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Newsletter Excerpts
From the January 2010 Edition
President’s Message
by Bev Kadrmas
Happy New Year to all of you and on behalf
of our board, we wish you good health, safety, prosperity, abundance and
wisdom in 2010. Most of all, we wish you that you all find wonderful
treasures in this coming year for your collections.
Convention is being planned for Grand Forks,
so be sure to fill out the forms for attendance in this issue and make your
plans for June convention as it is always great fun. If any of you wish to
help with the convention, please contact Quent Christman or Don Miller,
co-convention chairs, as help is always needed before and during the
convention.
Bismarck/Mandan will be having 2011
convention-Mark Halvorson-Chair.
At year’s end, it is a good time to reflect
on the past year. We have lost some members by death in the past year and
want to take a moment to reflect on them. I also wish to thank Freddie
Hunter for doing our internal audit; Road Show Hosts-Quent Christman, Arley
Olson and Bob Barr; Membership chair-Patricia Schimke; Webmaster-Linda
Bakken; Newsletter Editor-Darrel Spencer; Commemoratives-Bonnie & Arley
Olson; Ted & Nedra Holberg-for doing the commemoratives and for serving as
parliamentarian; Ken Metzen, merchandise and 2009 convention chair; and all
of the board, officers and members who volunteer their time on behalf of our
club. THANK YOU!
1099’s and sales taxes are being done so
that we can comply with the deadlines in January. Dues are now due for
2010, however, please read the article from Pat as some of you may have
prepaid.
This newsletter is the last issue prepared
by Darrel Spencer and I wish to thank him for doing a very good job in the
past years on behalf of our club and welcome Deanna Reynolds to her new job
as newsletter editor.
Until next newsletter, good luck treasure
hunting! Bev Kadrmas, President
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ND CLAY CERAMICS CENTENNIAL 1910-2010
by Quent
Christman and Don Miller
Ceramics is alive and thriving at UND. The
Ceramics Department, now the ceramics area within the Department of Art and
Design, will celebrate its centennial in 2010. There are only a handful of
clay programs in the USA that can boast that length of history. It’s
wonderful that you’re attending.
The events being planned for the 21st
North Dakota Pottery Collectors Society Convention, June 11-13, 2010 in
Grand Forks will focus on UND ceramics and its 100-year history. The
standard Friday meet and greet will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel
on the west edge of the campus. Saturday will be a full day. There will be
kilns firing, demonstrations, hands-on activities and displays of both
historic and contemporary ceramics at the Hughes Fine Arts Center. The
annual auction at the Center will feature an online component for the first
time. For those of you consigning pieces, that is likely to increase the
selling price. In addition, the Muddy Waters Clay Center here in Grand
Forks, had its grand opening in December and will be open for tours and
sales of their member’s pottery. The retrospective show titled
50/50: The Cable Years/The Contemporary Years
will be held at the North Dakota Museum of Art along with the Saturday
evening convention banquet. The banquet program will feature displays and
presentations from collectors exhibiting some of the finest UND ceramic
items made by Cable, Fried, Huckfield, Hammers, Mattson, Pachl, Schnell and
others.
A number of additional events and projects
are being developed including a University commemorative with a redesigned
ND Clay centennial seal. Convention participants will have the opportunity
to view private collections at two Open Houses. Swanson Hall will again be
available for all you romantics that remember the “good-old-days” of college
dormitory life. Price of your stay has gone up to a whopping $32 per
night. For those of you that enjoy a few more creature comforts, the Hilton
Garden Inn Hotel will have a limited number of moderately reduced priced
rooms. The NDPCS Pottery/Collectible Show will be held there as well.
The 2010 NDPCS convention will be devoted
to the 100 years of Art Pottery made at the University of North Dakota in
Grand Forks and will be a once-in-a-life-time event you won’t want to miss.
Want to get more details, read the tentative agenda and register early and
OFTEN.
