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“A Little River”... by Mike Ivankovich Fall 2007 Page 1 of 17 WN Collectors Club Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 20 Table of Contents: The President’s Message & 2008 WNCC Convention Information ~ from Jan Liberatore…………………1-2 WWaallllaaccee NNuuttttiinngg Annual Meeting Brings Change in Management - by Jim Eckert………….2 Collectors Club Newsletter Member Spotlight ~ Rick & Linda Griffin Collectors Club Newsletter by Jim Eckert…………..……….3-4, 6-7 The Official Newsletter of the Wallace Nutting Collectors Club Wallace Nutting and the Seng Book, Part 2 - by Joe Duggan…..…..…5, 8-12 More on Wallace Nutting’s A Little River by Mike Ivankovich..……………..13-14 The President’s Message “Name This Famous Person” article from the Nov. 2007 Journal of Antiques & Collectibles - by Mike McLeod…....15 From Jan Liberatore 2007 Convention Highlights…………16 2008 Convention Reminder Info……17 Thank You, Bill Hamann Bill Hamann left a pair of “big shoes” at the podium last June. At a moment’s notice ten years ago, Bill was charged with the responsibility of leading our club through a historic transition. George Monro, co-founder of the club with his wife Justine, felt it was time to give up the reins of the club. Without missing a heartbeat, Bill, along with other long time club members, put together a slate of officers and trustees to form a board of directors. Bill was elected President and provided the leadership to keep the club going. Over the past ten years Bill and his wife Gretchen have organized ten of the best conventions in club history. I know we all appreciate the countless hours of work and great leadership that Bill put in as President to make sure that the WNCC succeeded. After ten years Bill decided it was time to step aside as President. The good news is that Bill agreed to remain on the board of directors to finish my unexpired term as trustee. As the newly elected President of the Wallace Nutting Collectors Club I can only hope to be able to fill those shoes as well as Bill did. On behalf of all the members of the WNCC, a heartfelt thank you to both Bill and Gretchen! 2008 WNCC CONVENTION New Dates, Great Location! The beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York has been chosen as the location of our 2008 WNCC convention. We will be based in Corning, New York and stay at the Radisson Hotel Corning the weekend of May 2 – 4, 2008. Please note that we have moved the convention up to the month of May this year. We were able to book an excellent facility at an extremely attractive rate of $109 plus tax for double occupancy by having our convention a little earlier than past years. Not only is Corning the world headquarters of Corning, Inc., but is the home of the world renowned Corning Museum of Glass, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, and the historic Market Street shopping district…all within walking distance of our convention hotel! Corning is also a gateway city to the Finger Lakes region, complete with the beautiful lakes and superb wineries. Wallace Nutting also toured the area in the early part of the last century, taking pictures for New York Beautiful. Watkins Glen, at the base of Seneca Lake, is about 20 minutes from Corning and it is here that I can direct you to the approximate spot that Wallace Nutting stood and took pictures of Aunt Sarah’s Falls and the nearby Montour Falls. Charles Sawyer also Con’t on pg. 2 WN Collectors Club Newsletter Page 2 of 17 pictured the Finger Lakes area extensively, especially the Watkins Glen area. At one time W. J. Harris had a business at the northern end of Keuka Lake in Penn Yan. He seemed to be producing mainly real photo postcards at this point in his career. At the southern end of Keuka Lake is Hammondsport, the cradle of aviation and home to the Glen H. Curtiss Museum. Glen Curtiss was an aviation pioneer who arguably flew before the Wright brothers. The Finger Lakes wine tours can consume an entire weekend, but to just stop at a few for wine tasting is worthwhile. The local attractions aside, our convention itself will be worth the trip to Corning. There will be the Friday, May 2nd always-fun convention auction and we are working on a program for Saturday morning to follow our early bird buy/sell event for club members. If you would like to share any of your Nutting expertise with your fellow collectors, please contact me and we’ll gladly put you on the program. It’s not too early to reserve your room. The Radisson Hotel Corning can be reached at 888-201-1718 toll free or 607- 962-5000. Be sure to mention the Wallace Nutting Collectors Club for the special rate of $109 plus tax for double