV 89005; phone: (701) 293-3114; e-mail: mayorferraro@aol.com Second Vice-President: John Pastor, 5716 Versailles Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103; phone: (734) 827-2070; e-mail: jpastor2000@sbcglobal.net Secretary: Ed Herrold, 65 Laurel Loop, Maggie Valley, NC 28751; phone: (828) 926-2513; e-mail: drbitters@mindspring.com Treasurer: Alan DeMaison, 1605 Clipper Cove, Painesville, OH 44077; phone: (440) 358-1223; e-mail: a.demaison@sbcglobal.net Historian: Richard Watson, 10 S Wendover Rd, Medford, NJ 08055; phone: (856) 983-1364; e-mail: crwatsonnj@verizon.net Editor (acting): June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0161; e-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Merchandising Director: Kent Williams, 1835 Oak Ter, Newcastle, CA 95658; phone: (916) 663-1265; e-mail: KentW@ppoa.org Membership Director: Gene Bradberry, PO Box 341062, Memphis, TN 38184; phone: (901) 372-8428; e-mail: Genebsa@comcast.net Convention Director: R Wayne Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0161; e-mail: JarDoctor@aol.com

Business Manager: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083; phone: (816) 318-0160; e-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Director-at-Large: Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750; phone: (407) 332-7689; e-mail: glassmancarl@sprintmail.com Director-at-Large: Sheldon Baugh, 252 W Valley Dr, Russellville, KY 42276; phone: (270) 726-2712; e-mail: shel6943@bellsouth.net Director-at-Large: Cecil Munsey, 13541 Willow Run Rd, Poway, CA 92064; phone: (858) 487-7036; e-mail: cecilmunsey@cox.net Midwest Region Director: Jamie Houdeshell, PO Box 57, Haskins, OH 43525; phone: (419) 823-8452; e-mail: JHBottle@hotmail.com Northeast Region Director: James Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: (518) 673-8833; e-mail: Jim1@frontiernet.net Southern Region Director: Ron Hands, 913 Parkside Dr, Wilson, NC 27896; phone: (252) 265-6644; e-mail: rshands225@yahoo.com Western Region Director: Bill Ham, 4237 Hendricks Rd, Lakeport, CA 95433; phone: (707) 263-6563; e-mail: Billham@sbcglobal.net Public Relations Director: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: (518) 568-5683; e-mail: jhberry10@yahoo.com

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President’s Message What a winter! California is dried out and the rest of the country looks frozen. Either way, bottle digging is a tough if not impossible chore. I went to probe a lot the other day and the ground was dry and hard. The moisture was only a mere eight inches down and, having had shoulder repairs on both sides, I can’t pound the probe down like I used to. I remember going to visit my brother in western New York during the winter and (at that time he lived in a Victorian house) tried to probe his yard. It was frozen rockhard. So in these times it’s shows, fleas markets, auctions, or the internet etc. to get your bottle fix. Oh, yeah, there’s also advertising in the FOHBC magazine.

I’m still somewhat active in the construction business; at least, I hope to be when the economy gets better. When going over the bid documents and contracts nowadays, you see a lot of specs regarding archeological, historical, botanical, clean water, air, bugs, bats and whatever written into contract forms. I remember when there were none of these things in contracts. Now don’t get me wrong, I believe we do need to protect these things, but within reason. Lots of organizations go way over board on some, actually doing more harm than good in my opinion.

But it’s a darn good thing bottle collectors (read diggers) were around and worked their tails off digging up those old pits and outers before their contents were hauled

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President: Richard Siri PO Box 3818 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (707) 542-6438 rtsiri@sbcglobal.net

to the dumps and landfills. Can you imagine the amount of historical items saved by bottle diggers during redevelopment projects and new construction over old sites that would have been lost forever? None of the lettered folks cared about old bottles before bottle digging started in the late 50s, 60s. In fact it took them years to catch on to what they were missing. (I’ll make that point in the next issue.)

It’s kind of funny that the archaeologists who rant and rave about bottle diggers rely on the books that bottle collectors and bottle diggers have written to identify their finds. I don’t recall a book here in the west on old bottles that was written by an archaeologist. I know for a fact that the local counties around here have had most, if not all their information, about local bottles provided to them by bottle collectors (read diggers).

To the diggers: Make sure of your permission before starting to dig, share your finds with the local museums and historical societies and do a good job of clean up. Bottles will be dug for many years to come -- just look at the cities and all the old buildings and houses that will be redone and torn down. Hopefully, there will be a bottle collector around to save the old bottles that surely would be lost forever.

Richard Siri, President, FOHBC

Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave collections to 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.

An example of a bequest would be: (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083, 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.

Richard Siri, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

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RECENT FINDS Dear Editor, Attached are photos of two bottles. One is a recent find, and the other has been on my shelf for several years. Both are mysteries to which I am hoping the good readers of Bottle and Extras might provide some clues.

The recent find is amber with a smooth base and applied lip. It stands roughly 12 inches high. Two sides have smooth, arched label spaces, the other two are heavily embossed. One side is embossed with Egyptian symbols such as the Sphynx and a Griffin. The other side features a monogram (difficult to decipher, but possibly an "M" an "L" and a "C"), mortar and pestle, and druggist scales. The neck is also embossed on all sides with hieroglyphics. The corners are embossed columns. I can recall seeing this bottle only once before, and that was a long time ago at a local bottle meeting. I'd sure like to know more about this one.

The second bottle is amber with a smooth base and applied lip. The base is embossed L&W (Lorenz & Wightman 1862-1871). The bottle stands roughly 9 inches high. Embossed on one side only, it reads, G. W. COMPOUND Co." Any help with this one would be appreciated.

Thank you, Steve Ketcham

*****HELP NEEDED***** Strike it Rich? Want to Share?

This is your venue!

This is the opportune time to share your recent finds with fellow collectors.

Make this your column.

You'll see how infectious this can become for others to follow.

We welcome your write-ups and your photos.

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Bird with ladies head perfume. Head removes to reveal dauber. German luster porcelain. Marked on base in red Made In Germany inside red circle. Very near mint. Late 1800 or early 1900’s. 3.5 inches tall X 2.35 inches wide. Base 1.5 inches diameter. Sold on EBay for $280.00

Green midget embossed Mason’s Patent Nov 30th 1858 (all on one line) with HGCO embossed on reverse sold on EBay for $800

English mallet, flared lip, applied string and seal. Seal bears the initials W.A. and the date 1761. Bottle is 8.5 inches tall and 4.25 inches in diameter and the body is 4.12 inches tall. Bottle has full surface gloss and is very clean and about as mint as they come. Sold on EBay for $1531.00 with 34 bids.

GII.82 Stoddard Double Eagle Flask Sheared lip and tubular pontil scared base, Embossed Stoddard N.H. in oval, Honey amber in color, Very thin glass for this particular mold, good impression and quite possibly the strongest embossing we have seen within the oval for this flask they are usually very weak. Sold on EBay for $297.00

Quart Scroll Flask in a drab olive amber color.

8-1/2" tall and about 51/2" wide.

The pattern is crude with a tubular pontil base. It has a small chip on the lip top opening and a very tiny surface nick.

Sold on EBay for $798.00.

Pinch Waisted Seal Case Gin DANIEL VISSER & ZONEN on applied seal.

Circa 1880, smooth base, 10.5 inches tall. Mint except for shallow lip chip. Pale olive Green, 10.5 inches tall. Sold on EBay for $ 299.00

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May 12, 2009 Dear Wayne & June,

BRAVO! A nice piece of printing of Bottles and Extras Nov.-Dec. 2008.

Missed seeing you both in Mansfield. I gave my membership renewal to John Pastor.

The York show was triple A for your hard work! Carol & I did the 2002 show book for Syracuse, N.Y. When at York I picked up my show book but when I got home I didn’t have it.

Could you send me I show book “York Show” I’ll pay, thank you!

Respectfully, John M Spellman “A great TV show “As the Bottle Turns!”

York, was the Best!

the establishment of the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City, Mo. "Greg Hawley’s legacy will be easy to find," said a story in the Kansas City Star. "It will be on display daily in the Arabia Steamboat Museum, which he helped build and turn into a Kansas City landmark.

"When he wasn’t speaking to museum visitors, he was looking for another sunken riverboat to recover. The day before he died, he joined his father and brother on a site north of Lexington, Mo., looking for a keelboat that sank in 1822."

The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors has sent a $100 donation to the Arabia Museum Foundation in care of Truman Heartland Community Foundation, 300 N. Osage, Independ-

——————— Auto Crash Fatal to Greg Hawley Gregory Len Hawley, 50, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near his Independence, Mo., home.

Collectors attending the 2007 National Bottle Show in Collinsville, Ill., will remember Mr. Hawley as the keynote speaker during the show banquet.

He and his family and friends had located the wreck of the Steamboat Arabia, which had sunk in the Missouri River on Sept. 5, 1856. When their project was over, they had recovered more than 200 tons of artifacts from the remains of the ship, which led to

Greg Hawley at the 2007 FOHBC Banquet

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ence, Mo. 64050, an educational foundation for children in which Mr. Hawley was involved.

He is survived by his wife, Karen; three children, Derek Hawley, Megan Hawley and Kristin Hawley-Smith and her husband, Chris; a grandson, Jack Christopher Smith; his parents, Harland M. and Florence E. Hawley; a brother, David Hawley and his wife, Laurie; a sister, Rita Scherer and her husband, Mark.

——————— Pioneer Florida Collector Charles Benton, 82, Dies DELAND, Fla. – Charles Oliver Benton Jr., 82, a pioneer antique bottle collector, died February 17 at Florida Hospital in DeLand after an extended illness.

He started digging and collecting old bottles during the 1960s and eventually amassed what has been described as the finest Florida Hutchinson collection, totaling more than 130 bottles. The collection was sold several years ago.

"He inspired me to start collecting Florida Hutchinsons," said Laton Bare, of Belleview, Fla., who took a previously unknown Jacksonville, Fla., picture Hutchinson (eagle) that Mr. Benton had never seen in 39 years of collecting during a hospital visit shortly before his friend’s death.

"A real asset to the hobby of bottle collecting, Charles was always willing to help anyone. We will miss him," said Charles Kirkman of Salt

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Springs, Fla. "His knowledge of bottles and their history always amazed me," said Bill Brand of Ocala, Fla. Mr. Benton was a longtime member, past president and show chairman of the M-T Bottle Club in DeLand. club is an affiliate of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

Officers of the club named its 2009 show in his memory and are contemplating designating a permanent award in his honor.

Mr. Benton was born Oct. 23, 1926 in DeLand. He served in the U.S. Army and was a lieutenant in the Volusia County Sheriff’s Department. He was a member of the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, the American Legion and past exalted ruler of Elks Club No. 1463 in DeLand.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Freda; two daughters, Linda Stanley of Smithfield, Va., and Diane Benton of DeLand; a son, James and his wife, Patricia, of Bonifay, Fla.; seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

Burial with full military honors took place in DeLand Memorial Gardens on February 20.

——————— Coca-Cola and marketing costs during a recession Every time a recession threatens, executives look at the balance sheet and wonder about brand-building expenses.

Brand building is of interest to collectors because brand collectibles are really the result of today’s spending to market a brand that will produce the collectibles of the future.

Some blue-chip global brands cut marketing costs during a recession and others see a recession as the perfect time to get a leg up on weakened competitors boosting the marketing budget. There is a third approach. Some companies keep marketing budgets steady as a percentage of revenue. During a recession there is always the most pressure to cut the marketing budget.

History shows that a recession can be an auspicious (giving or being a sign of future success) time to invest in a brand. Some of the most successful brand campaigns in the past six decades began during economically challenged years.

Madison Avenue tells chief marketing officers that it’s smart to buy advertising during a recession. The standard argument is, “buy ads on the cheap, grab, grab a larger share of consumers’ attention, and subsequently, win

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greater market share.”

Some companies, having reached the top, are willing to spend to stay there. How about Coca-Cola? As number one of the global brands it might be expected that Coke would be increasing its brand building (marketing) budget – especially as they are trying to use design changes to restore consistency to its bottles and brand (see “DESIGN THE WORLD A COKE” elsewhere in this issue.) That would be a wrong expectation.

As the recent recession continued to worsen, CocaCola cut it marketing costs! Coca-Cola’s rationale is that while recent Olympic sponsorship boosted its profile in Asia, where sales are surging, Coke continues to record sluggish sales in its home market.

Collectors can, therefore, expect less of the newly designed traditional contour (hobble-skirt) bottles to be developed and marketed. That could affect current and future markets. (contributed by Cecil Munsey) ——————— Santa Rosa show This years Santa Rosa show was only a one day event setting up at 6AM for the dealers to move in the items and at 8AM the dealers could put their wares on the tables also the early lookers were let in for a $10.00 fee . At 10 AM the general public could come in for free . Most dealers reported good sales and this might be due to the fact that it was a small show with only 45 tables .Also there were large signs on the streets advertising a free show that did draw in some of the general public.Depending on the economy next years show may go back to two days , Friday and Saturday.

——————— Canyonville , Oregon show The Canyonville show was held at the Seven Feathers Casino . It set up at noon on Friday and was a two day event . The room great , carpets ,skirted tables and cold water with glasses set up for the participants . A real class place . They had a number of displays which is always nice to see other peoples collections .They also had a running auction where you can put items up for auction .It’s a silent auction system and you can place a reserve on your item .

Sales seemed a little light for most dealers and its hard to drag the general public out of the casino .

Canyonville pictures

Bruce Silva whiskey merchant and one of the show organizers

Julie and Jim Dennis with their display

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This ad promoting the products of the Candy Brothers Manufacturing Company of St Louis appeared in an 1889 issue of "The Western Druggist." While Candy Brothers jars are fairly plentiful, few are found with a label. Ironically, the jar pictured here just happens to feature the same product label as that pictured in the 1889 ad (with a few minor changes). Based on the jar label's mention of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, this specimen is close to 20 years later than the ad. Perhaps the most interesting part of an old ad like this one is the list of candy flavors these jars once held. The Candy Brothers products included tablets in denominations such as Barley Sugar, Blood Orange, Iceland Moss, Honey Cocoanut, Tolu rock and Rye, and Red Currant Drops. A total of 43 flavors are listed. Wouldn't it be fun to try them all?

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From 1854 until Prohibition, the John Gund Brewing Company made beer in the Mississippi River town of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. According to the University of Wisconsin’s on-line Murphy Library Digitized Resources, “A History of the Brewing Industry in La Crosse” by Steven Baier, the Gund concern was the largest pre-Prohibition corporation in LaCrosse. Represented here are a few pieces of ephemera directly related to the Gund brewery.

One might expect the elevator pictured here to have been situated near the railroad tracks at LaCrosse, a depot of sorts for receiving grain shipments bound for the brewery.

However, this photo was taken in Watertown, South Dakota. According to Baier, “Gund’s beer was shipped all over Wisconsin, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Nebraska.” Apparently Gund bought his wheat and barley by the trainload in South Dakota, shipped it to LaCrosse, and returned the grain to South Dakota in bottled, liquid form.

Image is 5 ½ X 3 ¾.

Post card (two sides): Shown here are two sides of a John Gund Brewing Co. postcard. The front is further stamped, “Sioux Falls, S. Dak.” The reverse is where the real business took place. Found there is a list of the Gund bottled beers a merchant or saloon might order. They included Peerless, Extra Pale, and Pioneer brands and could be had in large or small bottles by the case or barrel. Kegs were also available. Postcard is 5 ½ X 3 ¼.

Two Shakespearean trade cards with one backside shown as well: These two Gund Brewing trade cards borrow freely from, and even more freely amend lines from, two of William Shakespeare’s plays: “The Merry wives of Windsor” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” The reverse of one card is also shown whereon the brew is declared, “The Purest, Most Nutritious Health Restoring And Invigorating Tonic of The Age.” Cards are 5 ¾ X 3 ½.

"Paper Trail" is a regular feature which showcases the wide world of bottle-related ephemera, from trade cards and post cards to letterheads and blotters. Readers are encouraged to submit items for publication. Simply scan or photograph your item (JPG please), add a short paragraph or two about the item, and include a photo of the bottle to which it relates.

E-mail your contribution to: Steve Ketcham s.ketcham@unique-software.com or mail it to: Steve Ketcham PO Box 24114 Edina, MN 55424 Ph: (952) 920-4205

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Australia Milk & Cream Bottles And Dairy Related Items (A Comprehensive Guide for Collectors and the Curious) By Richard Kameny 17 Mood St, PO Box 292 Root Hill, New South Wales 2766 Australia email: gdaygday@optusnet.com.au Reviewed by Cecil Munsey This encyclopedic book is about Australian milk bottles and related memorabilia. Perhaps it would be more accurate to insert the word “all” before Australian in the previous sentence. It is hard to imagine a book on the subject that would have more coverage of milk container history and artifacts of Australia.

The author was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York and became a collector of milk and other bottles in

America.

He indicates that he started to seriously collect milk and cream bottles because they are “… a fair dinkum [genuine] collectible.”

He moved to Australia in 1970 where he became a dual citizen and taught high school until his retirement in 2006. He has been a bottle collector for 30 years and has been gathering the material for this volume since 1996 – it took 12 years to research and write.

Richard Kameny starts his fascinating trip through Australian milk history with a Table; by Colony/State, of the number of cows in each from 1891-1948. That is followed by a photographic history of some of the “rarest” Australian milk bottles. A timeline of “dairy dates” in Australia from 1805-1996 is next in the groundwork laid for this extensive study.

He next presents, in photographs and words, the milk container’s evolution in seven phases of Australian bottles and cartons. Of specific interest to collectors from “down under” is an instructive discussion of pricing bottles and bottle identification.

More importantly, the author includes a 33-page listing of a “Type, Rarity, Dairy Name / Advertisement” directory. For a collector of Australian milk bottles, this is an important tool. This is followed by black and white photographs of many of the bottles listed in the directory.

A 13-page database of “Australian Glass Manufacturers” is another important tool offered to bottle collectors in the book.

Another highlight of Kameny’s book is a 23-page section entitled

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“Advertising Ceramic Labeled Bottles.” This section is presented in full color and black/white photographs of “Applied Color Label” (ACL) milk bottles.

Next is a nice coverage of butter and cheese jars, tins and so forth.

These and the following 27-page chapter, “Go Withs,” account for the portion of the book’s title that promises coverage of “Dairy-Related Items.” The breadth and depth of this section is amazing and features the widest coverage of collectible items (artifacts) of the Australian dairy industry one could imagine. (Many of the items are the same or similar to those found in other countries.)

The final coverage is an “Owners of bottles data base,” which is really an alphabetical directory of the owners of the hundreds of bottles featured in the book and the dairy name, suburb or town, and the state from which the bottles originated. And the author provides similar information about the current owners (collectors) of the bottles featured in the book. In a manner of speaking, this final section is a directory of the collectors of milk bottles and memorabilia in the entire country of Australia.

This interesting and unique book covering “Australian Milk & Cream Bottles and Dairy Related Items” is as billed, “A Comprehensive Guide for Collectors & the Curious.” It would be a welcome addition to any library featuring Australian dairy history.

Cecil Munsey 13541 Willow Run Road Poway, CA 92064-1733 phone: 858-487-7036 email: cecilmunsey@cox.net gmail: cecilmunsey@gmail.com website: CecilMunsey.com More than 1200 free-to-copy wellresearched articles and other materials of interest to bottle collectors

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Book from an Australian’s Perspective Australian Milk & Cream Bottles and Dairy Related items. A Comprehensive Guide for Collectors & the Curious. By Richard S. Kameny.

Review by Travis Dunn and reprinted with permission from ABCR Richard Kameny is known throughout Australia as the milkman from Sydney. He has been actively collecting Australia milk bottles for many years now, securing himself a fine collection of bottles and related paraphernalia.

Part of his obsession was to list all known Australian milk bottles, a monumental task considering the large number of dairies that were around in the old days.

With the assistance of the Victorian milkman, Paul Walsh, an extensive set of databases has been collated and included in this fine publication.

No longer will collectors such as myself need to ring these collectors upon finding a milk bottle to enquire about rarity, it will be in the book and if it is not, then it certainly a rare piece.

Not every bottle is photographed, this would require a book that is many more hundreds of pages than this cur-

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rent 224 page publication. However, there are hundreds of photographs in here, several of which are in full colour. All types of milk bottles are covered from the earliest ones found in this country, right through to the highly colourful pyro labeled examples that are so collectable now.

Not only that, but you will find butter and cheese jars and tins, ice cream tins, packets and Dixie cups, milk safes, milk boxes, milk wads, milk tokens, milk billies, milk savers, dairy equipment such as milk tins and cans, milk testers, cream separators, churns, cream pots and creamers, butter moulds, drinking straws, enamel signs, yoghurt jars, souvenirs and giveaways.

There is a section for historical photographs of dairies, shops, butter factories and milkmen, some brief histories, if it had anything to do with the dairy industry, you will be able to find something in relation to it in this great book.

So, even though you may not be a collector of milk bottles, this book is vital to have in your collection. It is a great reference book and we all know that when it comes to reference books, this hobby is extremely lacking. How many of you have been to a garage

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sale and noticed a milk bottle for sale, leaving it there because you had no knowledge on its rarity. That would never need to be the case again.

Travis Dunn 13541 Willow Run Road 84 Black Flat Rd Whittlesea, Victoria 3757 Australia email: ABCR@bigpond.com website: abcreview.com.au

In an attempt to continually improve the publication and educate our readers, we are adding this new column dedicated to books that we or our readers feel would be of interest to our readers.

Please contact June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com (816) 318-0160 with any book that you feel would be of interest and should be included.

Thank you in advance for your contributions. The more participation, the better the magazine can become.

THE BLOBTOPS Bottles are a lot like people.

They come in all sizes, shapes and colors but once you clean their insides they all turn out to be pretty nice.

M. Clements 2008

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Northeast Regional News Chris Davis 522 Woodhill Newark, NY 14513 (315) 331-4078 cdavis016@rochester.rr.com Front page news in The Digger, newsletter of the Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Association, included a good article entitled "In Mud We Trust....And God Said Let There Be Bottles," by Jacob Bradshaw. The article pointed out that, "No matter what the result is, I never forget the most important aspect of bottle digging -- having fun."

The RABCA's 37th Annual Show & Sale was held Oct. 4th. This was the last show held at the old location.

There were color pictures of the show, including several displays (Dennis Smith's "Celery Colas" and Dave Tyree's "Taka-Kolas"), and an impressive grouping of teakettle inks on a dealer's table.

The November meeting was attended by 20 members. President Bruce Wadford reported members brought in lots of show and tell items, and well as for the "best of" contest.

He thanked all for their participation and support. Articles were encouraged for the newsletter. An extensive report on eBay and online auctions of bottles, with many color photos, included bottles ranging from $5.50 to $455.00.

The club held its annual Christmas dinner on December 7. The club met at a local restaurant and had 46 members and family present. It was one of the largest turnouts in years.

Tony Townsend made the arrangements and Melvin and Libby Croker made up door prize bags. They both did an excellent job. At the December meeting, ribbons were awarded for the year's "best of." Winners included Rick Burchfield, Doug Arrington, Bruce Wadford and Bart Bradshaw.

The president won the club appreciation award. They were pleased that a lot of newer members came with their families as well as a lot of "old

folks."

The club does not meet in January. At the February meeting, everyone brings in their found, dug, or Christmas bottles and go-withs.

From the Jersey Shore Shards, newsletter of the Jersey Shore Bottle Club: December's program was a "Penny Auction." The club does not meet in January or February. The newsletter featured a number of photos of rare fruit jars, courtesy of The Fruit Jar Collectors website. 2008 was the 150th anniversary of the famous Mason's Patent fruit jars, after all! The pictures included rare color variants, jars from the Alex Kerr collection and much more. Several pages were dedicated to "bottle basics," such as closures, pontils, milk glass, sheared lips, registration numbers and more.

The advantages of emailed newsletters were outlined, and clearly evident with this issue of theShards!

The Apple Valley Bottle Collectors Club, of Winchester, Va., in the Jan/Feb edition of The Bottle Worm, reported that the November meeting was presided by Richard Venskoske, with nine present. Show & Tell was the program.

The December meeting was the "Dutch Christmas Dinner", with 17 attending. The evening featured a gift exchange and a very fine "Butcher Block Buffet" meal. It was noted that longtime member Roy Shifflett passed away Jan. 1st. Roy was well known as a collector of "White House Vinegar" items.

The annual Christmas party of the Merrimack Valley Antique Bottle Club of N. Chelmsford, Mass.

(Whittle Mark East newsletter), was held at a local restaurant. A gift exchange was held. Attendees were asked to bring a wrapped or bagged gift bottle, with a value of $10.00. Twenty-five people attended the dinner.

The editor reported on a recent family trip to Florida's Key West,

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which included a tour of Fort Jefferson. Construction began in 1846 but was never finished. During the Civil War, it was a military prison for captured deserters.

The prison was also used for four who were convicted of complicity in the Lincoln assassination. The museum included some bottles from the era, including soda vessels, stone inkwells, and even a Moxie Nerve Food.

The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club's newsletter, Baltimore Bottle Digger, reported the November speaker would be club member, author and collector, Paul Jung, who would talk about Clay Pipes. A 30-year collector of clay pipes, Paul explained how they were made and a brief history of clay pipe makers in the U.S. and England. An amazing $124.00 was collected for the evening's raffle!

The October meeting included two programs - a presentation on Traveling Inks, and a video program on digging. A "what's it?" was also held. A new editor is needed. Spread the word about the 29th Annual Show & Sale March 8th! As of this writing, 70 copies of the Baltimore Bottle Book were still available, at the price of $20.00 each. An informative and interesting article pointed out some of the hazards of digging -- heat and tick or chigger bites!

A dish to pass Holiday Party was held in December. The club provided deli-style platters. There was holiday music, prizes, presents, and good holiday cheer! Sixty-six people attended the party, highlighted by several rounds of Bottle Bingo. Appreciation gifts were presented to many members who went above and beyond in service to the club.

An article, "The Grand Slam of Bottles," by Greg Franklin, clarified the connection between George Herman Ruth Sr. (Babe Ruth's father), and the Staten Island Brewing Co. Bottles have sold over the past several years from $400 - $500. The article ends with "The Pitch. So did Babe's father bottle beer for the Staten Island Bottling Company and have a bottle

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bear his name? No. Does it make an interesting story with some similarities and untimely connections that helps to sell bottles for extreme amounts of money? Yes." Dave Matthews received a plaque from the club at the 10th Annual Distinguished Service Award. Dave was a member since the 1980s, rejoining in 1995. he was past president, Vice president and is currently on the board. He created the idea of having a showcase of members' collecting interests at each monthly meeting. He has coordinated this since its inception. Dave also helps at the appraisal table, recruits new members, and often takes members on digging trips.

President Eric Ewen presented the award.

The Empire State Bottle Collectors, of Syracuse, N.Y., in their newsletter Bits and Pieces, President John Golley reported on another successful Fall Show & Sale, in Scriba, N.Y. This was the 10th annual event. A steady crowd visited a sold-out show.

John lamented that there were no displays this year. The club purchased a nice door prize bottle at the show, a Guilford Mineral Springs, Saratogatype bottle. Regrettably, a $300 bottle was stolen from Cliff Moore's sales table. A description was not available.

The November. meeting's program was "Mineral and Rock Collecting in Central N.Y.," presented by member Charles Ingerson. An article entitled "A Few Ideas for New Collectors," by Ed Faulkner, was reprinted from "Bottles and Extras." The ESBCA currently has 72 members. The club has an exceptional library available to all members at each meeting.

A new book, "Antique Bottle Auction Price Results" by Jim & Lynn Mitchell, was recently purchased.

The club's Christmas party was held, complete with turkey and roast beefprovided by the club. Club members' side dishes are always looked forward to!

John Spellman won the Guilford Springs bottle, purchased at the fall show in Scriba. At the January meeting, a Show & Tell program was held.

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There were five suggestions for themes in the newsletter. Some examples include "favorite unembossed bottles, favorite little bottles, and favorite brightly or unusually colored bottles." A fine article, from "Bottles and Extras,""Collecting Colored Blobtop Beers," by David Tingen, was reprinted.

In Traveler's Companion, newsletter of the Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association, President Peter Jablonski report included highlights of the past meeting, and requests for suggestions for future programs. The Christmas party featured roast beef, rolls and drinks provided by the club. There was over $200 in bottles given away in Bottle Bingo!

The November meeting was held at the Buffalo Fire Historical Society.

An in depth and informative two-hour tour was given. Artifacts from the early 1800s to the 1880s were viewed by the club. An article "End to Prohibition Marks 75 Years" rounded out the newsletter.

