TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS DEC. 1991

SPLINTERS

HERE WE ARE, DECEMBER ALREADY!! WITH ALL OF OUR RECENT RAINS ONE

HAS TO WONDER IF ‘THOSE DECEMBER DRIZZLES BRING ON THE CHRISTMAS

FIZZLES”?? SPEAKING OF SEASONS AND CHRISTMAS... HERE’S A REMINDER

TO ALL HUSBANDS... “THE FIRST THING TO TURN GREEN IN SPRING IS

CHRISTMAS JEWELRY.” THE SAME ADVICE MIGHT WELL APPLY TO WIVES

TEMPTED TO SELECT THE “SURPRISE TOOL “.

I ‘VE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTY IN GETTING STARTED MAKING

CHRISTMAS GIFTS THIS YEAR... I’VE FINALLY REALIZED WHY. IT’S THE

WEATHER... TOO WARM. A GIFT MADE IN A WARM AND COMFORTABLE SHOP

JUST DOESN’T INVOLVE NEARLY ENOUGH PAIN AND SUFFERING. COLD,

DISCOMFORT, LACK OF MATERIALS AND LAST MINUTE RUSH ARE ALL

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A TRULY MEANINGFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT. THE

PERFECT GIFT MUST ALWAYS HAVE A PARTIALLY DRIED FINISH.. .COLD,

MOISTURE AND LACK OF TIME ALWAYS CONTRIBUTE TO THIS ALL-IMPORTANT

EFFECT. A GOOD STORY OF LAST-MINUTE DISASTER AND A FEW MINOR CUTS

ALWAYS ADD TO THE RECIPIENT’S APPRECIATION. NOW YOU UNDERSTAND

WHY I’M NOT MAKING THE FIRST MOVE UNTIL WE GET SOME GOOD BONE

CHILLING COLD WEATHER....PRAY FOR A LITTLE SNOW!!!

LET’S ALL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS !!!

CHRISTMAS PARTY

WE ‘VE COME A LONG WA Y SINCE WE FIRST GA THERED AT OUR HOUSE SEVEN

YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST W000WORKERS CHRISTMAS PARTY. I’M NOT

SURE ALL OF US WOULD FIT INTO OUR HOME, NOW, BUT THERE IS PLENTY

OF ROOM AT THE DECHERD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, SO LET’S ALL

GATHER ON DECEMBER 17TH TUESQAY, AT 6:00PM FOR OUR PARTY. AS

USUAL, DRINKS, PLATES, AND REAL FORKS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE

CLUB AND THE CHURCH. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BRING A COVERED DISH TO

ROUND THINGS OUT.

ALL YOU TOY MAKERS NEED TO REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR TOYS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED THE NEXT DAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T KNOW THE WAY TO GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE, THE MAP TO THE CHURCH IS AT THE END OF THIS LETTER. WE WILL HAVE SOME TYPE OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUT AT PRESS TIME THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE NOT FINAL.

DON’T FORGET THE PARTY, MARK YOUR CALENDARS. AND DON’T FORGET THAT YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY IS WELCOME TO THE PARTY.

MAP INCLUDED IN ORIGINAL

NOVEMBER MEETING

YES. FOLKS, IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY AT OUR LAST MEETING. WHEN

I WALKED IN THE ROOM WAS ABUZZZ WITH ANTICIPATION OF OUR PROGRAM.

PHIL TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS QUICKLY, BY ANNOUNCING NOMINATION FOR

1992. THE SLATE FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE:

PRESIDENT TOM GILLARD

V.PRES. TOM CHURCH

SECRETARY JIM VAN CLEEVE

TREASURER JUDY DAVIS

PUBLICITY RICHARD HAGAR

LOOKS LIKE A GREAT YEAR FOLKS. BUT WE WANT TO REMEMBER WHAT A

GREAT JOB ALL THE OFFICERS HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. AND BE SURE TO

GIVE THEM A BIG PAT ON THE BACK WHEN YOU SEE THEM NEXT.

SHOW AND TELL

TOM GILLARD S STARTED THINGS OFF SHOWING HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT

CARVING, AND BILL CHEW FOUND A CHERRY ON HIS PROPERTY AND TURNED

SOME REAL NICE BOWLS. A TREASURE IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. BILL.

JIM VAN CLEEVE SHOWED THE BOOKS THAT THE TVW PURCHASED IN MEMORY

OF CHUCK WILLIAMS AND PAUL PYLE. WE APPRECIATE JIM TAKING THE

TIME TO DO THIS. ROY FARMER HAD A SMOKEY MOUNTAIN COON DOG, YOU

KNOW, ROY HAS BROUGHT IN SOME FINE THINGS THIS YEAR. WHO CAN

FORGET THOSE ADORABLE POCKET PEOPLE? HENRY DAVIS A.K.A SLED

DRI VER, SHOWED SOME OF THE TOYS THAT HIS WINCHESTER SPRINGS

TOYMAKERS HAD ELFED OUT. AND CROCIA ROBERTS HAD THINGS BUZZING

WITH HER FLYING WASP, HORNETS, AND CICADAS. AND SHE ALSO SHOWED

ONE OF THE STRANGEST THINGS EVER SHOWN IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF

SHOW AND TELL A DUMB BULL -- YOU HAD TO BE THERE. FOLKS. ROSS

ROEPKE SHOWED A GREAT LOOKING DESIGN OF A BEDROOM TABLE AND SOME

DIGITAL CALIBERS. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR A REAL CALIBER STORY, GET

HIM TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME SOME OF HIS FRIENDS DECIDED TO

MEASURE THEIR HEADS WITH CALIBERS. PHIL BISHOP BROUGHT A

REPRODUCTION OF AN 18TH CENTURY DRESSING TABLE OR LOWBOY. BUT

FOLKS. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENING WAS THE GAGGLE OF DUCKS

PARADE. RAYMONO TUCKER, LEONARD JACKSON. AND MURREL CHATTIN PUT

THE TOY DUCKS THROUGH THEIR PACES. THE PEABODY HAS NOTHING ON

US.

WE SURE CAN’T CLOSE WITHOUT REMINDING EVERYONE AND THERE WERE 47

OF US. HOW WONDERFUL MARTA MAIERBACHER‘S PROGRAM WAS ON GERMAN

WOODWORKING AND CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS OF GERMANY. SHE’‘S GOING TO

COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SHOW US SOME SLIDES OF GERMANY AND SOME

OF THE WOODWORKING THERE.

BILL WARMBROD

BILL PASSED AWAY TWO WEEKS AGO AND MANY OF US WILL MISS AND

REMEMBER HIM FOR A LONG TIME. IF YOU MADE IT TO BILL ‘S FUNERAL.

YOU PROBABLY WERE AWARE THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR OR

LAWYER TO HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THERE

JUST WASN’T ROOM FOR EVERYONE THAT WANTED TO BE THERE. BILL WAS

VERY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY, BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE WAS A FRIEND

TO A GREAT MANY PEOPLE.