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SFBAPCC May 2015 Postcard Newsletter See newsletters in color at www.postcard.org — Our name reflects our location, not our only area of interest. San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club May 2015 Saturday, May 23, 11 am to 3 pm Vol. XXXI, No. 5 Browsing and Trading, 11AM to 1PM – Meeting begins at 1 o’clock Fort Mason Center, Bldg. C, Room 210 Laguna Street at Marina Boulevard, San Francisco In • Walt Anthony, Conjurer Monthly meeting schedule on back cover. • Loop-the-Loops This Visitors and dealers always welcome. • NPCW • WESTPEX Issue } • Photo SUB-POST Card Co. PROGRAM NOTES: We will visit magical Weeki Wachee Springs as seen through the postcards of club Secretary Nancy Redden. This beautiful fantasy, a Florida roadside attraction, was founded in 1947 and remains a popular tourist destination today. Please be onboard to enjoy our excursion to this unique and fascinating American underwater treasure. PARKING: Can be tough. Come early; there are pleasant diversions at Fort Mason Center—especially the library booksale and its coffee area. Park inside the gates, $10 or more—or free, on-street and through the upper gate off Bay Street at Franklin. Always best to take the Muni, walk or carpool. COVER CARD A rarely seen magnifi- cent pre-PPIE promo card from the albums of Chuck Banneck. A poppy wreathed tele- scopic view focuses on the Dream of Columbus in which a flagdraped lass carrying Neptune’s trident welcomes the Genoese voyager to the Rorschachian continent. Columbus, vigilant on deck of the Nina, is heading for the break in the coastline and the 48 mile long channel that will sluice him into Pacific waters. In the real world a steady stream of steam driven ships sail through the Gate, cheered on by the golden California bear with brass megaphone, the original Oski. —LB 2 CLUB OFFICERS President: Newsletter Editor: Ed Herny, 510 428-2500 LΕw ВaΕr, 707 795-2650 edphemra(at)pacbell.net PO Box 621, Penngrove CA 94951 Vice President: editor(at)postcard.org. Deadline: 5th of Kathryn Ayres, 415 929-1653 month piscopunch(at)hotmail.com Recording Secretary: Treasurer/Hall Manager: Nancy Redden, 510 351-4121 Ed Clausen, 510 339-9116 alonestar(at)comcast.net eaclausen(at)comcast.net Webmaster: Jack Daley: daley(at)postcard.org MINUTES, April 25, 2015 Hall Manager Ed Clausen and his team have refined Drawing: Many postcards including Movie Stars, a the set-up for our new smaller quarters and there set of Spam cards, a well used copy of Burdick’s Pio- was adequate space for a turn-out of 35-40, a larger neer Postcards, embroidered Spanish dancers, a than usual group. [Thanks!] This month we also ticket to westpex. contracted for C-220, the smaller adjacent room to Show & Tell: Darlene Thorne has been filing her be used as a green room for our guest performer. cards out of boxes into albums; she showed a mod- Twenty-three names were on the sign-in sheet; at ern repro of a real photo of women libbers at Sather least 30 members were present. Guests included Gate in 1911 and a photo of herself with Bruce Jen- Ruby Francis, Michele’s daughter, who is heading off ner from the ’60s. … Michele Francis revealed that to Mendocino County to work on a goat dairy. this is her first time to show and tell; she brought a Cards were brought for sale or trade by Joseph Mike Roberts card of, ta-dah, Mike Roberts himself, Jaynes, Ed Herny, Sue Scott, Alex Pellegrini, Rommel Struckus, Chris Donaldson, and a box of 10¢ club cards donated mostly by Lauren Thor [Thanks!]. We were called to order by President Ed Herny at precisely 1 PM. Announcements: Nancy Redden told that there is a sound maze set up in the Fire Station today, “Very cool.” … John Freeman told that Glenn Koch will be the next speaker for the SF Museum & HS on The Zone at PPIE. Not to be missed! Watch for email info. … Ed Herny told that there are several copies of the latest Barr’s News on the front table from Jo- a card with an ad for Richard Behrendt on the side seph’s show. … Ed also told that westpex has two of a building and a card of the Post Office car on more days to run and is well worth a visit. He and the Market Street Railway (page 3). … Fred Van der Chuck have been busy talking up the club; lots of Heyden showed a card of Dutch kids carrying a San school kids come by. … Ed reminded us of the All Francisco sign (and told that these cute postcards Image show, tomorrow, in Emeryville. … Jack Hud- were often seen as derogatory), an oversize San Ma- son told that in 1901, Connecticut set the first speed rino restaurant card with business card “enclosure,” limit for