2010 NDPCS Convention
Accommodations
Swanson Hall and the
Garden Hilton Inn are on opposite ends of the UND campus about a mile apart.
Both have been designated as convention accommodation sites with blocks of
rooms reserved for NDPCS members. The sites will allow members to set up for
room visitations, if they want to.
Click here for more information on the 2010 NDPCS
Convention
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The Nickel Trophy
by Bonnie & Arley
Olson, Commemorative Chairs
The Nickel trophy is a large copy of a “Buffalo” nickel, set in a wooden
stand. It is a traveling trophy, awarded to the regular season victor in the
annual football contest between the NDSU “Bison” and the UND “Sioux”.
In
the early 1900’s, President Theodore Roosevelt embarked on a campaign to
change the designs of U.S. coins. In 1911, Treasury Secretary Franklin
MacVeagh hired James Earl Fraser to design a new nickel. The obverse would
show the profile of a Native American. Actually, it turned out to be a
composite of 3 Native Americans, “Iron Tail”, an Oglala Sioux Chief, “Two
Moons”, a Cheyenne Chief, and “Big Tree”, a Kiowa Chief.
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The reverse would show a bison from the Central Park Zoo named “Black
Diamond”. The new nickel was issued in 1913.
In
1937, the late Robert Kunkel, an Advertising executive and UND alumnus
suggested creating the trophy. Frieda Hammers Rich recalled sculpting
the original and creating the mold for the trophy (from correspondence).
The only writing left on the Nickel trophy was the date, 1937. A strange
twist to the story is that in 1937, the U.S. mint mistakenly removed the
right front foot on some of the buffalo. These coins are now worth a
small fortune. The coins last year of mintage was 1938, the same year
the trophy was first awarded.
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Years
of Ownership
| NDSU |
UND |
NDSU |
UND |
| 1938 |
1939-41 |
1972-73 |
1974-75 |
| 1942 |
1945 |
1976-77 |
1978-80 |
| 1945-46 |
1947 |
1981-92 |
1993-96 |
| 1948 |
1949-51 |
1997 |
1998-99 |
1952
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1953-64
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2000
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2001-03
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The future status of the Nickel Trophy is uncertain. As of this time,
the actual location of the Nickel Trophy is known only to UND’s new
football coach. He admits to spiriting the trophy around, from safehouse
to safehouse. “For a while it was hidden under a pile of old bikes in
Coach Lennons’ garage.” It was on display for the first time in 4 years
at UND’s 125th anniversary celebration, where onlookers were
warned not to touch it, because it had been electrified. |
| The trophy was stolen in 1998 by some NDSU
students dressed in “ UND plant services uniforms.” It then went on a
tour of the U.S. and was seen at such places as the Grand Canyon and
Niagara Falls, just to name a few. It is now, according to Coach Mussman,
probably hidden somewhere in the old field house (he’s not sure). In
2004 someone broke into the coaches office at UND and stole the 8 inch
replica of the trophy that was actually sent to NDSU when they won. It
hasn’t been seen since. The UND police chief has stated that this is “a
very serious matter”. |
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| The two paperweights on the
right top are the 2010 commemorative and come as a set. The curtain
shade pulls on the right bottom were made by UND for the 1938 homecoming
and are shown for comparison and not part of the 2010 commemorative set.
The History of the Nickel Trophy was compiled by Ted Hoberg and I added
it to the photo to show the significance of the commemorative to UND.
The paperweight/commemorative for 2010 comes as a two piece set.. |
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Click here for more information on NDPCS
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NEWSLETTER DEADLINES:
The goal is to for you to receive the quarterly newsletter by the 1st of the
month. If you have not received your copy by the 15th, please
contact the
editor. All ads and submissions need to be received by the 25th of December,
March, June and September.
Please submit newsletter information and/or ads
with payment to
Deanna Reynolds, 10003 County Rd 15 W, Minot, ND 58703
NDPCS ADVERTISING RATES
Business Card $8.00 per issue
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