...to foster and encourage the collection, appreciation, study, preservation, and documentation of early American pattern glassware, and its place in American life, past and present.
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EAPGS 13th Annual Conference Report 2008The 13th annual conference/meeting of the Early American Pattern Glass Society began at 4:30 on Thursday April 24th at the Four Points Hotel in Harrisburg, PA. President Carl Hearn welcomed everyone and invited the attendees to bid on the many items in the silent auction. There were many beautiful pieces of glass. Dinner was at 6:00 and the pork and lamb were both nicely presented and delicious. The table decorations during the conference celebrated the University of Kansas football win at the Orange Bowl. Who is it among our members that is from Kansas? )
After dinner, Carl introduced the Trustees that were present. Irv Terzich, Bill Stromberg and Bill Morrison were all unable to attend. Carl also acknowledged the former trustees that were at the dinner. Nancy Smith was our MC and began the evening by introducing David Peterson, author of a new book Glass Rarities, 2007. David has also written: Vaseline Glass, 2002 and The Lost Chapters, 2004/05. David spoke about the various names given Vaseline glass depending on the culture. While there is uranium in the glass, there is not enough to be dangerous. Very interesting and informative discussion of the glass Joe Greene then took the podium and spoke about the display of flint goblets that he had brought for the EAPGS booth at the show. He had grouped the goblets into categories such as popular examples, historic examples, nature examples, early examples and goblets with snakes on the handles. Joe had also made varying sizes of polyurethane stands to display each goblet. It made a beautiful exhibit for the EAPG booth! The tables in the booth, had been turned this year, so that people could get closer to the showcase to exam, but not touch, the goblets. Joe also brought the article that he had written for the NewsJournal on the flying storks. He has discovered other discrepancies in this pattern. Glenn and Modene Murphy then demonstrated their on-line pattern ‘book’. They had some ‘mystery’ patterns that they asked the audience to help identify. Out of a number of patterns, we were only able to identify one. Nancy Smith also had some ‘mystery’ pieces and none of them were identified.
Sue Slight briefly discussed the Questor’s new exhibit – 100 years of pressed glass. Gloria invited everyone to the Central States Regional meeting in Kansas in July; Carl let the attendees know of the Glasfax meeting in Canada in June and invited us to come north. There will also be an Eastern Regional meeting in Newark, Ohio in October. The dinner adjourned at 8:45. It was a very informative evening! Friday morning, most of the attendees headed for the antique glass show and sale at the farm show complex. It was smaller this year, but there were many beautiful pieces of glass. A smaller show does make for less walking! The EAPGS booth was staffed at all times by members of the society. It included the EAPGS library as well as information on the Society. Mark Prime has resigned as librarian and the Society thanks Mark for his years of keeping track of the books for us. They are used at every show!
The social hour began at 6:00 and dinner was at 7:00. The ‘food stations’ worked very well for getting food without having to stand in long lines. There was a pasta station, fiata station, salad bar, soup bar and dessert station. They were spaced far enough apart that no one was in another person’s way. And the food was excellent! After dinner, Barbara Payne talked to us on the topic of “Glass Factories Shattered”. She discussed the factories at Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria and the surrounding area that depended on the gas and oil exploitation that quickly ran dry. Libbey survived by moving to Toledo and converting from gas to coal. Findlay moved to Albany and Bellaire went to Indiana. Only Tiffin remained open after 1900, closing in 1980.
Saturday morning was the annual meeting. Carl Hearn welcomed all the people who came and began the business of the Society. The first item was the election of new trustees to the board. Carl appointed a committee to collect and count the ballots. Then After the ballots were counted and tallied, Carl announced the election of Lon Hodges, John Ahlfeld, and returning board members, Nancy Bloomstrand and Sue Slight to the board. Carl then turned the meeting over to Bill Reidenbach who conducted the election of the officers for the next year. Dave Christensen, President, Sue Slight, Vice President, Phaleta Sergeant, Secretary and Dan Jensen, Treasurer. The annual meeting was adjourned. The Society thanked Carl Hearn for his years of leadership to EAPGS. Much has been accomplished under his administration and we appreciate all his hard and often frustrating work! From the board that worked closely with Carl, a special thank you for all your understanding, diplomacy and skills in leading EAPGS into a new era.
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The Early American Pattern Glass Society celebrated their 13 th Annual Meeting/Convention April 26-29 th at the Four Seasons Sheraton in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As in past years, it was held in conjunction with one of, if not the largest, antique show featuring EAPG and Art Glass.
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