New England Chapter No. 8 NAWCCSPRING MEETING, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007Worcester Hotel & Conference Center
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SPRING MEETING, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007
Worcester Hotel & Conference Center
500 Lincoln St., Worcester MA
508-852-4000
Directions:
Please note: The Worcester Hotel & Conference Center is the new name of the Worcester Holiday Inn location which we have met at many times before.
Click here for Mapquest Map
From the East: Mass Pike (90) West. Take Exit 11A on to 495 North. Take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.) Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left. Turn left at the lights to enter Inn driveway. There is a Denny's on that corner.
From the West: Mass Pike (90), East: Take Exit 10 onto 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.). Take a Left off the ramp on to Plantation St. Proceed straight for about 0.3 mile and at the lights bear left on to Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel is about 0.7 mile on the right.
From the North: I 93 South to 495 South. Take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.) Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left. Turn left at the lights to enter Inn driveway. There is a Denny's on that corner.
From the South: I 95 North to I 295 North to 146 North to 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.). Take a Left off the ramp on to Plantation St. Proceed straight for about 0.3 mile and at the lights bear left on to Lincoln St. The Worcester Hotel is about 0.7 mile on the right.
Registrations by April 14, 2007 are $20.
Registrations received after April 14, 2007, and "walk-ins" will be $25.
As always, registration includes your luncheon and is required for participation in any of the meeting activities.
| 7:30 AM | Registration name tags available for those members who preregistered. Registration table open for "walk-ins". Mart area open for set-up by table holders only. |
| 8:00 AM | Mart open; with closing at 11:45 A.M. for 12:00 Noon Luncheon. (a watchman for Mart will be provided) |
| 8:30 AM | Silent Auction Table will run from 8:30 to 10:15A.M. |
| 9:00 AM | "Gold Leaf Gilding Decoration on Early American Wood Clock Cases" - Burt Kassap will show techniques used for columns, door frames, eagles, wood ropes, carvings and circular shapes using the "water gilding" process. Burt has been repairing clock movements and clock cases for over twenty years. He is Past President of Chapter 8. |
| 10:30 AM | "Geo P. Reed Watches" - Gerrit Nijssen will present a slide program, based on information he has gathered during the last thirty years, about these relatively rare watches. Geo. Reed was born near Lebanon, NH, and conducted his business, along with other skilled craftsmen of the area, in and around Boston during the birth of the American watch industry. Gerrit Nijssen was born and raised in Indonesia and completed his higher education in Holland. Over the years, he has written more than a half dozen articles for the NAWCC Bulletin and, in 1978, he published a book on F. A. Lange and Glasshutte. The most recent Bulletin featured the first installment of a two-part article on the life of Daniel O'Hara. |
| 11:45 | Mart closes |
| 12:00 | Noon Luncheon |
| 12:45 | Luncheon Program: "Joseph Ives, for Good and for Bad" - Snowden Taylor will cover the horological career of Joseph Ives. The clocks of Ives encompass wooden works movements for tall case and shelf clocks, Brooklyn clocks, strap and wagon-spring movements, and tin-plate clocks. Snowden's slide presentation will look at the ground-breaking advances of Ives, as well as his impractical clocks and financial failures. Snowden Taylor is a retired research and teaching physicist. He joined the NAWCC in 1965, has been the Chair of the Research Committee since 1981, and has written extensively for the Bulletin. Snowden is a former President of the American Clock and Watch Museum and is now an honorary Director. |
The Silent Auction table (8: 30 to 10:15) - enables you to sell a few items without the need for a table:
Fill out a slip at the table with your minimum price you will accept for the item. Members can then write in their bids during the course of the auction.
The cost to you as a seller is only $3.00 PER ITEM. The charge is payable in advance and applies whether item sells or not (multiple items for one bid count as one item).
AND
At at the auction table you can buy a ticket for the 50-50 raffle.
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It's hard to believe that it is already April, and that six years have passed since I last served as your president.
Your Chapter 8 Board hopes that we continue to provide interesting and worthwhile meetings for you. About seven years ago, we did a survey to find out what the membership thought about our chapter meetings – we asked about the format and whether people felt they were getting value for their meeting expenses. The response showed that most members liked the format and felt they were getting good value for their expenses. We would like to do a similar survey to be sure that we are continuing to please the membership. Please take a few minutes to respond to our 2 questions and return the survey in the enclosed envelope with your registration (if you can not attend the meeting, please do try to send back the survey).
I’m looking forward to serving as your president for the next two years. I hope to see all of you at the meeting.
-- Larry Chelmow |
SUITCASE CLOCK REPAIR COURSES
Victor Kozakevich, an associate director of Chapter 8, manages the NAWCC Suitcase Program. If you are interested, contact him at a meeting or at 617-491-4608 (email: ).
Chapter Contacts:
If you any of you have a question or wish to contact someone in the chapter, get in touch with any of these people and they will get your message to the right person if they cannot help you.
2009 President Larry Chelmow
399 Chapman St., Canton, MA 02021
781-828-1626
2009 1st Vice Pres. Peter Nunes
4 Hopkins Lane, Peace Dale, RI 02879
401-789-6791
2007 2nd Vice Pres. Harold Lincoln
5 Ringbolt Road, Hingham, MA 02043
781-740-1190
2007 Treasurer Wayne Paskerian
5 Warren St., Winchester, MA 01890
781-729-0113
2009 Secretary Lester Tyrala
28 Curtis St. Quincy, MA 02169
617-479-2140
2007 President Burton Kassap
112 Bullough Park, Newtonville, MA 02460
617-332-0162
2005 Past President Dave Deutermann
81 Kingman St, Lakeville, MA 02347
508-946-1082
davmardeut@tmlp.com
2007 Director Joe Brown
7 Pheasant Ave. Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-2284
2007 Director Larry Chelmow
399 Chapman St., Canton, MA 02021
781-828-1626
2007 Director Peter Nunes
4 Hopkins Lane, Peace Dale, RI 02879
401-789-6791
2009 Director Frank Menez
2 Bernier St. Somersworth NH 03878
603-692-0499
2009 Director Martin Cohen
21 Dunbarton Rd, Belmont, MA 02478
617-484-8725
2009 Director Steve Chatlas
Orchard Rd, Box 216
Kensington, CT 06037
860-828-1743
Associate Director Victor Kozakevich
44 Sherman St., Cambridge, MA 02138
617-491-4608
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