A plea to consider receiving the newsletter by e-mail was given by editor Joe Guerra. Advantages were pointed out, not the least of which to save money on postage and printing, especially in the times we are in. Club member Bob Watson presented backto-back programs in January and February on bitters bottles. The topics were "Barrel Bitters Bottles" and "Hostetter's and Drake's Plantation Bitters Bottles."

Bottles Along the Mohawk, the newsletter of Utica, NY's Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club, announced the program for November.

"Marketing of Milk in the 1940s" would be a power point presentation by club treasurer Peter Bleiberg.

The club has a milk bottle program once a year. Fifty-four people attended the meeting, including some from as far away as Massachusetts, and several from distant parts of New York state.

October's program, "Other Things We Collect," was fun, with a variety of unusual items brought in by mem-

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bers. December was the holiday party.

"Our club is as much about camaraderie as bottles,." remarked President Fred Capozzella. Editor Jon Landers wrote an outstanding article, "The Holland Farms Story," complete with photographs of the dairy farm, bottles, a billboard and other advertising.

He penned yet another great article for the December issue, on "Antique Christmas Lights and Ornaments." These are favorites among many collectors, with a great deal of reading material out there on the subjects.

The club website marked its oneyear anniversary! The site is updated once a month. It was noted that many websites start out nice but are not updated. Many of the photographs from the newsletters appear in color. There are over 30 articles on bottles, glass factories and related topics. Member Howard Dean (FOHBC Hall of Famer) will soon write an article to be posted on the website based on one of the recent emails received. The site has proven to be a good form of communication and a great way to help collectors who have questions.

Member Carl Saporito was highly complimented for designing and maintaining the website.

The January issue billed the next meeting as "GIANT Show & Tell, Also, Some Bottles to Sell." Capozzella, in his final president's report, extended his thanks to all the club members who have contributed during 2008.

A great article on "Robert Turlington's Balsam of Life", by Fred Rawlinson, tells the long history of this famous medicine, dating back to 1744 in London. It is still manufactured!

September's meeting of the Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association, Rochester, N.Y. (Applied Seals newsletter), featured member Doug Nicot, collector of shaving mugs and bowls and related items. Thirty-four members attended. Work is beginning to take shape on the club's 40th Annual Show & Sale, scheduled for April 26th. Joe DiTucci, a club

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founder and charter member, is the president.

A show report on the 40th Annual Ohio Bottle Club Fall Show & Sale in Kirtland, Ohio, was written by Chris Davis. There were in fact about 40 displays, encircling the gymnasium at Lakeland Community College. It was very impressive and appreciated by all who attended the show.

Twelve photos (shown in color, if your newsletter is emailed!) taken at the FOHBC York, Pa., Expo were taken by editor Jim Bartholomew.

Some of the fantastic displays pictured included cathedral pickles, Mason's 1858 fruit jars, asthma bottles & advertising and teakettle inks. One of the photos was of GVBCA member Dr. Burton Spiller's Hall of Fame plaque.

November's meeting was the 18th Annual Charity Auction to benefit Bethany House (a home for battered women and their children) and Mercy Flight Central in Canandaigua

(emergency helicopter transport). The club raised, with members' many donations of bottles, antiques and collectibles, over $1,400.

Member Doug Nicot again served as auctioneer. Joanne Washington again served as auction clerk. Price was $155 for an amber quart Clyde Glass Works flask. The club also purchased four gift cards at a local mall, for $200.00 (valued at $100, $50, $25 & $25). Sealed in envelopes, the cards were individually auctioned for between $60-65 each. raising $250 for charity. A pizza party rounded out the evening.

A report on Norman Heckler's Columbus Day Event and the 41st Yankee Bottle Club Show & Sale, in Keene, N.H., was written by Chris Davis. He and Jack Stecher travelled to the two events together, with perfect weather, beautiful bottles and glass, and good times. Another article, Larry Rogers' well-written "Valuing Our Collection," was reprinted from

the ESBCA's newsletter (10/08). A regular and very popular monthly feature of Applied Seals is member Aaron Webber's crossword puzzles, "Crossed Collectibles." Answers will appear in the next issue.

Joe DiTucci is the new President of GVBCA effective January, 2009.

Joe is a founder and charter member.

2009 is also the 40th anniversary of the club and of the first show & sale.

Joe’s rep ort stated, in part, “...GVBCA has been very fortunate over the years to have many excellent officers and chairpersons to thank for where we are today…”

The club Holiday party was attended by 27 members. The Hospitality Table never looked so food and full. An article, “Take Caution Selling Medicine Bottles says DEA”, by Bob Brock, was reprinted from the “Dirty Bottle”, newsletter of the Pennsylvania Bottle Collectors Association (5/08).

us the following in their November newsletter: At the club’s November meeting, John Panek gave a wrapup of the 1st Chicago Bottle Show in October.

He noted that there were 47 sales tables and that the club finished with a profit.

There were eight states represented including Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and New York. The attendance was fair.

For show and tell, Dorothy Furman brought a spiderweb whiskey flask with porcelain things inside. She can’t figure out what they are. It was another “doggie dig” find. Jeff Dahlberg had a dig for school kids at the Lutheran School in Rockford to show them what history could be found in the ground. He brought in a large key (possibly from a huge door or gate) and pictures of the dig.

Dennis Klinkhammer showed a “Pine Hurst Farm’s Dairy, Rockford, Ill” bottle, which was dug at an old sanatorium. Pete Peterson displayed an 1858 Mason’s N.C.L. jar. Pete also

had something to tell. Seems that Pete was invited to attend his granddaughter’s annual Halloween parade at their school. The children all paraded around to show off their costumes to the musical accompaniment of the high school band. The school has children from kindergarten to high school, so it was quite a show. While viewing the spectacular, their son (who has been quite active in his children’s school) was greeted quite warmly by a young woman. Pete’s son introduced his friend, Michelle. It turned out that the friend was Michelle Obama who was at the school to see her girls in the parade. What a small world!

John Panek gave an interesting talk on “All Things Chicago.” He showed dated covers and envelopes f e a t u r i n g p o t t e r y an d s t o n e ware factories and the items manufactured. At the club’s December meeting, it was reported that “neither snow, nor cold or freezing rain (and we had it all) kept 13 hardy members of the club from our Christmas party.” The club re-elected their 2008 officers for 2009. There was

Midwest Regional News Joe Coulson 10515 Colingswood Lane Fishers, IN 46038 (317) 915-0665 jcoulson@leader.com Hello, bottle collectors! Welcome to another installment of the Midwest region news report. Despite all the wintery weather, clubs have been getting together and having a great time.

A few of our long-time bottle collecting friends have passed on. Our thoughts are with their family and friends. We would love to hear from ALL of the Midwest bottle clubs – keep sending in those news items!

Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois (ABCNI) Dorothy Furman is the newsletter editor and Jeff Dahlberg is president.

The club has been holding its meetings at the Antioch Senior Center, 817 Holbeck, Antioch, Ill. Dorothy tells

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some discussion about the next show conflicting with the Mansfield show, but the date will remain April 26, 2009. Table prices are $35.00 and admission will be free this time. For information on joining the ABCNI, contact: Dorothy Furman, 26287 W. Marie Ave., Antioch, IL 60002.

Findlay Antique Bottle Club Tom Brown edits Whittle Marks and typically reprints several articles for club members in their newsletter.

The December issue contained a reprint of a long article titled “Victorian Christmas Lights,” by Mary Ballentine. It also contained a reprint of an article on fake and reproduction milk bottles from The Milk Route. The January issue contained reprinted articles on the “Calumet Baking Powder Company” from Wikipedia; “What are Target Balls? I’m Glad You Asked,”

by Ralph Finch; and “Proud to be an American,” by Charles David Head.

Brown noted that, as we ended the year, we met at The Grand Court and had a very good time with member Shirlee MacDonald, this being her retirement address. The staff provided the room where we held our Christmas meeting. Club members brought a vast assortment of homemade goodies. It was certainly nice to have everyone there, so a big thanks to all who made a special day for Shirlee! The club re-elected their 2008 officers for 2009.

The FABC has a good website with pictures from annual shows.

Check it out: http:// fabclub.freeyellow.com/home.html.

Richard Elwood is club president.

Monthly club meetings are held at the University of Findlay. To find out more about their monthly newsletter, send a note to: Findlay Antique Bottle Club, P.O. Box 1329, Findlay, OH 45839.

Indianapolis Bottle Club A bottle club is still in the process of being formed in Indianapolis, Indiana. Here is a special note from Martin Van Zant: "Hello to you, my name is Martin Van Zant, and I’m inviting you to join me and a few of my fellow

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collectors. We would like to have a bottle club in Indianapolis, and we need your help. There have been a couple of requests to start a club, and a few people have already begun to meet once a month. We would like to be official now and really get things going. If you have a passion for bottles then come and join us and see what all the rage is about. The group is currently meeting at the Ben Davis High School, 1200 N. Girl School Rd., Indianapolis, Ind. You can reach Martin by telephone at 812-841-9495, or by email at: mdvanzant@yahoo.com.

Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club Michele and Shaun Kotlarsky are newsletter editors for The Embossing, the monthly newsletter of the Huron Valley Bottle & Insulator Club. Bob Powell is club president. The club will meet quarterly in 2009. We will get our next update from them after their March 9th club meeting. Meetings are held the second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m., at the First National Bank, 8080 Challis Rd., Brighton, MI. You can find out much more about the HVBIC online at their website: http:// hvbic.org.

Iowa Antique Bottleers (IAB) Mark Wiseman (newsletter editor) and Mike Magee (secretary) do a wonderful job each month reporting the IAB happenings. Mark submitted the IAB newsletters for December and January. The club’s December newsletter continued reprinting more pages of Katie Foglesong’s book, “Trials and Trails of a Bottle Collector.” The club has been honoring Katie, who was inducted onto the FOHBC 's Honor Roll, and this was the last installment. The newsletter also had many reprints of 1870s to 1890s articles that Mike Magee has found on Iowa pottery companies. The articles were for Sioux City pottery companies and the Marshalltown pottery. At the January meeting, Clyde Jones became club president, and Chuck Erb became vice president for the next two years.

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cles on Iowa pottery companies. The articles were for Vernon (opposite Bentonsport), Fairport (Jug Town), Cedar Falls, Colesburg and Eldora.

The following news item titled “Crushing Out Iowa Industries” comes from The Homestead, January 11, 1889. There is a town seventeen miles below Davenport, Iowa, called Fairport, or in local parlance, “Jugtown.”

It is noted for its manufactures of earthenware equal in quality to any in America. Some years ago some Davenport capitalists started a pottery but forgot to take in some railroad officials as partners. This establishment could do an extensive and profitable business were it not for the fact that the railroads of Iowa are in rebellion against the people. As a result the potteries at Liverpool, Ohio, can ship their goods to any point in Iowa one hundred and fifty miles west of the Mississippi, cheaper than Fairport can.

The freight from Fairport to Mason City, two hundred and twenty miles, is fifty per cent higher than from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, over one thousand miles. The freight on a crate of pottery from Ottumwa to Mason City, one hundred and fifty miles, is $1.96, while the freight on the same weight from Chicago, more than twice the distance, is $1. As a consequence the jobbing house of Adam & Pedicorde of Mason City, dealers in earthenware goods, is about to move out of the state. This is the process of strangulation of Iowa industries that is going on continually.

This, too, is the reward that enterprising towns like Mason City, which have made great sacrifices to obtain competition by aiding new railroads, are receiving.

The IAB newsletters always contain wonderful digging stories by Mark Wiseman. He has a regular column, “The Digger’s Scoop,” that tells of his local digging adventures with his dog, the old truck, and various digging friends who join him. You can find out more about IAB membership ($15/yr.) from Tom Southard, 2815 Druid Hill, Des Moines, IA 50315.

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Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club Al Holden (newsletter editor) reported the following in their January newsletter: Our program (family fun) director, Scott Hendrickson, decided that our theme bottles for this month will be any bottle with an animal embossed on it or on the label. I think that Scott must have dug something with an animal on it. When I heard that, I went through all my bottles in my mind and I could not think of any with animals on them.

If I had to think of my favorite bottle embossing, it is not on a rare bottle, but I think it is just plain cool!

That bottle is, perhaps you guessed, the big and beautiful Buffalo Lithia Water bottle.You know, the famous product that was "Nature's Materia Medica." Here is a claim from an ad published around the turn of the century.

Buffalo Lithia Springs Water: "A natural spring water bottled at the springs. It has been before the public for thirty-five years and is offered upon its record of results accomplished. To those who have tested it, there is no need to speak; to those who have not, we would like to send medical testimony as to its merits in the treatment of Gout, Rheumatism, Bright's Disease, Albuminuria of Pregnancy, Inflammation of the Bladder and all Uric Acid Trouble. There is no 'Tablet' or other concentrated form of this water - it is sold as it flows from the earth only.

Like every article of merit, this water is counterfeited. Buy only of dealers who are above suspicion. Voluminous medical testimony on request. For sale by the general drug and mineral water trade." Buffalo Lithia Springs Water Co. Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia.

Al also reported the following news of a local bottle find: We are in a deep freeze here in Michigan! I was at our metal detecting club board meeting on the first Tuesday of January and our club president said that this past December was the best December ever for his snow plowing business! I guess that says it all!

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Chuck and Scott managed to get out and dig some privies in Allegan County. Chuck wouldn't give details of the exact location because the neighbors on both sides of the 1870s home came over and invited them over to dig at their homes as well!

They found several bottles in the pit they dug, but they were mostly common-- that is, except one. They dug a Grand Rapids Saloon bottle embossed, "E. KALK BRENNER!" They found out that it was a keeper! The Kalamazoo club has started posting meeting minutes on their website: http://www.kalamazoobottleclub.org/ Chuck Parker is the club president, and you can contact him for more information about their club at: 607 Crocket Ave., Portage, MI 49024 (ph: 616-329-0853). The club meets regularly at the Kalamazoo Public Library, located at 315 S. Rose St. Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club The MAFJBC has members nationwide and is heavily fruit jar focused. Their meetings are held the first Sunday of the month at 1:30pm in the Cantina at Minnetrista, which is located in Muncie, IN. Dave Rittenhouse is the club President.

At the club’s December meeting, Dick Cole brought his entire collection of Ball Corporation acrylic Christmas ornaments for everyone to look at.

Dick also gave a short presentation on them. Ball started making Christmas ornaments in 1975. This is a time when the company was experimenting with plastics in order to diversify their business. The Chris tmas ornaments are made of plastic which is pressed and etched with a design. The idea was that the ornaments would “look just like crystal.”

Ball never put their name or logo on the ornaments. The cardboard boxes that they come in do say Ball on them. Ball tried to sell things outside of supermarkets, which is where their canning jar expertise was, but they didn’t know how to do it. Selling Christmas ornaments was not like selling fruit jars.

Dick showed everyone that there

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were different packages for each of the different ornament series. Ball made ornaments from 1975 to 1980.

Sometimes the ornaments would come in a blue felt bag or a grey one or a red one (inside the box). Even the boxes themselves had small variations in the print on them.

Dick wrote a complete reference to the Ball Christmas ornaments. This was work that he did while employed as Industrial Curator at the Minnetrista museum (he has since retired from there). Ball turned the ornaments business (based in Evansville, Ind.) over to another company named Princeton in 1980.

It is interesting to note that the Metallic series of ornaments has a zinc medal in the center. The zinc insert was produced at Ball’s Greenville, Tennessee plant (which also made the U.S. zinc penny blanks!).

During this time period there were other companies that made plastic Christmas ornaments in similar styles.

Sue Wilson told everyone that Folgers gave some away with their coffee in 1986. Everyone really enjoyed Dick’s talk on the Christmas ornaments. It looks like several new collections are going to start as a result of this presentation!

The MAFJBC has a website: http://www.fruitjar.org. Meeting details as well as lots and lots of pictures from their semi-annual shows can be found there.

Minnesota’s First Antique Bottle Club Barb Robertus is editor of the MFABC newsletter, The Bottle Digger’s Dope. Linda Sandell takes care of the printing and mailing. At the club’s December meeting, Fran Rutherford showed a portion of her Santa collection. She also displayed the newest addition to her collection of fering boxes. The bottle collecting hobby has lost a good friend. Dave Robertus of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died of complications due to Parkinson’s Disease on Friday, December 5, 2008.

Membership in the MFABC is $10/yr. For more information, please

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contact Linda Sandell, 7735 Silver Lake Road #208, Moundsview, MN 55112.

North Star Historical Bottle Association Doug Shilson is newsletter editor for the North Star Historical Bottle News. Doug does a great job each month reporting the club’s latest happenings. He puts a lot of effort into recording all the details that take place. Steve Ketcham is the club president.

At the club’s November meeting. all incumbent officers were re-elected for 2009 (it was reported that no “recounts” or “hanging chads” were needed!).

Longtime show chairman Shilson announced his resignation at the meeting and recommended that Steve Ketcham, his long-time assistant, become show chairman, which was approved. Here is Doug’s account of their November meeting’s program: "Sometimes we have very good programs, then one comes along that’s considered a fantastic program. The knowledge of Dennis Nygaard, Steve Showers and Austin Fjerestad is second to none when it involves Red Wing Stoneware and its rich history. It just goes to show that our members do have a vast knowledge about their favorite collectibles. In this case, the Red Wing dump. The three brought their digging experience and the knowledge they gained from the many years of digging through history. Inch by inch. One small shovel full and hours by hand. Steve Showers, whom I have known forever, has been digging in the Red Wing dump the longest. Now all three have the knowledge, and together could re-write another chapter in the history of Red Wing collectibles.

Reminds me of the early days when we were digging up bottles by the bushel basket full. Wanting to find who, what and when they were made.

No different than the “Three stony diggers.”

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about. The finds that Steve Showers brought were large size covers with some of the edge pieces missing.

These were used as “shelves” as the workmen were to stack more stoneware one on top of the other. Think of the hard work of these early boys / men to stack them high on the carts, day-in and day-out. Talk about heavy work!

It has to start by having permission to dig the site. It has been granted to these three. No power tools allowed, just a shovel and lots of hours of digging by hand. Even though the dump was used to throw away the broken pieces, it’s the history of how they did their work, and by what means.

Shilson wrote the following piece, “My Thoughts: In Memory of Dave Robertus”: "When someone passes away that had an impact on my life, it triggers my thoughts. Dave was an important part of our history to the bottle shows in Minnesota. I first met Dave while I was digging close to Dunwoody Trade School sometime in the late 1960s. (I was told that Dave had attended one of my first bottle shows at the Hennepin County Historical Society).

"It was three or four years before our first “Big” Minnesota bottle show, on a Sunday in the spring when the ground was thawing. The city of Minneapolis hired a contractor who was putting in a six-foot storm drain, going from the north side of Dunwoody School, down toward and under the now 394 freeway. It was my fourth year with the city and I was assigned to one of the construction crews. Since I drove the truck I got to know the foremen in charge of other contractors by taking their loads of dirt to the dump as well as the city’s dirt. Dunwoody was built on one of the Minneapolis’ first dumping sites. I found out later that one of my uncles was the caretaker of the dump from approximately 1910-1918, and he was the subject of a story that I wrote for the Hennepin County Historical Society.

"Some of the loads had many “shards” of glass bottles, broken by scooping the dirt and dumping it into the many trucks that were on the job

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site. It was a bottle digger's dream, I didn’t have to do any digging, just picked them off the pile. Then I got permission to dig on weekends near the eight foot deep trench. As I was bent over scratching at the billions of glass pieces that were protruding from the banks of the trench, I heard a loud voice. I turned around and saw this rather tall person dressed in a darkcolored suit, asking “What are you doing down there?” First, I thought he was a guard. I explained to him that I was digging for old bottles and showed him a pile next to me and said I had permission. We talked for a few minutes and David remembered me and that I had a bottle show at the Historical Society. Dave said, 'I’m the president of the Minnesota First Bottle Club.' Funny thing, my thoughts were that, after all these years I remembered just those words! So, I invited Dave to come down as there were several hundred feet of exposed glass and digging was easy. But he was on his way to church so he had to go! That was my first meeting with Dave.

"Several years later I talked to Dave about those funny looking insulators on old wood poles that NSP was taking down to install the latest power poles along Hiawatha Avenue. 'How many do you want?' said Dave. The truck that was taking about a dozen very long poles to the dump with insulators still attached stopped next to my truck knowing I knew Dave. I got them all. The “pole cats” called these insulators “Mickey Mouse Ears.” The color was deep aqua. I will never forget that moment in time as Dave was a part of my life.

"The last time I visited Dave, Steve and I got to talking about the dumps along 2nd Avenue North. Dave remembered each junkyard’s owner, first and last names, and the history behind each one! Funny how someone touches you by passing! It’s the happy memories that keep you going!"

For more information on joining the NSHBA, please contact Doug Shilson: 3308 32 Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55406-2015.

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Ohio Bottle Club Phyllis Koch (editor) and Donna Gray (secretary) always do a very nice job with The Ohio Swirl, the OBC’s newsletter. John Fifer is club president.

The program for the club’s November meeting, “Potter Marks and Names found on Summit County Stoneware,” was introduced by Bill Koster and presented by Robert Treichler. Bob is a long-time bottle club member and a serious collector and researcher. Bob said that he is an “old professor” and that he would focus on Northeast Ohio stoneware names.

Bob showed slide examples of the stoneware and discussed names such as Calvin Hall and Cowan of Tallmadge; Colvin and Buttolph of Suffield, Portage County, Ohio; Moore and Colvin, and the Colvin family operation, including the location; the distinction between W. T. Moore and Alvin Moore and their timeframe; prices of some stoneware pieces, which have sold for thousands of doll a r s ; E d . B e r ry o f B r it t a in , Ohio, located in the northwest part of Springfield Township; D. (David) S. Alexander, and a spectacular example of stoneware with a large bird.

Another wonderful piece of stoneware had the names Chapman Upson & Wright on the front, and J.P. Alexander & Co. on the back, in ornate script. J. Park Alexander, “a handsome devil,” was a firebrick inventor, an oil dealer and refiner, and organizer of Akron area stoneware dealers; the firebrick plant and oil refinery were located by Lock 5 in downtown Akron. There were at least 12 or 13 stoneware dealers who were advertised and distributed in the Akron, Chicago and Detroit areas. J. Park Alexander was also an Ohio State senator for two terms. He married Martha Wright, whose family operated local coal mines and quarries.

The “Forrest Hill” Alexander home is located at 422 West Market Street in Akron, across from Neptune Park.

The stoneware recently sold for over $100,000.

Bob also showed a 7-gallon

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McBurney stoneware churn, with leftfacing bird. James McBurney was an Irish immigrant who came to Jordan, New York, sometime before 1840; he was a cooper who invested in pottery.

His three sons were potters. Bob explained the similarities among this pottery, J. P. Alexander pottery, and that found in Red Wing, Minnesota. It is sometimes difficult to determine origin. He concluded by thanking friends and associates who helped him in his research. The club thanked him with applause.

In the January newsletter, John Fifer (club president) reported that his father, Darl, passed away in the middle of January. Adam Koch had these words of remembrance to say: "It’s going to be hard to go to the meetings and not see Darl sitting in his normal spot in the back by the center aisle. He never missed a meeting, he always sat in that same spot. Many years ago, I talked Darl into joining The Ohio Bottle Club. He had been a closet collector of bottles for years.

He grew to love bottle shows and monthly meetings. Darl’s knowledge and expertise on Midwestern glass, Zanesville, Kent and Mantua Glass was unequaled.

"Darl and I went to many bottle shows together -- Pittsburgh, Steubenville, Rochester, Louisville, Kalamazoo, Columbus, Mansfield and probably others over the years. We also went to Garth’s auctions together.

Darl also had a special love for Indian relics and loved to show them off and talk about them. Last, but not least was his love of trapping, fishing and hunting. He loved the outdoors. On our many trips we not only amused ourselves by talking about all of the things mentioned above, but also a lot of nonsense, sometimes some really stupid things, but, that was part of the fun.

"I will miss not being able to aggravate you, Darl, and in return get that “look” from you. And yes, another good friend is gone."

For more information on joining the OBC, please contact Berny Baldwin (treasurer), 1931 Thorpe Circle, Brunswick, OH 44212. The club also

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has a new website which can be found at: http://www.ohiobottleclub.com.

Details about the milk bottle book can be found there also.

Wabash Valley Antique Bottle & Pottery Club Martin Van Zant is editor of The Wabash Cannonball, the WVABPC’s monthly newsletter. Peggy Zimmer is club president.

Van Zant reported the following in the December newsletter: "On a sad note, Harry Frey passed away last Sunday. I met Harry only a couple of times. He was a charter member in our club and attended meetings before getting ill. He was also a lifetime member of the club. I have heard many great things about him and stories upon stories about all the great bottles he had. He was a pioneer in the bottle collecting field in the Wabash Valley area. He will be missed."

The Terre Haute bottle show was another great show for the club. The auction held the night before was well attended with lots of bidding going on. There were several Attica, Indiana Strawberry Balsam pontiled medicines, two Chamberlain open-pontiled medicines from Elkhart, Indiana.

The WVABPC holds their monthly meeting at Shadows Auction Barn, 1517 Maple Ave., Terre Haute, IN. Club dues are $10/yr. For more information, please contact Gary Zimmer (treasurer), 10655 Atherton Rd., Rosedale, IN 47874.

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Become a club officer.

If you need assistance finding a local club, your local editor or FOHBC Regional Director can supply you with a list of clubs in your area.

See page two for a list of officers including your regional director.

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Ed Stewart of Paola, Kan., penned the first digging story in this issue of the newsletter. It as titled, "Finding a Rare Atchison Drug Store," and featured Johnnie and Francis Wiltz as well as the author on the Kansas dig.

It was Stewart who unearthed the clear bottle embossed Walters / The Druggist, which turned out to be a previously unlisted bottle in the Kansas Bottles book. R.G. Walters was in business from 1908-12..

Stewart got back into the hole and promptly dug another. Later, Wiltz dug a third from the same hole so now all three diggers hd one to take home.

It was Fletcher’s turn to write "A Digging Weekend," with he, Francis Wiltz, Todd Stillings and Dan Moser back in Atchison once again.

A really nice A.D.H. Chambers Union Fruit Jar from Pittsburgh, Pa., came out of one pit. It sported a minor lip chip, and the original metal top was nowhere to be found. Another prize was an early amber flask embossed Whitney Glass Works around the base.

Fletcher, Stewart, Kenny Burbrink and Wiltz were back in Atchison on New Year’s Day. A shallow pit had been found during a previous search, but had not been dug, but Fletcher had a hunch there might be something in it.

He was right and gave the title, "Don’t Ignore Those Shallow Pits," to his story..

He started shoveling ashes, broken glass and other debris out of the pit when his shovel hit a bottle with a solid THUNK! "I saw it was aqua, aleshaped and embossed and my shaking hands carefully brushed aside the dirt.

Be something good," Fletcher said to himself, and was amazed. The bottle was embossed Burkhart & Pretzel / Atchison / Kas. on one side and This Bottle / To Be Returned on the other.

Francis later dug another of the rare 1870s bottles, the first they’d ever seen.

Southern Regional News Bill Baab 2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net Colorful covers have been the theme since Marshall Clements took over the editorship of Bottle Talk, newsletter of the Raleigh (N.C.) Bottle Club.

His January 2009 issue showed each of the 2008 covers in various pastels of blues, greens, reds, yellows and oranges.

Inside the issue, club president Jack Murdock gave a presentation covering his early years of digging in and around Raleigh. Marshall downloaded color photos of many of Murdock’s glass and pottery finds.

He said Murdock is also "Da Man" when it comes to Wake Forest and Demon Deacon athletics.

Feature of the month was the Louisburg (N.C.) Bottling Works, researched and written by this Southern Region editor. Researcher-authorcollector Dennis Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., also came up with three colored photos showing artifacts from the bottling company.

While the Louisburg story is scheduled to be published in a future Bottles & Extras, I felt it would be well-received by Raleigh club members such as Donnie Medlin, who lives in present day Louisburg.

Marshall used a copy of a photo of an original Louisburg Bottling Works delivery truck from the 19-teens as his "Blast from the Past."

It is with regret that we learn of the death of Gail "Tasha" Carr, wife of Richard Carr of the Tulsa, Oklahoma club. We sent our condolences to Richard and the family after receiving notice of her death on Jan. 20, 2009 in Johnnie Fletcher’s February issue of Oklahoma Territory News. That’s the newsletter of the Oklahoma Territory Bottle & Relic Club.

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Melissa Milner, editor of The Groundhog Gazette, featured Peggy and Wade Cox and their marvelous collection of pie birds in the January issue. The Coxes had been featured back in 2001 when Roberta Knight was newsletter editor for The State of Franklin (Tenn.) Antique Bottle & Collectors Association.

