The Long Island Antique Bottle Association

 

March 2005 Newsletter

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Text Box: The Glory Hole Newsletter of the Long Island Antique Bottle Association March 2005

Upcoming Meeting - March 3 rd 2005,

Doors Open 7:30 p.m., Meeting starts at 8:00 p.m.

Directions to the Town of Islip Recreation Center, Ronkonkoma Beach Pavilion at Lake Ronkonkoma off Rosevale Ave. (631) 467-3308

From the LIE: Exit 59, Ocean Ave North to Rosevale Ave. bear left to 1 st traffic light, turn right at light into park, left into parking lot, building is at the end on your right.

From Sunrise Highway: Exit 49 Lakeland (Sayville) continue north crossing Veterans Highway, merge w/Ocean Ave, continue north under LIE & follow the directions above.

Program - Bring in your Winter Finds & Buys


And now few words from the President (or chief bottle nut notes)

First up are dues. This is the final call for dues. Dues are $20.00 for the year. To pay your dues, it is very simple. Make your check or money order payable to the Long Island Antique Bottle Association (LIABA for short if you like), and send to Mark & Laura Smith, 10 Holmes Court, Sayville NY 11782-2408. If you have a question, give me a ring, my number is 589-9027; best time is between 6 pm and 9 pm. Or, you can send me an email. My email address is: libottle@optonline.net I check my email every evening.

The deadline is when I send out the next newsletter, about April 1 st . If I have not received your dues by then, you will not receive anymore newsletters.

As part of your dues, it was decided at the February meeting, that we will give each paid member a club T shirt, for as long as the supply lasts. The club has a number of shirts with a great Brooklyn digging scene printed on them. Art work was done by the clubs own Mary Leto. The shirts will be available at the clubs meetings for pickup. Now, if you are unable to attend the meeting, and would like a shirt, please enclose an extra $5.00 for postage, include your size please, and will mail one to you. If we are out of your size, I will return the $5.00 to you.

To date, I have dues paid by the following:

Jack Slootweg

Bill Natalie

John Feldmann

George Becker

The Depkins

Charlie Clark

Will Varney

Ron Selibovsky

Gary Guest

Gary Hammond

Dave Stevens

Kevin Kelly

George Fisher

Don Weinhardt

Jim Scaturro

Sandra Radtke

Mark Smith


This makes 17 paid members at present. While not bad, is not so good either. Why? Well, this makes for $340.00 in dues. The clubs meeting hall is $225.00 for the year. Newsletter cost is around $25.00 per issue ($250 for the 10 issues/year). This is $475.00, and add in some for miscellaneous costs, say $50 for the year and you're up to $525. This is just to survive, to exist. To be safe, would say at a minimum we should bring in $600, which is 30 paid members, because where we are now, well, we will slowly wither on the vine, as they say. I do hope that between now and the mailing of the April newsletter we can gain 13 more paid members.

And now for something to confuse, enlighten and delight, we return to our Pontil Bottle IQ Test courtesy of Jennifer Kelly - a reminder of the directions - There is no set time duration on this test. The test is divided into four sections. Work quietly and neatly on the test. It is suggested that you work in pencil. Choose the answers that seem most logical.

Section 2: Analogues:

Relating Pontil Medicine Terms & Ideas (choose the answer that relates most correctly).

•  Bottle is to Brillo as:

  1. Sheep is to spray paint
  2. Bike is to blow torch
  3. Wound is to tincture
  4. Angry is to ague

•  Opodeldoc is to small furry animal as:

  1. Cure is to bottle
  2. I will not answer this question
  3. Pontil is to seal
  4. Pontil is to Yorkshire pudding

•  Vermifuge is to worm medicine as:

  1. Nervine is to medicine for the nervous system.
  2. Canker is to cut
  3. Cordial is to friendly

•  Consumption is to TB as:

  1. Wine is to Pig
  2. Soda is to soft drink
  3. Medicine is to recovery

•  Panacea is to Pectoral as:

  1. Cure all is to Carminative
  2. Arnica is to Liniment
  3. Croup is to corn

•  Pet store is to pontiled present as:

  1. Hamster is to total workout gym
  2. Closed pharmacy with expired medicine
  3. Seafood store is to shrimp and steak
  4. Nothing makes sense
  5. Sloth is to slow tree climber

•  Pontiled glass is to whittled effect as:

  1. Candy canes are to stripes
  2. Apples are to oranges
  3. Meat is to potatoes
  4. Spice rack is to cumin

Section 3: Analytical Reasoning:

The math and science relating to pontil bottles (choose the most correct answer).

•  You are at a bottle show and have 25.00, but need to buy two gifts and you had planned on spending approximately 100.00 in total. How will you get the money to buy the gifts?

  1. You really have more than 25.00 and you did not count it right.
  2. The additional 75.00 and more will be made from the sale of your bottles.
  3. You will borrow the money.
  4. Someone owes you money and they have not paid you in a long time.

•  The making of sulphide marbles involves intense pressure, heat and temperature. Therefore, it is best to...

  1. Keep the pressure, heat and temperature constant in the finishing of the marble.
  2. Fluxuate the pressure, heat and temperature with precision in the starting and finishing process of the inner figuring and the marble.
  3. Allow as little impurities as possible to enter the glass, figurine and surrounding environment.
  4. Both A and C.
  5. Both B and C.

•  A bottle pit contains different levels of ground strata. Upon digging down to the third level of strata you find ornate, sturdy pieces broken, but a fragile, decorative pipe completely intact. What likely happened?

  1. All the objects were made of different substances.
  2. There were different degrees of compression occupying the same area.
  3. Some layers were sifted and reburned.
  4. The strata likely consisted of a protective layer of clay and surrounding ash.

Answers and the rest of this entraining Test shall be in a future issue of the Glory Hole - so if you want to find out and you have not renewed your membership - you better or you'll never know the answers and we all know we want to know them, right?

Along with go-withs and bottles from the surrounding towns.

Text Box: All shapes, colors and sizes of

Sayville Bottles Wanted

Plus of course Whiskey Flasks from NYC, Brooklyn and Long Island.

The Smith's, 10 Homes Court, Sayville, NY 11782-2408 libottle@optonline.net