TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS        DEC. 1992

 

 

SPLINTERS

A DECEMBER To REMEMBER... COLD, COLD AND MORE COLD !! PERFECT

WEATHER FOR WORKING IN YOUR UNHEATED SHOP... NO PAIN.. NO GAIN.

YES INDEED FALL HAS FALLEN TO THE ICY GRIPS OF WINTER. I WAS JUST

PONDERING THE GENDER OF WINTER ... WE HAVE MOTHER EARTH AND

FATHER TIME, BUT WINTER MUST BE COMPLETELY WITHOUT GENDER.. .I’M

NOT SURE THAT EVEN MOTHER MATURE WOULD CLAIM A KINSHIP WITH

WINTER. ALTHOUGH EVEN WINTER DOES HAVE A FEW REDEEMING

QUALITIES... IT GIVES US A DEEPER APPRECIATION OF HEAT, WARMTH

AND OTHER THINGS THAT I MAY RECALL ONCE MY BRAIN THAWS IN JULY.

 

GATHERING OF THE ELVES

 

ATTENTION ALL ELVES (GOOD & BAD)!! PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS “GATHERING OF THE SPLINTERS” ON SATURD4Y, DECEMBER 12 AT THE       FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN DECHERD. THIS GALA EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 6:00 P.M. MY STOMACH REMINDS ME TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A POT LUCK DINNER .. .BRING ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES OR SEIZE ON THIS EVENT TO EXPERIMENT ON A HUNGRY GROUP OF WOODWORKERS. THE CLUB WILL PROVIDE PLATES, CUPS AND DRINKS.

 

·        FIVE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED FOR THE EVENING.

·        EATING DELICIOUS FOOD

·        EATING DELICIOUS DESERTS

·        MARTA MAIERBACHER.. .BAVARIA AND CHRISTMAS

·        CHRISTMAS MUSIC .. . RICHARD GULLEY & COMPANY

·        GATHERING OF TOYS FOR TOTS

 

PARTY                          PARTY                          PARTY

 

ON THE THIRD TUESDA Y OF DECEMBER, ALL WOODWORKERS AND THEIR

FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE AT CROCIA ROBERSON‘S HOME.

HOURS ARE 2:00 TO 10:00 P.M. DROP IN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, SOME

RETIREES MIGHT WANT TO COME IN THE AFTERNOON. FIND A BED FOR

YOUR WRAPS AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. FEEL WELCOME TO BROWSE

THROUGHOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE TOYS. AND OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES.

CHALLENGE OTHERS TO GAMES AND NIBBLE ON SOME GOODIES.

 

HOUSE RULE:   FOR USE OF TOYS—-JUST PUT IT BACK IN THE VICINITY IN

WHICH YOU FOUND IT, EXCEPT IF IT BREAKS, SEND IT TO THE TOY

HOSPITAL.

 

To CRQCIA ‘s NEST FROM ESTILL SPRINGS, TULLAHOMA, OR MANCHESTER.

AT FRANKLIN CHEVROLET TURN RIGHT ONTO SHARP SPRINGS ROAD. AT STOP

SIGN CONTINUE STRAIGHT. CROSS WATER. GO TO TOP OF HILL THEN

SECOND ROAD TO THE RIGHT IS SPRING HILL DRIVE. FROM WINCHESTER,

IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING THE BRIDGE ON THE BOULEVARD, TURN LEFT

ONTO SHARP SPRINGS ROAD. AFTER STOP SIGN GO TO TOP OF HILL,

FIRST STREET, AND TURN LEFT ONTO SPRING HILL DRIVE WHICH HAS TWO

BRICK COLUMNS. GO TO THE LAST HOUSE ON THE RIGHT AT THE STOP

GATE. FOR EASIER PARKING, THOSE WHO KNOW MIGHT GO TO WINCHESTER

VILLAGE, PARK ON SPRING HILL AND WALK OVER.

 

 

NOVEMBER MEETING

 

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1993.

          BILL CHEW        PRESIDENT
          ROSS ROEPKE VICE PRESIDENT
          JUDY DAVIS      TREASURER
          LUCINDA HOWARD   SECRETARY
          JACK TOWNSEND     PUBLICITY

 

WE CAN’T LET 1992 PASS WITHOUT THANKING PRESIDENT TOM GILLARD AND

ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS OF THE PAST YEAR FOR SOME MIGHTY FINE

ENTERTAINING EVENINGS.

 

TOYS FOR TOTS

 

HENRY DAVIS INTRODUCED ALL THE CHIEF ELYES AND THEY GAVE REPORTS

ON THEIR PROJECTS. WE WANT TO BE SURE TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO

VOLUNTEERED ALL THEM SHOPS FOR ELFDUM. THE FIRST DAY OUR GROUP

MET AT LUCINDA’S WE BROKE HER SCROLL SAW BLADE, HER BAND SAW

BLADE, AND FILLED THE PLACE UP WITH SMOKE. I’M SURE THAT

EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED THE USE OF THEIR SHOPS WILL FIND MORE

THAN LUMPS OF COAL IN THE STOCKINGS.

 

SHOW AND TELL

 

MANUEL BROWN STARTED EVERYTHING OFF WITH A CHERRY MUG, AND TALKED

ABOUT ONE THAT HAD EXPLODED, TOO. PM NOT SURE WHAT YOU

W000WORKERS PUT IN THOSE MUGS AND BOWLS YOU MAKE, BUT MANY OF

THEM SEEM TO HA YE THIS EXPLODING CAPABILITIES. AND I CAN NEVER

GET THESE SAILING TERMS CORRECT BUT TOM GILLARD, RERIGGED OR

DERIGGED OR TOOK THE WIND OUT OF HIS SAILS OR SOMETHING, BUT ONCE

AGAIN HE CAME UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOODEN SAILBOAT. BOB REESE WAS

SHOPWING (THAT’S A NEW WORD I CAME UP WITH FOR W000WORKERS WHO

SHOP AND SHOW AND SHARE ) A NEW TOOL REST HE MADE FOR HIS NEW

LATHE. JOHN SARGENT HAD A TURNED PIECE THAT HE PUT A CLOCK

INSET IN. WHICH WOULD BE A NICE GIFT ANY TIME, CHRISTMAS OF NOT.

SOME GUY, OUT OF THE BLUE, JUST RUNNING HIS FINGERS DOWN NAMES IN

THE PHONE BOOK, A COMPLETE STRANGER IN TOWN, JUST HAPPENED TO

CALL PHIL AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANYONE THAT JUST MIGHT BE

INTERESTED IN AN OLD TOOL BOX. ROY FARMER HAD A IRONING BOARD

STOOL, WHAT WE NEED ROY, IS SOMEONE TO DO THE IRONING. CROCIA

HAS  BEEN TO THE FLEA MARKET AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S GOT, BUT ‘ GOT FIVE OF THEM. JIM VAN CLEAVE HAS BEEN VISITING ON OF

THE SOUTH’S MOST BEAUTIFUL TOWNS AND CAME HOME AND BUILT A

CHARLESTON BUTLER ‘S TABLE. BILL CHEW HAS LEARNED HOW TO MULTIPLE

CATALOGS AND THE EVER GENEROUS ROSS ROEPKE WAS GIVING OUT DESIGNS

FOR HIS STOOL AND BENCH.

 

ABOUT DON GALLAHER’S PROGRAM WHAT ELSE IS THEIR TO SAY ABOUT THIS FASCINATING EVENING EXCEPT THIS. YOU CAN LIVE IN WARTRACE AND THE WORLD WILL BUILD A PATH TO YOUR DOOR.