Back then, Peggy mentioned that her collection had approximately 300 pie birds. So Melissa wanted an update and learned the collection had reached 700.

Pie birds act as steam vents when placed in the center of fruit and meat pies when they’re cooking. Most are in the shapes of various birds and Peggy just added a rarity when she bought a Walt Disney Donald Duck "bird." She even has a pie bird nativity scene.

Now Peggy is turning to something that has nothing to do with pies.

They are mostly glass containers called "fly traps." She has only a few at this point, but who knows how many she will have in another eight years?

Bill Marks, editor of the Diggers Dispatch, newsletter of the MT Bottle Collectors Association of Deland, Fla., noted that its 39th annual show was scheduled for March 21 at the Volusia County Fairgrounds. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to Maureen Pallasch, the club’s president who is serving as show chairman for the 11th straight year. Charles Benton had served for 17 straight years before Maureen took over.

This regional editor, who serves as secretary and newsletter editor of the Horse Creek Bottle Club, noted in the February issue of Probe and Plunder that plans for the club’s inaugural show and sale are moving forward.

The event will be held at the massive H. Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road in Aiken, S.C., on April 25. It will be the first bottle show held in the Augusta area since one was held in Thomson, Ga., 38 miles from Augusta during the 1990s.

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writer was founder, held two shows in Augusta during the early 1970s.

The writer showed members numerous Coca-Cola wannabees during the January meeting. These included Koca Nola, Rye-Ola, Taka-Kola, Lime Cola, Chero-Cola, Ameri-Cola, CaroCola, Limeola, Wiseola, Gay-Ola and Celery Cola. He gave a brief history of

each brand.

Club members brought two pieces of their favorite pottery during the February meeting and local experts helped identify each piece – who made it and where and when. The show and tell session revealed a clear crown top, one-of-a-kind Koca Nola from LaFollette, Tenn., acquired by

the writer; a super-rare H. Deming, iron-pontiled cobalt soda from Columbia, S.C., purchased by Mike Newman.

The club held its first raffle with proceeds going into the club treasury.

An Augusta Brewing Company clear quart, circa 1902-12, was the prize.

flask and a Fort Collins calendar, respectively.”

Rick wrote about contributions made by various club members to their newsletter. “Ellen Jacobson provided us with an article on ‘Dutch Onion Bottles,’ Dave Kratky wrote ‘The Day Five Denver Moxies Were Dug,” and Don Hunt composed a ‘Short Digging Story.” The fact that the abovementioned members made those writing contributions is an inspiration. At times, some of us think that we are too busy to write, or we don’t know how to write well enough. Once you start writing, it becomes addictive and like anything else, the more you write, the more skillful you become.

It has been awhile since we’ve had an opportunity to write about your club. Learning about Don Hunt’s situation sure makes folks realize the extra work he has been doing to get the club’s newsletter out. Thanks, Don.

trip to the Auburn show. It seems that the show is the melting pot where we can see just about everyone we know from Northern California and beyond.

This club has had some pretty interesting and unusual programs. President Jerry Rickner put on a program on the Odd Fellows Fraternity. “Jerry passed out two pages of information on the Odd Fellows’ history. He said the Odd Fellows began in antiquity helping to keep order in cities and giving aid to those in need. He pointed out the help they gave during the gold rush in California. He had a table covered with pins and badges he salvaged from closed lodges. There were hanging cloth banners, a large ax, ceremonial robes, books, prints and a sword, all embossed with Odd Fellow symbols.” One of the club’s newsletters showed a picture of Troy Waddel wearing an Odd Fellows robe and Jerry Rickner’s picture with the items mentioned above. Jerry’s efforts seemed pretty impressive and informative.

Kent Williams: That’s a great picture of your collection of torpedo sodas we spotted in your club’s newsletter. Kent had bought several sparkling Hamilton round-bottom torpedo sodas. Kent said the Hamiltons date from 1830 – 1840. Those Hamiltons are examples of some “old” glass. Between “show and tell” items and raffle bottles, it makes one “green with envy,” as the old saying goes. For example, there was a cobalt Owen Casey blob top soda and a Waits Kidney and Liver Bitters -- California’s own true laxative and blood purifier. Another raffle item was an amber pistol candy container. Mike Lake won a pontiled Stoddard-type, dark green umbrella ink that sounds like quite a winner.

Western Regional News Ken Lawler & “Dar” 6677 Oak Forest Drive Oak Park, CA 91377 (818) 889-5451 kenlawler@roadrunner.com Antique Bottle Collectors of Colorado - Dump Digger’s Gazette Editor Don Hunt’s job has taken him to Salt Lake City, Utah for an extended period of time. It has been difficult for him to get the club’s newsletter out each month. Don’s been trying to do it from his hotel room until someone takes over. This is Rick Sinner’s plea: “Would someone please step forward and volunteer to be our new Dump Digger’s Gazette editor? This is an important job, and we need to fill this position quickly with a quality person or possibly two people could share the responsibility.”

The important issue is that the newsletter continue, as it is the vehicle necessary to get information out to club members.

At one point Rick Sinner did a listing of club prizes given away during 2008. He said that the traditional bottle spin started off in January with John McClard winning a Pioneer Bottling Works Hutchinson from Victor.

Then he went on to say, “Carol Salter, John Irvine, Don Hunt and Carole Loskot were the winners the next four months. Prizes included a Neef Bros. beer glass, an Empire Bottling tray, a Silverton drug bottle and a J. Schueler Hutch. I happened to be the lucky winner of a Standard Bottling seltzer followed by Richelle Miller and Jeri Natter taking home a Pike’s Peak

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Forty-Niner Historical Bottle Association - Bottle Bug Briefs Even though this club’s Auburn show was in December 2008, and is old news, we still want to comment on it. The club’s show report stated that dealer tables had been sold out about seven weeks before the show. They even had “a list of strong prospective dealers!” Dealers came in from California, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.

We even caught up with three Montana club folks, Ray Thompson, Bill Henness and Sonny Cranson. Ray is the current president of the Montana Club and said that this was his first

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Lucky Dean Wright won a square bitters-type bottle. I guess you might say that some club members have been winning and grinning.

Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society - The Corker This club is facing an important decision regarding their annual show.

Here is how President Gary Antone stated it in one of his President’s Messages. “Between changes in the fairground’s management (5 times in 6 years) and price increases that will be imposed on us starting with the 2009 show, it will be impossible for us to stay at our current location beyond 2009.” Gary will need club member support in determining the show’s future.

The club learned that Rudy Peretto, Sr. passed away back in August 2008. Rudy was 81 and had endured a short period of poor health. “He was a retired Vallejo law enforcement officer and was an avid bottle digger and collector.”

An article entitled, “My Research on Glass Colors” (By Cecil Munsey, 2000) was included in an issue of “The Corker.” His article explains what colors are considered common and that with the adding of certain compounds to the basic glass mixture how several other colors were created.

A curious occurrence called out in Cecil’s article was that after the war, in 1948 a brewing company introduced Royal Ruby glass for the marketplace in 1950. Cecil mentioned that the public did not readily accept the bottles in that color. The same company tried again in 1963 to see if the public would accept the bottles. The company soon found out that the public declined interest for a second time.

There is an “EDITOR'S NOTE” at the bottom of the last page of the newsletter. It is written to encourage club members to make contributions to their newsletter. Here is what editor Darla Antone wrote: “If anyone has any interesting articles or ‘tidbits’ they would like to share in The Corker, PLEASE send them to me.

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came from some of our own knowledgeable club-members.”

Las Vegas Antique Bottles and Collectibles - The Punkin Seed Editor Dottie Daugherty had included an “Attention all Members” notice in one of her newsletters during the later part of 2008. There was a description of the meaning of “The Bill Wright Award” which included a nomination form at the bottom of her explanation. “Bill Wright was a member who had an untold amount of love and interest in our club.” She told of his being her mentor right from the start of the early days of The Punkin Seed. It was his knowledge of Nevada history and his humorous involvement as wagon master on club bus trips that got the attention of club members.

“His continual sharing of collecting knowledge made him the beloved member for whom we honor this year by awarding a trophy called ‘The Bill Wright Award.’ This award is given to a current club member for whom the membership votes to be recognized for outstanding service to the club in the past year. There are always a few who go above and beyond in serving the club.” It was stated in a later newsletter that “The verbiage for ‘The Bill Wright Award’ should say that the award is not only to honor member excellence from the previous year. It is to honor member excellence that occurred at any time.”

It has since been determined that the next person voted upon to be that “honored member” will become the last person to have their name inscribed on the memorial award. The award will then be retired and given to Bill's son, Buck Wright. We have learned that the last name to appear on the award was Jim Marsh. It was explained in the newsletter that due to many new members not knowing Bill Wright, it was decided that the yearly award recognition be retired to Bill’s son for safe keeping.

Dottie also included an educational piece of information in her write-up about the “Quassia Cup.” Here’s how Dottie tells it: “Many years ago (like 40), when our club was

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young, all of us outdoorsmen were allowed to search the ghost town and mine site dumps in our search for the old glass bottles that were our preferred items of collectibles. Our curiosity uncovered a word that was part of our research on bottles, containers and contents. The word is quassia and more closely identified with our hobby, a quassia cup. Another name for this wooden cup was a ‘bitters cup.’ Bitters was a word synonymous with one type of bottle that contained the word ‘bitters.’ If one used the cup as advertised, a person had a one cureall remedy for hair growth, head lice, headaches, upset stomachs and the list goes on. It seemed that thumb sucking was one of the benefits that would attract mothers. This medically magic cup is described as a goblet design with a small stem or foot.”

One of the club’s “show and tell” themes of Western collectibles was a success. “Chuck brought a singing cowboy doll. Monica brought a 1929 photo of the Las Vegas Police Department and a lariat. Dan showed us a Nitro Grill glass. Joann showed a lace ironer and a steam iron. Donna showed two old Nevada Dolls. Judy Merchasin showed old paperback western novels and a chalkware covered wagon doorstop. John Inman showed a first class painting he did of John Wayne. John Faulis showed spurs from his full-blooded Mohawk grandmother. They have a heart and an anchor on them. Stan showed Remington sculpture reproductions.” Secretary Rebecca showed a hammered and painted foil rendition of a Native American.

Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club The Whittlemark This club’s January 2009 meeting started out as any other “good turnout” meeting that has been the club’s norm for months. As usual some members met for dinner at a local restaurant prior to the meeting. After dinner, those members started arriving at 6:15 pm. Only moments later additional members were arriving and shaking hands. Everyone started unloading their vehicles which con-

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tained political/presidential items suggested for “show and tell.” This seemed a proper theme in light of the history-making inaugural that took place January 20.

Some members are able to arrive earlier than the scheduled time of the meeting because of their work schedules. This allows these members to enjoy sharing stories and inspecting each other’s bottles prior to the meeting. The members who arrive just before the beginning of the 7:30 meeting waste no time in catching up with those stories and those bottles.

The meeting started with the usual pledge of allegiance. Outgoing President Pam Selenak passed the gavel to incoming President Dave Maryo.

Dave in turn, presented her the club’s traditional President’s Plaque and congratulated her for her two years of service and accomplishments for the club.

The club was honored to have both the Federation’s Convention Director, R Wayne Lowry, and Cecil Munsey, director-at-large. Cecil and his wife observed the meeting from the sidelines while Wayne sat with Dave Maryo at the front table.

We have no doubt that some of you have learned that this club is the host club for the Federation’s 2009 National Show. Show Chairman Pam Selenak has been making great strides in locating a venue and a major hotel for the folks who will be attending and/or selling. The major hotel will also be the site for the banquet and seminars. This is only a broad sweep of the progress that has been made.

Wayne came with his agenda to ensure that club members were clear on the host club's and the Federation’s responsibilities regarding the show.

Questions were asked and answered

by Wayne. Then Dave suggested that volunteers could meet with Wayne during the break to further clarify any concerns they might have. The volunteers did spend time with Wayne while the rest of us decided to check out the raffle bottles and the monthly “birthday” cake.

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was taking notes as fast as his pen could make marks on his pad. I made notes, as well, so I would have them to call upon to write this club’s information in our column.

For those of you who have experienced your club being the host, you can relate to the hopes of this club.

Ken and I write as LAHBC members and also as FOHBC editors, as follows: Even as bad as the economic situation is, we can only hope that there will be those of you who will be able to manage to participate in some way to the success of this show. We speak to you folks in the northeast, midwest, southern and our own western region and anyone in between.

Indeed, it is a big request during the turmoil in our lives brought on by bad economic times, but we sure want to encourage your participation in whatever form it may take.

Montana Bottle Collectors Association Our first comment is to congratulate hardworking editor Sherrie Bruch on the progress she is making with the club’s newsletter. Past club president Bill Henness made a one-liner statement in “News from Our President” message. He said, “Well, look at us!

Here’s our first newsletter.” That statement was in Sherrie’s first newsletter postmarked February 28, 2008.

It was a colorful two-side publication.

One page was orange and the other pink. She got reader attention with her colors and subject matter. By the time you folks read this column, Sherrie will have passed her first-year newsletter anniversary. We think Sherrie needs a name for the club’s newsletter. Anyone got any suggestions?

President Ray Thompson’s first “From the Office of the President” message covered the usual “dues are due” notification. He commented that “seasonal get-togethers, digs and collecting opportunities are good for the health of the MBCA. As you think of something and would like to include members in an activity, please spread the word and contact Erich Weber, secretary/treasurer; James Campiglia, vice president; Sherrie Bruch, news-

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letter editor, or your president. There are many opportunities out there -- it just takes some dedicated effort to pull off a group activity. Working together we can do it.”

Ray reflected back on a group dig that got rained out, but then he thought of the positive side of that event. He mentioned talking to Reggie Shoeman of Iowa over a cup of coffee in Ray’s trailer. Ray says that Reggie and James Campiglia are known as the “Outhouse Patrol.” Reggie has a sensing device from Accurate Locators. There was also something mentioned about a track hoe being a great way to dig and fill in holes.

There was a MBCA mini sale at the Kleffner Ranch and Clyde Park.

That event brought new collectors and buyers to tables of those club members who participated. Ray says that the plan is that there will be a repeat of the mini-sales in 2009. Those of you who might have missed out in 2008 might want to join in on the upcoming sale.

The editor has a notice in her newsletter that she and hubby Shawn are looking for motivated members (at least three) to bring forth ideas of places to dig. The rule is that whoever gets involved in this request, research the area and get permission for the site to be dug. She further says, “Keep in mind that this will be a club dig. Members will need a spot to either camp, hook up their RVs or have places to lodge nearby such as hotels/ motels.”

Northwestern Bottle Collectors Association -The Glassblower You will note that the Outhouse Scoop is no longer the name of this club’s newsletter. Outgoing president Leisa Lambert kept the news flowing out to club members via her newsletter of that name, but now vice president John Burton has resurrected The Glassblower.

Here’s the latest on this club. Eric McGuire has stepped up to the role of president. Leisa Lambert has stepped down after years of being president. Her dedication was much appreciated by the club. She can now

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retire her newsletter and go out probing with hubby Lew and try to find a real “outhouse.”

Longtime club member John Burton, mentioned above, is now able to attend club meetings again as the result of the club changing meetings to the third Tuesday of the month.

What’s that saying, “Things don’t get better than this?”

In addition to John being able to get back into attending club meetings, he was able to host the holiday party at his house. John put it this way: “The party at the Burton household was a welcome event as it reminded me that I do have a lot of friends and life goes on. I needed the company.”

Those of you who know John well will understand what he meant by that statement.

Show chairman Beverley Siri reported that the dealers at their 2008 show said that they would like the club to hold a two-day show. There was discussion as to whether to hold a one-day show as usual or change to a two-day. Also there was the suggestion that the Sonoma County Fairgrounds would have to be contacted.

It has been decided that this club will have a two-day show and that Beverley will check with the fairgrounds.

Beverley also mentioned that the club needs to get its 2009 show flyer ready to start handing out at upcoming bottle shows.

The meeting wasn’t just all business. Members did manage to get to their “show and tell” portion without much hesitation. “George Guzman showed some milk bottles with metal closures, probably dating back to the early 1900s. One was a Ewells Dairy Bottled Milk, 21st & Fulsom Streets.

The second was a San Pedro & XL Dairy Co., 1515 Cal St., San Francisco. Lew Lambert showed a JF Cutter Old Bourbon with a star on the base that he dug. Everett Liljeberg showed a brown milk bottle, Druven Milk Carnation.”

Reading the roster of club officers, some regulars, some new, it is apparent that you are off to a good start. However, as with some clubs, the call goes out to the membership to

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get an article off to John so that he can include it in his newsletter. His email address is: Johncburton@msn.com A contribution doesn’t have to be the efforts of a literary genius to satisfy the need. Just put a couple of paragraphs together about something of interest and send it to John.

Oregon Bottle Collectors Association - The Stumptown Report In a previous write-up in the Western Regional News column, there was a statement about our noticing meeting attendance was growing in this club. Here is the background on a couple of new members. We will start with Randal Lindsey, who is from Portland, Oregon. “Randy had been reading member brother Bill Lindsey’s newsletter for a number of months and has now become an official member himself. After a long career in Alaska, he’s moved back to Portland. He and his brother were active diggers in Portland in the 1960s and both were also very active in the Lewis and Clark Bottle Club. He collects all kinds of bottles, too many to list a specialty.” Maria Sagmiller, also from Portland, has joined. The relative affiliation with the club seems to be what drew Maria into the club, as well. The luck of the beginner prevailed when she won a bottle in a gift exchange. “Her collecting interests are quite general at this point, but her kitchen is reported to already have old bottles and jars in it.”

Gene Condor wrote a short article entitled “Kansas Dig.” Here it is word for word: “Digging bottles on the Kansas-Missouri line is best described as ‘bleak.’ Webster doesn’t have a digging definition for ‘bleak,’ but let me tell you it’s not good. I still diligently dig every year I go back there. I usually hit something, but never, ever, any volume. In the back of my mind, I know eventually I’m going to hit a consumer. Or so it says in fine print.

This has been going on since the year 2000. Fast forward to 2008. Up until this dig, the most bottles I ever got was six. Usually, it was only one or two. This dig had about thirty. The guy was a drinker. The hole spanned

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30 years. There was an 1870s milk glass cosmetic GW Laird New York Perfumer, 1858 Mason jar and two different size flasks of Red Top Ferdinand Westheimer & Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Joseph, Mo. Best of all was a clear flask of a buffalo called Buffalo Springs from a place called Stamping Ground, Ky. I looked this up on Google Earth, and it does exist.

It’s a little coal mining town about forty miles from Louisville. There were probably ten plain flasks, with interesting shapes and styles I wasn’t used to. There was a turtle ink. And to stay politically correct, there was a George P. Bush, Pharmacist, Chetopa, Kan. Any guesses what the ‘P’ stands for? It turned out to be a real good dig, but if I have to go through all of that again, I’ll be making my next dig in 2016 when I’ll be 67 years old. I’ll be going back again this spring. Got some cool spots to hit. Maybe I can get a roll going.”

I can’t resist making an editor comment after reading what Gene wrote. A lesson for any of is that we can write a paragraph or two about an experience we have had and maybe we can also enhance our write-up by checking Google Earth. It isn’t the size of what we write, it is the passion of doing it and sharing our experience that is important. The last step is to get your creation into the hands of your grateful editor.

If anyone is curious as to the kinds of bottles that members have been bringing for “show and tell,” fear not, I have some information for you.

Randy’s been back in his diving gear again. This time he came up with a globby top Old Judge whiskey.

Some of what Mark and Kim have been bringing in is in the mini size category. For example they brought in a mini whiskey style Woodard, Clarke and Co. Portland Ore., and a Woodard Clarke perfume style bottle.

Some of the more crude examples were their David’s and Black New York mini master ink with a very old offset tubular pontil, and an 1860s Clyde Glass Works aqua flask. Also in the crude category was a 1840-50s D. Mitchell’s Flavoring Extracts with

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an offset pontil, and a 1800s geometric early American pattern glass table condiment bottle. The oldest item they brought in was a 1700s paddled pontiled cologne!

Paul brought in a Baker and Drake Flora Oregon souvenir cup that he dug in Vancouver and an 1899 Vancouver bicycle tax tag.

We have learned that club member Debbie is a nurse midwife. She was excited to show the first bottles that she had bought at EXPO. Some of the baby-related items she brought for “show and tell” were a clear Acme Nursing Bottle, an amethyst Health Nurser and an Alexandra Feeding Bottle London with a ceramic cap.

Phoenix Antique Bottles, & Collectibles Club - The A-Z Collector President Brent VanDeman’s picture appeared in the club’s newsletter with probably more than two tables full of Hutches. This picture was taken as he gave a presentation on “Hutchinson Soda Bottles.” He was raised in Anadarko, Oklahoma, but moved to the Phoenix area 20 years ago. He tells how he collected bottles as a child. He found them in old houses and dumps. His attraction for the Hutch was its appearance. It just looked old to him. There were some for sale at a local farmer’s market, but he couldn’t afford to buy any. His first Hutch was from an old box of bottles he found by the railroad tracks in Pennsylvania. Young Brent grew up and drifted away from his childhood fascination for awhile. In the mid-tolate 1990s, he rekindled his fascination with “old looking” Hutch bottles.

He explained to his audience that “the earliest soda bottles were the Saratoga-type mineral water bottles (1823-1880). The closure consisted of a cork secured by a wire. Blob-top soda bottles (1840-1880s) were used for flavored soda water, and the closure also consisted of a cork secured by a wire. The blob-top sodas evolved into the Hutchinson sodas, with higher shoulders and shorter necks. Closure types that preceded the Hutch during this transition included the Baltimore Loop and the Gravitating Stopper.

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The Hutchinson closure was patented by Charles G. Hutchinson in 1879 and was used extensively from about 1880-1915. There are about 16,000 Hutchinson soda bottles known. The Hutch was successful because it was cheap and more efficient to mass-produce and fill than blob-top sodas. The demise of the Hutch has been attributed to three factors: (1) the invention of the crown closure in 1891, (2) the invention of the automatic bottling machine in 1903, and (3) the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.

All Hutches are hand-made, with tooled tops. Values range from $5 to as high as $5,000. The most valuable Arizona Hutch is the Phoenix Bottling Co., A.T., valued at $1,500. Arizona Hutches are difficult to collect because there aren’t many of them. As with all bottles, exotic colors are desirable. Rare colors include cobalt, cornflower blue, amber and lime green. Specific areas of collecting in the category include foreign Hutches, Picture Hutches, early Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Color Hutches, territorial Hutches, and Hutches from rare towns. Building a 50-state Hutch collection is a typical goal, with Rhode Island being the most difficult state to collect.”

The “show and tell” portion of a meeting is always one of the parts of the meeting members look forward to.

Brent brought a rare EC&M Insulator that he acquired as part of a bulk bottle/insulator purchase at the October 2008 show. He’s come a long way since his days as a kid hunting for treasures along the railroad, hasn’t he?

However, don’t disregard that idea.

Robert Richshafer brought a couple of old photos. One was of a cowboy in a saloon and the other was of two miners. Cole Lewellyn showed a gallon vinegar jug from St. Paul and a 32-ounce drugstore bottle from Roundup, Mont. Bryan Grapentine brought several Canadian soda bottles and a cornflower blue torpedo-style soda bottle. The list goes on with several more folks bringing in a great variety of collectibles that were interesting to look at.

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Anyone seen Karen CliffordAnderson, new member of a few months ago? There is a picture of her in the club’s newsletter, but we haven’t heard anything about her as of late.

Maybe she’s out hunting down some salt cellars, vintage linens or figurines to bring in for show and tell.

Let us know what your club members pick up on your “Bisbee and Back” trip. Check out the antique stores!

San Diego Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club - The Bottleneck Congratulations on the “new look” of your newsletter. Creating a hardcopy, colorful newsletter on quality paper is expensive. It appears that president/editor/webmaster Mike has worked on his club’s newsletter to the point of it becoming a great end product.

Pat and Clair Cunningham wrote a critique of the “Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Magazine Holland Trip – Nov. 19-25, 2008 with Jim & Janice Hagenbuch.” Their critique suggested there was an improved airline check-in procedure that has taken place over the years. Their most enjoyable memory was the people they traveled with. They said talking with folks would cover how and why they got started collecting and to what extent they will go to collect. The Cunninghams couldn’t help but record some of the names of the associations these collectors belong to. A couple they listed was “The National Mouse Trap Association and the Pub Jug Collectors of America.”

They mentioned how Patty Paulis and Mabel Hicks took the lead on getting a place for the group to eat after most had spent 10 to 20 hours on an airplane. Further it is mentioned that Jim and Janice Hagenbuch get the “Outstanding Scout-It-Out Award.” It seems that the Hagenbuchs took the group on a countryside tour in a small Dutch town. After that they returned to Amsterdam where Jim led them to a little bar that had shelves of old painted jugs. If that wasn’t enough activity for one day, they went to a great steakhouse for dinner. This is

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the part where we editors will start quoting: “Since we were only half a block from the Red Light District, Ralph Finch conducted this tour. Ralph was familiar with this area since he had stayed on a previous trip at a hotel in this area.

We didn’t ask questions.”

The big event was the indoor Jaarbeurs antique swap meet in Utrecht and its 1,200+ dealers. It sounds like a person definitely needed the two-day show to be able to see it all. The Cunninghams described the inside to be the size of three football fields set side by side. Pat and Clair remarked that they “were honored to establish friendships with the new travelers on this Jim Hagenbuch trip and reestablish old friendships with the travelers we met on our 2006 trip to England. We are looking forward to Jim’s tour of France in April.”

This San Diego-based club is gearing up for another successful Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale on Saturday, June 13, 2009. We attended the one last year which was their first in eight years. We came home with far more items than we originally thought we would purchase.

There is something about an air of excitement, a great turn out and quality bottles to heighten the enthusiasm.

Washington Bottle Collectors Association - Ghost Town Echo This club holds fall and spring shows. One of the club’s newsletters had some pictures in it from their last show. There was a great display of target balls and target shooting memorabilia from club member Jeff Hooper’s collection. From the looks of the picture, if you had any questions about either type of collectible, then Jeff might be the one you would want to contact on the west coast.

Member Mike Larson displayed his Carter’s cone inks.

Patent date on these cones is 1897. The words under the picture indicate that Jeff had multiple colors on display. He had cobalt, sky blue, forest green, lime green, blue green, teal and, of course, shades of aqua. Amber, shades of olive, black, clear and amethyst mainly filled up the remainder of the table.

Three club members had a group picture taken at the show. Bill Bogynska was one of the folks in the picture, while LaVaur Scow and Randy Littlefield filled out the rest of the picture. Bill had an odd expression on his face.

Something like “You caught me in the act.” Caught him in the act of what? All kidding aside, these guys looked like they were checking out dealer tables for some good bargains.

Looks like Gregg Wilson was standing guard behind his display of Codd soda bottles. He had historical sketches hanging from the edge of the front of his table. It was explained under the picture that the “Codd” bottle contained a marble in the neck as the stopper. The Codd was patented in 1872 by Hiram Codd in the United Kingdom. It was further stated that while the Codd soda bottle was popularized in Europe, the Hutchinson soda bottle was the primary container used in the U.S.A. for the same period.

When we read “I” under a picture of a “not too com-

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mon,” clear threaded pint Dandy flask embossed, “Our House Wine & Liquor Co., 151 Washington St., Seattle” we assume that means you, editor Red. Nice purchase. We see you got that from Pete Hendrick’s sales table. Pete always has a great variety of bottles. Something for most everyone, we’ve heard.

If any of you readers collect stoneware jugs there was a picture of one in this club’s newsletter, earlier in the year.

The owner is Randy Mitchell and the jug comes from his collection of northwest jugs and saloon memorabilia. The transfer reads, FROM THE ELK/ “Nuf sed”/LIND, WASH. It was manufactured by the Red Wing (Minn.)

Stoneware Co. There is a saloon story that goes with this jug. “Sometime around May of 1909, Morton H. Abbey purchased the ‘Billie’s Place Saloon’ from William Verdenius. He renamed the establishment ‘The Elk.’ He was in business about a year and a half when he sold the saloon back to Mr. Verdenius in November of 1910. He sold the saloon to pursue the building of a hotel in Newport, Oregon with his parents and brother. William Verdenius continued to operate the saloon as ‘The Elk Bar’ until April of 1914 when he decided not to renew his liquor license.” A salesman from the Red Wing Stoneware Co. placed an order on May 27, 1909 for 100 one-gallon jugs stamped as shown in this club’s newsletter to the right of the article written about it. Does this mean that Randy has one out of the 100 that were part of that original order? Guess so. Good find.

