TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS JULY, 1991

SPLINTERS

YES, NO DOUBT, SUMMER IS WITH US.. .THE CORN IS AS HIGH AS AN

ELEPHANT’S EYE AND WE’LL BE STRIP MINING TOMATOES ANY DAY NOW.

My “AMAZING FLEXIBLE GRINDING DISK” .... WITH IT ‘S LIFETIME

GUARANTEE... IS JUST ABOUT WORN OUT FROM SHARPENING LAWNMOWER

BLADES. IT FRIGHTENS ME TO PONDER THE MEANING OF THIS... HAVE I

BEEN DUPED AGAIN BY ANOTHER SLICK SALESMAN?... HAVE I FAILED TO

READ AND UNDERSTAND THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (“THE BIG PRINT

GIVETH AND THE FINE PRINT TAKETH AWAY”)?.. .OR PERHAPS THERE IS

SOME OTHER IMPLICATION REGARDING THE LIFETIME OF MY LAWNMOWER OR

JUST THE BLADE. MAYBE I’LL JUST HAVE TO “BACKUP” DISK INCLUDED

WITH EACH AND EVERY “LIFETIME “ DISK AND PONDER ALL OF THIS

TOMORROW.

JULY MEETING!!!!

CHECK THAT CALENDAR TWICE THIS MONTH:

1. ONCE FOR OUR USUAL THIRD TUESDAY

MEETING.. JULY 16 AT 7:00 P.M.. .DUCK

RIVER ELECTRIC BUILDING IN DECHERD.

2.SECOND FOR OUR 101ST ANNUAL PICNIC ON

SATURDAY JULY 20TH AT 5:00 P.M. WE’LL BE

GATHERING AT FALLS MILL OF HIGHWAY 64

WEST NEAR THE OLD SALEM COMMUNITY. WHILE

YOU’RE MARKING THINGS DOWN, HERE ARE A

FEW THINGS TO BRING:

1. APPETITE

2. COVERED DISH (MAIN MEAT PROVIDED BY CLUB)

3. FOLDING CHAIRS (SOFT IF YOU’RE SO INCLINED)

4. ‘CONTEST’ ITEM (DETAILS LATER)

5. DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CLUB

JUL Y PROGRAM

JUST WHEN TOM COWEN THOUGHT HE HAD A MONTH OFF FROM PROGRAM DUTY,

HE RUNS SMACK INTO A MONTH OF SUNDAYS AND HAS TO GET THAT FIFTH

SUNDAY SERMON READY. BUT TOM HAS DONE SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB ALL

YEAR AND HAS COME UP WITH ANOTHER GREAT IDEA. MR. AND MRS.

GEORGE FLOYD FROM FLOYDS PAINT CENTER ARE GOING TO DO A PROGRAM

ON FINISHING MATERIALS. WE’LL BE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM AND THEY

ARE SURE TO OFFER SOME PRACTICAL OR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC ADVISE.

SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

AS WE GO TO PRESS NEWS OF THE PICNIC

OUR PICNIC WILL START AT 5:00 PM. SATURDAY, JULY 20 AT FALLS MILL.THE CONTEST CATEGORIES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

CARVING

FURNI TURE

TURNING

CRAFT

RICHARD ASK ME TO PRINT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO PRIZES LIKE WE

DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. PLEASE BRING SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE

MADE TO BE PLACED IN THE PRIZE POOL AND WINNERS WILL BE ALLOWED

TO SELECT FROM THESE WONDERFUL ITEMS AS THEIR PRIZES. RICHARD

SAYS HE STILL CHERISHES THE JACK TOWNSEND CLOCK THAT HE WON TWO

YEARS AGO.

NOTES FROM AROUND

SPEAKING OF JACK, I JUST FINISHED TALKING TO HIM AND HE SAYS WE

EXPECTS TO SEE US ALL TUESDAY NIGHT AND HAS BIG PLANS TO BRING

POTATO SALAD AND DORA TO THE PICNIC. JACK SAYS HE HAS TO HAVE

SURGERY AGAIN THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT EXPECTS TO BE FULLY

RECOVERED BY CRAFT SHOW TIME.

JACK SAYS HE HAS OUR SPOTS RESERVED AT THE DOMINION SHOW ALL

RESERVED FOR OCTOBER 14 & 15. THEY WENT UP FIVE DOLLARS A SPOT

ON THE FEE BUT IT’S STILL A REASONABLE RATE.

BILL KNIGHT IS IN A SHOW IN MURFREESBORO A F THE CA NNONSBURG

PIONEER VILLAGE THIS WEEKEND IF YOU FEEL READY FOR A SMALL

EXCURSION.

SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER CHUCK WILLIAMS WHO LIVED IN TULLAHOMA

AND LOVED COMING TO WOOD WORKERS . CHUCK HAD BEEN VERY ILL THE

PAST YEAR OR SO AND PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. HE ALWAYS LOVED TO

COME TO THE PICNIC.

JANIE LOVETT WAS BY HERE TONIGHT AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING

US AT THE PICNIC AND WANTED TO REMIND ALL W000WORKERS TO CONSIDER

PARTICIPATING IN THE PIONEER DAY ON OCTOBER 26, AT FALLS MILLS.

THIS IS A GREAT EVENT, LOTS OF ADVERTISING, AND ONLY TIES UP ONE

DAY OF THE WEEKEND.

I THINK I FAILED TO MENTION THAT WE WILL HAVE PROFESSIONAL

RECORDING ARTIST AS ENTERTAINMENT AT THE PICNIC. SO BE READY FOR

SOME FINE SINGING.

COUNTRY WOODCRAFT (PHIL BISHOP) HAS A NEW NUMBER. 962-4157 BUT, PHIL SAYS YOU CAN STILL REACH HIM AT THE OLD ONE, TOO.