occupancy. Well that’s about it until the spring newsletter. My thanks to all our members that help to make this club run so smoothly. Have a safe and healthy winter! Jan Liberatore ANNUAL MEETING BRINGS CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT …from our Club Treasurer, Jim Eckert At the annual meeting held at the 2007 convention in Portsmouth, NH, Jan Liberatore was unanimously elected to a two-year term as the third President in the history of the Club. Jan replaces Bill Hamann, who was selected by the membership in 1997 to succeed founder George Monro. Bill, when he took office, noted (in his usual tongue-in-cheek manner) that he had no interest in serving as long as George had presided. However, he was unanimously re-elected four times and presided over the reorganization of the club and the first ten years after reorganization. Having been elected to five consecutive two-year terms, Bill felt it was time for another member to take the reins, but agreed (at the urging of board members who did not want to entirely lose his experience, expertise, and guidance) to stand for election to complete the remainder of Jan’s two-year term as Trustee. Even though he has not completely left the “management” of the Club, the officers and trustees wish to recognize and thank Bill Hamman on the behalf of the entire Club for his service and devotion to the cause of Bill passes the Club leadership over to Wallace Nutting and his countless hours spent in organizing, administering Jan at the annual Collectors Club club affairs, and arranging facilities/accommodations for the annual Convention dinner on June 9, 2007. conventions. Re-elected to two-year terms as club officers were: Pam Franscella, Vice President; Joe Duggan, Secretary; and Jim Eckert, Treasurer. Other trustees with one year remaining on their two-year terms are: Sharon Lacasse and Ron Leavesley. Editors Note: In keeping with WN Collectors Club Newsletter Page 3 of 17 Rick’s good sense of humor, I used his captions in full on the baby picture and the 1983 photo, where he comments Member Spotlight ~ Rick & Linda Griffin on his abundance of hair! by Jim Eckert I first met Rick Griffin in May 1985. At that time I had no idea we would become friends and long time fellow members of the Wallace Nutting Collectors Club. My wife Sharon, our son James Jr. (“Jamie” to many Club members), and I were attending our first WNCC convention in La Fayette, Indiana, having just recently joined the club at the urging of the founders, George and Justine Monro. We didn’t know anyone in the Club, having only “met” the Monros by phone, some months earlier. Rick was set up on the north wall of the convention room with a large display of Nutting books, pictures, and ephemera. His broad smile and obvious good nature caught my attention and we struck up the first of several conversations during the convention weekend, wherein I was impressed by his knowledge of Nutting (much greater than mine) and his general love of things historical (equal to mine). Rick & Linda at a 2001 Sons of Confederate Veterans Convention His witty and often tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, affable good nature, firm command of the English language (or at least the “eastern” dialect to a Yankee from Illinois), and obvious love of life made him fun and interesting to be around. In the 20-plus years since, we have spent countless hours at Nutting auctions (some times doing some friendly bidding against each other) and WNCC conventions where from time to time Rick made several interesting and well-prepared presentations. Also, we have spent countless hours sharing meals, drinking coffee (and a beer or two). I have always enjoyed conversations with Rick, whether it was talking Nutting, politics, or sharing stories (yes – more than a few of them “off-color”). In our “interview” [actually, I sent him a questionnaire and got some clarifications by email] for this article, Rick recollected that he joined the WNCC around 1974 having been introduced to the club by an antique dealer and friend, Kathleen Lazare. He told me he first became interested in Wallace Nutting in the late 1950’s when his great aunt passed away and his parents inherited a large and beautifully colored Swimming Pool and an equally large and beautifully colored apple blossom scene. Those hand painted photographs sparked an interest in learning more about Nutting and the desire to collect. As I mentioned, we met Rick in 1985, but for many years only heard about his spouse of 37 years, Linda. Rick came to conventions and auctions by himself and told us she was at home with their daughters.
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