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By Bruce Schank

Phil Alvarez [Editor’s Note: This article is a result of a weekend personal visit by author and long time collector Bruce W. Schank with friend and long time collector Phil Alvarez] I’ve known Phil for thirty- one years now and the one thing I know about Phil and his incredible collection is this; “it’s not about quantity at all, instead it’s all about quality!”

Phil was a very instrumental person in helping me get a start as a young collector. When I met Phil he was already a ten year seasoned collector with a huge knowledge base.

We first met at a NJABC Show & Sale in Oakland, N.J. and just recently after a long period of considerable inactivity, we have reacquainted ourselves once again.

Phil Alvarez was born in 1935. His parents migrated from Spain after WW1 and settled in Dover, NJ, a community of mostly blue collar immigrants looking for a better life in America. He came from a musical family and his parents encouraged him to study music. Eventually, he pursued a musical career, earning degrees from Oberlin College and Indiana University. He is now retired as a music educator and is very active in his hobbies; primarily collecting fruit jars and classical records.

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started collecting fruit jars in the late 60’s approx., 1968. He started going to country auctions and the first jars he bought were for Kitchen canisters; hg’s to put rice and other items in. At one of the auctions a fruit jar collector asked him if he ever collected jars and Phil said no, so he invited Phil to his house to see his collection. That was the first time Phil ever saw “collectible” fruit jars. The collector had many interesting jars including a Van Vliet, Lafayette with Block Letters, amber globes and interesting closured jars. He led Phil in the right direction by giving him a copy of an Old Bottle Magazine that had Show Calendars, so Phil started going to Shows.

That same collector also s h o w e d Creswick’s Red Book #1 to Phil. The first show Phil ever went to was Williamstown in South Jersey which was one of the Best Shows in New Jersey. There are a lot of collectors in that area Phil told me and it was there that he met George McConnell and how he was quite impressed with him. One thing that caught his attention at one particular show was that George had a half gallon Salem jar and he was tossing it up in the air again and again; up and down, up and down and all he could say was someone had brought it to the

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show. I suppose George was known for having a cavalier attitude towards jars. It was then that Phil decided he needed to be inside the Show itself too. If George could get great jars such as that one then he could too. So Phil started to inquire about contracts for bottle shows and the first show he attended as a dealer was Yardville, NJ. There he started buying a lot of jars and closures. He also bought many from other shows too and the nice thing according to Phil was this; there weren’t a lot of collectors in northern N.J. to compete with at that time.

The main two sources for fruit jars at that time were country auctions in Hunterdon County, NJ and Bottle Shows. There were a lot of things to buy at those two events. Later on He started going to high profile shows.

He went to the Guernsey Barn in Lancaster, P.A. and was astonished at the waiting line of people to get into the show the first time he went there. He remembers well over 250 people waiting six abreast to get into the show and they weren’t even early buyers. That was also the first time he came across a lot of dealers from out of his area ranging from the Midwest and northern N.Y. State. At one such show he ran around and picked up every basic amber jar he could find which included globe, lightning, leader and safety jars because in his area he was coming across rare closure jars but not colored jars. The next year he began selling at that show and it went pretty much like that for the next ten years, buying and selling at Bottle Shows and country

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auctions.

The first really good jar that Phil ever bought was an H & S clear quart with no shoulders.

He still has that jar by the way. According to Phil, he knew some antique people that he bought jars from and they contacted him about H & S Quart that jar and how it was going to be in an auction and asked whether he would be interested in buying it for the RB price. He told them if they get the jar then he’d be interested in buying it. They called him back to say they had gotten the jar and the woman who bought the jar said that the jar was on the cement floor under a table at the auction house. No one seemed to pay any attention to it and actually many people were kicking it around with their feet.

When they put the jar up for sale she got so excited bidding on it that she was trembling and so much so that when they brought it out to her she couldn’t even hold it. She sold it to Phil as promised for the Red Book price at that time. Phil noticed many collectors then as well as collectors now use the Red Book as a Bible for pricing.

“I wish I had more experience at that time,” Phil told me because he would have looked at things much differently. He found out down the road that he had lost out on many a

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great jar simply because he stuck to the old rule of using the Red Book as an absolute guide for pricing. He had been told to always know how much you’re willing to pay in an auction but use the RB as a guide. The only problem is that’s not always necessarily how you should actually go about buying jars. According to Phil, having experience in buying jars makes a big difference when you have to purchase an expensive jar. Making a mistake on inexpensive jars is no big deal but making a mistake on expensive jars can cost you dearly. Phil’s philosophy is simply this; if you really want a jar bad enough you have to bid until you get it. If you have the money you can’t put a limit on the jar. A $300 jar could go for as much $600 so you have to make your own decision of how much you’re willing to pay.

Phil told me in the early years that when it came to bottle shows he found that the best shows to buy jars inexpensively were the ones in the New England States simply because there weren’t any major collectors there at the time. “You couldn’t sell a jar in New England but you could buy greatly!” He also remembers doing a show in Wolcott, CT and next to him was Dick Vanderlaan of Brockport, NY. It was a typical New England show because he didn’t sell a single jar there but he bought $400 worth of jars. And in the early 70’s, $400 in New England bought you a whole lot of jars. At one point Dick was talking to him and he was tapping on his foot telling him how he was a “real” collector.

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jars but didn’t sell anything. “I wasn’t really into Dealer mode, I was buying as a Collector” Phil said to me.

What Dick was actually referring to was the fact that Phil had a great big hole in the sole of his shoe covered over with a piece of cardboard and what he was trying to say was he didn’t bother to fix his shoe but he was buying $400 worth of jars.

Phil also related another story to me about an experience he had at a country auction in his area of Hunterdon County and Hunterdon County, NJ many years ago. It was at a twilight country auction that started at six o’clock at a farm and there were six big boxes of fruit jars there. Most of them were very common jars except in one box there was an A. Stone and it was the type with the glass lug closure but without the closure. The jar was perfect but it kept playing musical boxes and ended up in different boxes under other jars. People were moving the jar around hoping it wouldn’t get noticed so they could get it for nothing. So he approached the auctioneer and told him that there was a jar there that he would start the bidding off at $75 and that people were moving it around and it would either get broken or stolen. The auctioneer told him to put the jar on the shelf in his podium, which Phil did.

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nally they must have thought it was stolen because they all went home. He waited for the auctioneer to put it up and it eventually became pitch black.

They had to put spot lights on the auctioneer and all of the bidders were standing in the pitch dark. There were only about twenty people left and the auctioneer had a microphone hanging from his neck so you could hear his bids or comments and he said, “Oh I forgot about that jar, give me that jar” and he puts up the jar and asks for a bid of $10. Phil put his hand up and get’s it for $10 because nobody bid against him.

Phil doesn’t know what year it was exactly but finding jars and closures became increasingly more and

more difficult when the absentee auctions kicked in. There was Hagenbuch’s and Heckler’s auction so a lot of jars were then being siphoned off and put directly into those auctions. It was also hard to find closures at the shows too and people just weren’t selling the better jars as they used to at shows. From what he could tell the jars were just going straight into auction format. Then sometime after that eBay cut in and once people started selling on eBay, Phil saw jars he had been selling at shows going for three times as much on eBay. Between eBay auctions and absentee auctions it became increasing difficult to find good jars anymore or the ones that did show up were just the common ones or jars Phil already had.

Phil told me this too; “I found that

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in collecting jars everyone starts off slowly. Being a beginning collector they gather info on jars, lids and desirability but the one thing that seems to happen with a lot of collectors is if they have the money they quickly jump from beginner to advanced collector. They seem to omit that middle range which has so many good jars and at that time there were a lot of really good jars going from between $100 to $300 that went ignored. People seemed to gravitate straight for jars $500 and up and that seems to be the common trend ever since I’ve been collecting. That is unless people don’t have the money then they buy those middle range jars. I just think it’s a mistake because so many good jars in that middle range get ignored.”

According to Phil, collecting fruit jars has been an exciting experience in his life but he told me what’s more important has been his friendship with other collectors. “My advice to new jar collectors is to buy quality jars that they can afford. It is poor judgment to purchase inferior items because they are priced lower. Learn from experience. One will make mistakes, we all do; it's part of the learning process.

Most collectors will share their knowledge so don't be afraid to ask for advice. When s e l l i n g jars, make sure you point out any flaws, repairs, or reproduction parts.

Welcome to the jar hobby and happy hunting.”

Phil Looking for jar collections / jars to report on, contact: Bruce Schank (973) 214-5082 Email: fruitjars@optonline.net

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The Changing Face of the Marble World

By Bill O’Connor Twenty two years ago this May, I stepped on a marble at the local garbage dump and thus began one of the best things ever to happen with my life.

The excitement of finding jars of marbles at yard sales, my first handmade, the evolution of the learning curve, fending off my wife, who knew I was crazy, the uncertainty of going to the first marble show and the gradual confidence that came with experience and hands on knowledge.

When I first started this nutso hobby, handmade marbles from the late 1800’s were all the rage, machine made were sort of frowned upon as, oh, that stuff, and contemporary marbles were almost unheard of. The value was thought to be in the handmades and it certainly was, at times reaching four figures for sought after sulphides and other rare and beautiful examples of the glass art of making marbles.

As the production of handmade marbles died off in Germany, some of the artists moved to America and began the transition period, where marbles were half hand made and half machine made. This segued into the full machine made era, which continues in a small manner today.

In the late 1930s, in West Virginia alone, there were 30+ glass factories, a good dozen or more making machine mades. These were the ones I played with as a kid during WWII, shooting all the games at the schoolyard, making forays into the other grade schools territory, trying to make my marble bag heavier, actually mostly winning, sometimes almost losing my entire marble fortune.

Then the aftermath of WWII wiped out most of the American Manuf. and the playing hobby seriously declined.

Marble King, Vitro Agate (now Jabo) and a few others managed to survive, including Vacor de Mexico, the longest continually operating marble factory, opened in 1962.

Marketed with a great variety of various marbles and having some appeal for the new collector. In the meantime, a flood of very inexpensive stuff from Japan, cats eyes and the like came in the ‘50s and continues today. These of course, were really deplored by the serious handmade collectors.

From the first small books, late ‘60s and very early ‘70s, gradually a gush of information came about the marble collectors hobby, with great pictures and identification guides of handmade marbles. Finally, late in the ‘80s, mention was made about “Those Machine Made” marbles. Information and history was archaeological explored, patents uncovered, research was started at the factory sites, and a literal landslide of accurate and valuable data spewed forth.

I remember in the early stages of my collecting hearing about a couple of glass makers who were experimenting with making marbles. From handmade to transitional, machine mades and now, the resurgence of actually making handmade marbles again.

At that time. the early ‘90s. the collecting community

could count on one hand the glass people making contemporary marbles. At the shows, no one had examples of the soon to be burgeoning community of glass artists except for one or two of the dealers, today, it comprises at least 35/40% of the hobby, with absolutely stunning artistry being displayed and sold in some instances for lots of dollars.

At the Kansas City marble show (March 2009), there will be two separate shows, One for the Contemporary makers and one for the older marble collecting group, attended by over 60-75 dealers and makers and hundreds of marble collectors.

Unfortunately, the practice of replicating the finer examples of machine made marbles began also. Some forgeries began hitting the market and many, many new collectors were bitten by the unscrupulous works of the forgers. Personally, having seen forgeries passed off as real for big bucks and having to tell the people they were fakes, is hard.

In most instances, reputable, unknowing dealers will refund the cost, but so much is done over the internet, it’s impossible to stop. Also occurring is the repair and re-annealing of older marbles, some good and some bad in that. Caveat Emptor for all.

Thus have we evolved, mostly for the betterment of the hobby. But we take all the pluses and minuses in hand and enjoy the camaraderie and great friends we have accumulated over the years, all of us blessed with the marble gene, mostly to the everlasting humor of our spouses.

Bill O’Connor “The Marble Maniac” wmoconnor@att.net

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San Diego Show - A Great Hit

By Mike Bryant San Diego, Calif. -- After an eight -year absence, the San Diego Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club restarted its popular bottle and collectibles show last June. The city is a beautiful place to visit, with so much to see and do, that having a show there was a nobrainer.

With the high cost of gas and most hotel rooms booked for the U.S. Open, there were worries about attendance. As it turned out, bottle people know a good thing when they see it and both floors of the hall were packed with shoppers. In fact, several people commented that just about everyone leaving the show was carrying bags full of goodies that they bought and many were making their second and third trip to their vehicles.

Al Bahr Shrine Temple Site of the show

San Diego club President Frank Pekarek in milk bottle heaven

With nearly 100 dealer tables on two floors totaling 9,000 feet of selling space, the variety of items for sale was outstanding. Several great "finds" were reported by surprised and happy shoppers. It seemed that great deals were coming out of the woodwork.

One sign of a good show is the number and quality of displays. With almost 20 fascinating and informative displays for everyone to view, the San Diego Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club proved that its members still know how to put on an outstanding show.

Frank Console won the People’s Choice Award for his great display on Hires Root Beer, Jon Lawson won Best in Show for his display on Miller’s Whiskey, and Mike Bryant

Show Chairman Mike Bryant and wife Dixie

Nancy & Rhudy Fowler enjoying the show

won Most Educational for his ACL display on San Diego Soda Bottles of Yesteryear.

The show was also very popular with the dealers. Most were more than happy to report that they made more money at this show than any other that they had sold at. Even some of the heavy hitters who sell at several shows a year commented that this was the best they have ever done at a show!

Everyone wanted to know if there would be a show next year? Well, I am glad to announce the next San Diego Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show will be held June 13, 2009.

Mark your calendars, and watch for more information to come in the months ahead.

FOHBC Representatives Janice & Randy Driskill with Dave Maryo manned the free table donated by the San Diego club to the FOHBC to help promote their fine organization

Pat & Sonnie Sonnenberg showing off some their merchandise for sale

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Moncks Corner Show Attracts “Duke’s Mixture” of Dealers

By Bill Baab MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Talk about an eclectic mix: The second annual Berkeley Antique Bottle & Collectible Show and Sale had nearly everything that appeals to collectors.

Chairman Libby Kilgallen said the show attracted 32 dealers to its 25,000square-foot building last Oct. 10-11 – dealers in coins and bills, dealers in pottery, dealers in Civil War, World War II and Militaria memorabilia and, yes, dealers in bottles.

One of the most unusual relics was, for want of a better term, a "rice pounder" from the slave era exhibited by dealer Bryan Davis of nearby Charleston, S.C. He tried his best to persuade the writer that it was just what he needed, but I escaped by saying it probably wouldn’t fit in the trunk of our Nissan Sentra.

Jimmy Timms of Central, S.C., who specializes in small town South Carolina bottles, brought his usual colorful array of applied color label and embossed bottles that attracted the attention of Doug Polin and Cynthia Parks, both of North Charleston. Doug had brought to his first ever bottle show a wooden bottle that could have contained wine, or perhaps was just an interior decorator’s tool.

Show visitor Caroline Woodward

of Georgetown, S.C., brought in a beautiful Indian spear point she found while scuba-diving in Black Mingo Creek. She found it, but her husband grabbed it before she could touch it, she said. She wasn’t interested in selling, but Bryan pointed out that she needed to have it authenticated before doing so.

There are so many talented "flint-nappers" out there who do wonderful work in reproducing such flint artifacts.

Mrs. Kilgallen said the show netted $4,600.

"Our vendor tables and paying visitors increased this year over our first show in 2007," she said. "We had more than 200 people attend. All proceeds will be used to benefit individuals and families served

by Berkeley Citizens Inc. BCI is a non-profit charitable organization serving more than 700 people with disabilities in Berkeley County. Our mission is to provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to develop and maintain productive, self-fulfilling lifestyles."

Doug Polin and Cynthia Parks admiring Jimmy Timms bottles

Show visitor Caroline Woodward with the spear point she found scuba diving

Rice Pounder exhibited by Bryan Davis

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Eye Popping Cobalt Beer Spices Atlanta Show

By Bill Baab the only one not damaged. One is missing its neck and the other was reconstructed and not totally complete.

Two weeks after the Atlanta show, the bottle sold for $15,800. I personally think that it was a bargain because of it being one of the great rarities."

The show, which originated with the now-defunct Southeastern Bottle Club, attracted 59 dealers who bought 91 tables. "We had 20 dealers new to our show," Hewitt continued. "Their response was good and they especially liked the barbecue we served. Many said they would return next year."

There was a conflict with the North Florida show in Jacksonville falling on the same day, but circumstances were beyond the control of the co-chairmen. "I think it hurt us a little bit and I hated to have our show on the

SMYRNA, Ga. — A rare and iron -pontiled Louisville, Ky., cobalt beer was one of the highlights of the 38th annual Atlanta Bottle Show held last Sept. 20 at the Smyrna Community Center in Atlanta’s suburbs, although it didn’t sell.

"I don’t recall its name, but the dealer was asking $16,500 for it," said Jack Hewitt, who co-chaired the show with John Joiner.

The dealer is David K. Hall, who purchased the Louisville, Ky., collection of Tony Hayes.

"The bottle was Metcalf’s Brewery and it’s my understanding that it’s one of three known," Hall said. "It’s

Peter Wingard, Avondale Estates, GA had an open and shut case in “chicken Broiler”

Wares sold by the dealers ranged from small collectibles to applied color label sodas to pontiled bottles and a wide array of Southern pottery.

Pete Wingard of Avondale Estates, Ga., showed off a chicken "broiler" he said came from California. It was a nice piece of folk art. Nearly every pottery dealer offered the fairly common Rose Distillers / Atlanta, Ga., jugs with a stenciled rose, but there were some fairly rare pieces, too.

The writer purchased some early bottle books and FOHBC Expo programs from Ed Provine of Memphis, Tenn., plus a book on Shaker furniture and other products for my wife, whose hobby is basket-making.

It’s a fun show and attendees are looking forward to next year.

Walter Smith of Augusta offered hand-carved cigar store Indians

same date. Had it not been, I would have gone to Jacksonville," Hewitt added.

"We are meeting with community center officials and will try to nail down a date next year that doesn’t conflict with Jacksonville or any other show."

Hewitt later said the show will be held in June "to avoid conflicting with other shows later in the year." Dates will be an- Two “refugees” from Memphis, TN at the show were Gene Bradberry (L) and Ed Provine (R) nounced.

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LAHBC - Pros at Shows

By Darlene Furda These LAHBC folks are old pros at putting on their annual “Bottle Show.” Perhaps advertising-wise the club is better recognized as the “Antique Bottle, Fruit Jar, Antiques and Collectibles Show and Sale.”

Their one-day show was held at the Arcadia Masonic Center on Saturday, September 13.

The first thing I was amazed at was the number of “Early Birds” that Maxine Hanna, club Treasurer processed this year. The early birds were crowding the doorway that leads to the show room. They were anxiously waiting for 8:00 sharp so they could charge into the show room (and that they did). I watched as one dealer’s wife, Diane Kuskie, stepped forward and acted the role of the “Pied Piper” in leading the folks into the show room.

Show attendees had 50 dealer tables to check out. Some of the dealers had a variety of items for sale while others specialized in a particular category.

Items ranged from John Swearingen’s fruit jars, John Compton our club member from Utah had several dozen hutches on his table. Mentioning out-of-state dealers, the Secretary of the Phoenix Club, Dave Carr was also a dealer at the show. Don Wippert was selling milks, pharmacies and other desirables. Club member and author Mike Polak had several

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of his books and a variety of bottles for sale. There were numerous other dealers who had great items on their tables.

Club members and auctioneers Randy Driskill and Dave Maryo ran an online and live auction. They had auction items lined up along the edge of the stage for people to view. Dave Hall “My Favorite Trios” People seemed to be constantly grouped around Randy and the York Expo Awards Banquet, it was announced that Editor Mike BryDave which is a good sign.

While Maxine is still crunching ant of the San Diego Club won three the numbers as this article is being awards. Since there were no San written, she had a wad of money in Diego club members at the banquet, her hand at the end of the “Early our President Pam Selenak volunBirds” hour. Ticket sales did seem teered to take the award plaques back brisk whenever I checked back at the to California with her. A small, informal ceremony was held in the lobby lobby.

There were six displays which and Pam presented a smiling Mike consisted of Bob Manthorne’s cork- Bryant with his three plaques.

Our club was also pleased to see screws, Dave Maryo’s “Early American Midwestern Glass”, Dave Gar- how many San Diego folks turned out cia’s “55 years of L.A. Soda in Los to support our show and sale this year.

I noticed lots of people running Angeles 1867-1923”, Cone Inks by Ken ‘n Dar, Dave Hall’s “My Favorite around with their purchases clutched Trios” and Val Wippert with a large in their arms or dangling in plastic collection of perfumes. Three ribbons bags at their sides. I stopped one San were awarded. One ribbon went to Diego Club member and commented Dave Hall who won “Peoples on the number of demijohns he was Choice.” Dave Maryo won a ribbon carrying out of the show. He told me for “Best Educational Display” and he had bought seven! Good thing he Dave Garcia received a “Best Histori- was a well built guy. Those bottles are heavy. cal Display” ribbon.

Congratulations to Dick Homme There were some desirable raffle prizes and some creative thinking on and Don Wippert who are always on the part of one of the raffle winners, top of planning the annual shows. dealer Bobby McDermon. He asked They are responsible for a multitude if he could select a club t-shirt instead of tasks including booking the show of choosing one of the existing prizes. and coordinating with dealers.

Permission was granted. He took off Thanks, Bob Manthorne, for taking on and returned from the lobby with a the role of display chairman, soliciting long-sleeved t-shirt and a big smile. the number of displays, organizing the We also got a kick out of Dave Hall voting and obtaining the award ribwinning two raffle prizes. Dwayne bons. Thanks also to those of you Anthony, Randy Selenak and Diane who are among the “unsung” heroes.

Kuskie were also raffle winners. Four You make contributions when needed raffle winners were not present, but to make sure that all of the details are those not present always get con- taken care of in order to have a successful show. tacted.

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“Personal” Iron-Pontiled Soda Surprised Savannah Showgovers

By Bill Baab Co. / Pooler, Ga. bottle. Pooler is a small community just outside Savannah.

"I dug it at the Brown Farm more than 30 years ago," he said. The Brown Farm was one of Savannah’s 19th century landfills. It is now closed to the public.

Ken Nease of Claxton, GA looks over his wares

Tommy Mitchiner shows off his hometown Gordon, GA fantasy soda SAVANNAH, Ga. — Imagine Tommy Mitchiner’s surprise when a friend gave him a green, iron-pontiled soda from the 1850s embossed T. MITCHINER / GORDON, GA., during the Civil War and Antique Bottle last Oct. 17-18 at Savannah’s Keller Flea Market.

"First, I saw the pontil mark, then Gordon, Ga., and then my name," said Mitchiner, one of Georgia’s pioneer bottle collectors. " ‘Whew!’ I said."

Of course, it was a real, iron-pontiled soda bottle, but the embossing was not. Mitchiner’s home town of Gordon didn’t exist in the 1850s and wasn’t incorporated until 1865, according to the Wilkinson County website. The bottle was "re-embossed" by one of Mitchiner’s clever friends.

There were other surprises.

Phillip Haley of Carnesville, Ga., brought in a previously unknown, suncolored amethyst crown top embossed BENNETT BROS. / BOTTLER / CANTON, GA., inside an oval slug plate. The amethyst hue showed that it had been made before 1908, the year most glass companies stopped using purple-causing manganese in their formulas.

And Mike Brewer of Savannah, Previously one of the original "Ryan Excavators," Unknown a team who specialized in backhoe Bennett Bros digs that netted hundreds of SavanBottlers from nah’s famed cobalt John Ryan sodas, Canton, GA showed a small, aqua Rickard Mf’g.

Veteran collector/dealers Tom and Mabel Hicks offered target balls, mineral waters, and fruit jars

Savannah’s Charles Matzen had a wonderful array of Georgia and Savannah pottery for sale

Organizers said the show attracted 18 bottle dealers who set up on 30 tables.

Two or three dealers in Civil War artifacts also set up.

Among the dealers was longtime collector Ken Nease of Claxton, Ga., who made a novel approach to selling. He placed a dozen or so bottles on a side table and sold all as a lot.

The writer acquired a clear crowntop, E.A. Fagan / Augusta, Ga., in mint condition and bought two 1850s spelling books for my wife, Bea, from Larry Speer of Anderson, S.C. Larry’s business card reads, "Acquisitioner of Rare Antiquities," in parentheses "(Junk Dealer)!"

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Huey P. Long: The Patent Medicine Man Who Became Louisiana’s Governor

By Charles David Head

Huey P Long Few people probably know that before he achieved notoriety as governor of Louisiana, and later as a United States senator representing that state, Huey P. Long peddled patent medicine.

Huey Pierce Long was born in a log house on August 30, 1893 to Huey Pierce Long Sr., and Caledonia Tison Long at the large family farm near Winnfield, La. His family wasn’t wealthy, but it fared well.

As a boy, Huey was quite precocious and smart, but went out of his way to avoid physical conflicts. His older brother usually handled the rough stuff.

In 1910, when 17-year-old Huey realized he was not going to graduate from Winnfield High School, he and longtime childhood friend Harley Bozeman began working as salesmen

for the N.K. Fairbank Company of New Orleans. The firm sold a lard substitute called Cottolene. It had a cotton seed base. From the onset, housewives used to using hog lard or cow butter thought the product was pretty strange, but surprisingly the young salesmen prospered.

While overseeing and judging baking contests sponsored by his company, Huey met Rose McConnell, his future wife. She and her mother entered one of the contests and won, perhaps with a little help from Huey. He knew Rose’s mom would have a say-so in her daughter’s future. They eventually married on April 12, 1913.

But the Cottolene business went sour and Huey and Harley lost their jobs. Both joined the Houston Packing Company as salesmen of the firm’s specialty cured meats, lard and canned goods. Bozeman proved successful, but Huey did not and soon lost his job.

His older brother helped him financially and urged Huey to enroll in law school at the University of Oklahoma.

He stayed in school only a short time, contacting his friend Bozeman in hopes of landing another job.

Bozeman had become a super salesman at Faultless Starch Company and was able to convince his supervisor that Huey was an excellent salesman. So one of the supervisors took out Huey on a trial run and was so impressed with his abilities that he not

only gave him a job, but gave him a supervisor’s position in Memphis, Tenn., where he directed the firm’s junior salesmen and advertising men in several states.

Soon numerous states were awash in Faultless Starch, thanks to Huey’s tutoring.

However, two years later (in 1914), the Faultless Starch Founder died. Pending settlement of his estate, the company cut all of its sales positions and once again Huey and Harley were hitting the road.

Huey found another job almost immediately with the Chattanooga Medicine Company owned by the Patten family and directed by a colorful character called "Bome" Patten.

November 21, 1935 Cardui ad

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friends, he founded the Chattanooga Medicine Company in 1879. He bought the rights to formula called Black-Draught, a senna-based laxative from the grandson of originator Dr. A.Q. Simmons of Snow, Hill, Ga., who developed it in 1840. In 1882, he bought the rights to Dr. McElree’s Wine of Cardui, a tonic for women.

Both medicines became the backbone of the company for a half-century.

Huey Long’s job was to sell the stuff in northern Louisiana. He compiled a good sales record and prospered until the outbreak of war in Europe in the summer of 1914. Businesses declined to the point where they had to cut back and Huey received notice of his dismissal while staying in an Alexandria, La., hotel.

He decided to go back to law school, enrolling at Tulane University.

He didn’t stay long enough to receive a degree, but did take and pass the state bar examination and became an attorney-at-law.

He soon learned that politics were his true calling. He decided to run for governor in 1924 and, although he lost, he ran again four years later and won. Midway through his term in office, Huey decided to give the U.S. Senate race a shot. He won, but because of legal technicalities, he could not take office until 1932. During his

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upward run, many thought he had a chance to become President of the United States, but that wasn’t to be.

He didn’t live until the end of his term. For reasons that are still not fully understood, Dr. Carl A. Weiss shot Huey in the corridor of the Louisiana state house. Huey died of his wounds on Sept. 10, 1935.

As for the Chattanooga Medicine Company, it continued to thrive and today operates under the name "Chattem Inc." Its stock is worth more than $1 billion.

Sources: Every Man a King, The Autobiography of Huey P. Long, by T. Harry Williams. Websites: http:// www.chattem.com/about/ hisproducts.asp-Chattem’s History Http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/ imagegallery.php? Entry Ids: P009, C063, L057 AUTHOR’S NOTE: I would like to hear from anyone who specializes in collecting the early products of the Chattanooga Medicine Company. You may contact me: Charles D. Head 23549-001 P.O. Box 150160 Atlanta, GA 30315 Or KocaNolaBook@Yahoo.com

Booklet covers created by Chattanooga Medicine Company Top one is dated 1894 Bottom one is undated convalescing from wounds received in the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga.

