Out-going Treasurer, Alan Thain, shows his Donald Duck album from 1953

Next Meeting: Monday, October 24

7:30 p.m. Delwood Community Hall, 7515 Delwood Rd. Program: Show & Tell: Something starting with "J"

October 2016

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DIG & PICK

Edmonton Alberta Canada Volume 42 Issue # 2 October 2016

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 2015/2016

Phone Email address

President Bruce Gilbertson 780-914-7955 Vice President Clinton Beck 780-474-7447 clinton@beckantiques.com Secretary position vacant (Marjorie Berg, acting secretary) Treasurer position vacant Membership John Horrigan 780-455-7432 newsfact@web.net DIRECTORS Editor Marjorie Berg 780-432-2244 marjberg@shaw.ca Social/Prog. Kim Stade 780-479-1234 msbourjois@telusplanet.net Show Director Bernie Haber 780-479-1234 tony_o@telus.net 2017 SPRING SHOW Show Chairman Bernie Haber 780-479-1234 tony_o@telus.net

If you know of a club member who is ill or who has had a death in the family, please contact Suzanne Balslov-Kulak, 780-987-2851 and she will send out a card on the Club's behalf. The Club Address is: Wild Rose Antique Collectors, PO Box 38150 RPO Capilano, Edmonton, AB, T6A 3Y6 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, 7517 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 436-4436, Nancy Ross 479-7706, or Marvin Berger 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, September 26, 2016

President, Bruce Gilbertson called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm. One (email) member present had not received the Dig & Pick. James Hogan moved the adoption of the minutes from the August 21, 2016 General Meeting. Seconded by Betty-Jean Duke. Motion carried. Correspondence: The Vernon Collectors Club August 28 meeting minutes received. Old Business: 2017 Show: Bernie reported that we finally have a contract with Northlands for April 1 & 2, 2017, but it is for Halls G & H, still at the same price as Hall E which will mean 337 spaces (had 255 in Hall E). Vendor parking will be $17 for the weekend. Power has increased to $90 per space this year. Attendance tickets will remain the same; pre-sale: $8.50, $13 for the weekend and from TicketMaster: $9, $15 for the weekend. Appraiser, Gale Pirie will attend and wants $450 for her expenses (same as last year). Treasurer: Alan Thain reported that he has the "books" ready for year end (September 2015 - August 2016) and asked for two members to do a review. James Hogan and John Duke volunteered. Membership: John Horrigan reported that 81 Membership Renewal forms for 2016/2017 have been returned. Social/Program: Kim Stade reported that the October Program will be "J" items. A few free tickets for the October 1st First Canadian Collectors Show in Calgary have been received and are available to members. Dig & Pick: Marjorie Berg had nothing to report. Face Book: Marjorie reported that 278 individuals are following our page. Website: Clinton asked that members let him know about up-coming antique shows. He will post these on our website. New Business: Election of Executive: Motion: Moved by Susan Paleniuk; seconded by Betty Burak that Bruce Gilbertson be accepted as President. Carried. Motion: Moved by Gord Soch; seconded by Betty Burak that Clinton Beck be accepted as Vice President. Carried. Motion: Moved by Bill Borgwardt; seconded by Vicki Hackl that Kim Stade be accepted as Social/Program Director. Carried.

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Motion: Moved by Sylvia Kuyzk; seconded by Bill Borgwardt that John Horrigan be accepted as Membership Director. Carried. Motion: Moved by James Hogan; seconded by Bill Borgwardt that Bernie Haber be accepted as Show Director. Carried. Nominations from the floor were requested for the position of Treasurer. No nominations received. The position remains vacant. Nominations from the floor were requested for the position of Editor. None forthcoming. Motion: Moved by Emily Seutter; seconded by Betty Burak that Marjorie Berg be accepted as Editor. Carried. Motion: Nominations from the floor were requested for the position of Secretary. None forthcoming. The position remains vacant. Attendance tonight: 50 Guests: 2 Door prizes: $25 gift certificate to the Rocky Mountain Antique Mall won by Joyce Smith. Edmonton history book won by Carol Snyder. Raffle prize: Poole bowl won by Bessie Hogan. Moved by Susan Paleniuk; seconded by Larry Chaplin, that the business portion of the meeting be adjourned at 8:00 pm. Carried. Program: Members showed their "finds" from over the summer and a Silent Auction of 12 of our library books was held. Bruce Gilbertson Marjorie Berg President Acting Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________

Important Notices

• The club desperately needs a Treasurer. If no member is willing to accept

this position on the Executive, we will have to hire a bookkeeper.

