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Message to readers about contents for this month....

  

   

What's in Your Stock of Stuff?

   
   

Until last fall, there was only a single example of a CD 111 known in the hobby. That is, until a collector was going through his stock of insulators.

Ron Yuhas tells the story as follows, "The short story on the find is that I had a warehouse that I had stored insulators and other stuff for the last ...                    [more]



   

YUMA SHOW

   
   

The Grand Canyon State Insulator Club's eighth annual swap meet was held February 3, 2007 in Yuma, Arizona.

Dan Gauron attended and sent in a few photos.                                                                      
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Some maintenance may be needed...

   
   

Reader Matthew Angelini likes to photograph old lines and insulators in use. Matthew writes, "I have always been interested in insulators, but I only found out about your magazine a few years ago. If it weren't for Crown Jewels, I would never know there were so many different types of insulators.
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Edison's Tower & Museum

   
   

Dave Kantor, Suzy's owner (pages 50-51), reports that the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial now has the beginnings of an insulator display.

The Memorial is located near Dave's home; and he stopped in one day to check it out. When he saw that the museum didn't have any insulators on display, Dave ...                    [more]



   

Winter 2007

   
   

Lots of folks would prefer to forget the winter of '07. Record snowfall, unusual snowfall, frequent snowfall.  Here are some wintry scenes readers sent in.                                                                                                                      
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A Good Soaking...

   By David Collins

   

An alternative to using dangerous chemicals to clean insulators.

In the September, 2006 issue of Crown Jewels, my attention was drawn to a letter describing a method of cleaning insulators, utilizing muriatic acid in a soaking solution. I decided to do some research. What I found lead me to share ...                    [more]



   

Letters to the Editor

   
   

New Club

Hi Howard,

When you guys get a spare minute, will you please find a place to announce an opportunity for charter membership in the San Joaquin Valley Insulator Club (SJVIC)?

The San Joaquin Valley Insulator Club is NOW ACCEPTING CHARTER MEMBERSHIP ...                    [more]



   

HUNTING 737.5 THREADLESS

   By Jason Nickerson

   

Early in the summer of 2006, a couple local bottle collectors dropped in one morning to visit my father and I. They had heard that we had a few bottles and that we were insulator collectors and they thought they would stop in for chat. While talking with the guys, one of them mentioned finding a couple pieces of ...                    [more]



   

A(n Insulator) Dog's Life

   
   

A(n insulator) Dog's Life                                                                            
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Kids Korner

   
   

COLLECTING 
INSULATORS

Hi, my name is Dan Tobojka. I'm from Holden, MA. I have been collecting insulators for about a year now. It may not seem like that long but it has been. I've collected many different kinds of insulators. A friend gave my first ...                    [more]



   

Yankee Pole Cat's Golden Pond

   By Doug MacGillvary

Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page

   42

   

September 16th: Today we gathered at Emmon's Golden Pond in East Hampton, CT like we have been doing for years. The weatherman tried to scare us into thinking we would see clouds and scattered showers but believe it or not he was wrong. The sun was out from start to finish. Start was about 7:15 am when club ...                    [more]



   

INSULATOR OF THE MONTH - Hemi - Opal

   
   

This Hemingray C.S. E-114 (CD 128), "heavy on the opal", is Rick Hall's current favorite insulator. Rick says he purchased this jewel at the Yuma swap meet this winter. "I saw it from across the way on Dwayne Anthony's table, made a beeline for it, and now it sits on my shelf. It really is what the ...                    [more]



   

More Letters

   
   

Editor's Note: Some of the articles in recent issues of Crown Jewels have been quite lengthy, and did not permit us to publish letters from readers. Therefore we are expanding that section in this month's issue in an effort to catch up.   Howard

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LES CINQ MONSTRES

   By Bernard L. Warren
   

Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page 32

   

(The Five Monsters)

Large glass power insulators have fascinated this writer since 1986, when several coolie hats, Muncies and Pyrex power pieces were acquired from a power ...                    [more]



   

Yankee Pole Cat Summer Swap - Milford, MA

   By John Rajpolt
   

Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page 40

   

Our second annual event in Milford, MA was held on Saturday, July 22nd at the Maspenock Rod and Gun Club in Milford, Massachusetts. Club member L.A. Jones once again was able to secure this location for us. The club has a nice outdoor area as well as a covered pavilion - which this year, we needed to keep dry ...                    [more]



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