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ablish ed May, 1985 DECEM BER, 1988

I WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH:

December 10, 1988 - Panama City Jr. Museum, Panama City, F1. Work day to install some blacksmithing equipment. Construction of a mid-1800 blacksmithing shop. Everyone welcome! See map on other page.

Decemer 3, 1988 - Barberville, Pioneer Settlement, Northeast Region meeting.

December 17, 1988 - Barberville, Pioneer Settlement, workday. Everybody is welcome to come help. See map enclosed

January 7, 1989 - Barberville, Pioneer Settlement. Official Northeast Region meeting.

January 14, 1989 - Buddy Page, Wakulla, Northwest Region' meeting. More news next month with map.

January 21, 1989 - Work weekend for Barberville Pioneer Settlement.

**See all year events on other pages. Looks like a good year!!

Order your shirts, pins, etc. while on sale. Remember -- the funds help you receive a newsletter every month!

Chapter of ABANA

MERRY CHRISTMAS

THE NOVEMBER NORTHWEST REGION MEETING -

. . . was held on Saturday, November 12, 1988, at the Blacksmith Shop of Dr. Skeeter and Lou Prather in Tallahassee, Florida. The weather couldn't have been better for a good hammer-in. When I arrived Skeeter and his father-in-law, Mr. Loy Perry, had just finished pitching a large tarp fly for additional cover - so we had his shop and this cover for two forge stations going full blast. All together 19 people came to this function, a pretty good turnout for a Region Meeting, I thought.

The program was rather full as well as varied. We repaired burglar bars for the Tallahassee Housing Foundation. This is a nonprofit charitable organization which helps with house repairs for senior citizens. We also repaired and painted a blower, forge, vise, anvil, and various hand tools which will be donated and installed by FABA at the Junior Museum in Panama City on Saturday, December 10, 1988. This is some of the equipment which Bill Gichner donated to FABA.

One interesting demonstration was done by Jim Corbet and Clyde Payton - we called it the "nennv weld." First, Corbet made a hinge by using a hinge-making jig which Fred Caylor had shown him. Then when it came time to weld the folds of the hinge together the inside of the folds were cleaned, heated and fluxed - then a penny was dropped into the fold and gently pushed to the very center. The hinge was then reheated with a slow and gentle blast until the penny melted. Then quickly the hinge was removed from the fire and squeezed tightly in the vise (do not hammer it). The squeeze in the vise caused the melted penny to flow evenly throughout the fold in the hinge. This of course constituted a simple forge copper brazing type weld. Of course copper wire could have been used (wire is easier), also a piece of brass brazing rod could have been used.

Immediately after seeing this done Dr. Ed Crane offered "welding pennies" for sale for 10C each - or in rolls of 50 he would sell for half price. What business acumen!

A word of caution - when doing copper'or brass brazing in your forge fire be sure and clean out the fire real good before you attempt to do a regular forge weld. Because, like zinc, copper and brass contamination tends to make' forge welding most difficult if not impossible.

Another interesting point regarding our meeting was the wide age range of the participants. The youngest bas little Ben Threadgill who is only 5 years old. The oldest was our special guest of honor, Mr. Thomas Rains; he is 94. (more about Mr. Rains later). John Butler showed Ben how to make a little fish from a small flat bar. Little Ben caught on fast and pretty soon (with a little help from John) he had made himself three little fishes which he proudly showed off al,l day long. I have a feeling that we now have a confirmed lifelong young blacksmith in

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little Ben Threadgill - who knows - maybe another "Yelling" in the making. Also John Butler demonstrated his "fast fire poker" again. Boy, he sure can whip out one of these things fast too.

I Now back to our special guest of honor. ,Mr. Thomas Rains will be 94 years old this December 24th (contrary to what the newspaper said of his age). At this meeting Mr. Rains gave a talk on the history of blacksmithing as he has experienced it. He has only been doing it for a little over 7 5 years! He has practiced his trade all his life in a blacksmith shop which was built by his father in 1 8 7 7 - of course this old shop, which has now fallen down, was rebuilt and added to several times down through the years by Mr. Rains. Rains still lives in the original homestead cabin also built by his father, also a blacksmith, in 1877. The original cabin, still standing, was built of pine logs and mud. Likewise it too has been added to down through the years. Although Mr. Rains has traveled very extensively all over this country he has never lived anywhere else. The old shop and cabin is located in North rural Jefferson County near the Georgia state line.

In addition to his speech Mr. Rains exhibited a fire poker with an unusual upset handle and a model plow which he made in 1940. He made these items in order to teach blacksmithing to young Army -3 recruits just before World War 11. Yes, Mr. Rains taught blacksmithing for the U.S. Army. He also showed us a colonial shutter hinge and shutter latch which he made 86 pairs of for the restoration of an old antebellum home in Monticello, Florida.

At the luncheon FABA presented Mr. Rains with an Honorary (Ph.D.) Doctorate Degree for his 7 5 years of service in the preservation of the Art of Blacksmithing. Please .look to this issue of the CLINKER RRE- for a picture of this award and a modest write- up in the Monticello newspaper.

We wanted very much for Mr. Rains to attend our statewide annual conference in Tampa so that he could be presented with this honor. However, at age 94 he did not want to be away that long nor travel that far from home. He does not travel alone anymore and must have a traveling companion with him at all times.

