The Yankee Pole Cat Spring Show and Sale was held on March 26, 2006. Once again, the American Legion Post in Enfield, Connecticut was our host. The day started early for me with a 4AM departure from home. I arrived at the hall shortly after 5AM and was met by Kevin Johnson. We began to organize the tables/ chairs into their proper location. Doug MacGillvary was not far behind setting out signs on the local roadways. The hall was ready for the dealers to arrive before 6AM.

Corky Miller and two more CD 230's for his collection

As the sun began to come up (which was later this year as daylight savings time had yet to begin. thankfully for the dealers as we did not lose that extra hours sleep), dealers began to arrive in earnest. The day's activities were well underway. We had presold 45 tables and I ended up selling 3 more in the morning, this brought us to 48 tables, which is the most we have had in several years and almost put us at capacity. We had lots of past dealers, but we also had several new dealers, which was great. We had a great variety of dealers with glass insulators, porcelain insulators, bottles, jars, stoneware, and other miscellaneous collectibles. There were items for sale from 25 or 50 cents to several thousands of dollars. This year, our dealers came from Connecticut, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Delaware. The Pole Cats sincerely thank the dealers who came from nearby and a far to make our show a great success.

Charlie and Sandi Irons, Ken Willick, & Leo Goudreau

The dealers were mostly setup by the time we let our first attendees through the door a bit before 8AM. The crowds were steady all day, with a slight dip around noon. Unlike past years, the crowd picked back up after lunch and continued steady up until almost 2PM, which was the scheduled closing time. The time is a sad time as it signals an end to another show! I always have much anticipation to the show and then the time just flies. The day always ends way too soon. A quick survey of the dealers found that they enjoyed the show and did well for themselves.

Chris Tella and Todd Martin

Bill & Jill Meier's Display "Hemingray Experimental Age"

Andy Wadysz was setup and had one of the Twiggs pieces this attracted a lot of attention during the day. How often do you get the opportunity to see (and even hold) an insulator like that? A CD 123.2 Chester also was seen being shown around by an attendee. This was the same one that made an appearance at the fall Capital District (NY) show last year. Lots of colored signals adorned dealer tables, which made for a colorful show.

Jill Meier and Ginny Way

Bill and Jill Meier set up a display table of unique Hemingray insulators. It was neat to see some seldom seen pieces. Thanks for the effort guys. My thanks also goes to Doug MacGillvary who once again handled the advertising and show signage as well. Doug's work is kind of behind the scenes for the months leading up to the show, but it is immensely important to get people through the door. My thanks also go out to Kevin Johnson who arrived at SAM to help me setup the hall as well as direct and coordinate the dealer unloading area. Again, Kevin has helped out for several years now.

Jack Roach, all the way from Texas

A few days after the show, the American Legion contacted us. Once again, they wanted to share their thanks for using their hall. How often do you hear of that? As I mentioned before, the Post and the members I deal with during the year have always been gracious towards us. Another part of that conversation was a question to me: "Would you like to set next years date?" I replied, "Sure!" So, we are locked in for 2007. The date is Sunday, March 25, 2007. Go out and buy your 2007 calendar early so you can circle that date. Details will follow in newsletters later this year.

Kevin Johnson, Doug MacGillvary, & Tobey Sweet

Joey and Phil Mayhew, & Ed Brown

Phil Harding & L.A. Jones