• Volunteers are needed for the annual Christmas Party which will be held Friday, December 2, in Delwood Hall. Tickets will be available at the October 24th General Meeting: $15 for members (the club will again subsidize the additional $6 cost per member for the dinner). Details: page 11.

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Collectors' Conventions

On Sunday, August 21 some of the local Alberta license plate collectors met in Andrew, AB. Our host was Marsh Pysar. He is the fellow who bought my full collection of plates in January of 2008. The above photo is in Pysar’s garage and most of the plates in the background were mine at one time. In the photo we are holding one 1912 Alberta plate and three 1913 Alberta plates which is uncommon to see together. The other big plate that I am holding is from Thailand. Marsh treated us to a borscht lunch over at the fairgrounds where the annual Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival was going on. The rest of the afternoon we spent time looking at and trading license plates and related items. A good time was had by all. John Wm Duke

Diane and Jim Close, Aline Cox and Yessy Byl all attended the National Button Society (NBS) Convention held this year in Denver, Colorado. Yessy is currently 2nd Vice President for the NBS and will be the President in 2018. Nine people from Canada were in attendance.

They were told that the Crowne Plaza, where the convention was held, was close to downtown Denver, but it was actually 45 minutes away, so they didn't see much of Denver.

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Show & Tell: Look What I Found This Summer

Big Little books: Tarzan the Terrible, Terry and the Pirates' the Plantation Mystery, Mickey Mouse Runs His Own Newspaper

Edison Mazda Lamp bulb, Canadian General Electric 1914- 1930

1962 Nat Fleisher's "The Ring" Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia ( produced from 1942 - 1987)

Acorn motif buttons from the Button Convention in Denver, Colorado.

Imperial Mixture, Manufactured Expressly For The Hudson's Bay Company

Blackboard yardstick (for drawing lines) with holder

Buffed celluloid buttons, found at Fibre Fest in Ottawa

Carved, bakelite earrings

Celluloid purse

Kewpie perfume bottle

Hat pins, tiny perfume bottles, and heart-embossed lighter containers - all eBay finds this summer

Halloween shoe change-purse

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12 piece candle mould from Rochester, MN gold rush days

Buggy bells - from Rochester

Piggly Wiggly Dairy (Winnipeg) half-pint 1932. Piggly Wiggly was the 1st Cash & Carry store

Las Vegas 2007 National Finals Rodeo shirt - storage locker find

1915 British silk umbrella with original tassel

Hand-tooled brass umbrella handle

Oktoberfest hat

Porcelain lamp bases

Vintage knife sharpener

English creamers - Manchester, England

Borden ice cream - creamer

Creamer & butter pat from White Lunch, Taber, Alberta. Globe pottery, England 1934

Scale & weights - made in India. Value Village find.

Portable Singer sewing machine with wooden base

1960 Edm calendar with thermometer

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Very rare 1910 Hudson's Bay Blue Ribbon Tea container with Canadian scenes e.g. Yukon River - auction find.

The Class of 1967 Expansion Goalies - autographed

Jelly Belly pin - possible Corocraft knock-off

Miniature china cabinet with china

1886 invitation - Washington's Birthday - an auction find, along with several other pieces of political ephemera.

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1886 invitation, political ribbon, packet of gold leaf, 1898 tiny booklet calendar from Colgate & Co., 1901 Panamanian stamps.

British Antiques Road Show program, bag, pen & keychain - gift from a visitor from England

Porcelain doll, miniature wicker bassinet (found at Miniature Show) and Christmas stocking.