He served with the 115th Illinois Infantry and the 149th New York Infantry. He returned to Chattanooga after the war and with another veteran, T.H. Payne, opened a book and stationery store called Patten & Payne. Selling out a few years later, he purchased the Chattanooga Times. With a few

Front and back of a fan used to advertise Cardui for women

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Show Time is On the Way Don’t Miss Out! The word has been out and spreading that the 2009 FOHBC National Bottle Show is an event that you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendars!

Starting the series of events is the July 31, Friday Night Awards Banquet where some hardworking, deserving folks will be getting recognized and rewarded. For instance Johnnie Fletcher is going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. There will be winners of the Newsletter contest, Writer’s Contest and the list goes on. Guest speaker will be Roger Vargo who is a local ghost town historian. If you want to get the scoop on the back roads in California, he’s your man.

Saturday, August 1 will be your first opportunity to stop by for an afternoon of checking out dealer tables. So far dealers have signed up from Northern, Central and Southern, California. Dealers are also going to haul in their treasurers from Utah, Nevada, Kentucky, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, New York and Wyoming. Folks are coming to sell from as far away as England and Australia. It looks like show attendees are going to be a mix of locals and are coming in from Oregon, Kansas, Florida, Texas, Washington, Missouri, North Carolina and Montana.

Checking out the displays is a must.

So far there will be the following categories: Native American Use of Old Bottles, Valverde Colorado Glass Factories, Nevada Pottery, Poison Bottles, Bride Banks, 50State Hutchinson Collection, Miscellaneous Colored Bottles, Wolfe Schnapps, Fine Historical Flasks, Shaving Mugs/Barber Memorabilia and Midwestern Glass.

Educational seminars are going to be held Saturday night after the show has closed for the evening. To wet your appetite we have been hearing that a Black Glass Seminar will be given by one of our Black Glass experts and that we will be learning about the California Wine industry from an expert in that field. There is also talk that there will be a seminar on the coloration of glass. We are also going to hear from the same person who is going to do a display on Shaving Mugs/Barber Memorabilia. He is coming down from Washington and says that he is trying to “Promote Barbering Memorabilia in general, rather than Occupational and Fraternal Shaving mugs.”

And as stated above, to describe the kinds of contests that will be recognized at the banquet, “the list goes on.”

As the old saying goes, “this is only the tip of the iceberg.” We think that the main thing is that we get as many people out to support the hobby, as possible. Maybe some folks can incorporate a visit to a longlost relative or a friend they haven’t seen since high school or college. However you can arrange it, try to join in on the competitive challenge of acquiring that new item for your collection. As you have read above, there will be a variety of glass available from many states.

There will be a volunteer photographer from our host club (the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club – LAHBC) who will be taking pictures at the banquet and throughout Saturday and Sunday at the show. Maybe you can convince him to take your picture with your new find.

Watch for our update in your future issues of your Bottles and Extras.

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History of

WWW.FRUITJAR.ORG

By Junne Barnett The idea for forming a bottle and jar club in Indiana was born at the St. Louis show in the spring of 1972.

Roger Emery of Hagerstown, Indiana and Norm Barnett of Flat Rock, Indiana were discussing the fact that there were no clubs in the are for collectors.

After a discussion with several other dealers and collectors they decided there was a definite interest in forming a club.

Neil Wood, the publisher of “Bottle Trader” printed notices in his magazine for interested people to contact the Emerys. On November 12, 1972, twenty-two collectors and dealers met at the fire station in Flat Rock, Indiana. The name Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club was selected as the majority of the members were jar collectors and the bottle people were antique bottle people. The first year’s dues were set at $10.00 per family, and the second Sunday in the month was set for meeting date as there were members from Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.

The first stated meeting of the new club was held January 14, 1973 and the following officers were elected:

President - Norm Barnett, VicePresident - Louis Pavey and Virginia Cowden, Secretary - Joan Emery and Treasurer - Roger Emery. By-laws were presented and a motion was made to affiliate with the Federation of Historical Bottle Clubs.

In May , letters were sent to our Congressman making known our feelings about marking reproduction glass.

As early as June, 1973, members began thinking about a show and sale for the club and in September, voted to hold their first show January 13, 1974 in Richmond, Indiana.

The first show as declared a success - very little profit but lots of fun and great experiences.

It was decided immediately to do it again. A “first” try at the banquet was when Hal Wagner, Treasurer of FOHBC was “roasted”.

A slide program on “Rare Fruit Jars” was compiled by the club to be used as one of the programs available thru the Federation program suggestions.

Charles and Jean Goff started the club’s first newsletter in March, 1974.

Members of our club have served

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on both regional and national offices.

Roy Brown was Federation Chairman 1975-1976 and at the same time, Randy Haviland, served as treasurer.

Hal and Vern Wagner have both served as Federation Treasurer and Norm Barnett was Regional Chairman 1975-1976.

During discussion and plans for the 1974 show it was decided to have noncompetitive displays and give ribbons for Peoples Choice and Most Educational. Special pottery award jars were given to each displayer and have since become a tradition with the award jars depicting some type of canning jar.

In 1975, it was decided that as we had a comfortable balance in the treasury, we would lower the dues to $5.00 per family.

Bill Brantley, Muncie, Indiana, author of “A Collectors Guide to Ball Jars”, autographed copies of his book at the July picnic attended by 60 members and friends.

The new idea tried during the 1976 show as a special raffle, where $25.00 worth of tickets were sold and then a winner picked. The winner had to spend the $25.00 at the show, thereby, helping dealers as well as the winners.

This idea was accepted with great enthusiasm.

Much discussion has been held on the pros and cons of moving our show to a larger place and another date. It was decided we would loose our identity. As of now, we are an established show with a national reputation as a fruit jar show. People who come to our show during what has so far been “lousy weather” really want to be there.

Fifty-three members of our club attended or participated in the 1976 Bi -Centennial show. Norm Barnett was responsible for organizing and conducting the first nationwide fruit jar get-together held prior to our Richmond show in 1977. Jar get-togethers are also being held in conjunction with other club shows and will again precede our show in Richmond in 1978.

In March 1977, the slide program made in 1974 was updated and upgraded. This program is available for

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Pottery and Bodine barrel club uses by contacting Barnett, PO Box 38, Flat Roc, IN 47234. A $5.00 charge is given to the FOHBC. Early in 1977, the club decided to change the format of the newsletter.

Previously our editors had done a splendid job with a very low budget, however, we were ready to expand and Rick and Becky Norton took on the project. It proved more expensive than thought so the club purchased a Potter and Bodine barrel to use as a raffle jar at the 1978 Richmond show.

Proceeds to offset the newsletter expenses.

In April, 1977, the club held its meeting at the Ball Brothers Museum in Muncie, Indiana. Gary Demaree, club Vice-President and Editor of The Ball Line magazine, conducted a tour of the museum and Ball Corporate headquarters.

We are a club of dedicated collectors. Our membership includes beginners, middle of the roaders, as well as advanced collectors, however, we extend to each of you our invitation to join and enjoy with us the fellowship, education, travel and just plain allaround good times.

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1980s During the 1980s, the club began to hold a summer show on the weekend nearest to July 4th. This was a successful venture in that some people could attend the summer show that could not attend the winter show.

At the 1988 Expo, sponsored by the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, Norm Barnett was asked to chari a “Fruit Jar Get-Together”. Other bottle collectors were amazed that the fruit jar people, 1245 strong, would meet at 7:30am (the only time available). There is a camaraderie amongst jar collectors that is very good.

Reproduction jars began showing up at flea markets and antique dealers.

The club was kept aware of these jars through the efforts of our club members making it known where and what jars were for sale.

1990s The club was still holding shows in the Indianapolis area and became known as the Indy show.

A few good jars were still showing up at flea markets such as a Fridley & Cornman pint (no closure) for $5.00 and a Griswold jar for $25.00. These were both in New Jersey.

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Auction houses began to sell fruit jars, and this practice had mixed feelings among collectors. The Glass Chatter prints the listing as a service to our members.

As an added attraction to our Fruit Jar Get-Together on the Saturday before the show, was an auction. Members and guests could put 2 - 3 jars in the auction. Seller and buyer exchanged money between themselves, the club was only involved with the auctioneer and helpers.

Rev. Phil Robinson of the Fruit Jar Museum in Muncie, Indiana, has given a jar program for many clubs.

He calls it the “Parable of the Jars” and using jars such as the Sun, NE Plus Ultra, All Right, etc. tells a story of life.

After many shows in Indianapolis, it became difficult to find space large enough for the show. Owen Glendenning of Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie, Indiana invited us to see the facilities at Muncie. The Minnetrista is funded through the Ball Foundation. They have been so generous with time, money, etc. that we couldn’t turn them down and besides the facilities are great.

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Louisburg, North Carolina Bottling Works

By Bill Baab

George Herman recalls his father’s work at the Louisburg Bottling Works as his wife, Ann, listens (photo by Bea Baab)

years.

The 1918 truck is owned by James "Junior" Woodard of Johnson City, Tenn.

He said his grandfather, F.L., picked up the truck chassis in Raleigh and drove it to Louisburg. "It didn’t have a cab or seats and he rode atop the gas tank all the way," Woodard said. "It was an awful trip because it snowed. Plans showing how to build the cab were later mailed to him."

George Herman recalled seeing a bottle washing machine and a bottle capping machine which could cap only one bottle at a time.

"The washing machine had revolving brushes and whoever was doing the cleaning would take a bottle out of the water and push it onto one of those brushes. Then the bottles would be filled and capped. I remember Dad always tried to figure out how to cap more than one bottle at a time, but later said someone else had beaten him

Freddie Lee David Herman decided to get into the soda to it."

He said the company used lots of sugar in 100-pound water bottling business when he bought an interest in the Louisburg (N.C.) Bottling Works owned by Blumey Miller bags "and one time the price of sugar jumped to 27 cents a pound. Dad bought several hundred pounds at that price, in 1906.

Two years later, Herman owned the whole plant, said only to see the price plummet overnight to 7 cents a his son, George, 83 when interviewed at his home near pound!"

Creedmoor, N.C., in May of 2008.

The business bottled Koca Nola, Rye-Ola and Nut Cola early, later adding Dr. Pepper and NuGrape. Also bottled was a concoction called "Satan-Et, The Drink with a Wink," produced by the Garrett Corporation of Norfolk, Va., that cost 5 cents a drink. Wording on a tin sign called the drink "as smooth as satin," yet spelled the beverage’s name like the devil’s.

Researcher Dennis Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., checked the name on the internet and found a label-under-glass "Satan-Et" bottle that sported a metal top probably used as a drinking cup. He also located the tin sign and a pocket mirror produced by the company.

The Louisburg bottling plant delivered its products in a 1914 Ford Model T "car-truck."

"On Saturday evening, four bolts were loosened and the truck body would be replaced on the chassis by a car body," said George Herman, who was born in Louisburg in 1925. The company later added a 1918 Ford T-model truck.

Satan-et came in this unusual bottle whose top may have been "My wife, Ann, rode in both those trucks, used as a drinking cup but she doesn’t remember doing so," said (courtesy of Dennis Smith) George. The Hermans have been married 54

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the family historian and wrote down records of the bottling business in a notebook. "She said the newer truck dated to 1916, but I checked with folks who are authorities on Fords and they told me the 1-1/2-ton truck wasn’t manufactured until 1917." He is still looking for that notebook.

The business suffered losses when bottles simply weren’t returned because there was no deposit system to act as an incentive. It was forced to close after the stock market crash in 1929.

Check out the graphics on this pocket "Dad later was able to recoup mirror (courtesy of Dennis Smith) only 15 cents on the dollar, but that was better than nothing," George also recalled his sister, said George, whose Uncle Ezra HerDorothy, who was paralyzed from the man also was in the bottling business, waist down by a fall from a tree when owning the Coca-Cola plant in Mt. she was 6, guarding a truck full of Airy, N.C. "Dad sold most of the bottling beverages at the Louisburg fairequipment to the Lane NEHI Bottling grounds when she was a bit older.

"She was sitting in the truck. She Co., in Henderson, N.C. Folks also told me some boys had come up to broke into the plant and stole some steal some of the drinks, but she things. I remember even later breaking up the bottle crates to use as firewarned them off."

Woodard said his "Aunt Dot" was wood," he added.

Satan-et’s tin signs were in eyecatching colors (courtesy of Dennis

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Dennis Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., for sharing the Satan-Et images and to Willis Herman for e-mailing the photo showing his grandfather with a delivery truck. The photo is owned by George and Ann Herman.

Bill Baab 2352 Devere St Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net

A syrup salesman holds a Satan-et sign, while Louisburg Bottling Works owner, Freddie Lee David Herman is seated in the truck and employee, Calvin Caviness, is at right (courtesy of Willis Herman, grandson of the owner)

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Babb Coast to Coast

By Eric McGuire Plagued by consistent misspellings of his name, Jefferis Babb probably just gave in and let it happen. His given name is often written as “Jeffries”. Named after his mother, he was the third child of Sampson Babb and Charity Grubb Jefferis, born March 31, 1824 in Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. His father had been elected sheriff of Chester County in 1819, and after serving his term Sampson Babb purchased a farm in Bradford. In 1830, Sampson became proprietor of the Washington Hotel in West Chester, but moved to Philadelphia in 1841, along with his wife and ten children, where he died on 2 June 1846. In a tragic accident, he fell from the fourth story window of his son's drug warehouse in downtown Philadelphia, losing his balance while watching some pigeons.(1) The early life choices of Jefferis Babb appears to have followed that of his older brother, Peter, born April 18, 1822. Both brothers had an interest in the manufacturing of drugs and medicines. By at least 1845, Peter had established a partnership in Philadelphia, styled as Morrison & Babb (2), as wholesale druggists, but within a few months was operating his own drug business in Philadelphia until the end of the year. (3) On January 1, 1846, Babb formed a partnership with William S. Ernst at 235 Market Street (4). This is the location where Peter’s father, Solomon, met his fate by a deadly fall.

It is not clear when the Ernst and Babb drug business dissolved but it appears that it was soon after Solomon’s death. Peter gravitated toward the manufacture of soda water by early 1849 in Philadelphia and was still listed in that business in the 1851 city directory (5). However, in October 1849 he married Julia Harlan in Baltimore, Maryland, and made his home there. Peter promptly began the

manufacture of soda water in Baltimore where he was very successful.

The earliest record of his business there is in the form of an advertisement in The Baltimore Sun on 20 June 1850: “CAUTION – The subscriber, desiring to do a fair and honorable business, has procured a large stock of Bottles with his name and residence impressed thereon. Such bottles are by him never sold; he therefore cautions all persons from using

Perhaps the first of several bottle and mold variants used by Peter Babb. It is embossed P. Babb / Balto (ebay photograph)

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or trafficing in said bottles, as he claims and will demand them wherever found PETER BABB Bottling Establishment, 79 North st.”

Peter soon became one of the largest soda water bottlers in Baltimore as evidenced by his presence at the Maryland Institute Fair which showcased the manufactories of local origin. The Baltimore Sun of October 25, 1851, noted: “Here are the samples of ‘something good to take’. Mr. Peter Babb has a pyramid of bottles labeled carbonated cider, ale, Baltimore porter, Sarsaparilla, Ambrosia, &c.” He didn’t escape noticeable competition, however, as the article also notes, “Messrs. John Boyd & Son have a similar pyramid of bottles, labeled Sparkling Catawba and Scuppernong, champagne cider, ale, brown stout, mineral water, syrups, &c.”

Success motivated Babb to open a branch establishment in Washington, D.C., as The Sun reported on September 27, 1851: “BABB’S CELEBRATED MINERAL WATERS, PORTER, ALE, AND CARBONATED CIDER. – The subscriber, having established a branch of his establishment in WASHINGTON, is prepared to supply the citizens of the District with the same quality of articles which have gained him such enviable reputation in the city of Baltimore. The management of this branch will be under the supervision of M.J. BABB, who, with the assistance of responsible drivers, will give prompt attention to orders from dealers or private families. Offi ce at Empire House, Pennsylvania avenue.”

Peter continued his business until his untimely death on August 16, 1857 – at age 35 years. The Baltimore Sun of August 17, 1857 states; “This gentleman, well known as the Colonel of the First Rifle Regiment of Maryland militia, died at his residence on Paca street, near Pratt, yesterday morning, after an illness of two weeks.”

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Babb has returned from California.

He says he has made up his mind that he can make more money between here and there than he can in that country. He was in the mineral water business in San Francisco.” (8) His mind was not as made up as he would have some believe. The San Francisco city directories continue to list Babb & Co. as soda water manufacturers in 1852, 1853 and 1854, and no directory was printed in 1855, which may be the terminal date for Babb’s activities there. He is absent

Advertisement for Peter Babb found in the Baltimore Wholesale Business Director and Business Circular for the year 1853 What illness brought its terminal wrath upon Peter Babb at such a young age, and with an illness of such short duration, remains a mystery.

Perhaps he was a casualty of the 185759 influenza pandemic that hit the United States particularly hard.

Undoubtedly influenced by his older brother, Jefferis Babb followed a similar career path. Druggists and soda water manufacturers often shared a common bond and many druggists sold soda water as well. After moving to New York City in the late 1840s, Jefferis plied his trade as a druggist.

The lure of gold and and riches in a new land pulled him from New York to California at least by 1850, when he was first documented as making the trip to San Francisco (6). Rasmussen* also documents entry to the port of San Francisco by Babb in 1851 and 1852, implying that he sailed home at Jefferis Babb had apparently entered the soda water business in San Francisco very early in the life of that city. In a letter written by Ellen Apple, of West Chester, Pa., on August 31, 1851, she states. . . “Jeffries (sic)

The only bottle used by Jefferis Babb. It is embossed BABB & Co. / SAN FRANCISCO / CAL , and is found only in shades of green from dark to a green-aqua.

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from any documentation for the next several years; however, there is some evidence that he vacated San Francisco about 1856 and moved to the Northern California town of Yreka, Siskiyou County, just 22 miles south of the Oregon border. Although virtually tied with Crescent City, the City of Yreka is the northernmost county seat in California, being the administrative center of the County of Siskiyou – 6,347 square miles. Upon its incorporation in 1857, Yreka held about 2,000 souls, mostly miners. Today, its population is about 7,200.

Begun as the result of a gold strike in 1851, Yreka’s population quickly swelled to several thousand.

In 1852, a young Joaquin Miller (at this time he was still using his birth name, Cincinnatus Miller) had moved from Indiana to the Camas Valley, Lane Co., Oregon, with his parents).

(9) In a fit of daring at the age of 14, young Cincinnatus ran away from home with some companions and found himself in Yreka. He later described the town as a bustling place with "...a tide of people up and down and across other streets, as strong as if in New York".(10) Of course, he had not yet been to New York, but this adventure inaugurated his desire to express with the written word, and he soon gained international fame as The Poet of the Sierras.

The October 18, 1860, edition of The Yreka Weekly Journal stated. . .

“RETURNED – Dr. J. Babb who has been absent for some months, trying to regain his health, has returned to this city looking better than we have seen him for the last two years. With the exception of a slight stiffness of the joints, he says he feels as well as he ever did.” Sporting the credential of a doctor, it appears that Jefferis Babb had decided to fall back on the more traditional druggist component of his expertise after leaving San Francisco. Six months later, on 4 May 1861, The Weekly Journal noted . . .

“BALL COURT – The large and superb ball court, erected in this city by Messrs. Kelley & Babb, is now finished. It, together with the saloon attached, will be opene d to-day. The

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bottles up to just weeks before his death in 1857; however, it is unlikely that any of his bottles were made prior to 1850. It is interesting to note that for the few years that he operated in Philadelphia, 1849 to 1851, no bottles have been found that can be attributed to him. Could he have been working for another soda water manufacturer at that time – learning the trade? Or, perhaps, his bottles that are not embossed with a geographical location may have been initially used in Philadelphia as well as in Washington, D.C., at a later date.

A Kuchel & Dresel lithograph drawing of Yreka executed in 1857, at the time the new court house was being constructed and contemporary with the residence of Jefferis Babb. proprietors have undergone much expense in the erection of this place of exercise and amusement, and they deserve to be well patronized”.

Regardless of Babb’s rehabilitated health, he succumbed from this life, in Yreka, on April 30, 1866 – at age 41 years. His funeral was a solemn event in Yreka, and was conducted by the fire department, with the help of the Yreka Brass Band. The Yreka Weekly Journal detailed the event. “Last Tuesday afternoon the funeral ceremonies of Dr Jefferson (sic) Babb (11) took place under the supervision of the Yreka Fire Department . . . .

The cortege seemed quite imposing, the band performing solemn funeral marches, and the firemen looking remarkably well, with their flags, banners, trumpets and arms wearing badges of mourning. . . . . He was also an early resident of Yreka, and has resided among us for about 12 years, during which period he has acted mo re than half the time as Constable, and proved himself a worthy citizen.” (12) Jefferis Babb never married.

As with his brother Peter, Jefferis Babb left a long-lasting legacy with the soda water bottles he had made at an unknown glass factory in the East for his San Francisco operations. All the bottles found today appear to have been blown from the same mold and all are consistently within a range of

medium to dark green in color, as if made from the same purchase order and at the same time. It is difficult to estimate the rate of attrition through breakage and non-return – especially in the topsy-turvy world of San Francisco in the midst of the gold rush.

Obviously, if his bottle inventory was reduced too much due to non-returns, he would have had to supplement it in some manner. Babb could have either used bottle inventory from other bottlers, by pirating or legitimately purchasing stock from a company that quit operations. The decision to purchase more new bottles would have been one of major significance in determining whether to continue in business and was probably a big factor in the closing of a number of bottling operations – possibly even Babb’s.

Regardless of the speculation, it would be safe to assume that Babb’s bottles were produced prior to about 1853, and more likely made at the inception of his soda water venture.

They could have been produced about 1850. Regardless, his bottles are unquestionably material artifacts of goldrush California.

More difficult would be determining the date of the nine mold variations and different color batches, probably representing separate orders, produced by Peter Babb in his Baltimore bottling business. (13) It is easily possible that he may have ordered

End Notes: The North American (Philadelphia, Pa.), June 23, 1846, pg. 2 1.Eastern, Western and Southern Business Directory. J.F. Kimball & Co., Publishers; Cincinnati and New York. 1846. pg. 330 2.The North American (Philadelphia, PA) August 19, 1845, pg. 4 3.ibid, January 28, 1846, pg.

4.Philadelphia Directory, 1849 and 1851.

5.*-Rasmussen, Louis J., San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. Coloma, Calif., Vol. 2, 1966, pg. 77 6.Ibid, Vol. 1, pg. 8 and Vol. 3, pg.

75.

7.California As I Saw It: First-Person narratives of California’s Early Years 1849 – 1900. One man’s gold; the letters and journal of a forty-niner, Enos Christman. Compiled and edited

by Florence Morrow Christman, pg.

240 8.Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling, publisher, 1884. pg. 480 9.w w w . y r e k a c h a m b e r . c o m / history.html 10.Even in death his name was misspelled.

11.The Yreka Journal, May 4, 1866 see http://www.bottleden.com for documented mold and color variations.

Eric McGuire 1732 Inverness Dr Petaluma, CA 94954 (707) 778-2255 Emcguire@comcast.net

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Picnics/Pumpkinseeds

By Garth Ziegenhagen cup-base mold. There are a wide variety of sizes, colors, embossings, tops, and for a wide variety of substances.

The most desirable picnics for most collectors are the ones that were used for liquor and were embossed with the name of the establishment or owner with an address , town and state. These picnics allow the owners to find out much about the history of the place that the flask was made for and many times where the flask was made as well as the dates it was in use. History is what most bottle collectors desire and if they pursue the history of their collections they can relive the days of the past.

Most collectors today agree that there are eleven Oregon embossed picnics even though Thomas's book lists more. Some that are listed have not been seen or photographed and it is believed that "rubs" of some flasks were mistaken for picnics. Collectors also know that different examples of some bottles are still being discovered since the last Oregon bottle book was written in 1998. It is also possible that some that were listed but not proven might show up at any time. If you have proof that an Oregon embossed picnic exists that is not on the list below a lot of collectors would definitely be interested. These picnics make up the middle row of the display. The display was made out of two chicken feeders and does light up. It was entered in the largest bottle show in the Northwest at Canyonville . This display won the Peoples Choice Award while Bruce 1. G. ARATA & CO. / PORTLAND OR 1894-1906 Silva's display of Cathe2. MARX BAUMGART/ WHOLESALE/ LIQUORS/ ALBANY, OR. 1878-1905 dral bottles won the 3. THE BUREAU/ PORTLAND, OR. 1891-1894 dealer's choice award at 4. THE A.P. HOTALING CO/ IMPORTERS/ PORTLAND, OR. 1889-1895 the Jefferson State 2008 (Still pursuing the above picnic- Any information would be appreciated) Bottle Show October 5. FLECKENSTEIN & MAYER / PORTLAND, OR. 1890-1899 17th and 18th .

6. GIEBISCH & MCNAMEE/ 2nd & Morrison/ THE PORTLAND 1889-1893 7. G. GINOCCHIO & CO/ 164 1st St. / PORTLAND ,OR. 1883-1886 Garth Ziegenhagen 8. RICHARD KNOLL/ WHOLESALE/ LIQUORS/ PORTLAND, OR. 1880-1897 (541) 548-4776 9. THE LOG CABIN.167 3rd ST./PORTLAND ORE/ BILLY WINTERS 1903-1915 zigs@bendcable.com 10 F. ZIMMERMAN/ 233 FIRST ST/ PORTLAND 1886-1895 These flasks are most commonly called pumpkinseeds because of their shapes. The early bottle makers called them picnics and even embossed many of them with that label.

The flasks were apparently the right size for taking on a picnic. John Thomas published an early book called " Picnics, Coffins, Shoo-Flies" which is still used as a reference by many bottle collectors. Many in my collection are in this original book. Thomas's book and Bill Lindsey's website "BLM/SHA Historic Glass Bottle Identification and Information Website" are used as a reference for this article.

The earliest examples of picnic flasks seemed to appear in the first half of the late 1870's and lasted until around 1915. These flasks usually have a crudely tooled double ring top, but some were made with a whiskey top and even a screw top with a lid. They were mostly mouth blown in a

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Profile of a Super Collector Georgian’s Early Augusta Artifacts, Include Bottles, Ceramics, Ephemera

By Bill Baab

Master Collector Walter Smith and Collection Photo By Bea Baab

who lived on Hereford Farm Road near Evans, Ga. They had a small antique shop adjacent to their home.

Later, they moved to Houston, Texas, and still later moved back to Dick’s home in the Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket areas of New England.

They were pleased with Smith’s restoration work and he later became their broker, traveling across the country buying antiques and refinishing them for the Wests’ antique store. During the winter or summer months, they’d travel to Europe and took him with them a couple of times.

"I got a whale of an education during what I think were among the best days of my life," he said.

Remember the British TV detective character called "Lovejoy?" He could tell by look and feel if a piece was genuine or not.

That was fiction. Those of us who’ve known Walter for years feel that he has the same magical touch, but in a very real way.

Then one day during the late 1970s or early 80s, he was driving back from his job at Kimberly Clark in Beech Island, S.C., across the Savannah River from his home town when he spotted a group of people using potato forks on a

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Walter Smith has nearly always had a fondness for wood and woodworking, becoming fascinated by what he saw in the Augusta Boys Club shop when he was 11 or 12 years old.

"Mr. Timm was in charge of the shop and I’d stand in the doorway and watch what was going on for hours," said Smith, now 63. "I begged him to let me come into the shop, but he always said no. One day, I told him, ‘Let me come in and sweep the floors and clean up.’ He a greed and I did this for three days in a row.

Finally, he gave me permission to come in and eventually gave me a project that didn’t involve power tools."

Smith has never looked back. He eventually parlayed his considerable knowledge of antique furniture restoration into a thriving business in his hometown called "The Furniture Doctor," a name that came naturally.

"When furniture comes in, we turn it upside down and start examining it like a doctor examines a patient. That’s where we came up with the name."

Before he established the business, he and friends would go looking for damaged furniture. He learned the art of furniture restoration through the process called trial and error, and by learning from other skilled workmen.

During the 1960s, he had the opportunity Walter Smith with Indian friends carved by Filipinos to work for Claire and Dick West, a couple Photo by Bea Baab

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vacant lot.

"I drove a few blocks farther and then it dawned on me they weren’t digging fish bait! I turned around and went back to discover they were digging for old bottles on what had been an early landfill."

So he started digging and what is now one of the premier Augusta bottle collections in existence evolved from that day. Add to that Augusta-related memorabilia, from ceramics to post cards and other ephemera, most of it pre -1900.