Speaking of the luncheon, boy what a feast! It was served up by our lovely hostess, Lou Prather, Mrs. Myrtle White, Skeeter's lovely mother, and Mrs. Vi Payton, Clydel's lovely bride. We had fried chicken, hot biscuits, cole slaw, Cajun jambalaya, and iced tea. For dessert we had some of the most delicious homemade brownies - which didn't seem to last very long - every time a full platter passed by Willard Smith it seemed to always leave empty? 6-

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Also during the luncheon Dr. Prather was presented with a nice framed poster of an array of blacksmithing tools still manufactured in France as a momento of our 1988 Annual Conference - since he and Lou could not attend the Conference this year. Also Clyde Payton was presented with a copy of a book written in 1976 by FABA member, Mr. Malcolm B. Johnson entitled B E D . WHITE AND RJIUERJlOODS. This book is an historical treatise of the development of North Florida from a Spanish Colony and has a most flattering autographical note which reads "To Clyde Payton, my friend and blacksmithing mentor - (signed) Malcolm B. Johnson". Mr. Johnson is the recently retired Chief Editor of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, having been in the newspaper business for over 40 years.

A big welcome to Jim Corbet who attended, visiting us from the Northeast Region - Hurry Back, Jim, and bring some of your region buddies with you next time. Tell Gloria we missed her.

I had a nice call from FABA member Mr. Alva Hebert of Orange Park, Florida last Sunday. Alva has been pretty much on the sick list lately and consequently has not been able to attend any of the meetings. We very much miss you, Alva, and our best wishes and prayers are for you. I know we will see you at our next statewide meeting at Barberville in February.

Don't forget - our next Northwest Region meeting will be a work day at the Junior Museum on December 10, 1988.

HAPPY HAMMERING - Clyde Payton

Report from FABA Northeast

Steve Bloom I

The Fall Barberville Jamboree was held this last weekend (Nov.5 & 6) and except for a bit of wet weather Saturday morning, it was as rewarding as the previous Jamborees. The blacksmith shop is rapidly approaching completion - the clay floor is underfoot and the overhead drive shaft is 'up' and running. The McWhorter brothers graciously loaned the engine to drive the shaft and much of the gear donated by Bill Gichner was either pressed into service or transferred to the other chapters (at least that's what they told me when they were loading all that equipment).

Activities included horseshoeing demonstrations (thanks go to Lester Hollenbeck and Randy Minger for Saturday's efforts and to Bob Johnson & Randy for Sunday's), a display of the forged table that was generated during the annual meeting (the one I didn't have enough money to buy), and a number of smiths demonstrated sometime during the weekend (Walt Anderson, myself, Thurmond Chaffin, Joe Farina, Chuck & Ronnie Fowler, Lewis Riggleman, Doug Rochon & Ben Wiseman). Special thanks has to go to J.C.Hawkins & Tico Rubio, P.J.Schrimsler, and Jim Corbett for the dedication and energy throughout the weekend and to Lester Hollenbeck for hosting the museum tours and demonstrating wheel- wrighting tools. Notable visitors included Floyd and Cardelia Daniel who put in an appearance on Saturday. Overall, there was a lot of metal moved and a lot of people who now have a bit better idea what blacksmithing is all about.

In the near future, there is a State meeting slated for Barberville in February (note that the 1st weekend is not scheduled since the State meeting falls on the 2nd weekend). The schedule below is reasonably accurate through June and I'll keep updating it as time passes.

Barberville: BVL = 'official' meeting; bvl = work-weekend 'unofficial' BV? = tentative - see Doug if you wish to host a meeting BJ! = Jamboree (Saturday and Sunday)

nodarberville: JCH=J.C.Hawkins; JC=John Cross; SAB-Steve Bloom; State Meetings: Fla (NOTE: Feb. 2nd weekend is at Barberville)

1988-1989 N.E. Schedule (writ in magnetic fields, therefore changeable)

'51 Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 88 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89

BVL BVL - - JCH JC BJ! SAB BV? BV? BV? Fla BJ! BV? Fla

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W E L C O M E ! ! ! W E L C O M E ! ! ! WELCOME! ! ! W E L C O M E ! ! ! W E L C O M E ! ! !

Thomas C . W o l f e 4562 - 14 Ave. , N. S t . P e t e r s b u r g , FL 33713 ( 8 1 3 ) 327 -2369 hm. ( 8 1 3 ) 864 -1934 wk.

A r t h u r H. S c h m i d t , J r . P . 0 . Box 168 I n t e r l a t c h e n , FL 32048 ( 9 0 4 ) 684 -6716

C h a r l e s S a n d e r s 3283 M o l i n o Rd. C a n t o n m e n t , FL 32533 ( 9 0 4 ) 587 -5816

W a l t e r C . Runge 3 8 3 3 7 C r y s t a l L a n e U m a t i l l a , F L 3 2 7 8 4 ( 9 0 4 ) 669 -2059

M i c h a e l M e i e r Werner B Werne r B. H a l b e c k C / O E a r l e A i r c r a f t 4675 S t o n e R i d g e T r a i l H a s t i n g s B l v d . S a r a s o t a , F L 34232 H a s t i n g s , FL 32045 ( 8 1 3 ) 371 -8881 ( 9 0 4 ) 692 -3659

R i c h a r d E. Y a t e s 830 N. Tuxedo Avenue DeLand, FL 32724 ( 9 0 4 ) 734 -6459

J o h n K r o s s R t . 7 Box 5325 Q u i n c y , FL 32351

R a l p h M. Reese 126 Dodge S t r e e t P a l a t k a , FL 32077 ( 9 0 4 ) 328 -6386

ADDRESS CHANGE!!! ADDRESS CHANGE!!! ADDRESS CHANGE!!!

