JEFFERSON STATE SUMMER SWAP
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", September 2006, inside cover
Say, "Insulator". Photographer David Banks managed to get many
of the folks at the Jefferson State Insulator Club Swap Meet to hold still for a
minute. Seated are Arlene Jackson, Joann Wood, Doris Banks, & Christy
Morrell. Standing in the second row are Tim Wood, Bill Rohde, Howard Banks,
Carol Blakely, Bill Vincent, Gary Michener, & Billy Myers. Back row: Bob
Jackson, Denley Bryson, Scott Morrell, Steve March, Bill Ostrander, Ben Kirsten,
Mid Norris, and Dale Blakely.
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Attendees from four western states gathered in Merlin, Oregon at the
temporary headquarters of Crown Jewels magazine on July 29th for a backyard swap
meet.
What is the origin of all those smiles? Good glass and porcelain insulators?
Or the great friendships that develop from these gatherings? Probably both. But
we recommend you attend an event to find out for yourself.
Below: You know you are serious about the hobby when individual
insulators in your collection weigh more than you do. Ken Klein has had an
opportunity to salvage items from some pre-1920 power substations. The
insulators he's recovered, besides being gigantic, are exceedingly scarce as
most are demolished for the scrap metal fastened to them. Ken will exhibit these
and many more of his finds, some even larger, at the Mid Norris "insulator
ranch" backyard swap meet, September 15-16 in Chiloquin, Oregon.
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JEFFERSON STATE SNAP SHOTS
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