Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5205.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.86]) by tyner.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with SMTP id t70nln.q2m.37kbi5q for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:13:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010125171325.14980.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [198.234.112.226] by web5205.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:13:25 PST Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:13:25 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPC Gram 234 (full version, trash if your have a full copy) To: mpcgram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ==================================================== MPC Gram ==================================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------------- Series 002-Number 234 Wednesday 24 January 2001 Visit it Margaretville--NY Mini Fest by Fred Schwan Phil (IwantYOURmpc) and I had a great time looking at notes and telling lies, but I can tell you one thing, Margaretville is not a candidate for a full fest! It seemed easy enough to get to Phil's. Drive to Kingston and turn left. The next 50 miles seemed to take forever. I guess that feeling is the result of too much interstate highway driving. It is a beautiful drive, but desolate. The amazing thing was that somewhere along the line I passed through a time warp. Now, don't get me wrong, Margarettvile is an interesting place. There is a stop light--one. The town is just off the highway, it would be easy to miss except that you do not see anything else for miles. When you turn into the town, the first thing that you see is Bun and Cone. Yes, Bun and Cone--you can get hamburgers and ice cream. I should not make fun of this because Fest Headquarters Port Clinton has a Bones and Cones with the same idea featuring barbecue. The one grocery store is there in the same complex. It seems like Alaska or North Dakota with four-wheel drive vehicles covered with dirt everywhere. I think that most of the roads are paved but it is hard to tell from the dirt from the melting snow etc. The cell phone virtually laughed at me when I tried to call Phil from the car so I went into the grocery and found the pay phone. I found out later that there is one other pay phone in the town. Local call 10 cents! Wow, we ought to move to Margaretville. Phil was not home. There is an interesting little antique mall right at the stoplight. It is in an old movie theater building. Could not find anything to buy, but the young female clerk not to my surprise new Phil. She called his place for me. Not home. She also told me more than I wanted to know about her (not visible) tattoo. However, I must admit that there were some aspects of the tattoo that she did not tell me that I would like to know! I saw a sign for the library so I figured that I would try to get on the Internet there--work on the gram or something. I followed the signs as best I could. I found out that the antique mall closes at 5pm, the grocery at 6pm and the library in September! I never did find it. Luckily Bun and Cone stays open till at least 7pm and I was desperate for a cup of coffee. I should have tried there first. First, I discovered that the place might be named for features of the waitresses, and yes the one also knew Phil and game me the phone. Phil showed up at BnC a few minutes later. He claimed to have received my messages, but Miss BnC put his regular beverage in front of him when he sat down. I found out that the area has some celebrity residents. Harrison Ford has a home as well as some other actors and politicians too. Elvis was said to have a home and JFK's body is rumored to be in a basement. Maybe they were trying to pull the leg of an outsider. By 2am, we had looked at lots of notes and more or less solved all of the numismatic problems of the planet. I would like to share a highlight from Phil's collection with you, but it is hard to do. It is something of a blur. Actually, since I had seen much of his military collection before, I think that the highlight might have been some of his other items. Specifically, obsolete notes, nationals, and check from area banks. Boy, the collecting urge is certainly strong. I wanted to be on the road home by noon but we did not get up till 10am. Then we went to BnC for breakfast and caused something of a stir by playing chess while eating. We did not even finish breakfast by the planned departure time and we had not even started negotiating any trades! I do not know if either (or both of us) might have been postponing any negotiations as a ploy, but once we finally started negotiating we jumped in with both feet and had more fun! The drive out was an adventure too. Pennsylvania may be the king of interesting place names, but New York has plenty of interesting ones too. Arkville is the main suburb of Margaretville. Driving away I had to head for Delhi and eventually got to Cuba. There were many small towns with wonderful names that were so small that I saw only the sign. It was as though the “welcome to” and “You are leaving” signs were on the same post. I made a point of writing down some of these names but have misplaced the darn paper! I swear that there was Glen Close and East Glen Close and my favorite was Pavement Testing Area. I tried to create some more collecting adventures on the way west, but failed miserably. ==================================================== Editorial The February Bank Note Reporter was in my stack of mail upon arriving home. I gave it a quick