SPLINTERS
YES
FELLOW W000WORKERS IT’S MID FEBRUARY ALREADY. THE TIME FOR
ANOTHER
ACTION PACKED AND FUN-FILLED SPLINTERS IS HERE... THE
THIRD
TUESDAY FALLS A LITTLE EARLY THIS MONTH. WE ALWAYS LOOSE
TRACK
OF TIME DURING FEBRUARY.... IT’S ALL THE PARTIES. WE’RE JUST
NOW
RECOVERING FROM GROUND HOG DAY. SUSAN ALWAYS HAS TO TRY A NEW
GROUND
HOG RECIPE... I SOMETIMES WISH SHE ‘0 STICK WITH SOMETHING
THAT’S
A LITTLE MORE TRIED AND TRUE.. .LIKE GROUND HOG MEAT LOAF.
PLEASE
DON’T REMIND HER OF POSSUM DAY.. IF HE SEES HIS SHADOW,
YOU
CAN GO ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT A BRAKE JOB ON YOUR PICKUP. WHO
KNOWS
WHAT VALENTINE’S DAY WILL BRING????
TUESDA
Y MEETING
DON’T
FORGET OUR NEXT MEETING... TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 7:00 P.M.
AT
THE DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC BUILDING IN DECHERD. BE THERE OR BE A
SQUARE
... BE TRUE TO YOUR GLUE. TOM COWAN HAS ARRANGED FOR A
PROGRAM
THAT SHOULD ONLY BE SECOND TO SHOP SAFETY.... FIRST AID
AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL PRACTICES. THIS IMPORTANT AND MUCH
NEGLECTED
TOPIC WILL BE ADDRESSED BY A MEMBER OF METHODIST
HOSPITAL‘S
EMERGENCY MEDICAL PARAMEDIC TEAM. I PERSONALLY FEEL
THAT
THIS TOPIC IS BEST SHARED WITH SPOUSES, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS.
You NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU OR SOMEONE CLOSE WILL BE
THANKFUL
FOR JUST A LITTLE EXTRA KNOWLEDGE. GUESTS ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME.
DON’T FORGET EVERYONE’S FAVORITE PART OF EVERY
MEETING..
.SHOW AND TELL !!!! THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD MONTH TO SHOW
OFF
A FAVORITE TOOL ... OLD, NEW, BORROWED OR BLUE. ONE WORD OF
CAUTION
ABOUT THESE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS BE
CAREFUL
ABOUT
GIVING THEM A HAND”.
NOTEWORTHY
NEWS
~JACK
TOWNSEND TELLS OF A CRAFT SHOW.. .MARCH 15, 16, 17 AT THE TULLAHOMA MALL... $$$25.00
FEE -- JACK HAS DETAILS.
THIS
MAY BE PUSHING THE DEADLINE A LITTLE... TUPELO, MS. -- FEB
14,
15, 16... HOSTS A BIG COMMERCIAL FURNITURE/WOODWORKING SHOW.
THIS
SHOW IS PROBABLY MORE ORIENTED TO THE PRODUCTION SHOP.
CONTACT
THE CHURCHES FOR MORE DETAILS.
WE
‘RE STILL CONSIDERING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A CLUB TRIP TO THE ATLANTA WOODWORKING
SHOW IN APRIL. WE’LL BE ENTERTAINING MORE DISCUSSION OF THIS ON TUESDAY
MEMBERSHIP
L 1ST
PLEASE
HANG THE ATTACHED MEMBERSHIP LIST ON THE WALL OR PUT IT IN
YOUR
PHONE BOOK. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME IN HANDY. USE IT TO GET
ADVICE
FROM ANOTHER MEMBER OR JUST CALL TO CHECK UP ON A FELLOW
WOODWORKER.
NOTICE WE‘VE INCLUDED SOME CRYPTIC PAID, NO MESSAGES
IN
THE LIST. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO SHAME OR INTIMIDATE ANYONE.
INCORRECT
PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN KEEP OUR MAILING LIST
CURRENT.
AS THEY SAY... “WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT”.
JANUARY
MEETING RECAP
FOLKS,
IF YOU MISSED THIS ONE, YOU MISSED SEEING AND HEARING A
GREA
T AMERICA N INSTITUTION. MR. MURREL CHATTIN, HIMSELF, HONORED
US
WITH A PROGRAM THAT SHOWED SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF HIS WORK AND
TALENT.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS VOLUNTEERING TO DO
PROGRAMS
AND THIS ONE RANKS UP THERE WITH THE BEST. THANKS
MURRELL.
SHOW
AND TELL WAS AS ENLIGHTENING AS ALWAYS. Tom GILLARD SHOWED
WHAT
YOU CAN 00 WITH 38 HOURS TO SPARE. TIME TO MAKE A JEWELRY
BOX,
THAT YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY THE REST OF THE WIVES DIDN’T SEE.
BOB
REESE SHOWED A 200 YEAR OLD VIOLIN THAT HE FOUND IN A SHOP
AND
IT LOOKED IT, BUT I AM CERTAIN THAT IT WON’T BY THE TIME HE
GETS
THROUGH WITH IT. WINFIELD BENNET TRIED TO TELL US HOW TO
CANE
A CHAIR BOTTOM AND MOP YOUR.FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I
GOT
CONFUSED. RICHARD GULLEY HAD A TURNED BOWL WITH FEETS. TOM
CHURCH
SHOWED A CLOCK HE MADE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND CRIES OF
“FOUL”
WERE HEARD FROM THE FRONT ROW SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY
WHERE
JACK TOWNSEND WAS SITTING. TOM COWAN HAD A SUMAC VASE AND HE
ALSO
SPLIT ONE IN HALF FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE STAYED AWAKE AT
NIGHT
WONDERING WHAT A TURNED OBJECT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE. JOHN
SARGENT
HAD A STAVE BOWL FROM WHITE OAK AND SOME MORE OF PHIL ‘S
DOOR
PRIZE WOOD SHOWED UP IN THE FORM OF A CHERRY BOWL BY HENRY
DAVIS.
JOHN TROXLER GOT SOME CHISELS FOR CHRISTMAS AND GERRY
MCGRATH
HAD SOME SURPRISES FROM MEXICO.
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