| | INSULATOR OF THE MONTH - Hemi - Opal
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This Hemingray C.S. E-114 (CD 128), "heavy on the opal", is Rick
Hall's current favorite insulator. Rick says he purchased this jewel at the Yuma
swap meet this winter. "I saw it from across the way on Dwayne Anthony's
table, made a beeline for it, and now it sits on my shelf. It really is what the
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| | What's in Your Stock of Stuff?
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Until last fall, there was only a single example of a CD 111 known in the
hobby. That is, until a collector was going through his stock of insulators.
Ron Yuhas tells the story as follows, "The short story on the find is
that I had a warehouse that I had stored insulators and other stuff for the last
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| | A Good Soaking...
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| | By David Collins
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An alternative to using dangerous chemicals to clean
insulators.
In the September, 2006 issue of Crown Jewels, my attention was drawn to a
letter describing a method of cleaning insulators, utilizing muriatic acid in a
soaking solution. I decided to do some research. What I found lead me to share
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| | Some maintenance may be needed...
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Reader Matthew Angelini likes to photograph old lines and insulators in use.
Matthew writes, "I have always been interested in insulators, but I only
found out about your magazine a few years ago. If it weren't for Crown Jewels, I
would never know there were so many different types of insulators.
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| | Kids Korner
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COLLECTING
INSULATORS
Hi, my name is Dan Tobojka. I'm from Holden, MA. I have been collecting
insulators for about a year now. It may not seem like that long but it has been.
I've collected many different kinds of insulators. A friend gave my first
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| | A(n Insulator) Dog's Life
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A(n insulator) Dog's Life
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| | More Letters
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Editor's Note: Some of the articles in recent issues of Crown Jewels
have been quite lengthy, and did not permit us to publish letters from
readers. Therefore we are expanding that section in this month's issue in an effort to catch up.
Howard
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| | LES CINQ MONSTRES
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| | By Bernard L. Warren
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| | Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page 32
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(The Five Monsters)
Large glass power insulators have fascinated this writer since 1986, when
several coolie hats, Muncies and Pyrex power pieces were acquired from a power
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| | Winter 2007
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Lots of folks would prefer to forget the winter of '07. Record snowfall,
unusual snowfall, frequent snowfall. Here are some wintry scenes readers sent in.
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| | Edison's Tower & Museum
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Dave Kantor, Suzy's owner (pages 50-51), reports that the Thomas Alva Edison
Memorial now has the beginnings of an insulator display.
The Memorial is located near Dave's home; and he stopped in one day to check
it out. When he saw that the museum didn't have any insulators on display, Dave
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| | Yankee Pole Cat Summer Swap - Milford, MA
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| | By John Rajpolt
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| | Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page 40
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Our second annual event in Milford, MA was held on Saturday, July 22nd at the
Maspenock Rod and Gun Club in Milford, Massachusetts. Club member L.A. Jones
once again was able to secure this location for us. The club has a nice outdoor
area as well as a covered pavilion - which this year, we needed to keep dry
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| | Letters to the Editor
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New Club
Hi Howard,
When you guys get a spare minute, will you please find a place to announce an
opportunity for charter membership in the San Joaquin Valley Insulator Club (SJVIC)?
The San Joaquin Valley Insulator Club is NOW ACCEPTING CHARTER MEMBERSHIP
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| | Yankee Pole Cat's Golden Pond
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| | By Doug MacGillvary Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page
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September 16th: Today we gathered at Emmon's Golden Pond in East Hampton, CT
like we have been doing for years. The weatherman tried to scare us into
thinking we would see clouds and scattered showers but believe it or not he was
wrong. The sun was out from start to finish. Start was about 7:15 am when club
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| | HUNTING 737.5 THREADLESS
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| | By Jason Nickerson
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Early in the summer of 2006, a couple local bottle collectors dropped in one
morning to visit my father and I. They had heard that we had a few bottles and
that we were insulator collectors and they thought they would stop in for chat.
While talking with the guys, one of them mentioned finding a couple pieces of
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| | YUMA SHOW
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The Grand Canyon State Insulator Club's eighth annual swap meet was held
February 3, 2007 in Yuma, Arizona.
Dan Gauron attended and sent in a few photos.
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