| | OH, CHRISTMAS TREE, OH, CHRISTMAS TREE...
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| | by Louis Bornman
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How lovely are thy 42’s?
The photo is of a Christmas decoration I saw in Weston, Missouri over the
1995 Christmas holidays. Although I did not get to see the “tree” lighted at
night, I can imagine that it probably looked really neat. There is a string (or
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| | November Leftovers - The Bird That Lost Its Stuffing...
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| | by Carol McDougald
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I got in a hurry and left some of the “stuff” out of the November 1996
issue’s article “Radio Strains aren’t as bad as they sound!” Dan Howard
had very specific information about the cover photograph and I forgot to include
it in the article. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to work so many months in advance.
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| | December's Cover
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Almost everyone associates the holiday season with a cute, pleasantly stuffed "Teddy Bear." So, this month's cover goes right to the
source! The koala is probably Australia's favorite animal. It is known
affectionately as the Australian teddy bear although there are a dozen names to
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| | Marvin & Michelle’s Big Adventure, Part II
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| | by Marvin Suggs
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To Catch a Falling Star
My girlfriend Michelle and I had been collecting insulators for a couple of
months when our next big adventure came along. We were anxious to discover other
insulator hunting grounds, so we bought a County Map book from the Highway
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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NOT YOUR EVERYDAY INSULATORS
BEHEMOTH #1
Richard Selleh of Thompsons, Texas, wrote me several weeks ago to describe a
very large glass insulator in his collection. Judging from the measurements and
photos of the piece I was pretty sure it was going to need a new CD number, but
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| | Letters
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MORE INFORMATION ON SIMONDS PATENT
A New Insulator
W.E. Simonds, of Hartford, Conn., has invented an insulator on the principle
suggested in THE JOURNAL of June 1. A description has been sent us, but without
cuts, which however, are unnecessary. Beneath the bell of the ordinary glass
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| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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N. R. “WOODY” WOODWARD
This will be my last “Bea Lines”, and it is with great pleasure that I am
able to finish my 11 years of writing this column by interviewing Mr. N. R.
Woodward of Houston, Texas. Having begun with the Milhollands in June 1985, it
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| | “Bea Lines” Says Goodbye
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This is my last interview for “Bea Lines”, and I have thoroughly enjoyed
participating in the hobby in this way. I have had the pleasure of knowing
personally all 33 collectors interviewed in 26 articles (some stories were on
couples). I chose high as well as low profile people; dealers, authors,
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