MINUTES FROM THE KEYSTONE
CHAPTER MEETING ON DECEMBER 7, 2002
(POSTED TO SITE ON 1-4-2003)
DECEMBER 7, 2002 MINUTES CAN BE VIEWED DIRECTLY AT: http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223/december72002minutes.htm
KEYSTONE CHAPTER WEBPAGE:
http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223/keystonechapter.htm
TOM EYRE'S BELLEEK WEBSITE:
http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223
MEETING LOCATION:
THE REVERE TAVERN IN PARADISE, PA
PEOPLE PRESENT:
1.) TOM EYRE
2.) JACKIE KIVLIN
3.) DENISE DUNN-KESTERSON
4.) SHARON CLAYTON
5.) KATE O'BRIEN
6.) MARION GALETTI
THE
FOLLOWING OCCURED DURING THE MEETING:
1.) THE FIVE RAFFLES WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL, THEY RAISED $30.00.
ANGELA MOORE, BCIS PRESIDENT, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO DONATE A FLORAL TREASURES PIG AND SHAMROCK HURRICANE LAMP. TOM EYRE DONATED AN 11TH MARK KYLEMORE ABBEY VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN VASE AND A DATED 2001 TEDDY BEAR ORNAMENT. JACKIE KIVLIN DONATED A 1997 CHRISTMAS PLATE.
2.) TOM EYRE GAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE FOUR BUSHMILL WHISKEY ITEMS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY MADE FOR BUSHMILLS BY BELLEEK.
3.) EVERYONE ENJOYED THE MEAL AND DISCUSSION AT THE REVERE TAVERN. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE OUR LAST LOW ATTENDANCE MEETINGS. IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT WEATHER MAY HAVE HAMPERED SOME PEOPLE COMING.
DETAILS FOR THE NEXT MEETING:
1.) THE REASONS FOR THE DELAY IN POSTING THESE MINUTES ARE TWOFOLD.
FIRST, THE CHAPTER IS TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY (MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2002) BELLEEK SHOW AT QVC STUDIO PARK IN WEST CHESTER, PA. CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND FURTHER INFORMATION IS PENDING AND ONGOING. BY NO MEANS ARE THESE PLANS SET IN STONE. IF PLANS WERE TO WORK OUT AND KEYSTONE MEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND, EACH MEMBERS NEED TO CONTACT JACKIE KIVLIN ([email protected]) ASAP. IF EVERYTHING WERE TO WORK OUT, COLLECTORS COULD MEET AT TOM EYRE'S HOUSE BEFORE OR AFTER THE QVC SHOW TO HAVE THE MEETING AND TO CARPOOL TO QVC (2 MILES AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE). MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
SECONDLY, TOM EYRE APOLOGIZES FOR PERSONALLY BEING AT FAULT FOR DELAYING THE POSTING OF THESE MINUTES. HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY TRYING TO MEET A DECEMBER 30 DEADLINE FOR HIS NEW BOOK, TO BE PUBLISHED AROUND APRIL 2003. THE BOOK IS TITLED "A GUIDE TO BELLEEK ORNAMENTS". THE PRICE OF THE BOOK WILL BE AROUND $24.99. THE BOOK IS 43 PAGES IN LENGTH AND FEATURES 56 LARGE COLOR PICTURES OF 103 BELLEEK ORNAMENTS. THE BOOK DOCUMENTS A TOTAL OF 184 ORNAMENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO DOCUMENT BELLEEK ORNAMENTS SINCE RICHARD K. DEGENHARDT'S SECOND EDITION (1993) OF "BELLEEK: THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE AND ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE" PICTURED ELEVEN ORNAMENTS AND DOCUMENTED AN ADDITIONAL TWO DOZEN ORNAMENTS IN HIS INDEX. HOPEFULLY A ROUGH DRAFT, OR ADVANCE COPY, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BE PUT ON THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY EBAY AUCTION DESCRIBED BELOW. MORE DETAILS AND ADVANCE ORDERING INFORMATION TO FOLLOW IN THE MARCH 2003 ISSUE OF THE BELLEEK COLLECTOR MAGAZINE.
2.) THE KEYSTONE CHAPTER PLANS TO HOST AN EBAY AUCTION OF BELLEEK ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OR ANY OTHER COLLECTOR WHO WISHES TO DONATE A PIECE TO BE AUCTIONED MUST MAIL IT TO TOM EYRE BY FEBRUARY 28TH. PLEASE MAIL THE ITEM TO:
TOM EYRE
314 BOX ELDER DRIVE
WEST CHESTER, PA 19380-5102
THE AUCTIONS WILL START ON MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2002 AND END ON MARCH 10, 2002. SO FAR:
-TOM EYRE HAS DONATED: A 11TH MARK VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN VASE AND A 9TH MARK CLADDAGH/SAILBOAT VASE
-KATE O'BRIEN'S SISTER HAS DONATED TWO DAYTON AND HUDSON 1997 CARNIVAL SNOWMEN
-THE BELLEEK POTTERY HAS DONATED A "BELLEEK" SHOPPING BAG ORNAMENT.
ALL AUCTIONS WILL START AT $1, ("REAL AUCTIONS"). PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE KEYSTONE CHAPTER.
HOPE
TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE NEXT MEETING!
DECEMBER 7, 2002 MINUTES CAN BE VIEWED DIRECTLY AT: http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223/december72002minutes.htm
KEYSTONE CHAPTER WEBPAGE:
http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223/keystonechapter.htm
TOM EYRE'S BELLEEK WEBSITE:
http://www.geocities.com/irishtke223
MINUTES
TYPED BY TOM EYRE, KEYSTONE CHAPTER SECRETARY