march 2018 - wildroseantiquecollectors.ca
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Very rare Canadian tobacco tin – U is for Uncle Sam at the February meeting
Next Meeting: Monday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd.
Program: antiques & collectibles starting with the letter V
March 2018
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DIG & PICK
Edmonton Alberta Canada
Volume 43 Issue # 06 March 2018 This is the official publication of the Wild Rose Antique Collectors. All articles appearing in this publication express the individual opinions of the writers and are not necessarily those of the W.R.A.C. or the Editor. Articles contained in the bulletin may be reproduced by other clubs, except where prohibited by the author, provided proper credit is given. CLUB OFFICIALS FOR 2017/18 Phone Email address President Clinton Beck 780-474-7447 [email protected] Vice President Bruce Gilbertson 780-914-7955 [email protected] Secretary Carol Morgan 780-465-3873 [email protected] Treasurer Tom Fritz 780-454-7480 [email protected] Membership John Horrigan 587-597-6277 [email protected] DIRECTORS Editor Marjorie Berg 780-432-2244 [email protected] Social/Prog. Kim Stade 780-479-1234 [email protected] 2018 SPRING SHOW Show Chairman Bernie Haber 780-479-1234 [email protected]
If you know of a club member who is ill or who has suffered a bereavement in their immediate family, please contact Susanne Balslov-Kulak 780-987-2851 and she will send out a card expressing the Club's best wishes or sympathy. The Club Address is: Wild Rose Antique Collectors, PO Box 38150, RPO Capilano, Edmonton, AB, T5J 2N5 Phone Number (780) 437-9722 www.wildroseantiquecollectors.ca
The Club meets the 4th Monday of each month (except July and December) at 7:30 P.M. at the Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd NW, Edmonton, Alberta. VISITORS WELCOME! Membership per year: $30.00 - Entitles 2 family members in the same household to all privileges of the Society (September 1 - August 31). Each member is entitled to one free classified ad per month. Non-members may place a classified ad of up to 30 words for $3.00 per issue. Business advertisement $40/month or $100/three months. Library books are due at the next meeting after they are checked out, after which the borrower's name may appear in the
Dig & Pick. Fines will be assessed for overdue books. If you have any questions pertaining to our Library call: Gillian Budd 780-436-4436, Nancy Ross 780-479-7706, or Marvin Berger 780-436-4436. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions pertaining to advertising for the Spring show, call our resident expert Bill Borgwardt at 780-973-6655.
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Wild Rose Antique Collectors’ Society General Meeting – Monday February 26, 2018 – Delwood Hall – Edmonton, AB
Executive: Regrets from John Horrigan
President, Clinton Beck called the Monday, February 26, 2018 Meeting to Order at 7:30 PM. Dig & Pick: Two members present did not receive their newsletter. Adoption of the Minutes of the General Meeting of Monday, January 27, 2018: The motion to accept the Minutes was moved by Fred Burak and seconded by Alan Thain. All in Favour. Announcements: The passing of former member Carmen Rose Emmott (Barbeau) in Vancouver, BC on January 21, 2018 was made. Jan Mathers, Editor and owner of Discovering Antiques magazine is selling the publication for health reasons.
Reports: 2018 Show – Bernie Haber reported: With the 2018 Show fast approaching on April 20th and 21st of the 249 total spaces available, 209 have been allotted with 40 remaining available, as of this meeting date. Bernie met with the Edmonton Expo Show Event Manager to go over details for the Show. The Edmonton Expo location will see three other events on that weekend: 1) Edmonton Women’s Spring Show, 2) Edmonton Cottage and Cabin Life, and 3) Chinese Bilingual group on Saturday, April 22, only. Vendors can visit https://my.parkingspot.com/EdmontonExpoCentre to purchase parking passes. Volunteers are still needed for the club table and display security. Bernie has a sign-up sheet. A reminder that pre-sale tickets are available at Edmonton Antique stores. Displays: Marjorie Berg reported that she has received 8 applications and has a promise of 4 more. We have room for 14 display spaces in Hall E. Publicity: Clinton Beck reported that our Show banners are now displayed on 6 bridges on major routes.
