Letters to the Editor
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", November 1982, page 17
Dear Dora,
I'm sorry that I'm so late with the renewal.
I'm happy to say that I spent some time in the Old Country. Brookfield is alive
and well. The part of Italy where I came from is just loaded with old two piece
Brookfield power glass. I chose not to bring any home on this trip, but perhaps
next time I go, I'll find room for some. (I don't collect such large pieces.)
Keep up the good work.
Best Regards,
Robert Chiantelli
P.S. The types I saw were:
CD 305, CD 349, CD 357 and CD 371?.
Dear Dora,
Even though I've been inactive in
insulator collecting since 1977, I look forward to receiving your great magazine
every month. I keep up with the current prices, and really enjoyed the 1982
price guide. It makes me really want to get back to collecting the CD 162's and
CD 121's. Keep up the good work.
Percy Hill
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dear Ms.
Harned,
I am writing to tell you about the great show I have recently attended,
the Collectors' Jubilee at Wheaton, Il. on September 18 and 19. Larry Veneziano
and all his friends, Ron Ballard, Mike Sovereign, and all the rest of the crew
who helped put on the Chicago show did a great job.
I have attended many a show
that pertained to lightning rod arrows, vanes, and balls, but this was the
greatest small show that I was ever at in my life -- speaking of both the quality
of the things there for sale and the displays, especially Jerry Turner's display
of coal miners' equipment and mine insulators and so forth. I was most impressed
by the hospitality of the Venezianos (Larry and his wife) and their beautiful
home, because there aren't many people today who take the trouble to invite all
their friends into their home for a meal.
I would like to say in closing,
Congratulations to all the people. It was a great show, and we sure are all
going to try to be there for the show in May. Fantastic job, my Chicago Friends!
Yours truly,
J. Fred Schwartz
Hull, Illinois
Dear Dora,
Well, after over five
years of "limited" contact with the insulator hobby, I'm back!
I never
really totally left the field, but am more interested in the "total"
electric transmission and distribution line construction field and railway
electrification systems.
I wrote Jack Tod this summer and was glad to find he
was still active in the hobby. Jack mentioned that C.J. was going well, but that
you have had recent personal health problems, and I hope you are felling better
now.
I have sent some recent sketches to Jack for his column because I thought
they might be of interest.
Well, all for now. Again, hope you are well. I'm
looking forward to receiving C.J. Issues again. I have some catching up to do!
Sincerely,
Robert Winkler
Dear Dora,
I just got settled in at my new home,
Waller Hall at Washington State University. I've only been here about a month,
and my "new" insulator collection has really come together. So far I
have found an old Western Union line with a few 126's in aqua and light green.
The line had been out on both ends, so I just couldn't get myself to leave them
there. I also picked a few nice H G CO. PETTICOAT beehives in aqua, ice and
light cornflower. I bought a nice EC&M CO in light aqua for $50.00 (not a
real good deal, but my collection that I left at home lacked this one). I've
also found many old porcelain and more common glass styles here in Pullman,
Washington.
I got my September issue of C.J. today, and I would like to thank
you for printing that Cobalt-60 Irradiation article by Dennis McHenry. This
helped me understand a few things. If anyone has any info on the wine colored
McLaughlin, relating to them being true color or faked, I sure would appreciate
it. I've heard of the CD 106 and CD 164 coming in a dark wine colored purple.
Good Collecting!
William Key Burger
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