Smith later became fascinated by Indians – wooden ones of the cigar store variety.

"I bought two early wooden Indians hand-carved in the Philippine Islands from Pierce Farmer," a North Augusta, Exlax thermometers S.C., collector who is now deceased. Photo by Bea Baab "Then, a few years ago, I discovered they were still being made and learned where I could buy lumbia, S.C. Bottle Show last February.

The life-sized ones bring $550 and up, the smaller ones them. There was a factory in Manila, P.I., whose subcontractors (carvers) lived in the jungle and they’d ship them a couple of feet high $50, and he said he has sold 3,000 of to the factory where they were painted. When I get them, I the statues in all, 1,000 in 2007 alone. Contestants and visitors to the Augusta Futurity ( a cutting horse event) and apply a different glaze that makes them look older.

"Earlier this year, I decided to travel to the Philippines others just love the figures.

"I’ve sold ‘em to people in Nebraska and other Midand meet with the people who own the factory as well as the carvers. I spent 10 days in the jungle and was fed fish western states as well as Canada."

The collecting bug is alive and well in the home he and rice. I was ready for a nice hamburger when I got shares with his wife, Lisa, and daughter Megan. Lisa is a back!"

He said he was cordially received by the Filipino carv- pharmacist and so it was natural for the family to begin ers and was told that the increased sales he caused were collecting mortars and pestles, including some huge ones paying for college educations for some of their children. that had been drug store signs.

Drug store jugs, tin and porcelain advertising signs, Sales had been lagging before he took over the distribution.

A pair of Smith’s Indians were on display at the Co- thermometers and drug cabinets from China and England are among the other memorabilia they’ve collected. And let’s not forget another of his hobbies – restoring 1929 Ford Model As and a rare 1929 "double-A" Ford stake truck that have won state and national honors.

(AUTHOR’S NOTE: Parts of this story were taken from a feature story about Walter Smith in the May 1, 2000 issue of The Augusta Chronicle, written by Melissa Hall).

Bill Baab 2352 Devere St Augusta, GA 30904 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net Baker’s Coca signs and Ramon’s signs Photo by Bea Baab

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I Never Intended to Collect Target Balls

By Mike O’Malley Just as the journey was about to end, right before the moment of it never happened, Alex Kerr reached into the memory hole and snatched the target ball.

Mr. Kerr was the Godfather of target ball collectors. The target ball collection of Alex Kerr would remove the target ball from the shadows of lost history. It would set in motion the renaissance of target ball collecting. A champion shooter himself, he allowed the world to rediscover the important role the target ball played in the history of shooting. To understand how the target ball came to impact this history we will explore a shooting sport older than our country.

On July 4, 1776 the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved by the continental congress.

It was a formal document explaining why the members of congress had voted to declare independence from Great Britain. Eight days earlier on the Uxbridge Road near a town called Ealing, located in England, a club was founded. This club was the birth of what would become the most popular shooting sport in the United States of America. The Old Hats Club founded on June 26, 1776 was the first known trapshooting club. The sport of trapshooting began in England. The rules and handicap system of trapshooting were developed and refined in England.

Trapshooting derived its name from the practice of releasing birds from traps and keeping score on how many were shot and killed within a certain boundary. The pigeon became the preferred bird of trap shooters.

The Blue Rock pigeon was considered the finest because of its wild and er-

become the first successful inanimate target used in trapshooting. Its time in the history of trapshooting had arrived. Glass target balls were introduced into the United States in 1866

by Charles Portlock of Boston. At first they were thrown by hand or very primitive launching devices. They

ratic flight. The first written record of trapshooting in the United States was in 1831. It took place at the Cincinnati Gun Club. It is thought that passenger pigeons were used.

In the latter part of the nineteenth century animal rights groups, with the help of major newspapers, initiated campaigns against the use of live birds in trapshooting. Many could see the writing on the wall. The sport of Trapshooting would soon need a new target. The glass target ball would

offered little challenge to trap shooters used to the speed and erratic flight of live pigeons.

This would change in 1877 with the first successful glass ball trap invented by A.H. Bogardus. The glass ball could now be thrown at greater speed and distance. With the Bogardus trap and the many ball traps that followed, the glass target ball would now find acceptance in trap clubs.

Glass Ball tournaments would now be incorporated into trapshooting competition.

The time of the target ball was short lived. In 1880 a new target was invented. George Ligowsky had a better idea. With his invention of the terra cotta clay target in 1880 the target ball would soon become a thing of the past. The Ligowsky clay target and the explosion of inanimate targets that came after it would eventually make the target ball a collector’s item.

If you listen carefully you will hear echoes of the past reverberating in today’s sport of trapshooting. To this day you will hear people refer to

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the modern composite target as a Clay Pigeon or Blue Rock.

The last Grand American Handicap of live birds was held in 1902 in Kansas City, Missouri at Elliott’s shooting park. The park was known as Blue River Park because of it’s proximity to the Blue River. The Grand American Handicap of 1903 and all Grand American Handicaps since have used the inanimate composite target.

The target ball was used in exhibition shooting and Wild West shows into the early part of the twentieth century. It played a major role in the careers of many great historical shooters and showmen.I would encourage anyone to explore the rich and colorful history of the target ball.

Become a target ball collector. It is not difficult.

I never intended to collect target balls. I had no desire to collect target balls. Trapshooting was my hobby. I bought my first target ball at the Grand American in 1989.

I only wanted an example of trapshooting history. Sixteen years later my son Sean told me that he had seen a target ball like mine on eBay. “What is eBay?” I asked. Sean explained that it is an auction you can follow and participate in on a computer.

I owned a computer. My wife and granddaughter used it quite often. I considered the computer to be frightening, confusing and therefore a waste of time. I was taught to turn on a computer and bought my second target ball on eBay. Soon I had three then four. It was sometime around target ball four and thinking of target ball five that the light came on. I had no idea what I was doing I had less than a clue of how to do it. Education was needed and needed fast. In an effort to gain knowledge I decided I would carefully study the many descriptions used by the sellers of target balls on eBay. Please do not let your children try this at home. It has been known to cause severe mental disorders in lab rats. On eBay I would read about pontil marks and vertical and horizontal maker marks on target balls. It was on eBay I mistakenly learned that the jagged edge on the neck of a target ball was not a manufacturing defect. It was a pontil mark caused when the pontil is removed from the ball.

Please folks, no letters to the editor about this idiot talking about pontil marks on a target ball. There are none.

I soon realized my eBay professors were not in agreement on the definition of pontil and maker marks.

There was no excuse for my ignorance. I had been taught better. As a young man I received a sound piece of advice from my father. He explained to me it was a terrible waste of time seeking help from someone who was not successful in the field I sought advice in. For example, never ask anyone how to make money that doesn’t have any. I had passed this valuable information on to my son, Sean.

He was smart enough to utilize it. Sean contacted through eBay not the sellers of target balls, but two buyers of high end target balls. Shortly thereafter two well known target ball collectors contacted us. They were trying to keep us from making a horrible mistake on an item we were bidding on eBay. All four of these men and many like them con-

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tinue to be a valuable resource to us.

Glass target balls were hand blown into molds. The most common molds are the two piece and three piece molds. The vertical and horizontal maker marks described on eBay are mold lines. The vast majority of glass target balls have the jagged edge on the neck where separation from the blowpipe occurred. Target balls were made to be destroyed. With few exceptions little care was given to the finish of the neck. Yes, the blowpipe can be used as a pontil. In the case of the target ball the blowpipe is used only as a blowpipe. This information I learned from experienced collectors.

I told you it was not difficult. You just need to talk to the right people.

It is never too late to start collecting target balls. I started late in life. I knew less about target balls than you do if you are still reading this article. I could not even turn on a computer to “Google” target balls. Target balls have opened doors for me that I never dreamed I would walk through. They have introduced me to many wonderful people and have given me years of enjoyment. If you think you might be interested in the hobby of target ball collecting or would just like to know more about target balls, check out the website glasstargetballs.com .

Perhaps you think collecting target balls is out of the question. If so, I would like to leave you with a quote.

Michael Parkington a well known collector of British glass passed away in 1994. He left behind a quote any collector can appreciate. “One is an example, two is a mistake, three is a collection.”

I never intended to collect target balls. I had no desire to collect target balls. Be careful out there.

If you have questions or interest in target balls, please contact me.

Mike O’Malley 1702 Mystery Hill Pleasant Hill, MO 64080 816-540-3635 Mikeomal@earthlink.net

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ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) Half Gallon Jars

By Barry L. Bernas Opening Discussion In the past, I’ve briefly written about several characteristics observed on the ANCHOR (in straight line above) MASON’S (arched above) PATENT (dot) front embossed pint, quart and half gallon size jars.1 Over the same period, I’ve expended more energy towards documenting what glass making companies did and possibly could have turned out this astonishingly complex series of home canning and commercial packing containers.2 In this article, I’d like to build further upon the former trend and make a thorough examination of the half gallon models within this grouping.

The ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) 64-ounce category to be discussed has two candidates. These are the older style or shoulder seal jars and the newer style or bead/top seal examples that have an annular bead around the finish. In the first instance, no eligible Figure 1 specimen has been reported.3 For the latter, there are only a few samples to compare.4 See Figure 1 for a picture of the subject for my study.

As a general rule, the quart capacity container in the bead/top seal group is the more prevalent edition encountered. Next is the pint version.5 The far less available model is the half gallon size. So for this expose, I will be using a representative sampling of only five vessels.

Methodology In order to complete an in-depth look at the largest component of the

ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) line, a standardized process is needed to match one jar against another.6 To accomplish this goal, a six step, selfdeveloped approach is described in the following paragraphs.

Step one will provide a framework for determining any differences to the front body part (F) of the mold cavity.

By comparing and contrasting embossing measurements and visual observations, I will end up with a means to differentiate one front body section from another. In turn, the end result will give me an idea of how many obverse body segments were used to manufacture the bead/top seal half gallon jars and thus, a way to identify new examples.

Here is how step one will unfold.

In the word ANCHOR, the following salient aspects are to be addressed: whether or not the individual letters are roped; average height and width of the alphabetical characters; placement of the raised inscription ANCHOR above the bottom parting line; shape of the capital C; distances measured at predetermined locations between the letters NCHOR; whether the large O slants and finally, the size and style of the letter R. For the subsequent raised word MASON’S, the average height of the capital letters will be calculated. Also, the shape of the S between the alphabetical characters A and O along with the shape of the S at the end will be examined for variations. In addition, the size and shape of the apostrophe will be addressed.

Turning to the last inscribed word, the average height of the letters in PATENT will be tabulated as well. In addition, the presence or absence of a dot after the T will be recorded along with its diameter.

The follow-on or second step of my methodology will inspect the reverse body half of the mold cavity (R).

The main objective, matching that stated in step one, will be the pursued end for this section of the process as

well.

During this segment, several substeps will be completed. In the first one, the presence of embossing, ghosting or the absence of either trait will be the main aspect to be documented.

For two, the inscribed or erased symbol or wording will be identified, if present. If either is visible, a detailed description to include measurements can be expected to be recorded.

The tertiary piece will look for patches to the mold cavity or glass seepage patterns (P) along the lower side seams and bottom parting line intersections. When present, a description to include measurements will be undertaken. This step should provide complementing confirmation to the final results achieved in steps one and two.

An examination of the base (B) is the fourth element of my selfdeveloped methodology. The data about its height, underneath design, valve mark outer diameter and any numbering/lettering embossed thereon will be recorded. The end result of this section of the process garners a way to differentiate and identify different base mold sections.

The penultimate stage focuses on the finish (FN). Here, its overall length; threaded area height; thread width and bead length, width and shape will be documented. The variances noted between finish types comprise the elements needed to identify the components of a standard or quasibead (mini) finish7 for subsequent discussion.

The last or analysis step has two parts to it. In the first, the accumulated data from the five previous parts will be initially compiled into a spread sheet format. Within it, each set of characteristics per step will be assembled into a group for separate designation. For example, the first grouping for sub-steps one through three in step one will be assigned the identifier – HGBSF1. This acronym breaks down to half gallon (HG), bead seal (BS)

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and front mold cavity first example (F1). The next step one variation would be designated HGBSF2 and so forth in a one up F progression. For methodology steps two through five, the same initial grouping of data would be reflected as HGBSR1, HGBSP1, HGBSB1 and HGBSFN1.

A different grouping identified in any of these steps in other models would carry a similar one up R, P, B or FN number progression.

For part two of step six, the final sets of statistical information gleaned from the initial part of this step will be next reviewed to form opinions about the bead/top seal half gallon segment of the embossed ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) series of jars.

There is an added benefit after the second portion of step six is completed. A means to succinctly reference the many traits found on other 64 -ounce capacity containers within this line has been laid out. Hereafter, these can be used in discussions concerning these intriguing jars.

Jar One Two examples (numbers 38 and 39) were considered for the first ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) embossed, bead seal half gallon jar to describe and label in this study. Each is clear in color, 9 7/16 inches tall (without the screw cap), has a 2 5/8 inches wide mouth with a smooth lip and weighs 27 ½ and 25 ¼-ounces (empty), respectively. A representative sample of the front embossing is shown in Figure 2.

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Turnng to the word ANCHOR, all of the letters are unroped. Each English alphabet component is 11/16 inch in height except the character A which is ¾ inch tall. Thus, the average height for the capital letters making up ANCHOR on this initial front mold cavity is 11/16 inch. The width or thickness of the lines composing each written language symbol is 1/8 inch. In calculating the distance between the lower edge of any letter to the bottom parting line, I found a consistent measurement of 4 ¼ inches for both Jar One examples.

Figures 3 to 5 show the salient attributes on the front embossing which distinguish it from other types to follow. At least for the half gallon group, I’ve found that the C, O and R in ANCHOR; both Ss in MASON’S; shape and size of the apostrophe between the N and final S in MASON’S and the dot following the T in PATENT represent the best means to distinguish one front mold cavity from another.

Figure 3 On the far left side in Figure 3, the shape of the C in ANCHOR is significant. Its topmost component is nearly flat while the lower counterpart is curved. The differentiating aspect is the lower tail extends beyond the bounds of its upper mate. Jars 38 and 39 both show a similarly molded C. Beside the C is the alphabetical character O. There is nothing untoward about the shape of this letter other than it slants slightly to the left.

Figure 2 shows this orientation nicely, especially when the vertical H and R are added to make the visual comparison.

Next to the O in Figure 3 is the last letter to examine in the word ANCHOR. The outer right-hand upper component of the R isn’t curved as would normally be expected. Rather, it is constructed with two straight lines

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The top line is longer and angles outward while the other is shorter and is directed inward towards the top of the right leg. This unusual construction gives the top part of the R a five sided appearance vice being three straight lines accompanied by a curved segment. If you draw an imaginary horizontal line from the outer left side vertical line of the R across the top of the central bar to the outer limit of the two line intersection on the upper right, you find out that the width of this section of the R is 7/16 inch on both models.

Next, the right leg of the R is inspected. On this model in Figure 3, it is positioned downward in a slight curve but doesn’t extend beyond the outer limit of the unusual two lined right-hand outer upper segment above it. Between the bottom part of the R’s inner vertical left leg and the interior spot of the right leg directly opposite it is a distance of 5/16 inch on both jar specimens within this group.

Looking at the middle section of the front embossing shown in Figure 2, the two Ss in the arched word MASON’S and the apostrophe between the N and S will be my focus. Before moving to the Ss, the height of each letter in MASON’S is 11/16 inch except for the A and last S which are ¾ inch tall.

One would normally expect both Ss to be similarly constructed with a curved top and bottom section attached together by a curved or slanting interior connector line. In the case of the first S on the left in Figure 4, the bottom part and the connecting line meets Figure 4 these usual criteria. However, the top segment deviates from this presumption. The anticipated curved upper area is missing. In its place is a line that slants downward to the left. This construction gives the uppermost region on the first S a distorted appearance as seen in the picture. If the S is viewed as an

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S hook, the top section looks like it was pulled open by too much weight being placed on the opposite end.

Also, this character slants slightly to the left on both jar numbers 38 and 39.

The second S in Figure 4 has a more normal appearance with a rounded top and a somewhat flat bottom. Its slant to the right fits in with the arched orientation of the word MASON’S and is considered to be normal.

Looking at the apostrophe, it is 3/16 inch in length and has a semicircular front section followed by a tail that curves down and to the right.

Figure 5 shows the T and dot duo that comes at the end of PATENT on jars 38 and 39.

Regardless of the specimen being referenced, each of the alphabetical characters in this word is 11/16 tall except the A Figure 5 which is ¾ inch high. On these examples, the outer diameter of the dot is 1/8 inch.

The in-depth examination of the front embossing in Figure 2 permits both Jar One examples to be placed in the first group of front mold cavities as HGBSF1. The items used to create this positioning were: 1) the distinctive shape of the C; 2) the slanting O; 3) the shape and width of the top section of the R along with restricted extension of its right lower leg; 4) the shape of the first S and its orientation; 5) the shape and size of apostrophe; 6) the shape of the second S; 7) the presence of a dot after the letter T; and finally, 8) the outer diameter of the dot. For each of the follow-on models, the same plus other criteria will be used to distinguish the first front mold cavity section model from another.

The reverse mold for Jar One has no embossing on it; however, it isn’t blank either. Both examples have ghosted letters that are approximately 13/16 inch in height. These spell out the former embossed phrase MASON PATENT which has been removed

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and displaced by a series of overlapping 3/16 inch in diameter circles.

This mold shop process was known as “peening.”8 As you can see in Figure 6, the MASON is arched above PAT-

Figure 6 ENT.9 The uniqueness of the backside on jars 38 and 39 give them a reverse designation of HGBSR1. NOTE: I compared the circle positioning on both ghosting editions and found they were exactly the same. Thus, both jars were formed with the same reverse section.

The coming together of the front and reverse halves of the mold cavity and the base plate permit another means to set apart the HGBSF1 and/or HGBSR1 versions from subsequent

Figure 7 counterparts. The back-to-back ninety degree intersections of the vertical side seam with the horizontal bottom parting line on opposite sides of Jar One models is a area that shows patches and seepage from non-tight joints.10 With the front embossing facing you, Figure 7 depicts the mold seam junctures on the left and right sections of jars 38 and 39.

PUT FIGURE SEVEN HERE On the left-hand diagram, there is gob of glass seepage in the relative shape shown. It is about 1/16 of an inch in elevation above the outer front

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surface on both jars within this group.

Jar 39 doesn’t have any trace of leakage on reverse in the same drawing; however, jar 38 does show some along the bottom parting line. It is interesting to note that on the latter specimen, the top of the front left side gob is more angular than the one drawn on the left in Figure 7. This observation coupled with the slight seepage of glass might indicate both sections of jar 38 were in use long after their mate was blown.

The right-hand depiction in Figure 7 reveals what seems to be a small tent shaped patch on both the front and reverse halves of the mold cavity.

The lighter lines profile this feature.

Between this trait, there is glass seepage along the vertical side seam that goes up about 5/8 inch from the bottom parting line. Strangely, the leaked glass symbol is more apparent to the touch on jar 39 vice 38 which goes against my earlier thought that these mold sections were more worn on jar 38.

The patterns outlined above and illustrated in Figure 7 drawings will be singularly grouped together as HGBSP1.

Next, the base on Jar One members will be examined. Each container has a cup bottom mold style which is ½ inch in length. Figure 8 has a drawing of this version.

On jars 38 and 39, the base has an initial 3/8 inch curved segment which begins at the bottom parting line and ends inward at the flat surface upon which either vessel rests. This flat surface is 9/16 inch wide. At its innermost point, a 5/16 inch segment starts

Figure 8 a curved up and inward progression to a 2 5/16 inches circular and flat depression. In its center, there is a 7/8 inch in diameter valve mark. This example of an underneath section is identified as HGBSB1.

The last part to inspect is the Jar One finish. From the tip of its smooth

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lip to the underside of the annular bead, the length on both examples is 7/8 inch. There are no side mold

Figure 9 seams within the 9/16 inch long threaded region. On this part of the finish, there is a 1/8 inch wide, raised semicircular shaped screw thread. It starts just under the lip and winds its way around until merging into the top of the annular bead. I refer to this aspect as a continuous merging thread or CT-M. The bead on jars 38 and 39 is a standard one. In other words, it has a slightly slanted top that connects to a curved outer part which is joined with a slightly slanting inward bottom section. See Figure 9.

The annular bead is ¼ inch in top to bottom length and 3/16 inch wide from the outer threaded region’s vertical side wall to its exterior tip. This style of finish carries the title of HGBSFN1.

In recapping Jar One, it has a front mold cavity (HGBSF1), a reverse mold section (HGBSR1), a patch or seepag e d istinction (HGBSP1), a base designation (HGBSB1) and a finish style (HGBSFN1). As I unveil other ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) half gallon jars, each will be compared against this baseline.

Jar Two Jar number 40 is the second sixtyfour ounce example to review. This machine made container has a light sun-colored amethyst tinge. It is 9 7/16 inches tall (without the screw cap), has a 2 5/8 inches wide mouth with a smooth lip and weighs 25 ¾ounces empty. Figure 10 shows its front embossing.

All of the unroped letters in the top word ANCHOR are 11/16 inch in height. Instead of being 1/8 inch thick as observed on HGBSF1, these alphabetical characters are narrower in

Figure 10 width at 1/16 inch. The lower end of any letter is positioned 4 ¼ inches above the bottom parting line.

Looking a Figure 10, the first variance from Jar One is the distance between the C and H in ANCHOR. On the initial two specimens, this measurement was ¼ (top) and 3/16 (bottom) inch at the respective positions noted. For jar number 40, it is a consistent 5/16 inch. If you look between Figures 2 and 10, the difference in letter spacing is readily apparent.

Figure 11 shows the C and R in the word ANCHOR. The left-hand character is formed differently than its mate in HGBSF1. The top segment is slightly slanted upward vice being flat as on Jar One. Its left side is Figure 11 straight while the bottom part is curved. Another differentiating factor is the alignment of the top and bottom tails.

Each is positioned one above the other as opposed to the bottom one extending beyond the limit of the top one in the F1 style.

The O is molded with straight sides and curved top and bottom parts. Its orientation is vertical instead of slanting to the left as seen on jars 38 and 39. Figure 10 clearly shows this aspect, especially when the H and R are compared with it.

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between the front mold cavities on Jar One and Two. It is the distance between the outer right top and bottom tail on the C and the outer vertical left line of the H. On the former models, this measurement was ¼ (top) and 3/16 (bottom) inch.11 For Jar Two, this calculation is 5/16 inch for each part.

On the right in Figure 11, the R in ANCHOR represents still another variation in style from F1. Its topmost segment has the traditional shape of three lines for the left, top and bottom piece with a curved fourth connector.

The lower right leg of this R varies as well. It curves down and outward with a toe at the end. In addition, the leg extends slightly beyond the outer limit of the curved topmost right section. Between the inside of the lower left line and curved interior right leg is a distance of ¼ inch. This makes this version a bit narrower at this point than the HGBSF1 version.

For the subsequent word MASON’S, each of the capital letters is 11/16 inch in height except for the A and both Ss which are ¾ inch tall.

Thus, the average character elevation is somewhere between 11/16 and 3/4 of an inch.

Figure 12 shows the two Ss in MASON’S. The first one carries a rather symmetrical shape. In a comparison with the same feature on the left in Figure 12 Figure 4, this edition is more erect with much less of a slant to the left and is wider across the middle (7/16 vice 3/8 inch).

The second S has a comparable bottom and connector line segment to its first companion above with a slightly different profiled top region.

In my opinion, it approximates the initial S for Jar Two in both size and shape.

Another point of difference is the length and design of the apostrophe.

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an ice cream cone motif. The top is curved while the bottom part is conical.

For the PATENT embossing, the alphabetical characters are the same size as those seen in HGBSF1. There is a dot after the T; however, it is only 1/16 inch in diameter, making it smaller than the F1 sample.

In my estimation, the front mold cavity for Jar Two is somewhat different from the initial model or F1.

The variances I’ve noted are: 1) smaller width to the letters in ANCHOR; 2) increased distance between the C and H; 3) alternate shape of the C; 4) non-slant to the letter O; 5) shape of the top part of the R, toe on the bottom of its right extension and the leg’s boundary beyond the limit of the top curved segment; 6) noticeable increase to letter sizes in MASON’S {three are 11/16 and three are ¾ inch}; 7) new shape to the first S, making it uniform, wider and straighter in orientation; 8) new apostrophe length and shape; and finally 9), a second diameter for the dot after the T in PATENT. To highlight these contrasting attributes, the obverse rendition for jar 40 will carry the designator HGBSF2.

As was the case with jars 38 and 39, the reverse mold section for Jar Two doesn’t have any embossing on it. What is visible thereon is the ghosting illustrated in Figure 13.

Figure 13 The approximate ¾ inch tall letters spell out the arched word MASON (without any apostrophe or trailing S). As you can see, the same overlapping circle technique, witnessed in Jar One, was used to obliterate the former MASON embossing on jar 40. However in this instance, a repetition of 1/8 inch in diameter vice 3/16 inch circles was used. Because the erased word is different from those observed in R1 and the circles used to remove it are smaller, this

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backside has been given the appellation - HGBSR212 A check of the side seam and bottom parting line intersections reveals a minute trace of leakage on the left side of Jar Two while the right has a bit more oozing of glass (7/16 inch) along the vertical portion. See Figure 14.

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Figure 14 These patterns are quite different from those observed in P1. As a result, I’ve assigned both the second one up number or HGBSP2.

Jar 40’s base is ½ inch long and of the cup bottom mold variety. Its measurements parallel those for Jar One. For the penultimate discussion area on Jar Two, the identifier for it’s underneath section is HGBSB1.

Not surprising, the finish construction on this example is the same as the initial model and is identified as HGBSFN1.

In reviewing Jar Two, it has another front mold cavity variety (HGBSF2), a second reverse mold section (HGBSR2), a new patch or seepage pattern (HGBSP2) but possesses an already cataloged base (HGBSB1) and finish style (HGBSFN1).

Jar Three Number 37 is attached to Jar Three. This half gallon member of the ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) family is light sun-colored amethyst in tone. Its height is 9 7/16 inches again without the screw cap on it. The outer diameter of the smooth lipped mouth region is 2 9/16 inches. When weighed empty, it has a twenty-five and one-fourth ounce mass. Figure 15 has a picture of its front embossing.

The unroped letters in the word ANCHOR average 11/16 inch in height. Two of these alphabetical

characters exceed this elevation limit.

They are the A and C which are each ¾ inch tall. The width of the line on every written symbol matches that of Jar One at 1/8 inch. Another similarity (4 ¼ inches) is the distance from the nadir of any letter (except the right side of the N) to the bottom parting line.

The first embossing deviation to point out is the letter N. Notice the intersection of the middle slanted downward and right-hand vertical lines goes down below an imaginary line drawn to connect the bottom edges of the letters in ANCHOR. Figure 15 shows this anomaly which wasn’t present on the previous three jars.

It is interesting also to address the width of this character as well.

On jar 37, it is 9/16 inch across the center. The Jar One and Jar Two widths were 5/8 and ½ inch, respectively.

Figure 16 contains a picture of the C and R. When I closely inspected the C, I formed the opinions that this C has a different shape, is more uniform in structure and is slightly narrower than Figure 16 the same character depicted in either F1 or F2. Measuring the inner distances between the inside of the left vertical line and the interior of the top and bottom ends of the segmented right side lines along

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with the vertical separation limit between the ends of the C confirmed my visual observations.

A quick look at the O in ANCHOR reveals nothing unusual about it. A comparison of its orientation vis -à-vis the adjacent H and R indicates no slant at all, just like Jar Two. The R has a similar top shape as witnessed in F1 (two lines vice a curved right-hand part); however, it is narrower at the outer (3/8 inch) and inner (1/4 inch) top limit measurements. Its counterpart had 7/16 and 5/16 inch tabulations, respectively across the same spot. A slimmer upper construction gives the internal pattern to the top segment a more squared vice pentagon appearance.

Regardless of the letter style, the right leg on jar 37 is formed and positioned like its stouter F1 cousin.

The arched word MASON’S also has an average letter height between 11/16 and ¾ inch. The M, O and N have the former elevation while the A and both Ss come in under the latter. These figures correspond with the same measurements on Jar Two. Figure 17 has a close-up picture of both Ss. The initial one has a curved top and bottom segment Figure 17 which, in my estimation, gives in a somewhat uniform shape throughout its length. Besides this factor, there is a small straight line segment where the connector joins the top of the bottom piece which sets this character apart from either mate in HGBSF1 or HGBSF2.

