My Last Editorial
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 1985, page 5
Has a final sound, doesn't it? Not so! It may be my last editorial as editor
of Crown Jewels, but Don and I will still be around, involved with collecting
insulators, attending shows and club meetings, and you may just see more of us
than before, since we will not be tied down with publishing and mailing. Also,
Don is retiring from his job. So watch out, collectors, here we come!
As I sit
here in the office writing this and looking around me, there is a sadness and
also a joy. One era of my life is over, but I have so many nice reminders of
that era. I am surrounded with remembrances and awards. I have been honored, but
the best reward has been the beautiful friendships we have formed with the
greatest people in the world -- Insulator People -- for you are the Best -- you have
sustained me through all my trials of publishing. The support you have given me
has just been tremendous. It's impossible to thank each and everyone singularly,
since it would use all the space in this magazine; but you just have to review
the two hundred issues of Crown Jewels to see and know all the collectors who
have participated to make Crown Jewels your magazine. What terrific people!
I
have had many awards and honors, but I would like to say the one that stands out
a notch above the others is the first (1976) "Outstanding Service
Award" to be given by the National Insulator Association. To me this is the
ultimate award, and the very first one was mine! Thank you so much, everyone.
In
my Thank You's I also want to include my printers, Myrtle Scharffenberg and
Family. They have stuck it out with me the whole sixteen years and two months.
Thank you for your devotion and service.
There are also some other people
'behind the scenes' that I would like to Thank -- my daughter, Doreen; my
sister-in-law, Mary; and my friend, Pat; who all very faithfully drop whatever
they are doing on mailing day and rally to my aid when we address your issues and
get them in the mail. My very grateful Thanks to all of you.
Now to the future
of Crown Jewels. I don't think you will see all that much change, except your
issues will be mailed from Cleveland, Ohio. There will still be the same
columnists and other writers. I urge all of you to continue sending your
material (show reports, articles, poems, cartoons, ads, etc.) to John and Carol
McDougald, so that they may continue Crown Jewels as we know it. I feel grateful
to them for taking over, since my health will not permit me to continue as
editor and publisher of Crown Jewels.
As to back issues, I have retained them
and will be advertising them for sale in future issues, but first I want a
vacation (R. & R.) for a couple months -- get my leg healed, so I cam dance and
go to shows and do all the neat things in life. I'm not going to drop into
oblivion. You'll be hearing from me from time to time.
See you all at the
National in June.
Dora
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