R o b e r t L a b i k 1700 N. W . 8 1 Avenue C o r a l S p r i n g s , FL 3 3 0 7 1

Buddy Page R t . 4 , Box 6 9 8 0 C r a w f o r d v i l l e , FL 32327

appy Holiday Season!!

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MAKING BENDS IN THE BENDING FORK The bending fork consists of a thick base of steel with two steel

prongs projecting upward; as at A, Figure 28. These prongs may be made of various sizes of iron placed in differ-

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Fig. 28. Bending forks

ent distances apart, depending on the size of the material to be curved. For small work, a piece of tool-steel rod may be bent to a U shape

as a t B. and clamped in a vise. For round work, shape the prongs as at C. -

A temporary bending fork may be made by clamping two rods of the same size, the right distance apart, in a vise.

CURVING STRAIGH~ENING Fig; 29. Bending material in a bending fork

1. Select a bending fork best suited to the work in hand. 2. Place the work in position between the prongs, and bend the

material a small amount in the direction desired as at A, Figure 29.

/ (Reprinted from BAM, Blacksmith Assoc. o f Missouri.) .

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Northwest Region of FABA will be having a work day on the second Saturday of December - this will be Saturday, December 10, 1988. This work day will take place at the Panama City Junior Museum.

We will be installing some blacksmithing equipment which was donated to FABA by Mr. Bill Gichner. We will construct a mid-1800's period blacksmith- ing forge with accompanying tools underneath an existing shed at the Museum. These are tools and equipment which have been rebuilt and painted at two previous Northwest Region meetings. They consist of blower, forge, vise, anvil, and several hand tools. Currently the Panama City Junior Museum does not have a period Blacksmith Shop.

We need your help if we are to get this shop built in one Saturday - so, Northwest members, please volunteer! Call Clyde Payton at 9041997-3627 Home, or 9041488-0577, work, if you would like to ride with someone to Panama City. All the tools needed for building the shop will be brought by Willard Smith and Clyde Payton. All you have to bring is some comrade- ship, friendship, dedication, willingness, determination, zeal, and plenty of elbow grease to keep these things running smoothly.

The Panama City Junior Museum is located at 1731 Jenks Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32405. The Museum Director is Ms. Mary Sandlin, telephone 9041769-6128. To find the Junior Museum easily start at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Jenks Avenue. Look for Wiggins Auto Parts Store on the Northeast corner of this intersection. At this intersection go north on Jenks Avenue for approximately 1% blocks and the Junior Museum will be on the west side of Jenks Avenue. There is a large sign in front.

Remember, if you have questions or want a ride, call Clyde Payton at the above numbers.

See You There!

SPARKS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. . . (submitted by Norma Austin)

TALK ABOUT PRECIOUS MOMENTS IN BLACKSMITHINGlll Recently FABA Member Austin was d z n g his annual bl-ithing demonstra- tion at the local museurn....itls their major fund-raiser for the year. At one point, when quite a large crowd had gathered to watch, we noticed a woman at the back of the group, watching intently with a rapt expression on her face. She appeared to be in her mid-forties, wore a body brace, two fore-arm crutches, and had an artificial leg, but was definitely mobile.

When Carl finished the piece he was working on, and the crowd had thinned somewhat....this lady pushed forward and spoke to us.. It seems her VERY FIRST BRACE was made by a local blacksmith in the backwoods of Iowa.. .her father had designed what he thought was needed for her, and the blacksmith had refined it. Her parting words to us were "I just wanted to tell you about it. I was only 5 years old...and with the brace, I could at last sit UQ ..... it was like magict"

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Cheapest Supply Mouse oh EaRh. Ckiugo. CATALOGUE No. 111. bo8 - - -. - -- - -- - - I

TIE AD f o r a n v i l s (below/right) w i l l c l e a r l y - show how M r . Sears and M r . Roebuck f e l t about "MADE I N AMERICA"{ While t h e f i n e a n v i l s they descr ibe i n t h i s ad were f u l l y guaranteed, they a l s o of fered another a n v i l a t $4.70 f o r a 90-lb a n v i l and the catalogue f l a t l y s t a t e d "we do not

I F YOU WERE a farmer o r a mechanic ( o r anybody) i n 1942, Sea r s , Roebuck & Co. w a s (

t o g e t your business . They- f ea tu red a multi-paged layout i n t h e i r 1902 catalogue, showing everything t h e s m i t h , could ever need. There were pages of t o o l s and equipment, 1 and, i n t e r e s t i n g l y , t h e em- phas i s was N O T on horseshoe-

1 ingt Rather, t h e ads ( i n bes t Madison Ave. s t y l e ) dwelt on t h e making of t o o l s , s u r g i c a l instruments , gunsmithing, and o f course r e p a i r s and t h e I making of p a r t s on t h e farm and homestead..... read on.... -.

guarantee t h i s a n v i l : Else- where, t h i s catalogue l i s t e d Peter Wright a n v i l s a t 9*@ - per lb . f o r 85. l b s . and, UP. * * * FORGES: O f t h e 1 3 o r so forges l i s t e d i n t h i s 1902 catalogue, t h e One below is f a i r l y r ep resen ta t ive , and was mid-range i n p r i ce . Many were $4.95 and $5.95, and then ranging t o as much as $20 f o r e x t r a f e a t u r e s . There was a heavy-duty model f o r $36, recommend- ed ??ailr oad shops @ car- r i age makers, e t c . I t was touted a s being the "heav- i e s t forge made anywhere". (Comment: A l l fo rges were sold with t h e lever- type

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HAVINI;, SECURED THE EXCLUSIVE SALE Of o n e o f t l le 1m.t i; rougllt envlla l a t h e world. we Imve --.,- - a ~ r e e d t o t a k e t h e w ~ t i r e o u t l ~ u t . all11 III orde r t~ (10 W, w e hlrvareduood t h e prloe t o whnre I t .wU1 enuble ru t u &ell Inure uirvllr Llreu eny firm lu t ho U-dted Btstea.

