63rd NAWCC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Springfield Exposition Center, Springfield,
MO – June 11-14, 2008
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LECTURES – 2008 NAWCC Convention
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Wednesday, June 11 – 7:00 pm Lenzkirch Clocks, The Unsigned Story ----- George Everett George is the author of the book “Lenzkirch Clocks, The Unsigned Story”. He self published the book October 2006 after working ten years on it. Five years was research and five more writing and research. He is a retired U.S. Army Warrant Officer. He became interested in clocks while stationed in Germany. He now works for the Department of the Army as PATRIOT Missile Systems Program Manager for NATO Countries. George resides in Madison, Alabama. Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13 WATCHES English Watches – 1700-1850 ----- Doug Caulkins Doug joined NAWCC in 1961. He was honored with the Fellow Award in 1978 and is an Old Timer. He served as NAWCC Director from 1989-1993. He is a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society and is a pocket watch appraiser. He has lectured many times at chapter, regional and national meetings. He was one of the featured speakers at the 11th annual NAWCC Seminar. He has authored several NAWCC Bulletin and Clock magazine articles. He holds a B.A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a M.S. degree from the University of Tennessee. He is retired from Buckman Laboratories. Doug resides in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Waltham 37-Size Story: Cars, Ships, Planes, Security and Boudoirs ----- Reverend Canon Harry Firth Harry is a life long Kansan. He did his graduate schooling in Chicago at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. He and his wife founded a Montessori school in Arkansas City, KS. He has served Episcopal congregations in Kansas and Missouri before assignment as Canon to the Ordinary. He became interested in horology early in childhood and for fifty years has been an enthusiastic collector and restorer of the 37-size Waltham. Harry resides in Overland Park, Kansas. Ruby Jewels: High Grade Products of The Rockford and Aurora Watch Companies ----- Greg Frauenhoff Greg is the author of numerous horological works including NAWCC Bulletin articles on topics such as Aurora watches, railroad watches and horological ephemera. He has privately published books and booklets on RR watch standards, Columbus Watch Co. history, etc. He holds degrees in chemistry from the Colorado Schools of Mines and the University of Illinois. Greg resides in Littleton, Colorado. More On “Time: A Premium” ----- Ursula Metsker A presentation on the advertising watches and clocks that have hit the market in cereal boxes or available for ordering by mail from food products and other sources since her book on the subject was published in 2004. Ursula has been a member of NAWCC since 1972 and was honored with the Star Fellow Award in 2004. She has held many offices on the chapter and regional levels as well as serving as NAWCC Director from 1999-2003. She is a retired accountant who has spent many years in the clock repair business as well as collecting all types of clocks and watches. A special interest is collecting advertising and premium watches and clocks. She has written a book about them, published in 2004, entitled “Time-A Premium”. The NAWCC Museum had a fourteen-month special exhibit of her collection entitled “What’s in Your Cereal Box?” with Ursula as guest curator. Ursula resides in Wichita, Kansas. CLOCKS How to Adjust the Recoil and Deadbeat Escapement and How to put a Clock in Beat ----- Hugh Dugas Hugh prepared a handout a few years ago on this subject while teaching clock repair at Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, OK and will have this available at his lecture. Hugh served twenty-seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He served through the nine enlisted ranks and received a commission during the Vietnam War, retiring at rank of captain in 1975. He was very active in the New England Chapter 8 while living in Massachusetts. He is now very active in Cherokee Chapter 30 and also a member of Ozark Chapter 57. He attended the watch repair course at Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, from 1993-1995. He was requested to establish a clock repair course there and taught the course for seven years. He currently teaches a clock repair course one night a week for the Cherokee Chapter members. Hugh resides in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Southwestern Ohio Wood Tall Clocks -----Tom Spittler Outside of Connecticut there were about four or five centers of wooden movement tall clock manufacturing. Ohio had two of these centers, one in the northeastern corner and another, the largest, in the southwestern corner of the state. This program is centered around those clocks manufactured in the southwestern corner of Ohio, While Luman Watson was the key figure, the program covers four clockmakers and four cabinetmakers who made the movements and cases for these clocks. Tom has had a lifelong interest in tall clocks. He is a Star Fellow of the NAWCC and a recipient of the James W. Gibbs Literary Award. He has written for all horological publications written in English. With Chris Bailey, Tom and his late wife, Sonya, wrote the major reference Clockmakers and Watchmakers of America. Tom resides in New Carlisle, Ohio. The Evolution of American Weight Driven Clock Case Design ---- John Teeter John is now retired after working as an engineering manager in the aerospace industry, working with gas turbine engines. He now runs a part time clock repair business. He has been a member of NAWCC for thirty-eight years and a member of various chapters including those in the Michigan area and special interest chapters such as the Horological Art Chapter. He has served as secretary and then twice as president of Michigan Chapter 101. He is now secretary/treasurer of the Cog Counters. He is primarily interested in the history of early American clocks, especially those with wood movements. John resides in Canadian Lake, Michigan. Life and Times of the Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. – History and Anecdotes ---- Joel Warren Joel joined NAWCC in 1976. He is currently Board President of the Ithaca Clock Museum. He has won five 1st place awards in the NAWCC Craft Contest. And he won the People’s Choice Award in the Craft Contest in 2006. He has presented twenty or more programs at the NAWCC regionals and chapter meetings. He has done several radio and television promotions on clock collecting and on the Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. He won “The Most Requested Video” Documentary from his local Public Access television station. He contributed two articles for the book An Empire in Time. He makes special repair parts for Ithaca clocks plus makes complete Ithaca clocks. Joel resides in Trumansburg, New York.
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