I don’t believe there is anything particularly distinctive to bring up about the second S on the right in Figure 17.

Likewise, the 3/16 inch in length apostrophe carries the same shape as those seen on F1 jars.

An inspection of capital letters in PATENT points out no size differences between them and their associate characters on Jar One. There is a dot after the T. It is 1/8 inch in di-

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ameter which lines up nicely with the same trait on jars 38 and 39.

Even though there aren’t huge dissimilarities to accentuate on this section of Jar Three, there are enough subtle differences to make it the third front or HGBSF3 in our discussion.

I used the subsequent characteristics to differentiate it from the obverse regions outlined for F1 and F2.

The extension of the right-side bottom of the N stood out from earlier Ns. Also, the horizontal distance across the center was between the two other measurements for the same letters on Jar One and Jar Two. Finally, the thinner top section of the R completes the criteria listing.

For the reverse of Jar Three, another style or HGBSR3 is documented. On this surface, there are no embossed or ghosted words. It is completely blank.

When inspecting the side seams and bottom parting line intersections, I found no trace of any glass leaking out of the mold joints. As a result, the identifier of HGBSP3 is given to this model.

Figure 18 Figure 18 is a drawing of the base on Jar Three. Right off, you can see that in differs somewhat from the one diagrammed in Figure 8. The B1 version of this drawing was molded onto both Jars One and Two. This edition or B2 is a cup bottom mold type of base which is ½ inch in length. There is curved down and inward initial section but the 9/16 inch long flat surface that it joins on the first edition is missing. In its place is an approximate 1/8 of an inch wide flat surface. The substitution in this spot gives the initial circular region (measured from the outer limit of 1/8 inch wide surface) a 3 ¾ inches external diameter as opposed to the 2 13/16 inches on jars 38, 39 and 40. Likewise, the inner circular level at the bottom of the curved up and inward segment carries a 2 ½ inches interior diameter

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vice the 2 5/16 inches measurement observed on B1 and B2. Even though the valve mark has the same diameter (7/8 inches) as seen on the other ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) half gallon jars, the area on which it is embossed is concave vice being flat. Due to these formation differences, the base on Jar Three will carry the HGBSB2 identifier.

Except for the finish length (9/16 as opposed to 7/8 inch), this region on jar 37 has the same measurements as seen on Jar One and Jar Two. Therefore, the HGBSFN1 designator applies.

For Jar Three, a third front mold cavity has been documented (HGBSF3), a third reverse section was recorded (HGBSR3), a third patch/leakage pattern was brought to the surface (HGBSP3) and a new base design (HGBSB2) complemented a standard style of finish or HGBSFN1.

Jar Four The last jar in my half gallon study is number 55. It is clear and 9 7/16 inches in height. Across the outer top of its smooth lip is a distance of 2 9/16 inches. When devoid of any contents, it weighs 25-ounces.

Figure 19 shows the embossing on the front of it.

All of the unroped letters in ANCHOR are 5/8 inch tall except the A which has an 11/16 inch height. This fact makes the average height of the alphabetical characters in this word 5/8 inch which is 1/16 to 1/8 inch less than its compatriots discussed in previous sections. In addition, the width of the lines composing any letter in ANCHOR is 1/16 inch. A second dissimilarity is the distance from the bottom of any character in the initial embossed word and the bottom parting line. On the other four ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) embossed 64-ounce jars I’ve examine, this measurement was 4 ¼ inches. On number 55, it is 4 5/16 inches.

Turning first to the N, it is 9/16 inch in width which is the same measurement seen on Jar Three. However, the middle slanting and right vertical

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Figure 19 line intersection doesn’t extend below an imaginary horizontal line drawn beneath each letter in ANCHOR.

Figure 20 Figure 20 has both a zoomed-in picture of the C in ANCHOR on the left and one of the CH on the right. In my opinion, the C has a uniform shape with a curved top, straight left side, a somewhat flat bottom and aligned ends. It seems to me to parallel the one depicted in Figure 16 on the lefthand side.

On the right in Figure 20, one more difference in the front mold cavity is present. The horizontal spacing between either of the outer right side tails of the C and the left-hand vertical line of the H beside it was 3/8 inch.

For Jar One, this measurement came to ¼ and 3/16 inch, respectively. On Jar Two, it was 5/16 inch. The third jar (number 37) had a ¼ inch distance.

The O in ANCHOR has a vertical positioning when compared to the H and R on either side. Nevertheless, there is a differentiating feature about it which further separates the obverse of Jar Four from its prior mates. The external and internal width of it is unlike the other examples. Here is what I mean. The calculated distances across the central section of the O on Jar One were ½ inch (outer) and 5/16

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inch (inner). On Jar Two, the corresponding numbers were 7/16 and 5/16 inch. Likewise, the figures for Jar Three were 7/16 and ¼ inch, respectively. On this model, the O had an outer distance of 3/8 inch with an internal one of ¼ inch.

The R can be seen in Figure 21. It has a curved upper right side section as seen in HGBSF2. Its right leg extends further beyond the limit witnessed on the Figure 21 same F2 front mold cavity. Also, there is no toe on the bottom. As I view it, its shape represents a fourth R style for the ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) half gallon series of jars.

The average elevation of the letters in MASON’S is 11/16 inch. Only the A deviates with a ¾ inch height.

The apostrophe between the N and S has the same length (1/8 inch) and shape (single scoop ice cream cone) as witnessed in its HGBSF2 cousin.

Figure 22 contains both Ss in MASON’S. The shape of the first one on the left resembles the one seen on the F1 mold cavity. In this case, it Figure 22 doesn’t slant as much. I find nothing which differentiates the second S from others before it.

As I look at the word PATENT, I find an average letter height of 11/16 inch. Likewise with the same alphabetical characters in F1 -F3, only the A was different. It is ¾ inch tall. Figure 23 is a picture of the T Figure 23 in PATENT. Note there is no dot after it.

Based on the above observations, I believe several traits on the front mold cavity of Jar Four dictate that it be given a separate designation or HGBSF4. These standout attributes

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are: different height of most of the letters in the word ANCHOR; longer distance from the ends of the letters to the bottom parting line; new distance between the C and H; another external and internal width for the O; fourth style of R and no dot after the T. The reverse on jar number 55 is blank, matching its R3 compatriot.

Similarly, no patches or seepage of glass were detected along the intersections of the side seams with the bottom parting line. As a result, a P3 identifier pertains. Its base (B1) matches that of Jars One and Two. For the finish on Jar Four, it is 7/8 inch in length. The seamless threaded region comes to 5/8 inch. Around it winds a 1/8 inch CT-M. However, the bead is significantly different than counterparts on the other half gallon jars. Figure 24 shows it.

Figure 24 In my opinion, it resembles what Dick Roller would term a quasi or mini bead.13 It is semicircular in shape with a width of 1/8 inch and a length of 3/16. A seal with a rubber jar ring couldn’t be achieved on this decorative vice practical appendage. Due to the size and shape of this feature, a second or FN2 finish listing is established.

Looking closely at this last jar, it has a fourth observe (HGBSF4), an already seen R3 reverse, no patch/ seepage pattern (P3), a previously identified B1 style of base and new finish (HGBSFN2).

Summary My self-developed methodology for the study and categorization of the bead seal half gallon ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot/non-dotted) jars has yielded the following basic information. At least four (4) front and three (3) back mold cavities have been identified. Aiding in this determination was the three (3) patch and/or glass seepage patterns noted. Finally,

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two (2) cup bottom mold base configurations and two (2) finish styles were recorded.

Further Observations and Comments The sun-colored amethyst tone seen on Jars Two and Three could be an indicator of when these particular half gallon jars were produced. Here is what Dick Roller had to add to my supposition.

“Generally, only those jars that were made prior to the first World War will turn to an amethyst color.

Prior to that time, glassmakers added a decolorizing agent, manganese dioxide, to their batch materials in order to produce clear (or flint) glass rather than the common aqua (green) bottle glass. Due to the German blockade of the Atlantic, the supply of manganese dioxide (which came from Russia) dried up. Glassmakers turned to a new decolorizer – selenium. Selenium jars will not turn amethyst color. After the war, very few (if any) glassmakers went back to using manganese dioxide.”14 Thus, between the introduction of the bead seal around 1910 and the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917 or earlier, these two jars were probably manufactured.

The relatively similar weight for jars 39, 40, 37 and 55 suggest a flow and feed device (gob feeder) may have been attached to the machine which blew these jars. In his book, Chapters on Machinery and Labor, George E. Barnett stated the following. “…As early as 1903, (Homer) Brooke devised a machine descriptively known as the ‘flowing device.’

There were technical difficulties to be overcome, however, and only a small part of the total production of bottles was made by flow and feed devices until about 1917. By that time, a number of different types of these devices were being marketed…”15 If a gob feeder was used to make these four jars, the hypothetical production timeframe corresponds to the general 1912-1917 era.

The side mold seams begin directly after the bead indicating a one-

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piece neck ring was used to make this finish. Apparently, there was a need to have a seamless threaded area for this jar, indicating a potential use other than or beyond home canning. Probably, these half gallons were packer jars by design. The CT-M on each adds more credence to my opinion.

For many years, I’ve thought about and experimented with several means to definitively analyze the various jar parts for members of the ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) series of jars. The methodology that I finally settled on and used in this article is admittedly complex and quite possibly, cumbersome to some who don’t like to delve into the minutiae.

Regrettably, I haven’t been able to come up with simpler way to achieve the same results. If you have any suggestions to simplify or rearrange this study, please don’t hesitate to contact me to discuss it. For sans a new path, I’ll be applying the same process to pint and quart, shoulder and bead/top/ side seal models in later articles. BLB 1

Jars of the ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT series, Barry L. Bernas, The Guide To Collecting Fruit Jars Fruit Jar Annual Volume 11 – 2006, Jerome J. McCann, 5003 W. Berwyn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630-1501, pgs. 9-16 and The Anchor Glass Company, A Southwestern Pennsylvania Corporation, Barry L. Bernas, 239 Ridge Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, 2003, pgs. xiii-xxxi.

2 Anchor Glass Company A Maker of Fruit Jars and Other Glass Products, Barry L. Bernas, The Guide To Collecting Fruit Jars Fruit Jar Annual Volume 7 – 2002, Jerome J. McCann, 5003 W. Berwyn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630-1501, pgs. 22-34; ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) Embossed, Bead Seal Jars, Barry L. Bernas, Bottles and Extras, Summer 2005, pgs. 61-65 and The Anchor Glass Company, A Southwestern Pennsylvania Corporation, Barry L. Bernas, 239 Ridge Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, 2003, pgs. 1-71.

3 Jar 54 Where are You?, Barry L. Bernas, Bottles and Extras, Summer 2006, pg. 20.

See this article for more information.

4 For this comparative study, five jars were selected from my collection.

5 There are deviations from this rule of thumb which will be explained more fully

57 in separate articles about the pint and quart series of ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT (dot) embossed jars.

6 This same basic methodology with some added steps will be used for the study of pint and quart examples.

7 Fruit Jar Newsletter, Dick Roller, December 1988, pg. 447. Mr. Roller coined the term quasi or mini bead in this reference.

8 Fruit Jar Newsletter, November 1995, pg. 796. Dick Roller explained this method of embossing obliteration as follows. “…A longtime Ball employee kindly wrote to tell me that the ‘peening’ process was used to remove letters cut into molds, and still is used to repair mold cavity edges which have been damaged during production. The process consists of pushing the malleable iron back into the cavity by repeated hammer blows on a blunt-tipped chisel. The small circles we see on jars are the result of marks left by the end of the round chisel on the mold surface – the ‘ghosts.’ The term ‘peening’ has been used in the glass industry for years, and was not coined by a jar collector.”

9 The odd thing about the initial reverse mold cavity (HGBSR1) is that there aren’t any jars listed in either Red Book or The Standard Fruit Jar Reference that show this MASON arched above PATENT embossing. Clearly, a mold section with this embossing was made (probably with a shoulder seal finish) and later modified by deleting the raised markings and most likely redoing the finish to a bead seal.

The absence of an example of an embossed jar with this specific embossing style is difficult to understand let alone explain with any certainty.

10 The presence of patches and glass seepage suggests older front and reverse cavities, ones that have seen much previous usage, were joined to form this jar mold.

11 This distance corresponds to the bottom segment of the tail in C extending beyond its mate at the top.

12 The Collector’s Guide to Old FRUIT JARS Red Book 9, Douglas M. Leybourne, Jr. P.O. Box 5417, North Muskegon, MI 49445, 2001, pg. 212 and The Standard Fruit Jar Reference, Dick Roller, Acorn Press, Paris, Illinois, 1983, pg. 210. There is a MASON (arched) embossed, smooth lip, shoulder seal jar with approximately ¾ inch high letters that Red Book carries as RB 1644. One similarly marked with approximately 5/8 inch tall letters of the same lip and sealing variety is entered as RB 1644-1. The Standard Fruit Jar Reference also lists a MASON

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(arched) embossed, ground or smooth lip, shoulder seal jar as SFJR 742. Dick Roller provided the following amplifying information about it. “These jars were made for many years, and may be found in numerous combinations of color, letter size and style, and lip finish. They were made (ca. 1890s-1910s) by a great many small glasshouses that produced ‘Mason’ jars during the period when some jars were still being made by hand, while others were being made on early semi-automatic glassblowing machines. Because of the large number of producers and the lack of information embossed on the jars, it is difficult to attribute these jars to any given glass house.”

13 Jars of the ANCHOR MASON’S PATENT Series, Barry L. Bernas, The Guide To Collecting Fruit Jars Fruit Jar Annual Volume 11 – 2006, Jerome J. McCann, 5003 W. Berwyn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60630-1501, pg. 13. In this article, I stated the quasi or mini bead had been previously found only on a threaded pint and unthreaded quart. At that time, my statement was correct but now a half gallon needs to be added to this mix as well.

14 Fruit Jar Newsletter, April 1992, pg. 617.

15 Chapters on Machinery and Labor, George E. Barnett, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Evansville, Indiana, 1926, pgs. 109-110. Mr. Barnett appended a footnote on the above page 109 which stated “In 1912, the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was using a pouring device which produced certain classes of jars satisfactorily.” This information came from the 1912 Proceedings of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association. He also added “…bottles produced (by this device) are more uniform in weight and content than those made by the most skilled operators of semi-automatic machines.”

Barry L. Bernas 239 Ridge Avenue Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 338-9539 BarryB6110@aol.com

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History of Antique Bottle Collecting in the United States State-by-state survey by Bill Baab, Southern Region editor Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

2352 Devere Street Augusta, GA 30904-5202 (706) 736-8097 riverswamper@comcast.net Dear Fellow Collector(s): I have embarked on an ambitious project: Compiling a state-by-state history of bottle collecting in the U.S. I need your assistance. I feel it needs to be put into print before names, events and dates slowly slip into time, to be forgotten. Below is a list of things to be addressed. Don’t hesitate to add anything else on your own. Don’t worry about length. Once the survey has been completed, each state’s story will be told in Bottles & Extras, one state at a time.

The following needs to be written in story form, starting with the earliest happening and winding up with the latest. If you feel uncomfortable about writing, just include as many facts, places, people and dates as possible. I am a retired journalist and can put it into story form. Be sure to sign your name and include mailing and e-mailing addresses and telephone numbers. If I have any questions, I’ll contact you. Once I get through editing your report, I’ll email it to you to be checked for errors or omissions before publishing it in Bottles and Extras. Accuracy in everything is a must.

1. During what year did bottle collecting start in your state? In what areas, cities or towns did it first start? Who was (were) credited with getting the hobby started? Did any one thing or event or find lure them into the hobby before it became statewide? You may include yourself if you were one of the key people in the early days of collecting.

2. Are there any photographs of digs or individuals and collections available from the early days? If so, please have as many identified as to who’s in them, where photo was taken and when.

3. These state-by-state stories will be published under the byline(s) of those compiling the data. I also am interested in hearing how the compiler(s) got started in the hobby.

4. During the early digs, what were some of the prized bottles being found? Anything unusual dug? (One of my club members dug a Prince Albert tobacco tin with a $5 gold piece inside!) Finds also can include pottery, since many of us branched out into antique and contemporary ceramics after having started in bottles.

5. This is not the history of the Federation, but an individual’s or a club’s affiliation can be included.

6. Anyone have wild adventures during their pursuit of bottles? If so, please describe to the fullest just what happened, to whom, when (dates) and where.

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BBR FOHBC Northeast annual meeting Saturday

April 25, 2009

4:30 pm

Super 8 Motel 1000 Lehigh Station Rd Henrietta , NY 14467 Followed by the GVBCA hospitality party Starts 6pm ( same location ) This is the 40 year anniversary of GVBCA

Open to all whom wish to attend no membership needed

Sunday April 26,2009 plan on attending the show This is the 40th year of the Rochester Show 9am to 3pm at the Monroe County Fair grounds Minett Hall, Rt 15A & Calkins Rd , Henrietta , NY See the show ad for more information

1 year Air Mail subscription $60 Established 1979

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Packed Full of the information you need on the UK & world wide bottle scene.

Well-researched articles & all the latest finds.

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Personal check, Mastercard/Visa, even cash!

BBR, Elsecar Heritage Center, Barnsley, 2, Yorkshire, S74 8HJ, England Ph: 011-44-1226-745156 Fax: 011-44-1226-321561

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2009 FOHBC National Bottle Show Hosted by the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club

California or Bust Banquet: Early Admission: Saturday, August 1 Sunday, August 2 General Admission: $5 Sunday, August 2

Friday, July 31 6:00 pm Sheraton Fairplex Hotel 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm 8:00 am to 9:00 am 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Pomona Fairplex 1104 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA 91768 Show Chairman: Pam Selenak 156 S Pepper St Orange, CA 92868 (714) 633-5775 pselenak@yahoo.com

FOHBC Convention Director R. Wayne Lowry 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 (816) 318-0161 JarDoctor@aol.com

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Bottle Cleaning By

Jennrog Collectables • • • •

Professional cleaning with a personal touch.

Nearly 10 years in the industry.

References available.

Pricing – Single bottle - $16.00 Pontiled - $17.00 Discounts available for lots of 6 or more items • Turnaround time is typically 3-4 weeks.

• See our Bottle Cleaning Page on website, below.

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Bitters, Beers, Whiskies, Sodas, Patent Medicines, and all manner of early bottle-related advertising from

Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas especially pre-Prohibition brewery advertising trays, signs, etched glasses and whiskey shot glasses.

Always seeking Red Wing Stoneware advertising jugs along with bitters, flasks, and other quality bottles from across America also.

Visit us on e-Bay at ketchthepast.

E-mail: s.ketcham@unique-software.com.

Watch for our new website - www.antiquebottledepot.com (coming soon) steve@antiquebottledepot.com.

Steve Ketcham PO Box 24114 Edina, MN 55424 Ph: 952-920-4205 or 952-221-0915

Jar Doctor™

in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Eastern Canada. We have machines, parts and supplies in stock, and will be happy to deliver your machine or supplies to a show near you.

Current Show Schedule Ballston Spa, NY - June 6, 2009 Lowell, MA - September 27, 2009 Shupp’s Grove (Adamstown, PA) - July 18 & 19, 2009 Poughkeepsie, NY - August 27, 2009 Keene, NH - October 11, 2009

Jennrog Collectables 99 Lawrence St. Pepperell, MA 01463 978-433-8274 jennrog@charter.net http://www.jennrog-collectables.com

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Classified Ads FOR SALE For Sale: White House vinegar quartsize container known as “The Ballerina” decanter with matching glass stopper. Decanter and stopper light depression glass green color. Both in mint condition – free from stain, cracks, chips or flea bites. $125.00 plus shipping.

Contact: Perry Driver, ph: (386) 364-3203, email: perry.driver@navy.mil For Sale: Embossed pre-1920 soda bottles. I have over 400 extra embossed Oklahoma soda bottles from almost every town in Oklahoma that had a bottler prior to 1920. This includes many IT (Indian Territory) and OT (Oklahoma Territory) bottles and crown tops.

Contact: David Baumann, ph: (405) 816-1340, email: firstgencoltman1@cox.net.

For Sale: All types of bottles and related items. Visit our online site that is updated often with new listings.

We are a safe and relaxed alternative to ebay, with fixed priced items, private dealings with an outstanding reputation in buying/selling antique bottles. Our new address is http:// mysite.verizon.net/flaschenjager/ sale.html. Please have a look around, contact: email: Flaschenjager@aol.com. Thanks and all the best to everyone.

For Sale: Please send SASE for the following lists: List 1) consists of 14 Hutchinsons, List 2) consists of 42 Hutchinsons, 2 blob top Ginger ales, 4 Sarasota Springs, 2 Paw-Paw (1 amber, 1 crown top) and 1 cobalt N.Y. Medical / University pharmacy type, and List 3) is Jimmy Brown list of 39 Hutchinsons and 1 Gravitator – all on this list are $10 each plus postage.

Contact: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401, ph: (505) 327-1316.

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*****50% DISCOUNT***** For FOHBC member clubs All ads must be paid for in advance Make checks payable to FOHBC (Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors) Send payment to: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 Send ad copy and/or questions to: June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 (816) 318-0160, fax: (816) 318-0162 AD DEADLINES Issue Date

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All Druggists Dose Cups.

Over 3,300 dose cup listings.

Guides for Scarcities-Value's-Dating Makers $25.00 shipping Included U.S.A

Order here----->Donald E. Bergseng Sr. 14916 S.E. Sun Park Ct. Vancouver, WA 98683 <-----Check or money order For Sale: Colorado mining town bottles and mining artifacts. Visit my ebay store at sanjuanslim or contact: Steve Rush, email: nevsmith@ridgwayco.net.

For Sale: Long-awaited book – Augusta on Glass. $40 postpaid includes shipping. Contact: Bill Baab, 2352 Devere St, Augusta, GA 30904, ph: (706) 736-8097, email: riverswamper@comcasst.net KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES 19th Century Food in Glass Betty Zumwalt, author 498 pages of pictures & research of glass containers the early food Industry utilized Smyth Bound - $25

Mark West Publishers PO Box 1914

The Glass Artisan’s Bottle/Glass Cleaning Service Many years of cleaning service with dealer and collector satisfaction.

Your items are treated as if they were my own and with close attention to detail

For Trade: Cobalt blue coffin DP poison bottle. Skull & cross bones, KU-8 three-inch size. Near perfect condition. Have seen two sell on ebay in last five years – last one for $661.

Would like to trade serious collector for like-value fruit jar or Colorado bottle. Are you a poison collector with something to trade? Please email me to discuss a win-win trade. FOHBC member. Contact: Tony Marostica, email: marostica@juno.com.

Will reply with pictures.

For Sale: Collecting Soda Pop Bottles plus my still-in-print Oregon and Washington soda bottle books and other hard-to-find bottle books! Check the “SHC Books For Sale” and “Other Bottle Books For Sale” pages at www.SeattleHistoryCompany.com for complete details and ordering information.

Contact: email: SodaBottles@yahoo.com. Snail mail inquiries to: Seattle History Company, 4518 35th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105-3002.

IT ALWAYS PAYS TO ADVERTISE!!!!!

Send in your for sale items!

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Prices start at $15 Contact: STEVE (414) 281-5885 glassartisan@yahoo.com

WANTED Wanted: Colorado pint and half-pint milk bottles, Colorado post-cards, and Colorado tokens. Contact: George

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Van Trump, Jr., PO Box 1537, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034, ph: (303) 232-3542, email: jogeorge@q.com.

Wanted: Dakota or Dakota Territory bottles and advertising jugs. Top prices paid. Contact: Jim Louks, ph: (605) 641-4657, email: jlouks@mato.com WANTED Southern Illinois blob top and Hutchinson-style soda bottles.

No painted labels Steve Kehrer (618) 410-4121 Kehrer00@charter.net Wanted: Will pay top dollar for any Nebraska blob or hutch sodas that I don’t have. Also same for Iowa blobs – especially iron pontils). Am also interested in any pre-1900 Nebraska or Iowa bottles. Contact: Wayne Mander, ph: (712) 545-3724, email: waynekarenm@hotmail.com.

Wanted: Fruit Jar Newsletter issues: April 1981, June 1981 through March 1982, July 1982, September 1982, December 1982 through June 1983, August 1983, October 1983 through January 1984, March 1984, July 1984 through November 1984, January 1985, February 1985, April 1985 through September, 1985. Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Wanted: Bounty paid for pre-1920s Oklahoma embossed soda bottles that I don’t have in my collection. I’m willing to pay double prices in Johnny Fletcher’s book Oklahoma Bottles 1889 to 1920. Depending on condition, if I don’t have it, I’m willing to pay the extra. Just contact me with town and condition. Contact: David Baumann, ph: (405) 816-1340, email: firstgencoltman1@cox.net.

Wanted: Past issues of Bottles and Extras. If you have issues you would like to dispose of, please consider donating them to the FOHBC. We have new members regularly request old issues. Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com.

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Wanted: Any North Carolina bottles especially North Carolina whiskey, medicines, sodas. Also looking for inks, and nice bottles from anywhere.

Contact: Ronald Hinsley, 3309 Hinsley Rd, New Hill, NC 27562, ph: (919) 362-7251.

Wanted: St. Louis colored sodas. I will pay TOP DOLLAR for the following sodas: 1) McCloud & Wheaton cobalt, 2) R.J. Adams Druggist Chemists cobalt and dark green, 3) J. Cairns cobalt, 4) C. Abel olive green or cobalt, 5) D. Colver green or blue, 6) M & W green ten pin shape. Please call me with others or email me. Contact: Theo Adams, 3728 Fair Oaks Dr., Granite City, IL 62040, ph: (618) 4515622 or (618) 781-4806, email: stlouissoda@aol.com.

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Wanted: Pre-pro western whiskies, shot glasses, letterheads, advertising, etc. Call me to view a great collection if you are ever in Northern California.

Contact: Ken Schwartz, ph: (530) 365 -5046 (evenings).

Wanted: The following Rockford, Illinois blob beers – Thos. Noonan, amber and aqua, aqua Geo. Lincoln, aqua John Fritz, aqua Gust. Erickson, aqua Ryberg Bros. Contact: Jeff Dahlberg, ph: (815) 963-5477, email: jmjdahlberg@sbcglobal.net.

Wanted: Bottles and advertising marked “Rathjen Brothers Wine Merchants S.F. Cal.” Also, “Rathjen Merc. Co.” before 1930. Contact: Les Rathjen, ph: (701) 301-9483.

Wanted: Glass Chatter newsletters from the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club, especially ones from the 70’s and 80’s. (I have none prior to April, 1977) Also looking for any old bottle magazines. Send list of what you might have.

Contact: June Lowry, ph: (816) 318-0160, email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com.

Wanted: Please contact us if you are offering any Virginia bottles, early colognes, scents, smelling bottles, smelling salts, pungents, and similar glass items.

Just email us at: Flaschenjager@aol.com and please visit our site online via a web search using Flaschenjager in the search area.

Happy collecting and good luck digging everyone!

Wanted: Better western bottles of all types. Highest prices paid for exceptional examples – specifically Hoizontal Wormser, Wonser’s Bitters, W.B. Shasta soda. Contact: Dale Mlasko, ph: (541) 601-0245, email: dalemlasko@charter.net.

Wanted: Colorado Hutchs, Carl Conrad Original Budweiser (colored variants – large or small), also go-withs like original pictures of bars, calendars, advertising, letter heads, and receipts. Contact: John McClard, ph: (303) 730-8425.

Wanted: Colored and/or lettered scroll flasks – all sizes. Contact: Merle Slay, 6425 149th St Ct NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332, ph: (253) 8582267, email: Merleslay@aol.com.

Wanted: Quack cure pot lids from the 19th to early 20th century. The type is similar to Holloways cure for everything. Chasing: Dr. Townsends, Isola, Bishops Balm, St. George’s Ointment, Stanley’s Great Ointment, Nurse Lenas Royal Egyptian Salve, etc. Contact: Rex or Joanna Barber, email: barbers_2@bigpond.com.

Wanted: INDIAN BOTTLES! Looking for the Indian Bitters, sarsaparillas, cures, and rare medicines, but, will settle for good Sagwa every now and then! Send picture and price. Contact: Mike Smith, PO Box 2347, Yucca Valley, CA 92286, ph: (760) 2289 6 4 0 , e m a i l : mike@WeLoveOldBottles.com, www.WeLoveOldBottles.com.

The True Story of Hostetter & Smith Bitters Co. Wanted: Paper items, billhead, etc. Anything paper. Need picture of George W Smith. From 1853 to 1958. Contact: Doug Shilson, 3308 32nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406, email: Bittersdug@aol.com.