Treasurer: Tom Fritz reported: Tom Fritz presented the December 1, 2017 Christmas Party Report; copies were provided. Total expenses were $3,989.18 with the cost to the club of $1,871.43. All rental expenses and charitable donations have been made. Tom also reported that the Telus phone bill is now automatically deducted from the Society’s bank account.
Social Program: Kim Stade reported: Monday March 26, 2018 the General Meeting’s Show & Tell will be the letter V.
Membership: John Horrigan reported: No report, not present.
Attendance: Members: 48 Guests: 04 Door Prizes: The Upper Deck cards were won by Susanne Balslov-Kulak; the McDavid Tin and the Rocky Mountain Antique Mall gift card by Nancy Ross. Raffle prize: The group of four kitchen utensils was won by Nicole Wetter.
Adjournment: Moved by Fred Burak and seconded by Bill Borgwardt that the business section of the General Meeting of Monday, February 26, 2018 be adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Program: The Letter U – Many unmentionables, umbrellas, model U-hauls and other U items were brought for the Show & Tell portion of the meeting.
__________________________________________________________________________________________Clinton Beck, President Carol Morgan, Secretary
Show & Tell: U is for…
Old kitchen utensils, funeral urn, and a 1920s umbrella with a Lucite handle.
Useful, Swiss wristwatch by Universal.
1957 Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland, Uncle Scrooge piggybank, & figurine plus book on Carl Barks (creator of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck).
Pack of cigarettes (1966) showing US President Lyndon Johnson & the Korean president, Chung Hee Park and showing the flags of both countries. Says “WELCOME TO KOREA” below the picture.
University of Alberta Beanie from 1961.
U-HAUL toy truck
Stanfield’s underwear. Stanfield’s Limited is a Canadian garment manufacturer based in Truro, Nova Scotia. It was first established in 1856. Robert Stanfield, former premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, is the grandson of the founder, Charles Stanfield. James says he buys his underwear at the factory when he makes his yearly visit to the area.
Key chain from Universal Studios
Lomonosov factory (USSR) porcelain animals
Uncle Wiggily book, 1939
Underberg bitters, German advertiser, truck & trailer. You had to collect 288 bitters bottle caps (left foreground) to get the truck. The tins are full of little bottles of bitters (see bottle right foreground).
Union Outboard Motor Oil tin and Pacific 76
Ursa Super Plus motor oil can. A Texaco product.
Union Jack on taxi, bus, car & mini cooper.
Union Oil truck
Union Oil sign
United Airlines flight book
Vaseline glass oil lamp, containing uranium.
How brightly it glows under black-light indicates the level of uranium in the glass.
Book, The Unmentionable History of the West by Nancy Millar.
”Underwear made a difference to the lives of the women”
What we’d now call tap-pants from the 1930s
Turn of the century bloomers
Hand-stitched pantaloons.
1-piece teddy, 1920s
Doug’s flight uniform, including the Mae West life vest. He says he crashed a jet on his 19th birthday!
Union Leader smoking tobacco
Uncle Sam Smoking Tobacco 2 inches x 4 inches
“Uncle Sam on a Canadian tin? Astounding as this may seem to collectors on both sides of the border, the Dominion Tobacco Co. of Montreal put this tin out between 1910 and 1915. There were a number of Canadian tins produced in the 1910 to 1925 period that had distinctly American themes: Old Glory, Chicago Cubs, Seal of North Carolina, Old Virginia, Puritan, and American Navy. A logical assumption seems to be that the Americans were very much in favour at that time and any association with things American would help the sale of the product. There are only two Uncle Sam tins known to exist”.
A glow in-the-dark ball. Is it uranium?
No, it’s from a game.
In Memoriam:
On behalf of the club membership, we wish to express our sincere sympathy to
The family and friends of Carmen Rose Emmott (Barbeau). Carmen passed away January 21, 2018 in Vancouver, BC. “She chose to succumb to terminal cancer on her own terms.” She was 68.