THE TIME HAS PASSED WHEN WE MUST GO TO ENGLAND FOR OUR BEST ANVILS.

Havlng sold both the Amerlcnn and Engllsh anvllr for a nurnbar or years s l ~ l p ~ l n g thelnm over a r t o t 1 the Unlted States ~ L v i u bot:n u ~ : d by al~EPrlds of

0 n 1 y 7 ' ~ ochnnlcs under a11 ci rcun~staucus,~nt~ aru fn n H D O J I ~ ~ O I I t~ ICIIOW the urita of 'the different mul~aa. In our Amcrlcun \Vn~u .Irk Ar~vll we

i=h nirvelrnprored we now show the upon linest rill h i g h foreign grsrlo rnal ie~ uuv# I" shrr l,l.~\;~eJ' H, st 1 0 rink ~iaiuh, 17-

The body Is made of the best quality wrought iron, with an extra h steel lace welded to the body by an electric process, which

makes i t practically a solid stool anvil. THE FACE 18 tempered by R n ~ m a i o l pmoeu , known 0111 to the m ~ l t e r s or t h ~ s anvil which warrants 16 - ugrrlnst flaws, chl plng, or being too soft. ~ h k by tho way, is the most dimcult obstnclo to overcome in anvil rnuklug. 18ludreds ofaurlle, rntrde of good rnaturlal, urn rntrdu utiulerrs by pcmrtomperlng, b l n g elther too hard or too soft. THE FACE IS TRUED AND SHAPED BY A SPECIAL MACHINE ;;thtiz:; ~ f i ~ n m e ~ h e ~ ~ l l ~ ~ e r f W t l

The ~lscma. T h e horn 11 oxtru long with the Peter Wright , h a p , pattarn and c ~ ~ r v e , nlmly n~unded. ole for tho hurdle I# made t r u e and titralgliL, m ou exfurtonce no trouble by l~ardlo o r flatter sticklog o r not seLt,lng IoveL WLllo theso wlnts mum srnnyl the c erects o t nlne-tonths ot all lrnvlla both forelgn urld Amrricnn make now tmlng s o b , rent In the luct thaL these polnte aru not looked aft@< W o cennot ulwuyu furulah a v d welghta. Inrue rrllow Uve ~ m u n d a d t l ~ e r way.

N O k r ~ ~ - ~ s v e r leave e h o t plece of Iron l o r any l eng th o t t l m e o n t h e face of s n anvll, a. thk wlll aurely d raw Clle t emper lurd thua w e k e It wf t . A graut urelly allvlla e r e rullhed In thla way. ......................... .................. No. a4ROH8 Weight, t!O pouuds aud uy, wr pound.. ..,. ....,.. ....................................... IVelght, 70 your~da to 80 pouuds. yar ~mulld : ........... ............................ .................... Welahe. M pounda to 70 yourlds, por pound ,. . Wtrl~ht , b0 11ounds M 50 poun~la, per iwur~tl. ...............................................

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Ken is a ful l - t ime smith from Heaters, West Virginia. He has been working f o r seventeen years and has p i eces of h i s work a11 across t h i s country 8s w e l l a s i n several foreign countries . Last year he had p i eces i n the Smith- ronian i n Washington, DC.

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THOMAS RAINES, the 90-year-old blacksmith who's become an instltutlon here, was given his latest honor Saturday when the Florlda Artist Blacksmith Association presented an honor- ary PhD to the county resident. Ralnes was honored for 75 years service to the trade and his comrbutlons to arl in the community. (News Photo)

FOR A HAPPY

AND THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR

.; ' Also in the media center was a BY FRAN OTT ' . demonstration and explanation of Staff Writer : -. : antiques. Albert Thomas of the Jef-

i "ferson County Schools, along with Third gndm at the elammaq ; I kachen and chapter assistants.

school, dressed as little pilgrims and I : hught in mtiqucs for the s l u d a ~ . . Indians. exwenced fmt kmd, the :: to look at. Students learned about

of the pion- last Friday. , everything from butter churns to old - Many local residents participated in :y5=.h and axes and saws to old demonstrating items ranging from T d e b W w n plows. Indian artifacts to quilt making and

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In another corner of the media blacksmithing to music. -"enter was Bradley Cooley, sculptor

Seven third-grade classes r and collector of Indian artif8cwr. Stu- moved from one area of the school to = & n ~ learned about a d viewed another, spending about 20 minutes . mwheads, poueq. leathework at each demonstration. and Wls used by the Indians. ,

Demonstrations began in the '

media center where Zula McLead demonstrated quilt making as her I,, pod six, ~ i l r e Purvb clanon-

sister, elementary school librarian , strated old music. h§tIlUllents* He

Margaret Klein explained the proce * phyd the banjo, fiddle and m* dure to the students. m e students made requests and sang - h g as -is played fm them.