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Hutchinsons Wanted: El Dorado/ Bottling Co./Dawson, Y.T. (Yukon Territory), H.A. Ralu/Colon/R.P. (Panama), New Mexico, Old Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa Rica, and any other foreign country. Contact: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio, Farmington, NM 87401, ph: (505) 327-1316.

Wanted: Mini jugs with the words Stroud or McPhail printed on them.

Contact with price: Bettye Stroud, ph: (985) 446-3858, email: jbstroud@bellsouth.net.

Wanted: Colorado mining town bottles, Western memorabilia, and Hard Rock Mining artifacts. I collect ore cars to mining advertisements. Contact: Steve Rush, email: nevsmith@ridgwayco.net.

Wanted: Pfaltzgraff from York, PA blue decorated stoneware, Glen Rock, PA Distillery items and Baltimore, MD blue decorated stoneware. Contact: Jerry Blevins, ph: (410) 3574285, email: jerrylblevins@comcast.net.

Wanted: Williamsport, PA – all bottles including labels except milks.

Especially looking for aqua Park Hotel flask, amber John Sheehan Schlitz beer, Drawn’s labeled cough and cure, Hagenbach medicine, Champion straight sided aqua hutch, Weed and Bussler baby bottle. Also Danville, PA squat sodas, aqua quart Minnequa Springs Bradford County, Jersey Shore PA Judy Kuntz squat soda. Contact: Bob Kane, ph: (570) 220-5982, email: Kanevictorian@comcast.net.

Wanted: Winchester, Virginia bottles, pottery and advertising.

Contact: Roger Fletcher, ph: (540) 678-0058.

Wanted: California milks. P.J. Dolian, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Bob Manthorne, 2331 Galbreth Rd, Pasadena, CA 91104, ph: (626) 794-9712.

Wanted: Koca Nola soda bottles and go-withs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missis-

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sippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, and other states not listed. To learn more about Koca Nola, go to www.kocanola.com. Contact: Charles Head, 23549-001, PO Box 150160, Atlanta, GA 30315,

email: Kocanolabook@yahoo.com.

Wanted: If you are interested in bottles that utilized Hutchinson’s Patent Spring Stopper, please consider joining the Hutchinson Bottle Collectors Association. HBCA annual dues of only $6 support the HutchBook.com

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web site providing extensive historical material, member contact information and for sale/wanted ads, and the Hutchinson Bottle Directory cataloguing over 16,250 different Hutchinson bottles.

Contact: email: HutchBook@yahoo.com.

Notice for any persons interested in a show in Louisville, Kentucky This letter is to inform everyone that I'm in the process of putting together a new show for the Louisville area.

This process is starting with a gathering of names of dealers wanting to set up at this new show. So far, we have a list of about 70 dealers from 7 states on the list. A date has not been set as of yet. We are waiting to get at least one hundred names on this list and then we, the dealers, will select a date that doesn't coincide with any popular shows that time of year. Then after a date is set, I will get a hall and all the necessary things to get this show on the road.

Any dealers who would like to participate in this new Louisville show can visit a new website for getting added to the list. Check out www.midwestbottleshow.com This list so far has some very premier dealer/collector names confirmed already.

I'm looking at having a Saturday show with dealers and displays and possibly an auction.

Thanks to all who are on the list already and soon Louisville will be back in action.

Sincerely, Tom Doligale Crestwood,KY. 502-727-6118

NOTICE!!

Contest entry closing date is June 1, 2009 Each year at this time, the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors conducts contests among the membership to determine the best writers, best show flyers or posters and best newsletters.

Applications can be obtained by writing to June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct., Raymore, MO 64083, or em a i l i n g h e r a t (OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com) Deadline is June 1 and entries must be sent to the FOHBC’s Carl Sturm, 88 Sweetbriar Branch, Longwood, FL 32750 by or before that date. Five newsletter entries and five poster/flyer entries must be sent with each application.

Individuals and members of FOHBC-affiliated clubs are eligible to enter.

The Writer’s Award Contest is composed of three divisions: 1–Best Original Research / Information Article: Includes research in such areas as glass houses, specific products, companies or manufactur-

ers, druggists, saloons, liquor dealers, dairies, distilleries, breweries and/or the people involved.

2–Best Original True Story: Includes stories about personal experiences and acquaintances of collectors as they pursue their hobby. Possible topics include a memorable dig, shop and auction experiences, a lucky find, or an interview with an interesting person.

3–Best Original Fiction Story: Collectors are no strangers to fantasy.

This category will allow those with dreams and visions to share them with fellow collectors.

Show Poster / Flyer Contest entries will be judged on a points system under the following categories: Essential Information (40 points): Club name, location of show, date of show, time of show, contact individual listed, FOHBC logo, early admission policy, admission charge, 5 points each.

Appearance (50 points): Layout, Graphics, Lettering, Color, 10 points

each.

Show features: Items for sale, Food, Parking, Exhibits, Lighting, Raffles, Miscellaneous, 10 points total.

The Newsletter Contest will be judged in three categories worth a total of 100 points. Newsletters submitted must have been published during the 12 months preceding the deadline.

1–Substance: Includes research/ information articles on club members and club activities and subjects of interest to bottle collectors.

2–Style/Appearance: Includes the newsletter layout and includes graphics, lettering, color and visual appeal.

3–Entertainment value: Includes the satisfaction and enjoyment that readers obtain from the newsletter.

Winners will be announced and awards presented at the annual FOHBC National Show and recognized in a future issue of Bottles & Extras. Winners unable to make the show will have their awards mailed.

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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.

Insulator shows (courtesy of Crown Jewels) are indicated with an insulator. 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 June Lowry, 401 Johnston Ct, Raymore, MO 64083 or E-mail: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com. Show schedules are subject to change. Please call before traveling long distances.

March 7 Saint Joseph, Missouri Missouri Valley Insulator Club’s 7th Annual St. Joseph Insulator/Bottle Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm), at the American Legion Pony Express Post #359, 4826 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO. Insulators, bottles, lightning rod equipment, telephones, and advertising filled 63 tables in 2008 and we have 70 tables available for 2009.

Info: Dennis R Weber, 3609 Jack St., St. Joseph, MO 64507, ph: (816) 3641312, email: stjoeshow2009@aol.com.

March 7 Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Insulator 21st Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm eith dealer setup 7am - 9am), at the Shrewsbury Fire Hall, 21 W Forrest Ave, Shrewsbury, PA (Exit 4 off I83) This show was sold out last year! Info: Charles Irons, ph: (302) 422-5712, email: ironsjrc@verizon.net, http:// www.insulators.infor/clubs/cbic/.

March 7 Seattle, Washington Emerald City Insulator & Bottle Collector’s 20th Annual Show & Sale, (10am - ???), at BF Day School, 3921 Linden Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.

Info: Jack Hare, ph: (206) 523-3288, Robin Harrison, ph: (206) 522-2135, or Gil Heddges-Blanquez, ph: (206) 329-1413or (206) 218-7936 (cell), email: bluemex@comcast.net March 8 Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 29th Annual Show & Sale (8am 3pm) at the Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd, Essex, MD (I695, exit 34). Info: Eric Ewen, ph: (410) 265-5745, email: teresaanderic@comcast.net.

March 13 & 14 Chico, California Chico Bottle Club’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale, (Friday 10am - 7pm and Saturday 9am - 4pm), at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA Info: Randy Taylor, PO Box 1065, Chico, CA 95927, ph: (530) 345-0519, email: rtjarguy@aol.com.

March 14 Badin, North Carolina The Uwharrie Bottle Club’s 2nd Annual Antique Bottle & Collectible Show & Sale, (8am - 3pm, set-up 6am - 8am), at the Badin Fire Department, Highway 740, Badin, NC. Free parking and appraisals. Food available. $20 for eight-foot table - 48 available.

Info: Todd McSwain, 8649 EddinsPoplin Rd., Norwood, NC 28128, ph: (704) 474-0552, email: mcswain8649@alltel.net.

March 15 West Swanzey, New Hampshire Gallery at Knotty Pine 15th Annual Show & Sale, (10am - 3pm, early buyers 9am), at the Gallery at Knotty Pine, Rt 10, West Swanzey, NH Info: Joan Pappas, ph: (603) 352-5252 March 15 St. Louis Missouri The St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Associations 39th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm), at the Two Hearts Banquet Center, 4532 S. Lindbergh, St. Louis, MO Info: Pat Jett, 71 Outlook Dr, Hillsboro, MO 63050, ph: (636) 948-3029, email: patsy_jett@yahoo.com.

March 15 Tylersport, Pennsylvania Bucks-Mont 15th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm, early buyers 8am), at the Tylersport Fire Company, 125 Ridge Rd, Tylersport, PA, Info: David

Buck, 123 E Summit St, Souderton, PA 18964, ph: (215) 723-4048 or Greg Gifford, ph: (215) 699-5216.

March 15 Flint, Michigan The Flint Antique Bottle and Collectibles Club will be hosting it’s 39th annual Show & Sale (10am - 3pm) at the Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Rd. Flint, MI. Info: Tim Buda 11353 Cook Rd, Gaines, MI 48436. ph: (989) 271-9193, or e-mail tbuda@shianet.org March 20 and 21 Deland, Florida The 39th annual M-T Bottle Collector's Association Antique Bottle, Insulator & Collectibles Show & Sale, (Saturday, 9am - 3pm; Friday – dealer setup) will be held at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, State Road 44 and Interstate 4 Exit 118, Deland, Fla. Info: Maureen Pallasch, 7 Monroe Ave., DeBary, FL 32713, ph: (386) 668-4538.

March 25 Aiken, South Carolina The Horse Creek Bottle Club presents its First Annual Show & Sale (9am 3pm with dealer set-up 7am - 9am: no early buyers) at H. Odell Weeks Center gymnasium, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken, SC 29803. Admission: Donations for the benefit of the Village Outreach Interfaith Center Food Bank.

Plenty of free parking. INFO: Geneva Greene, (803) 593-2271, or (803) 6639955.

March 27 - 28 Morro Bay, California The San Luis Obispo Bottle Society’s 4th Annual Show & Sale, (Friday, March 27, 3pm - 7pm and Saturday, March 28, 9am - 3pm), at the Morro Bay Veterans Hall, 209 Surf St.,

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(More) Sho-Biz Morro Bay, CA. Free admission and no charge for early buyers. Info: Richard Tartaglia, ph: (805) 5437484.

March 29 Enfield, Connecticut The Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Club Annual Insulator, Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale (8am - 2pm), at the American Legion Hall, 556 Enfield St (Route 5), Enfield, CT Info: John Rajpolt, 17 Pheasant Ln, Monroe, CT 06468, ph: (203) 261-1190, email: rajpolt@earthlink.net.

March 29 Bloomington, Minnesota North Star Historical Bottle Association and Minnesota's First Antique Bottle Club's 38th Annual Show & Sale, (9:30am - 2:30pm) at the Holiday Inn Select, 3 Appletree Square (I494 & 34th Avenue South), Bloomington, MN. Please note this change in show location.

Info: Steve Ketcham, ph: (952) 920-4205, email: s.ketcham@uniquesoftware.com.

March 29 Brewerton New York Empire State Bottle Collectors Association presents its 39th Annual Spring Show & Sale at the Brewerton Fire Hall (9am - 3pm), 9625 Rt 11 Brewerton,N.Y. Directions Syracuse,N.Y. Rt 81 North to exit 31 Follow signs. $2 donation.

60 Show tables. Info: John Spellman, ph: (315) 365-3156. email: spellmanjc@tds.

April 4 Wheaton, Illinois Antique Insulator and Lightning Rod Ball Show (8am - 4:30pm, dealer setup Friday 6pm - 9pm) at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Machester Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189.

Info: Jason Townsend, 720 N Dekalb St, Sandwich, IL 60548, ph: (630) 667 -3357, email: jtins76@gmail.com.

April 5 Somersworth, New Hampshire New England Antique Bottle Club’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale (9am 2pm, early buyers 8am) at the Great Bay Gallery, 25 Willard Dr, Somersworth, NH. Info: Gerry Sirois, ph: (207) 773-0148 or Jack Pelletier, ph: (207) 839-4389.

April 11 Daphne, Alabama The Mobile Alabama Bottle Club’s 36th Annual Show & Sale (9am 3pm) at the Daphne Civic Center, Whispering Pines Rd and US highway 98, Daphne, AL. Info: Jim Simmons, 8851 Four Mile Rd, Irvingtonm AL 36544, ph: (251) 824-2697. Rod Vining, 8844 Lee Circle, Irvington, AL 36544 ph: (251) 957-6725 or Richard Kramerich, PO Box 241, Pensacola, FL 32591, ph: (850) 435-5425, email: shards@bellsouth.net.

April 11 Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 30th Annual Show & Sale (10am 3pm) at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St, Kalamazoo, MI. Info: John Pastor, PO Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, ph: (616) 581-7005, email: jpastor2000@sbcglobal.net or Mark McNee, ph: (269) 343-8393.

April 18 Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania Western Reserve Insulator Club’s 9th Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm, dealer setup 7am) at the VFW Post #894, Natrona Heights, PA. Info: Ron Barth, ph: (724) 845-8439, email: rktbarth@windstream.net.

April 18 Vallejo, California Golden Gate Historical Bottle Society’s 43rd Annual Show & Sale (9am - 3pm, early buyers Friday, 11am 6pm) at the Solano County Fairgrounds, McCormack Hall, Vallejo,

CA. Info: Gary or Darla Antone, ph: (925) 373-6758, email: packrat49er@netscape.net.

April 18 Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania Western Reserve Insulator Club’s 9th Annual Allegheny Valley Insulator Show & Sale (9am - 3pm, setup 7am) at the VFW Post #894, Natrona Heights, PA. Info: Ron Barth, ph: (724) 845-8439, email: rktbarth@windstream.net April 25 Aiken, South Carolina The Horse Creek Bottle Club presents its First Annual Show & Sale (9AM - 3PM; dealer set-up 7AM9AM, no early buyers) at H. Odell Weeks Center gymnasium, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken, SC 29803. Admission: Donations for the benefit of the Village Outreach Interfaith Center Food Bank. Plenty of free parking.

Info: Geneva Greene, (803) 5932271, or (803) 663-9955.

April 25 Millville, New Jersey North Jersey Antique Bottle Collectors Association’s Millville Show & Sale, (9am - 3pm), at the Elks Lodge of Millville, 1815 E Broad St, Millville, NJ. Info: Paul Delguercio, ph: (609) 352-7104, email: paulhavoc@comcast.net.

April 25 Austin, Texas Austin Bottle and Insulator Club Annual Show & Sale, (8am - 2pm), at the Clarion Hotel, 2200 IH 35 South (exit 232A, Oltorf) Austin, TX. Info: Gary Ingram, 19613 Lakehurst Loop, Spicewood, TX 78669, ph: (512) 282 -6221, email: gdingram@hotmail.com.

April 26 Harrisonburg, VA The Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia’s 38th Annual Show & Sale,

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(More) Sho-Biz (9am - 3pm), at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, US Route 11 South, Harrisonburg, VA Info: Sonny Smiley, ph: (540) 434-1129, email: lithiaman1@yahoo.com.

April 26 Rochester, New York The Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association’s Show & Sale (9am 3pm), at the Minett Hall, Monroe County Fairgrounds, Rochester, NY. Over 200 tables, exceptional educational displays, over 100 dealers from 14 states and Canada. Bottles, insulators, whimsies, fruit jars, poisons, inks, apothecary, stoneware, ephemera, art glass and more! Info: Show Chairmen, Aaron Weber, ph: (585) 226-6345 or Larry Fox, ph: (585) 354 -8072; Dealer Chairman, Pamela Weber, ph: (585) 226-6345, email: GVBCA@frontiernet.net; Exhibit Chairman, Chris Davis, ph: (315) 331 -4078, email: cdavis016@rochester.rr.com. Club website: www.gvbca.org.

May 1 & 2 Gray, Tennessee State of Franklin's Antique Bottles & Collectibles Association's 11th Annual Show & Sale at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray, TN (Johnson City, TN-Bristol, VA area) 150 tables available Friday, May 1st-early buyers ($10.00 admission) & setup (12 noon – 6pm) May 2nd (8am – 2pm) open to the public with FREE admission. Info: Melissa Milner (423) 928-4445 or email: mmilner12@chartertn.net May 2 Perth, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Valley Insulator Club’s annual Show & Sale (10am - 2pm, dealer setup 7am), at the Perth Fairgrounds, 60 Arthur St, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

Info: Darcy LaFramboise, ph: (613) 545-2423, email: dlaraspb e r r y @ h o t m a i l . c o m . www.insulators.info/clubs/OVIC.

May 3 Antioch, Illinois Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois 34th Annual Antique, Collectible and Bottle Show & Sale, (9am 3pm ), at the Antioch Senior Center, 817 Holbeck, Antioch, IL. Free Admission. Featuring Table Top Antiques, Bottles, Postcards, Advertising and Ephemera. Info: Greg Schueneman, 270 Stanley Ave. Waukegan, IL 60085 ph: (847 ) 623-7572, email: anteak_gramps@yahoo.com May 3 Brick, New Jersey The Jersey Shore Bottle Club’s 37th Annual Show & Sale, (8:30am - 2pm), at the Brick Elks, 2491 Hooper Ave, Brick, NJ. Info: Richard Peal, 720 Eastern Ln, Brick, NJ 08723, ph: (732) 267-2528, email: manodirt@msn.com.

May 3 Whitesboro, New York The Mohawk Valley Antique Bottle Club’s 15th Annual Antique Bottle Show & Sale, (9am - 2:30pm ), at the Utica Curling Club, 8300 Clark Mills Rd, Whitesboro, NY. Info: Peter Bleiberg, 7 White Pine Rd, New Hartford, NY, ph: (315) 735-5430, email: PMBleiberg@aol.com.

May 9 Mansfield, Ohio The Ohio Bottle Club’s 31st Annual Manfield Antique Bottle & Advertising Show & Sale, (8am - 2pm, early buyers Friday, 2pm - 6pm), at the Richland County Fairgrounds, Trimble Rd Exit and US Route 30, Mansfield, OH. Info: Bill Koster, PO Box 585, Barberton, OH 44203, ph: (330) 690-2794 May 15 & 16 Cayucos, California The Golden State Insulator Club’s 16th Annual Show & Barbecue (Friday, 2pm - 8pm, Saturday, 9am -

3pm), at the Lions Veterans Hall, 10 Cayucos Dr, Cayucos, CA Info: Bob Merzoian, ph: (559) 781-6319, email: bobmerzoian@mac.com or Dave Leforge, ph: (909) 783-3423, email: leforge@adelphia.net.

May 15 & 16 Columbia City, Indiana 2009 Insulator, Antique and Collectible Show & Sale (Friday, 3pm - 8pm, Saturday, 8am - 4pm), at the Whitley County 4H Fairgrounds, Columbia City, IN. Info: Gene Hawkins, ph: (574) 267-2433, email: gene.hawkins@mchsi.com or Chuck Dittmar, ph: (260) 485-7669.

May 16 Chehalis, Washington Washington Bottle Collectors Association Annual Spring Inulator, Bottle and Collectible Show & Sale, (9am 3pm with dealer setup and early admission Friday, May 16 1pm - 7pm), at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, Chehalis, WA Info: Robin Harrison, ph: (206) 522-2135 , email: robin3250@comcast.net or Warren Lhotka, ph: (206) 329-8412, email: wlbottleguy@yahoo.com May 16 Huntsville, Alabama The Dixie Jewels Insulator Club Swamp Meet (9:30am - ??) at the home of Ken and Lesa Roberts, Huntsville, AL. Info: Ken Roberts, ph: (256) 656-1656, email: kroberts@apprser.com.

May 17 Washington, Pennsylvania Washington County Antique Bottle Club’s 35th Annual Show & Sale, (9am - 2pm), at the Alpine Star Lodge, 735 Jefferson Ave, Washington, PA Info: Russ Crupe, 52 Cherry Rod, Avella, PA 15312, ph: (724) 345-3653 or (412) 298-7831, email: heidirus@gmail.com.

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FOHBC MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY ADDITIONS & CHANGES New Members Gregory Barnett 216 E Berkeley Ave Evansville, IN 47711 812-423-1594 grgrybrntt2@wowway.com Fruit jars and most types of bottles Jon & Sue Black 1433 SE Duke Dr. Hillsboro, OR 97123 971-563-5678 jon-sueblack@comcast.net Olive, amber, and amethyst fruit jars Jim & Bev Bridge PO Box 285 Woodburn, IN 46797 260-632-4815 Jars and bottles Richard Clelland 14779 Alderwood Way Nevada City, CA 95959 530-470-8846 Cclelland@sbcglobal.net Western medicines & sodas Colleen Dixon 2602 W Brook Dr Muncie, IN 47304 765-281-6973 ckdixon@comcast.net Plut and Braser bottles Marianne Dow PO Box 21 Harrod, OH 45850 419-648-5600 msdowantiques@gmail.com Fruit jars and Lima, Ohio memorabilia Charles Ellis 7415 Old Oxford Hwy Bahama, NC 27503

Chuck Erb 505 N. 4th St. Carlisle, IA 50047 515-989-0452 amberjars4erb@aol.com Amber fruit jars

Bill Huntington 2110 3rd St Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 330-607-8780 wrh2110@yahoo.com Everything

Jack (John) & Delores Fortmeyer 116 Hoyt St Apt 1 Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-596-7866 jfortmeyer@nyg.rr.com Cream sodas, fire grenades, Brooklyn bottles

Freddy Johnson PO Box 680259 Fort Payne, AL 35968 256-996-3775 Sanjojohnson@aol.com Bottles, jars, jugs

Dan Griffis 109 Lafitte Dr Slidell, LA 70459 985-646-0677 d_griffu@bellsouth.net Barq's

Robert Kane, Jr 849 Louisa St Williamsport, PA 17701 570-322-0838 Rkane@shscares.org Williamsport, Pennsylvania bottles

Bob Hemming 73 Cole Ln Troy, NY 12180 518-274-8015 Troy, NY items

Don Kelly 710 Bozen Kill Rd Altamont, NY 12009 518-365-3783 DMEbottles@aol.com Local bitters

Perry Hendrix 77 Autumn Ln Columbus, MS 39702 662-327-4840 pshendrixref@yahoo.com All

Shawn McAlister 1623 Amapola Ave Torrance, CA 90501 310-339-8644 shawn.mcalister@gmail.co m

Stephen Hubbell 10009 22nd Ave NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332 253-851-7036 morpheus@centurytel.net All western bottles pre-1890

Randy Miller 4228 Belle Meade Circle Belmont, NC 28012 704-825-5044 miller5044@bellsouth.net Bitters, medicines, inks and sodas

Archie Huffstetler 319 Oakwood Dr Mount Holly, NC 28120 704-827-5058 nomorecop@aol.com North Carolina sodas

Bill O'Connor 3124 Estate Dr. Stockton, CA 95209 209-472-1017 wmoconnor@att.net Marbles

Tom Omer 12108 N 158th St Bennington, NE 68007 402-238-2309 tobottles@hotmail.com Bitters, whiskeys, Nebraska bottles Tony Riley 47 Pineview Ave Belvedere, SC 29841 803-278-7268 acomanches@aol.com Edgefield pottery and anything Augusta Paul Slone 313 Avonlea Ln Madison, MS 39110 610-856-6199 Tony Stringfellow PO Box 690 Farmersburg, IN 47850 812-696-2020 jotokene@joink.com Stoneware, bottles, fruit jars, silver, redware, paintings - everything

Changes Hubert & Mary Barb 1316 Hampton St Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-7732 HomePlaceII@msn.com Fruit jars Fred Kille 7195 Bluestone Dr. Reno, NV 89511 775-851-4016 Kille@wnc.edu 19th century American glass especially Western whiskeys

Encourage New Members - They are the future of our hobby!!!!

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THE AUSTRALIAN BOTTLE & COLLECTABLES REVIEW

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Advertise your show!

Send in your flyers!

Australia’s only Bottle magazine!

Dedicated to all aspects of the hobby.

Posted quarterly to your address.

In Australia we can find bottles from anywhere in the world as above.

Some of our rarest bottles Shown here were apparently made for the American market in Australia.

COST: $45.00 AU/Year Editor: Travis Dunn 84 Black Flat Rd, Whittlesea, Victoria 3757 Australia

Email: travisdunn@bigpond.com.au

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Available in white and clear PVC (3” through 7” ID) Prices ranging from $85 to $225

CLEANING MACHINES Units available, starting at $180 for small one-canister

OXIDES Polishing Aluminum, Cerium, and Tin $10, $11, and $20 per pound

Cutting Various grits of silicon carbide ranging from $6 to $12 per pound

TUMBLING COPPER New 12 and 14 gauge chisel point in 3 sizes $8.50 per pound

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For further information, contact: R Wayne Lowry 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 JarDoctor@aol.com www.JarDoctor.com

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Bottle and Extras Individual and Affiliated Club Membership Information Bottles and Extras

Membership in the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors includes:

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FREE ADS Send to:

June Lowry Bottles and Extras 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 or Email: OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com Category - “WANTED” Maximum 60 words Limit - one free ad per current membership per year.

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

Individual subscription / Membership rates for one year Second Class $30.00 (US only)

First Class $45.00 (inside US) $50.00 (Canada) $65.00 (Other foreign)

Name Associate member name(s) ($5 additional each) Street address City Zip Telephone ( State Collecting interests E-mail address

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Single issues and back issues: $5.00 each Membership information, forms, and an online payment option are also available on the website (www.FOHBC.com) Enclose the appropriate amount payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC June Lowry, Business Manager 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083 Please allow 6 - 8 weeks from the time you send in your payment for the arrival of your first issue of Bottles and Extras

Bottles and Extras Affiliated club membership rates for one year $75.00 (inside US) $95.00 (Canada) $110.00 (Other foreign) Club name Mailing address City Zip State Club President Address City Zip State E-mail address Meeting location Day Club website Club newsletter name Newsletter editor Club’s show date Club’s show location

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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 60 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: June Lowry FOHBC Business Manager 401 Johnston Ct. Raymore, MO 64083 816-318-0160 OSUBuckeyes71@aol.com or visit our home page on the web at www.FOHBC.com

WANTED Colored Pennsylvania Hutchinsons ASHLAND BOTTLING WORKS, ASHLAND (AMBER) F.J. BRENNAN, SHENANDOAH (YELLOW) J.C. BUFFUM & CO., PITTSBURG (ALL COLORS) A.K. CLARK, 41 CRAIG ST., ALLEGHENY (CITRON & AMBER) T.D. CUMMINGS, PHILA (OLIVE GREEN) EAGLE BOTTLING WORKS, YORK (AMBER) EXCELSIOR BOTTLING WORKS, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA (COBALT, AMBER, CITRON) PHIL FISHER, PITTSBURGH (CITRON) GOUDIE MOL & CO. ALLENTOWN (GREEN) KEYSTONE BOTTLING HOUSE, PITTSBURG (LT. COBALT) LAFFEY & HARRIGAN, JOHNSTOWN (COBALT)

P.H. REASBECK BRADDOCK (E. GREEN) RIDGEWAY BOTTLING WORKS, R. POWER (COBALT) ROYAL BOTTLING HOUSE, J. UNGLER, PITTSBURG (AMBER) P.J. SERWAZI, MANAYUNK (DEEP OLIVE) JOS. SMITH RENOVA, PA (OLIVE GREEN) SOUTHSIDE BOTTLING HOUSE (COBALT) SOUTHSIDE BOTTLING HOUSE, A.M. SCHADEMAN (AMBER & CITRON) T.I. (AMBER & COBALT) PITTSBURGH BOTTLE TURCHI BROS. PHILA (CITRON) UNION BOTTLING WORKS, PITTSBURG (CITRON)

I will purchase outright or trade for other colored Pennsylvania Hutchinsons.

Please contact me at (813) 286-9686 or email at rbrown4134@aol.com for list of available colored hutch’s.

R.J. BROWN, 4114 W. MULLEN AVENUE, TAMPA, FL 33609

!!! Don’t miss !!!

Last Show Muncie, Indiana Sunday

July 12, 2009 9 am - 2 pm

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Show Headquarters - Signature Inn Room Hopping Jelly Jammers - Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 10 am Fruit Jar Get-Together & Auction - Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 1:30 pm Make your own reservations with the hotel - 765-284-4200

Show Location - Horizon Convention Center Admission $2 Ample Space - Dealer tables still available Fantastic lighting

Show Chairman - David Rittenhouse 1008 S 900 W Farmland, IN 47340 765-468-8091 Show Information - Jean Harbron 765-644-4333

Periodicals FOHBC C/O June Lowry 401 Johnston Ct Raymore, MO 64083

US Postage Paid Kansas City, MO 64108

Please check your information and notify us of errors.

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