A Celebration of Her Life was held February 16 at the Robertson Wesley United Church, Edmonton, AB. Several WRAC members attended.
Club members tell me that Carmen had wonderful collections of solid-handled teacups and walking ware.
Library Book Silent Auction at the February 26 Meeting
Josef Originals American Cut Glass
The Blanket Action Figures
Elegant Glass Children’s Books
Small Dolls of the 40s & 50s
Calendar Postcard, mailed in Montreal March 9, 1913
Seen at the Portland Show March 2 – a new vendor. Yes, that’s a red SINGER top left.
Submitted by Al Morrison
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Letters to the Editor June 7, 2017 from Gail Sabo
Gord Soch bought himself a project that had sat in our shed for a few years. Look what he did!
The Classifieds For Sale Baseball All-Star Programs 1980-1991 World Series Programs 1981-1991 Cooperstown programs 1990-1993 Indianapolis 500 Program 1990 Roger Fuyarchuk 780-366-2445
Crocheted doilies Maria Giordano 780-478-8221 (after 6:00 PM on weekdays) or email: [email protected]
Lundby dollhouse, from Sweden. Late 70s. Comes with lots of original furniture and accessories. In good condition. $500. Susan Balslov-Kulak 780-987-2851
Wanted Political buttons; former Edmonton mayor Bill Smith, in particular. Ken Martinuk 780-764-3815 or email: [email protected]
Railway watering cans: CNR, CPR, or any provincial railway Roger Fuyarchuk 780-366-2445
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Calendar of Events
Mar 23, 24 Sexsmith Antique & Collectibles Sale, Civic Centre, Sexsmith, AB
Mar 23, 24 Dave’s Antique & Collectibles Show, D-Armouries, Grande Prairie, AB Fri: 12 noon -8pm Sat: 10am-5pm
Mar 24, 25 Edmonton Stamp Club 2018 Spring National Stamp Show, Central Lion’s Recreation Centre, 113 St & 111 Ave, Edmonton, AB Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-4pm [email protected]
Mar 30, 31 Antique Arms Show, BMO Centre, Stampede Grnds, Calgary, AB
Mar 30, 31 Anneke’s Antique Show & Sale, Heritage Place, Stony Plain, AB Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: 10am-4pm For info: 780-699-7839
Mar 31 Antique & Collectible Show, Agriplex, Cloverdale, BC
Apr 7, 8 Kerrisdale Antiques Fair, Kerrisdale Arena, Vancouver, BC
Apr 13 – 15 Fraser Valley Antiques & Collectibles Club (FVACC) Show, Queens Park Arena, New Westminster, BC. Early admission: Fri 5pm-9pm, $20. Sat: 9am-4pm, Sun: 10am-2pm
Apr 14 Calgary Doll Club Antique & Collectible Show & Sale, Acadia Recreation Complex, 240 – 90th Ave SE Calgary, AB 10am-3pm
Apr 14, 15 Border City Optimist Antique & Vintage Show & Sale, Exhibition Grnds, Lloydminster, SK
Apr 21, 22 43rd Annual Wild Rose Antique Collectors Show & Sale Hall E, Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, AB Sat: 9am-5pm Sun: 10am-4pm
Apr 27, 28 Grande Prairie Antique Show, D Armouries, Grande Prairie, AB
Apr 28, 29 Antiquing at the Arc Vintage Retro & Antique Show, Acadia Recreation Complex, Calgary
May 4 CAVAC Swap Meet, Westerner Park, Red Deer, AB
May 12, 13 Carswell’s 29th Annual Mother’s Day Antique & Vintage Show, Stockman’s Pavilion, Westerner Park, 4847A Street, Red Deer, AB Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-4pm For info: 403-343-1614 or email [email protected]
May 21 Antique Mall Parking Lot Sale, Old Strathcona Antique Mall, Edmonton Mon: 10am-4pm
Jun 10 Retro Design & Antiques Fair, Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC
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