autos: 12 mph in town, 15 out of town. and a linen and newer jumbo Florida hotel card. POSTCARD CALENDAR 3 May 23, Sat, TREASURE ISLAND, Bldg One, Anne Schnoebelen on “Treasure Island and the GGIE,” 10:30am. May 30-31, SANTA ROSA, Old Bottle and Antiques Show, Veterans Bldg., 1350 Maple Ave., Free park- ing, Sat. 10am-4pm, Sun. 9am-3pm* New Venue! June 6, Sat, GRANADA HILLS, Jeremy LeRoque San Fernando Valley Postcard Show, 11128 Bal- boa Blvd., 10am-6pm, $1 entry+ June 26-28, Fri-Sun, RANCHO CORDOVA, Sacra- mento Gold Rush Show, La Quinta Inn, 11131 Business: Kathryn Ayres told that we have programs Folsom Blvd, Hwy 50 Exit 18; Fri 1-6pm, Sat, Sun lined up through June. Please suggest programs or from 10:15am; free entry. www.goldrushpaper.com June 27-28, Sat-Sun, KENT, WA, Jeremy LeRoque volunteer to do one yourself. Twenty postcards will Greater Seattle Postcard Show, 525 4th Ave., N., make a 20-minute program. Next month Nancy 10am-6 and 4pm, $5 entry+ Redden will be presenting the Weekie Wachee Mer- July 11-12, Sat-Sun, SAN MARINO, Jeremy Le- maids! —Nancy Redden, Secretary and LB Roque San Marino Postcard Show, 3130 Hunting- TREASURER/HALL MANAGER REPORT ton Drive, 10am-6 and 4pm, $5 entry+ As of May 1, 2015 ........................................$4,789.43. Aug 1-2, Sat-Sun, SAN FRANCISCO, Vintage Our room contract is confirmed through Novem- Paper Fair, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park. ber. We will be in Room C-230 in September, but 9th Ave. & Lincoln, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun. 11am- otherwise C-210, with its lovely bay view, will be our 5pm. Free entry!* home for the rest of the year. (C230 is the first room Sept 26-27, Sat-Sun, GLENDALE, Vintage Paper on the left as we enter the corridor.) Fair, 1401 N. Verdugo Road, 10am to 5 and 4pm. —Ed Clausen, Treasurer/Hall Manager Food! Free entry! WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBER Nov. 6-8, SAN MATEO, Hillsborough Antique Martin Krim, a collector of Ghirardelli, Foss and Show, San Mateo Expo Fairgrounds, Fri. 10am- 7pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 11am-5pm.* Ackers Swiss chocolate vintage cards. Nov 7-8. Sat-Sun, SAN MARINO, Jeremy LeRoque DEPARTMENT OF OOOPS! San MarinoPostcard Show, 3130 Huntington Sometimes the keyboard has a mind of its own; at Drive, 10am-6 and 4pm, $5 entry+ other times I have no mind at all. To all concerned: Nov 22, Sun, WALNUT CREEK, Vintage Paper Please forgive my Oh No! s of last month. To hard Fair, 1475 Creekside Dr., 10am-5pm, Free entry* copy readers: Please correct the names given for Dec 5, Sat, Sat, GRANADA HILLS, Jeremy Le- Donna Huggins’ fiancé under Announcements and Roque San Fernando Valley Postcard Show, 11128 in P/S. His name is John Jamieson. —Lew Balboa Blvd., 10am-6pm, $1 entry, Fri. 10-6pm, EDITORIAL WHEE Sat. 10am-5pm It’s been more of a “whew!” this month. The cup- Bolded calendar entries produced by club members. * Ken Prag will be there; let him know what to bring; board has one or two meaty articles in it; the rest 415 586-9386, kprag(at)planetaria.net is crumbs—delicious, but unfilling. Your contribu- + R&N will have cards and supplies. tions of Interesting Cards, news, comment and ar- Vintage Paper Fairs: www.vintagepaperfair.com ticles are needed. Please respond. —Lew Jeremy LeRoque: www.postcardshows.com, 530 338-5810 4 PROGRAM: WALT ANTHONY, CONJURER & TELLER OF TALES We had seen Walt earlier looking at cards and wearing street clothes. No longer in mufti, he was dressed for the stage in a royal purple vest with gold buttons, an elegant oversize tie knotted beneath a starched wing col- lar, black pants, and rich violet spats, made by his grandmother, he revealed. Tall and elegant, he was a com- manding presence before the head table, now naped card, any card. We all saw it, the eight of diamonds. in red. Three small “vestibule Somehow, by Emperor Nor- tables” stood beside him, they, ton’s spirit or Walt’s conjuring too, with red coverings. wizardry, 8 ♦ appeared chalked “The stage is set,” Walt began on a covered slate that Fred Van in a mystic tone, then confessed, der Heyden had been holding “I am not a postcard collec- tightly the whole time! [Gasp!] tor, but this morning I bought Walt then told us that he 20 cards!” [Aha!, we thought... had had his Magic Parlor at the mission accomplished!] Chancellor Hotel for 2½ years. “I am not a magician,” Walt The century-old hotel is one of exclaimed. “They trick. I am a the many haunted buildings in conjurer,” he said with twinkling eyes, “allowing you to see things differently..
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