The 2012 Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club Picnic will be Saturday, June 23rd at 1:00 pm

at the Oshtemo Township Park!

The Oshtemo Township Park is easy to find!

Oshtemo Township Park is located behind the Township Hall at 7275 West Main Street.

Just take M-43 (West Main) west, past U.S. 131,

and continue west past 8th Street. Look for the Oshtemo Fire Dept.

and Township Building complex on the south side of M-43.

The park is behind this building! Watch for a green sign just past this building at the park entrance.

HAMBURGER, HOT DOGS, BUNS, RELISH, DRINKS & TABLE SERVICE

are all furnished!

IF YOU CAN BRING A SALAD OR DESERT DISH TO PASS THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

DROP ME A E-MAIL OR CALL AND LET ME KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO JOIN US . . . THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

If you cannot get a-hold of us come along anyway!

CHUCK PARKER 269-329-0853

AL HOLDEN 269-806-2355 (MY CELL PHONE)

e-mail prostock@net-link.net

You may bring your favorite dish-to-pass. Also bring

your favorite spouse, significant other or even grandma!

Last meeting briefs from Kevin Siegfried

Kevin Siegfried displayed a Famous House Cherry Cider bottle, Also, New Icy bottles. Cincinnati-Qt & 10 oz 7 up bottles. Ligonier Beverage Company Indiana, 1 Quart Tarnow Dairy, Also, pyro green-Reenders Quart. A blue pyro-Cool Farm Qt embossed "Safe Milk For the Baby" from Babcock dairy: Ink bottle, small Carters with box and a Canning jar with nice closure

TIM HAYES displayed a beautiful Palmer's Green 10" perfume with stopper also Green Chestnut flask artist signed new one

Jim Jessup Displayed a Billy Baxter soda full with label, EG Booze repro in purple Calabash flask repro

Scott Hendrickson: Super nice pontil umbrella ink Nice eagle flask pontil, ruby souvenir glass but was in 3 pieces glued back.

George MacLeod Brought in a box full of old memorabilia from the bottle club's beginnings! Nice scrap book and pictures from the Southland Mall show era. I need to get these photos to scan so we can post them on the club website!

Last Meeting

At the last meeting we saw the smiling faces of: Dee Cole, Chuck Parker, Tim Hayes, Kevin Siegfried, Ed Nickerson, George Macleod, Jim & Judy Jesier, Scott Hendricksen, Kelly Bobbitt and Al Holden, Mark McNee.

As usual we had a great time at the meeting! Now that we are on our summer break, it is good that we get together for a picnic!

Just so that everyone is on the same page, here is a list of who is bringing what: Chuck Parker is picking up the hamburger, hot dogs, buns and soda. Kevin and Chuck are bringing coolers and Kevin is bringing ice. Kevin is also down for bottled water. Chuck is bringing the tableware from our existing inventory. (He washed, bleached and dried our used paper plates from last year and they turned out pretty good with only a few stains) Also, I believe Chuck is bringing table coverings. Ed Nickerson is supplying the charcoal lighter fluid. I (Al Holden) am bringing a bag of charcoal, Sliced Onions, Mustard, Catsup, Salt & Pepper and Michigan Cottage Cheese with Chives! And I will bring my Sponge Bob Crabby Patty Spatula and hot dog tongs.

The Oshtemo Park is just down from the Meijer Store on West Main which may be very handy. If you have a special drink you prefer you may want to bring it. They do not allow alcohol in the park.

Meeting Winners

This month there was quite a selection to choose from with Tim's Green perfume taking the $10 prize

Kevin displayed a beautiful 1873 Kalamazoo County directory. His was the 5^th edition made and published by A.J. Shakespeare Book and Job Printer. The directory has all known residents with occupation and address! Also all businesses! 31 Saloons, 31 Attorneys, 25 Physicians & Surgeons, 52 Grocery Stores, & 19 Clergymen. Nice historical book that every body wanted to use more time looking through then they had.

Next regular club meeting will be Sept 11th, 2012 at the Library on the 3^rd floor as usual (There will be a newsletter)

Picnic June 23^rd 2012 Oshtemo Township Park

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE PICNIC!

Vol. 10 No. 6

June 2012