Cistern water pump, Fergus Canada

1981 pen & ink original "Great Blue Heron" by Edmontonian Edgar T. Jones. He was an illustrator, conservationist, and environmentalist and won the Distinguished Flying Cross twice.

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Pictured here are three hockey sweaters that Len “Comet” Haley wore during his early career. Len Haley played from 1949 to 1972 for a number of teams. Len was born in 1931 in Edmonton and is now living at Seba Beach. His first junior team was in 1949 – 50 with the Medicine Hat Tigers where he played for two seasons and was captain of that team. He turned pro in the fall of 1951 with the Omaha Knights. He played for the Edmonton Flyers in 1952 -53, 1953-54 seasons and came back again in 1959-60 and 1960-61 seasons. He played 1961 to 1965 for the San Francisco Seals which is #3 sweater. #2 sweater is from the Tulsa Oilers where he played for the 1967-68 season. He played only 30 games in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings. These three sweaters were recently purchased by a friend of mine for over $10,000. Len played hockey at the senior level for many more years and played in his last major tournament in 2010 in Minnesota.

#1 #2

#3 Len Haley in 1966 with the Seattle Totems By John Wm. Duke

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The Classifieds

For Sale

Blue Mountain Pottery Collection, 100 pieces (large & small). $1200 Call Sylvia 780-921-3985

1959-60 Art Deco/Art Moderne Revival style vanity $140 1960s vintage print: Concert in the Time of Mozart, by Goes Lithography 26 X 44 $35 Call Susan 587-926-0333

Wanted

Pottery by Ceramic Arts Calgary and Hansen-Ross (Saskatchewan) Bill Bouthillier 403-275-0089 or email bill.bouthillier@shaw.ca ______________________________________________________________________________

WRAC Annual Christmas Party

Friday, December 2, 2016

Delwood Community League Hall

7515 Delwood Road, Edmonton

Cocktails 6:00pm

Dinner 6:30pm

Tickets $15 ($20 non-members)

Bring a new toy for Santa's Anonymous Contributions for the Silent Auction may be brought to the November meeting.

Entertainment: To be announced at the October 24th meeting.

Tickets for the Christmas party will be available at the October general meeting.

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Calendar of Events

Oct 21, 22 Antique Show D Company Armouries, 9005 - 101 St. Grande Prairie, AB For info: Don or Edith Parnell 780-987-2071 or 780-908-5790

Oct 22, 23 Carswell's 26th Annual Red Deer Christmas Antique Show Westerner Park, 4847A - 19 St. Red Deer, AB Sat: 10am-5:30 pm Sun:10am-4pm Rae Carswell 403-343-1614 carswellpromotions@shaw.ca

Oct 22, 23 Rangeland Collector's Club Antique & Collectibles Show Mountain Turf Club "Grandstand", Lethbridge

Oct 31 - Nov 6 Mall Show Northgate Shopping Centre, Edmonton

Nov 5 The Pop Culture Collectibles Fair at the Scottish Cultural Centre, Vancouver

Nov 5, 6 Edmonton Coin Club Show & Sale Howard Johnson Hotel, 15540 Stony Plain Rd, Edmonton Sat: 10am-5pm Sun: 10am-4:30pm

Nov 6 Edmonton's Scandinavian Christmas Market, Dutch Canadian Scandinavian Centre, 13312 - 142 St Edmonton 10am-3pm Lunch available. For more info: call Susanne Balslov-Kulak 780-987-2851

Nov 14-20 Mall Show Westmount Shopping Centre, Edmonton Edith Parnell 780-908-5790

Nov 21-Dec 31 Christmas Mall Show Westmount Shopping Centre, Edmonton

Nov 25, 26 The Vernon Collectors Club 28th Annual Antique & Collectibles Sale, Vernon Rec Centre, 3310-37 Ave Vernon, BC Fri 2pm-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm Vendor info: 250-379-2587

Dec 2 Wild Rose Antique Collectors Annual Christmas Party, Delwood Hall Cocktails: 6:00 pm, Dinner: 6:30 pm. Silent Auction. Tickets will be available at the October 24 meeting or call 780-479-7706

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