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PACiK A-TWO — Sapulpa Dally Herald, Sunday, March 2(1, 2005
-Incidentally—
The Kellyville Easter commu-
nity church service is at 7 p.m.
Wednesday at Kellyville First
Baptist Church.
The Creek County
Democrats will meet Thursday
in Drumright at Joseph's
Steakhouse on Highway 16
southeast ot Drumright. Dinner
will be available at 6 p.m. and
the meeting begins at 7 p.m.
New officers have been in-
stalled. Call 224-1839 or 227-
5058 for additional information.
Community Care of Sapulpa
will have a clothing giveaway
from 10 a m. to 2 p.m. Friday.
Clothing donations will not be
accepted until March 30.
Pretty Water pre-kinder-
garten enrollment will be from 9
to 11:30 a m. and 12:30 to 3
p.m. on March 30. Bring immu-
nization records, social security
number, birth certificate, insur-
ance card and proof of resi-
dence New students will be ad-
ministered development
screening Call 224-4952 to
make an appointment.
Mounds Area Chapter 10
Blue Star Mothers are hosting
an indoor garage sale and bean
dinner April 2. Call 827-3102 to
donate gently used items or to
get more information.
VFW Post #1320 and auxil-
iary will have their annual elec-
tion of officers at the April 5
meeting.
Sapulpa Jazz Festival organ-
izer Steve Ham is looking for
volunteers to help with this
year's festival To volunteer, call
224-4141
Mounds Area Chapter 10
Blue Star Mothers is collecting
items to put in Freedom Boxes.
These will be sent to troops
overseas. Handwritten cards,
notes and letters are also need-
ed For more information con-
tact President Judy Medlock at
827-3102.
Mounds senior citizens have
* flower arrangements for sale for
Memorial Day For more infor-
mation, call 827-6827 or 827-
5681
Any descendants of people
who are buried at Tecumsah
Cemetery should contact
Tommy Freeman by calling 592-
7960, 378-1139 or 430-1749
Obituaries
Margaret Freda Nation
Since 1905
™ American Heritage Bank
Margaret Freda Nation
went to he with the Lord on
Thursday. March 17. 2005.
She was 84. She w as horn Feb.
3, 1921 in Kiefer to Archie
Monroe Rivers Sr. and Alice
Marie Thompson-Rivers.
She married John Nation
and lived her life as a wife and
mother to their three sons. She
later took much joy in being a
grandmother to her many
grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Margaret was preceded in
death by her parents, two
brothers and one sister.
She is survived by her lm
ing husband ot b2
years John, of the home: sons
John Fd and Dee Dee. ol
Kellyville. Donald and
Roboye, of Broken Arrow, and
David and Faye. ol
Springdale. Ark .. brothers C ai l
Rivers. I D Rivers and Archie
Rivers, sisters Wilma
Mitchell, Evelyn Clark and
Marie Gibbs; It) grandchil
dren. 22 great-grandchildren
and many nieces, nephew s.
other family members and nu-
merous friends.
Funeral services are set for
I0 a m. Monday. March 21.
2005 at Pickett Prairie Baptist
Church with the Rev. Archie
Rivers and the Rev Bill
Oldham officiating.
I’m free
Don't grieve for me. for
now I'm free. I took his hand
when I heard him call I turned
my back and left it all
I could not stay another
day. to laugh, to love to work
or play.
Tasks left undone must stay
that way. I found that peace ai
the dose of day.
If my parting has lett a
void, then fill it with remem
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thunderstorms likely
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Few showers Highs
in the low 50s and
lows in the mid 30s
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Partly cloudy Highs
in the upper 50s and
lows in the low 30s
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Mostly sunny Highs
in the upper 60s and
lows in the upper
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Sunrise Sunset
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Sunrise Sunset
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Sunrise Sunset
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Margaret Freda Nation
hered |oy.
A friendship shared, a
laugh, a kiss, ah yes. these
things I too will miss.
Be not burdened w ith times
of sorrow. I wish you the sun-
shine ol tomorrow
My life's been full. I sa-
vored much.
(tin>il friends, good times, a
loved one's touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all
loo brief. Don't lengthen it
now w ith undue grief.
l ift up your heart, and
share w ith me.
God wanted me now. he set
me free.
Marion Potter
The family of Margaret
Nation would like to express
their sincere thank you to
everyone tor then thoughts,
prayers, cards, food and all
acts of kindness shown during
the loss of their beloved and
cherished Nation
The family has entrusted
ihe care of the services to the
directors at Green Mill Funeral
Home
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Death Notices
WALTERS, Marie -
Marie Walters, 81. died March
18. 2005 in Mannfoid She
was born June 13. 1923 in
Newby.
Funeral services are set for
I p.m. Tuesday. March 22.
2005 at Hutchins Maples
Funeral Home C hapel with the
Rev Glen lay lot officiating
Interment will follow at
Bristow City Cemetery
MASTERSON, Rhonda
— Rhonda Ann Maslerson.
37, ol Sapulpa, died Friday,
March 18. 2005 at Saint
Francis Hospital in l\iKa. She
was born Dec I0. 1967 m
('orpus ('hristi. Texas.
Funeral services are set tor
|0 ,i m Monday. March 2 I.