In pod five, 94-year-old blacks- mith Thomas Raines told students stories about king a blacksmith and how the work was performed In the back portion of the pod, Bertha Sea- brooks demonsmtcd the art of cand- lemaking for the students.

Carol Pwvis, third grade teacher, said that the third graders had been studying pioneas, Indians and pil- grims. 'Roneer Day" was a wrapup d the Beaming.

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said Rwis. "I thought the children were very interested in what was going on. Most of them sat quietly, glued to the speakers and taking in every word. I think this was 1

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EDITOR'S MESSAGE:

Can you believe another year has almost gone again? They seem to get faster and faster.

I want to thank everyone for supporting me and your Clinker Breaker for the past year and a half or so. I have enjoyed doing it, but I can't take all the credit for it. Tycee and everyone in the office helps to put it out. Well, this is the last Clinker Breaker I'm putting out. Pattie Nager will be taking over now and I hope everyone will give her lots of support. As I've said time and time again this is your news- letter and chapter so support it in any way you can, but support it.

I don't have any great words of wisdom for you today, but maybe some recap of things we already know but sometimes forget. We see other people demonstrating and some people say to themselves, "I wish I could do that", or you try to do something and it doesn't work out just like the piece you saw at the demonstration. So what! It took that person lots of time to get his or her technique down pat. So take an idea and expand on it, work with it and put your own style to it. If only one way of doing things were right then this would be a pretty dull world to live and work in. A different twist, change the size of the material, the finish, but do something.

I feel the people putting on demos expect their work to be duplicated. If its not, then they probably feel they're not doing their job. I think to see your work changed and improved on by someone else shoudl give a great deal of satisfaction. It's like being a teacher and watching a pupil graduate. So don't let these people waste their time, watch what they do and go home and do your thing.

I hope everyone has given their Christmas list to Santa, and for those who wonder what to put on it, how about a good book on Blacksmithing, a new hammer, a good pair of tongs, that one special tool that has been looked at and talked about several times. What ever you do I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I'm going to give everyone of you something that will enable you to do all of those things that you couldn't do because you didn't have one before so now you'll not have any excuses. (see back of this page!!!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Jerry

SCHEDULE OF THE 1989 NORTIBLFSC REGION MEETINGS

THE NORTHWEST REGION of FABA holds its B e a j o d meetings on the second Saturday of non-Statewide meeting months. In 1989 these months will be:

JANUARY 14, 1989: Northwest Region meeting at Buddy and Brenda Page's Blacksmith shop near Wakulla, Florida just south of Tallahassee. The address is Route 4, Box 6980, Crawfordville, Florida 32327. Telephone: 9041 421-8164.

MARCH 11. 1989: Northwest Region meeting at the Junior Museum in Tallahassee, Florida. The address is 3945 Museum Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304. Telephones are 9041575-8684 and 9041576- 2531. At this meeting we will make, repair, and install blacksmith shop equipment at the Museum's period blacksmith shop.

MAY 13, 1989: Northwest Region meeting at Kenneth and Peggy Lewis' Blacksmith shop. Their address is Route One, Box 183-M, Grandridge, FL 32442. Telephone 9041 593-5103. This is approximately four (4) miles west of Sneads, Florida on U. S. Highway 90.

JUNE 10, 1989: Northwest Region meeting at the Junior Museum in Panama City. The address is 1731 Jenks Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32405. Telephone 9041 769-6128. At this meeting we will make, repair, and install blacksmith shop equipment at the museum's period blacksmith shop.

AUGUST 12, 1989: Northwest meeting at Dr. Ed and Nancy Crane's blacksmith shop. The address is 829 Lake Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. Telephone numbers 9041 877-2118 and 9041 893-3212.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1989: Northwest meeting at our president.'^ blacksmith shop. The address is Willard and Linda Smith, Route One, Box 138 Willard Smith Road, Blountstown, FL 32423. Telephone 9041 674-8055.

NOVEMBER 11, 1989: Northwest meeting at Dr. Skeeter and Lou Prather's blacksmith shop. The address is 2816 Terry Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Telephone number 9041 386-9246.

DECEMBER 9. 1989: Presently, no Northwest Region meeting has been scheduled for December. However it is quite possible that one will be scheduled on this second Satu'rday as a work day to work at either the Junior Museum in Panama City or the Junior Museum in Tallahassee.

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Please note that anyone from'the other three FABA Regions are more than welcome to attend any or all of the Northwest Region's meetings .- and we very much encourage you to do so. That's why we encourage all four Regions to stagger their regional meeting ? Saturdays so that anyone can take advantage of an available region meeting anywhere in the state without encountering a date con£ lict.

In each W E R P R F a newsletter just previous to each meeting scheduled above their will appear a map to each of the meeting sites - along with any applicable instructions and program information.

Should you have any questions, suggestions, or criticisms please call Clyde Payton who is coordinating the Northwest Region meetings - call 9041 997-3627 or 9041 488-0577.

SCHEDULE OF 1989 FABA STATEWIDE MEETINGS AND THE

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 11, 1989 - STATEWIDE meeting at the BARBERVILLE PIONEER ART SETTLEMENT MUSEUM at Barberville, Florida on U.S. Highway 17. Please note that we ordinarily have a STATEWIDE meeting in January - however due to program scheduling needs, this quarfer's STATEWIDE meeting was switched from January to February. January will be for REGIONAL meetings instead in 1989. This STATEWIDE meeting will be coordinated by the Northeast Region.

APRIL 8, 1989 - STATEWIDE meeting at the CROWLEY MUSEUM near Sarasota, Florida. The Southwest Region will be sponsoring this STATEWIDE meeting under the coordination leadership of Mr. Joe Farina and Mr. Jimmy Tucker.

