WC turners doing demos

1/22/04, 6:13 PM #1

Joel Hunnicutt
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WC turners doing demos

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>I just open my club newsletter and see that the North Carolina Woodturners are hosting some of our number.

Feb 14 Greg Wilson

March 13 John Lucas

April 10 Terry Daniel

Then the Hickory club is really dropping it's standards and hosting Chris Stott in April, but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

Good luck guys, hopefully I'll get over to see you

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1/22/04, 6:49 PM #2

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>hahaha, thanks Joel! You know, you did a great job when you were there, too! Now if we can just get John to convince our photographer to change from a blue background. :-)

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I am always on the hunt for ephemera. It can be pictures, legal document, diplomas, manuals, personal letters and anything else that shows up. I try not to keep any of my finds. I read them, enjoy them, and then look for a permanent home. I have donated to museums, schools, fraternal organizations and even to the Weyerheauser Company. My finds are distributed here in the Pacific Northwest, but also California, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Wisconsin and Connecticut. Helpful hint: Just about every county in the country has a museum of some sort. They are usually thrilled to receive items that reflect their history and culture. I recently had in my possession a personal letter from February,1946, that had been addressed from one APO (army post office) to another. Stamped on the face was "Return to Sender, Undeliverable Address". I had found it at an estate sale, presumably at the home of the person who originally sent the letter. I have no idea why the letter was kept all these years, but it had never been opened. I opened it and read it at home. It was written by an American woman who worked as a civilian for the U.S. government in post-war Offenhut, Germany. She had sent it to another American woman who was doing a similar job in Shanhghai, China. The letter was newsy and informative about the hardships of living in a bombed out country. No doubt the conditions in Shanghai were no better. I had no great expectations of success, but I googled the name of the intended recipient. The woman's first name is uncommon, and I came upon a woman of that name who had gotten married in California in 1947, the year after the letter was sent. Further, the letter had stated that the two women had worked together for the O.N.I. (Office of Naval Intelligence?) in San Francisco during the war, so California made sense. So I had the woman's current name, or at least it was current 64 years ago. More digging revealed that there is a couple living in the same California town as where the marriage took place. He is 97 and she is 91. (It's amazing what the internet can divulge.) I got the phone number and called. The husband answered. I introduced myself and told him I was looking for a woman and mentioned her maiden name. He said yes, that was his wife's maiden name. Then I said the woman I was looking for had worked in Shanghai after the war. He said, yes, his wife had worked in China. WOW, I had hit paydirt. We didn't talk for long, but he was enthused about receiving the letter, and I mailed it the next day. He promised to write back after the letter arrived. It has been just over a week, so I am eagerly waiting for his return letter. Hopefully it will take less than 65 years to get here. Greg

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1/22/04, 6:50 PM #3

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>gosh I hate that Chris Stott has to follow me. He can turn a box in 1 minute. I can blow one up quicker than that. I had lunch with him once. He's a fun guy.

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1/22/04, 10:31 PM #4

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John, yer slow...

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>...almost a minute to blow one up? I can turn a nice piece of wood into firewood in about 20 seconds flat.

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1/22/04, 10:46 PM #5

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>Bubbabob

I forgot. I turned the lathe on one time and the piece flew off. I hadn't even touched it yet. Surely that's some sort of record. Not one to be proud of for sure.

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1/23/04, 12:43 PM #6

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>So you noticed that unh Joel. Remember when I asked last year for some demonstrator ideas? I think we have a great line up this year with some diverse topics being covered. I've even kept July and August open because Russ said he might make it out this summer. (Russ, I can't wait much longer, did you firm up your plans yet?)

Joel, you're welcome to drop in anytime.

Ric

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1/23/04, 1:01 PM #7

Greg W. in NC
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>But Bob, did you put a finish on your firewood?

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1/23/04, 2:41 PM #8

BubbaBob
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Of course not...

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>...I don't wanna smell da chemical fumes burning.

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1/24/04, 2:43 AM #9

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>You might want to watch an old James Bond movie the night before Chris Stott's demo............ it'll give you a leg up on getting used to that Brit accent.

Seriously, he did an all-day demo in Nashville last year for the Tennessee Association of Woodturners and he was a hoot. Damn good turner, too! He really did a lidded box in about a minute. It takes me longer than that to find a piece of wood.

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