2005 in the Westside Baptist
Church with Vernon Howard
ollicialing Intel men! will lol
low in Oak Hill Cemetery near
Bristow
Smith Funeral Home is in
charge ot arrangements
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tors. The Oklahoma City resi
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since 1968. accumulating
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more than 500 insulators in
various shapes, colors and de-
signs
The insulators shine in
cohalt blue, aquamarine, or-
ange. milk white, lavender,
green and royal purple Their
shapes are reminiscent ol
hells, mushrooms, chess
pieces, even ballet dancers
and Mickey Mouse ears.
"They were always trying
to improve the design. ...
That's why there are so many
different ones." said Ellison,
president of the Prairie
Signals Insulator Club.
Affiliated with the National
Insulator Association. Prairie
Signals Insulator C luh is a
group of about 20 antique in-
sulator enthusiasts. While
most of the club members are
Oklahomans, a few hail from
Texas. Kansas or New
Mexico.
The club takes its name
from one of the most recog-
nizable insulator designs,
which is nicknamed "signal,"
Ellison said
In I999, Ellison searched
issues of the "Crown Jewels
of the Wire" national maga-
zine for other Oklahoma col-
lectors The small band of en-
thusiasts organized a swap
meet and then formed the
club.
The fall swap meet is now
an annual event, ajtracting 40-
75 collectors every year. The
club members meet about
three or four times a year to
share stories and swap infor-
mation.
"It's really neat to go into
the members’ homes and see
their collections, and they're
so eager to show it to you,”
said charier member Clarence
Koch of Perry, who collects
with his wife. Jean. "We just
enjoy each other's company
anil learn more about the hob
by."
Glass insulators date to the
mid-1800s. and their heyday
was m the early 1900s. Ellison
said. Her collection features a
Confederate States ol
America insulator nicknamed
"Confederate egg "
The purpose of the insula
tors, whether they were used
on telephone, railroad tele
graph or early day power
wires, was to keep the charge
in the wire. Companies exper
imented with different materi-
als, including rubber and iron,
before settling on glass.
Ellison said Koch's collection
includes a "rani's horn" de-
sign made from some sort ol
composite metal
"It's made of metal It
doesn't make any sense at
all," Koch said with a laugh.
• Glass companies made the
insulators from broken or left-
over glass. Most ot the glass
was left over from bottle mak-
ing. which accounts for the
variety of insulator colors,
Ellison said.
"When they started doing
this, beauty wasn't a big deal.
They just used what they
had.” she said.
Telephone and telegraph
linemen started the hobby of
insulator collecting Sent to
replace broken insulators,
they would sometimes switch
out and pocket pretty or un-
usual ones. Ellison said.
Nowadays. collectors
search antiques shops, swap
meets and estate sales, look
ing for insulators.
“When they were manufac-
tured. all of them sold for
about 2 cents apiece. Some ol
are still worth about 2 cents
apiece," Ellison said.
Others are worth signifi-
cantly more. She has heard ol
one insulator that sold lor
S35.00I). and she owns a lew
resin copies ol rare models
that are beyond her price
range.
Her collection includes a
tv pc nicknamed "castle"
worth S500 SOOO The design
features teeth around the top
where the wire was threaded.
But the wire broke the teeth.
The design was a failure, so
not many were made.
"You'll have a lol of people
say. I used to shoot at those
with a BB gun when I was a
kid ’ You can tell sometimes,
they're pretty good shots,"
Ellison said, showing a blue
insulator that would he worth
at least $5(><) without the BB
scars, which drop the value to
about %150.
Most collectors aren't in
the hobby for the money.
Koch said. One of his most
treasured is a heavily dam-
aged toll insulator still on the
old wooden pin He found it
on the ground near his great
greatgrandfather's farmhouse
northwest of Perry.
"Some things mean differ-
ent things to different people."
Koch said. "There's a lot of
different aspects to collect-
ing."
Enthusiasts might be at-
tracted to the hobby because
of the insulators' beauty, or
they may he drawn through an
interest m early-day telephone
communication, railroads or
bottle collecting.
"I think the history of it is
interesting." Jean Koch said
Family history is one of the
factors that led Ellison to start
collecting. Her mother, father
and uncle all worked for tele-
phone companies.
Over the years, her collect-
ing goals have changed often
She once set out to gather all
the different consolidated dc
signs she could. The consoli-
dated design system is the cat
alog system for different
insulators.
Of about 450 designs, she
collected 137. She can still
identify the consolidated de-
sign number for many insula-
tors with just a quick glance.
"I stay in the hobby be-
cause I really like the people,"
Ellison said.
Okmulgee resident Bob
Blanchard said he enjoys
learning from and spending
time with the other club mem-
bers. The charter member has
almost 900 insulators in his
collection.
Blanchard started working
as a lineman in 1946 with
New England Telephone and
Telegraph in Vermont. He re-
tired as a Southwestern Bell
central office switchman in
1976. He stalled collecting in-
sulators in the 1960s with a
co-worker, and he picked up
the hobby again about eight
years ago.
"If I had been thinking
about insulators back when I
started. I would have a collec-
tion to knock your eyes out."
Blanchard said. “When I start-
ed. they were replacing open
wire toll lines with (aerial) ca-
ble And now they're burying
everything underground, so
there's not many of these in-
sulators left."
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