JULY 8, 1989 - STATEWIDE meeting at Jerry Grice's shop in Tallahassee, Florida. This STATEWIDE meeting will be sponsored by the Northwest Region and will be coordinated by Mr. Jerry Grice and Mr. Clyde Payton.

OCTOBER 13 & 14, 1989 - This will be our fourth annual FABA Conference - our "BIG MEETING." It will be at the BARBERVILLE PIONEER ART SETTLEMENT MUSEUM at Barberville, Florida on U.S. Highway 17. Mr. Walt Anderson and Mr. John Dittmeier have been asked to coordinate this Annual Conference. Walt and John will be calling upon the general statewide membership in all four regions for help with the various committees which they will need to set up in order to have a successful "BIG MEETING." Please don't hesitate to help with this fourth Annual Conference because there is a lot of work and preplanning involved and - YOU are needed.

Please look for a write-up about the program, the demonstrations, and a map to these four sites in the CLINKER BREAKER Newsletters preceding each of these four meeting dates.

Happy Hammering!

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P.O. Box 1 18 1 , Nashville, Indiana 47448 Office Hours: 7:30- 1 1:30am & 1 :30-4:30pm Executive Secretary. .lanelle Gilbert Phone: (8 12) 988-69 19

TO: ABANA Chap te r s - P r e s i d e n t s , E d i t o r s FROM: Dorothy S t i e g l e r , ABANA P r e s i d e n t DATE: November 1988

We j u s t came away from t h e most s u c c e s s f u l ABANA Board meeting t o d a t e . The meeting was h e l d a t Emmert and Jane S t u d e b a k e r ' s Homestead i n Tipp Ci ty , Ohio - November 11, 12, 13. We welcomed ABANA's new board members:

B i l l Cal laway ( r e - e l e c t e d ) - 627 v o t e s Ward Br inegar - 6 1 1 v o t e s Robert Mark Smith - 462 v o t e s Hubert "Ham" Hammond - 4 5 5 v o t e s Randy Ca 1 hoon - 385 v o t e s

(Runnsr ups: C lay ton Car r - 367, J e r r y Grice - 315, Robert F r e d e l l - 159) W e came i n under budaet f o r 1988. We f i l e d t h e 1987 t a x r e t u r n on t ime wi th a r e c e i p t f o r e v e r y penny s p e n t and ea rned . And . . . w e a r e going t o have a ba lanced budget i n 1989 based s o l e y on income from membership f e e s , ea rned i n t e r e s t , s a l e s , and dona t ions . W e w i l l no t t o u c h t h e M e r r i l l Lynch account o r t h e new account which w i l l be s e t up f o r t h e n e t prof it from t h e S l o s s Conference. The Alabama Forge Council has not a s y e t r e l e a s e d t h o s e funds t o ABANA, but Conference Chairman B i l l Manly was a t t h e board meet ina and gave us t h e good news t h a t t h e r e w i l l be approx imate ly 530,OOQ n e t p r o f i t a f t e r a l l expenses .

This is r e a l l y g r e a t because we have never been a b l e t o r u n ABANA on a ba lanced budget b e f o r e . The b i e n n i a l c o n f e r e n c e was always a b a i l o u t s i t u a t i o n u n t i l t h i s yea r . I can a s s u r e you t h i s has been a v e r y d i f f i c u l t t a s k -- but w i t h our new a c c o u n t i n g p r a c t i c e s implemented t h i s year and d e t a i l e d checks & ba lances procedure , it s h o u l d be a t r e n d f o r t h e f u t u r e . Balancing t h e budget i n t h i s way s h o u l d g i v e r ise t o g e t t i n g f u t u r e g r a n t s . T h i s is something we h a v e n ' t been a b l e t o do b e f o r e because no one wants t o lend money t o a n o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t c a n ' t t a k e c a r e of what i t a l r e a d y has. We shou ld be a b l e t o u s e t h e confe rence fund t o s u p p o r t t h e b i e n n i a l confe rence and h o p e f u l l y never need t o touch a n y t h i n g bu t i n t e r e s t on t h e M e r r i l l Lynch Account. The balanced budget approved f o r 1989 and t h e bank account funds w i l l be p r i n t e d i n t h e next i s s u e of t h e A n v i l ' s Ring f o r a l l of you t o view.

Our Execu t ive S e c r e t a r y , J a n e l l e G i l b e r t , w i l l be s e n d i n g you a n update on member and c h a p t e r b e n e f i t s . P l e a s e check your f i l e s t o see i f you have a n ABANA Chapter C h a r t e r . I f you d o n ' t have one, l e t J a n e l l e know. It would appear t h a t we have a c u r r e n t l i s t i n g , bu t you never c a n t e l l .

Thank you v e r y much f o r your many l e t t e r s and phone c a l l s of s u p p o r t . They 'a re r e a l l y , a p p r e c i a t e d by a l l of us on t h e board.

