| | Red Hot Color from South of the Border
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| | by Dale Huber
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I was honored when Carol McDougald asked if I would write the bylines for the
photos in this issue of Crown Jewels. (See color insert "Red Hot Color from
South of the Border", pages 1-4)
I have collected insulators since 1970,
hard to believe, I was ten years old then. Anyway one of my claims to fame have
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| | Collecting Merit Badge
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As some of you know I've been a collector of insulators for more years than I
can remember. I've also been involved in Boy Scouts of America (BSA). This past
Saturday 11/2/02 my two interests combined in a fun day for me. BSA has a new
merit badge called collecting. We had a BSA conference where the new merit badge
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| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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Believe It Or Not! I thought when Mrs. Mac turned over the editorship of
Crown Jewels of the Wire to Howard and Linda Banks that our schedule would begin
to lighten up a bit.
To the contrary, Carol and I seem to have stepped up the
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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The New Lexington
High Voltage Porcelain Company
(1903 - 1912)
Very little is known about the New Lexington High Voltage Porcelain Co.
(N-L). The company was incorporated in March 1903 and located in New Lexington,
OH. When the company started, construction of electrical transmission lines was
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| | Foreign Insulators
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From Marilyn Albers. . .
For the past 23 years I have had the opportunity to share my love of
insulators (especially the foreign ones) with collectors throughout the world by
serving as the foreign insulator editor of "Crown Jewels of the Wire"
magazine. This has been a real privilege and I want to thank the editors for
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