read at 3am and found lots of interest to gramsters. We will talk about some of those items in the next few days. Several fest payments were in the mail! It will not be long now! Get your reservations in! ==================================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, How about issuing a scholarship to someone that is in his 40th. year of A.N.A. membership. MOI!!!! Mr. Doric Dear Mr. Doric, You seem like a good candidate to me. Editor Dear Marcus - As to scholarships for overseas applicants, why don't you ask in the Gram if there are any Gram readers who live outside the U.S. who would like to attend and who think they qualify. This would mean that you would have to publish the list of qualifications in the Gram but you are going to do that anyway. I also agree with you about the YNs but I think that we might try to facilitate their getting an ANA scholarship. Have them apply to us and then we can point them in the right direction. I hope these thoughts are of some use to you. Best wishes, Paymaster =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 --------------------------------------------------- Not only does the scholarship fund have an official identity but also has a bank account! Any further donations should be paid to the order of "Military Numismatists Scholarship" and sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 THE UPDATED LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS 1/21/01. These folks have generously provided money or material to finance scholarships to the ANA WWII Numismatics seminar. Your contributions will help promote collecting WWII material and be greatly appreciated. Mr. Anonymous Donor Mike Cummings Ed B. Doug Bell R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Leo "Paymaster" May Bill McNease Marcus Turner Larry Ski Fred PK6 Joel Shafer World Wide Ventures John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest II ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest is the annual feast of MPC. After some difficulties of coordination we have not changed the dates and tentatively scheduled 9-11 March 2001 for MPC Fest II. Confirmed participants in MPC Fest II Doug Bell Bill McNease Al Glaser Phil Goldstein Harold Kroll Ian Marshall Larry Smulczenski Leo May Kevin Maloy Marv Mericle Bruce Potter David Seelye Nick Shrier Fred Schwan Dan Swartz Warner Talso (and Jane) Marcus Turner (We are well past last year's participation level. Can we double it, triple it, more?) If you have made a reservation and your name does not appear above, please contact the gram immediately (MPCgram@yahoo.com). Tentative schedule as of 15 January 2001 Friday March 8 1500-1900 Arrivals at Comfort Inn 1900-2030 no host dinner at Cisco and Charlies 2030-2300 bull session at Comfort Inn 2400 lights out Saturday breakfast at Comfort Inn 0730-0845 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 equipment issue (supply sergeant) 1000-1100 pay operations (pay master) 1100-1230 show and tell, session I 1230-1330 pizza party at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1330-1800 swap session (dealer surcharge, TBD) 1800-1930 spaghetti dinner at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1930-2030 secret operations 2000-2345 commemorative poker game at Comfort Inn 2200 MPC chat (simultaneous with poker game) 2400 lights out Sunday 0830-0900 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 research updates 1000-1230 show and tell 1230-1330 lunch at Service Club 1300-1500 field trip to WWII POW camp 1530 closing ceremonies Monday (optional, weather permitting) 0600-0630 breakfast at Service Club 0700-1400 Walleye fishing trip Remarks: registration is $139 per person. This includes two nights lodging (double occupancy, room assignments by first sergeant the only possible exception is married couples), Meals as indicated (Friday evening not included), equipment and amenities. The value of souvenirs and goodies distributed will likely exceed the cost of the entire Fest. Reservations accepted now at MPCGram@yahoo.com, deposits ($50 minimum) accepted at MPC Fest, 132 East Second Street, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. Late registration surcharges: after February 15 $25, after March 1 $50. Confirmed reservations will be listed daily in the gram—make your reservations now! Additional information; the Comfort Inn is located at 1723 East Perry Street, Port Clinton, Oh 43452, you may use one of the online map services to get exact driving directions. DO NOT make your own reservations or inquiries. The best airports in order of distance are Toledo (45 mins), Cleveland (90 mins), Detroit (100 mins). We will try to coordinate ground transportation, but there are no guarantees here. Questions: send your questions to MPCgram@yahoo.com. In most cases the questions will be answered in the letters section of the gram. After all, if you have the question, someone else probably does too. ==================================================== Post/Base Exchange (PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale will be run here for free. Send your ads to the gram. This service is for everyone, most humble dealer or most advanced collector. The point is to make the gram more interesting. Send in a list of items for sale and we will list them here in the gram. In all cases confirm your order via email first. MPC Series 471 $5 vf-ef $1750. Ian Marshall, please e-mail for confirmation. iam@total.net. MPC series 591c gem unc $75 confirm at coinman@rochester.rr.com. MPC Series 611 5c gem CU $20. 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