Dorothy S t i e u l e r , ABANA P r e s i d e n t DES/ j r g

IIPDATI?: November 1988 1

ABANA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael Bondi - 1st Vice Pres. ( 1990) 1818 Shorey Street Oakland, California 94607 Ph: W (415) 763-1327 or H 459-7975

Ward Brinegar ( 199 1) 1709 West Charles Street Grand Island, Nebraska 68803 Ph: H (308) 381-7817

Randy Calhoon ( 199 1) 5301 Sagebrush Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009 Ph: H ( 307) 634-0582 or

W ( 307) 634-5853 Ext. 194 ( Per i >

Bill Callaway - Treasurer ( 1991) 3646 West Lawrence Lane Phoenix, Arizona 8505 1 Ph: H (602) 973-4142 or W 253-3116

Ham Hammond ( 1931) 2883 Red Oak Road Ketter inq, Ohio 45432 Ph: (513) 254-0501

Bud Oggier ( 1989) P. 0. BOX 75, HCR 68 Cushing, Maine 04563 Ph: (207) 354-2266

Joe Pehoski ( 1990) P. 0. Box 84 Salado, Texas 76751 Ph: ( 817) 947-5389 or W 947-5740

Hans Peot - Secretary ( 1989) 6425 S. Scarff Road New Carl isle, Ohio 45344 Ph: H ( 513) 845-9934

No1 Putnam ( 1989) P. 0. Box 341 The Plains, Virginia 22171 Ph: (703) 675-3788 or W 253-5269

Mark Smith ( 1991.) 165 E. Derry Road Apt. A-1 Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 Ph: ( 717) 533-4045

Dorothy St iegler - President ( 1989) 4642 180th Way, S. W. Rochester, Washington 98579 Ph: H ( 206) 273-8670

Joe Harris ( 1990) 1 Maple Lane Elkview, West Virginia 25071 Ph: (304) 965-6476 or 344-9891

ABANA OFFICE/ LIBRARY Doug Hendrickson - 2nd Vice Pres. ( 1989) Janelle Gilbert, Executive Sec. R. R. 1 Box 16-D P. 0. Box 118 1 Lestervil le, Missouri 63654 Nashville, Indiana 47448 Ph: (314) 637-2576 Ph: ( 812) 988-6919

Hrs: 7: 30a - 11: 30a/l: 30p - 4: 30p

Leonard Masters ( 1930) ANVIL'S RING OFFICE * P. 0. Box 343 Robert Owings, Editor Crompond, New York 10517 230 Keokuk St. &

Fh: (914) 739-5475 Petaluma, California 94952 , Ph: (707) 778-6562 or 778-8261

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David Court, Chairman Bay Hill Road Northf ield, NH 03276

ANVIL' S RING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Mike Bondi Members: Robert Owings

Leonard Masters

ABAN A COMMITTEE LIST

BEALER AWARD COMMITTEE

Chairman: Robert Ow ings

BYLAWS REVISION

Chairman: Joe Harris Members : Hans Peot

Bill Manly

CHAPTER LIAISON COMMITTEE

Cha irman: Ward Brinegar Members : Doug Hendr ickson

CONFERENCE SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE

Chairman: Mike Bondi Members: No1 Putnam

Ham Hammond Doug Hendr ickson

ELECTION & NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Cha irman: Hans Peot Members : Joe Harris

Dorothy St iegler

Mark Smith Joe Pehoski Dorothy St iegler

Dorothy St iegler Mike Bondi

Joe Humble, Advisor

Hans Peot Mark Smith Randy Calhoon Ward Brinegar

Bill Callaway Joe Pehoski Bud Oggier

EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMMITTEE 61 LONG TERM PLANNING ( A1 1 Execut ive Board Members

Chairman: Dorothy St iegler Members: Mike Bondi Doug Hendr ickson

Bill Callaway Hans Peot

FRANCIS WHITAKER FUND COMMITTEE

Chairman: * Jim Fleming Members : Marian Ye1 1 in Ron Hill

Emmert Studebaker Bill Callaway

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FINANCE COMMITTEE/AUDIT COMMITTEE

Chairman: Joe Harris Members: Bud Oggier

Mike Bondi

Ed Hirrold, Advisor Bill Callaway Dorothy St iegler

FUND RAISING COMMITTEE

Chairman: - Leonard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Masters Joe - P-ex6 kT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Members: Doug Hendr ickson

KEHER MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE

Chairman: Doug Hendr ickson Members : Randy Calhoon

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Chairman: Joe Pehoski Members: Dorothy St iegler

MUSEUM FUND COMMITTEE

Chairman: Doug Hendrickson Members: Chapter Reps. & board Members

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MEMBERSHIP DRIVE COMMITTEE

Cha irman: No1 Putnam Ham Hammond Members : A1 1 ABANA Board Members

SWITCHBOARD COMMITTEE

A1 1 ABANA board members to be un call for switchboard quest ions.

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EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS

NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM

November 13, 1988 - January 8, 1989

"FROM ASTROLABE TO ZENITH"

The e x h i b i t i o n w i l l d i s p l a y , t h r o u g h f i n e examples o f t e c h n i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s and measur ing dev i ces , t h e s i g n i f i c a n t r o l e me ta l has p l a y e d i n t h e advances o f mankind. Lenders i n c l u d e t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i s s i s s i p p i , t h e Tennessee S t a t e Museum, t h e Memphis P ink Pa lace Museum, Southern I l l i n o i s U n i v e r s i t y a t Carbondale, members o f t h e Memphis As t ronomica l S o c i e t y , and p r i v a t e c o l l e c t o r s around t h e c o u n t r y .

January 15 - March 5, 1989

"HOUSE JEWELRY, 11"

I n Februa ry 1979, t h e M e t a l Museum f i r s t opened i t s doo rs t o t h e p u b l i c w i t h an e x h i b i t i o n o f examples o f meta lwork used ou tdoors o r w i t h i n t h e home. On v iew w i l l be a r c h i t e c t u r a l screens, ga tes , s e c t i o n s o f f e n c i n g , as w e l l as f i r e t o o l s , door hardware, k i t c h e n u t e n s i l s and home f u r n i s h i n g s . The e x h i b i t i o n c e l e b r a t e s t h e Museum's t e n t h a n n i v e r s a r y y e a r .

