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Amount enclosed $ __________ ❑ Check ❑ ❑ Credit Card Number Expiration Date Signature required if charging membership Mail to: NAME • PO Box 69 • Carmel, IN 46082 1-800-571-6263 • (317) 571-8094 • Fax: (317) 571-8105 • Website: www.miniatures.org 2 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis ESTABLISHED 1972 Contents Volume 44, Number 1 September/October 2015 Special FeatureS Pages 11-15, 24-26, 1 Seattle Registration Raffle Coupons 28 & 36 - Club News 2 Membership Form - This makes a great gift! º 4 NUTS Club at Quilt Festival 4 Thank You Virginia State Day Miniature 7 The NAME Dollar Club Gazette 10 NAME Day 2016 Editor/Production - Dorothy A. Hansen 10 2016 National Convention - Chairman Contributors 13 Miniatures from the Heart of the Country Karen Gibbs, Raggedy Ann Shadow Box 14 Snowbirds in Yuma, Arizona Susan R. Shinn, Dollar Store Treasures 15 Harbor Minicrafters Host Sprint Retreat Barbara Renken, Mexican Tarahumara Chair 15 Friday Conundrums in Maryland First State Mini Club, Table 16 Johnny Gruelle, Inventor of Raggedy Ann © The Miniature Gazette, the acronym 18 Duck Race Winners “NAME” and the distinctive house logo are all copyright 1982 and 2012 by the National 20 Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann Association of Miniature Enthusiasts.