Hands-on Weekend Workshops

Februa ry 25 & 26, 1989 "BLACKSMITHING FOR BEGINNERS"

March 4 & 5, 1989 "ADVANCED BLACKSMITHING WORKSHOP"

The workshops w i l l be conducted by Museum D i r e c t o r , J i m Wal lace, and o u r A r t i s t - i n - R e s i d e n c e , J i m Cooper. The charge f o r s t u d e n t s w i l l be $25.00 f o r each 4 hour sess ion (1:OO - 5:00 d a i l y ) . The p u b l i c i s i n v i t e d t o observe f r o m t h e v i s i t o r s ' v i e w i n g g a l l e r y i n t h e Scher ing-P lough Smi thy . No more than t e n s t u d e n t s w i l l be accepted f o r any f o u r hour sess ion .

March 12 - May 14, 1989

"ECCLESIASTICAL METALS"

T h i s e x h i b i t i o n w i l l e x p l o r e t h e r o l e t h e m e t a l s m i t h has p l a y e d i n t h e o rnamen ta t i on o f p l a c e s o f w o r s h i p t h r o u g h t h e ages. R i t u a l o b j e c t s , f r o m p r o c e s s i o n a l c rosses t o c h a l i c e s w i 11 be d i s p l a y e d .

Saturday, A p r i l 22, 1989

"SPRING CHICKEN DAY"

Come c e l e b r a t e t h e r i t e s o f s p r i n g and t h e f i r s t , annual pre-Memphis i n May t r i b u t e t o t h e l o w l y c h i c k e n . Barbecue c o m p e t i t o r s ( n o f a n c y g r i l l s p l e a s e ) w i l l be judged and awarded p r i z e s . F o r t h e young a t h e a r t , w e ' l l have b i n g o games and o t h e r s p e c i a l a c t i v i t i e s . B r i n g y o u r garage and a t t i c c o n t e n t s f o r t h e f i r s t e v e r Museum y a r d s a l e . L i v e e n t e r t a i n m e n t and a good t i m e f o r t hose o f a l l ages. A l l proceeds b e n e f i t t h e Museum's genera l o p e r a t i n g fund. C a l l 774-6380 f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n .

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EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS ( con t i nued )

May 21 - J u l y 9, 1989

"ELOQUENT RESOLUTIONS: JEWELRY BY AND FOR WOMEN"

Four n a t i o n a l l y prominent j e w e l r y des igners have been i n v i t e d t o e x h i b i t t h e i r unique approaches t o t h e a r t o f body adornment. On view w i l l be works by Lau r i e H a l l ( S e a t t l e , WA); Rache l le Thiewes ( E l Paso, TX); Jan Yager (Ph i l ade lph ia , PA); and Eleanor Moty (Madison, M I ) . - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -

J u l y 16 - September 3, 1989

"CONTEMPORARY IRON"

The e x h i b i t i o n , o rgan ized f o r t o u r by t he Southern A r t s Federa t ion , and cu ra ted by t h e L o u i s v i l l e A r t Ga l l e r y , d i s p l a y s c u r r e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s o f t he anc ien t c r a f t o f i r o n work ing. I nc l uded a re 58 o b j e c t s which a re s c u l p t u r a l , decora t i ve , and/or u t i l i t a r i a n .

Second F l oor Gal 1 e r y - -.up-

September 10 - October 29, 1989 September 10 - 30, 1989

A one person e x h i b i t i o n o f work by "AUCTION PREVIEW EXHIBITION" the person se lec ted t o serve as "master smi th" d u r i n g Repai r Days The second f l o o r g a l l e r y w i l l be Weekend. c l osed f o r r enova t i on f rom October 1

th rough November 4, 1989 - - - - - - --- - - - --- - - --

Saturday, September 30, 1989 -> "SIXTH, ANNUAL BARBECUE AND AUCTION"

b e n e f i t t i n g t he Na t i ona l Ornamental Meta l Museum. A l l t he barbecue and f i x i n ' s you care t o ea t ; compl imentary beer and s o f t d r i nks ; l i v e e n t e r - ta inment; and an o p p o r t u n i t y t o b i d on f i n e metalwork f rom c o n t r i b u t i n g smiths throughout t h e U n i t e d S ta tes as w e l l as f i n e a r t and c r a f t s f rom l o c a l a r t i s t s . T i c k e t s a re $15.00 each i n advance o r $20.00 a t t he door.

October 15 & 16, 1989

"REPAIR DAYS WEEKEND"

The p u b l i c i s i n v i t e d t o b r i n g any o b j e c t made o f metal f o r r e p a i r by members o f t he s t a f f and by cra f tsmen who come f rom around t he r e g i o n t o vo l un tee r t h e i r t ime and t a l e n t s . Serv ices i n c l u d e sharpening, so l de r - ing, weld ing, r e t i n n i n g copper cookware, and dent removal. Admission t o the Museum i s f r e e w i t h a r e p a i r r e c e i p t and a l l proceeds b e n e f i t t h e general ope ra t i ng fund.

November 5 - December 31, 1989

Unassigned

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f o r i:!lZi.i,;<':; tli:\t t i i l l mutually improve our o f fe r inss .

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