Crown Jewels of the Wire - 1970

 Note:  This entire year is available online at this link

January 1970:

• Insulator poem by E. Doty Coy - Page 2
• Insulator related drawing by Emma D, Jones - Page 2
• Article by Gerald Brown "Collecting Ceramic Insulators" including pictures of his collection - pages 3-6
• Article by Al Davies "The Crowfoot Battery" on early telegraph batteries - Pages 7-8
• Article by Jan Armbrust "An Armchair Trip With the Armbrusts of Colorado" - Pages 9-12
• Article by Warren L. Olson "About Those Denvers" with information about Denver glass insulators - pages 13-17
• Report by Ira G. Groff of a white porcelain insulator from Africa, complete with an illustration - Pages 18-19
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - page 20
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - pages 21-25
  • CD 160 O.V.G. petticoat pony
  • B.G.M. Co. discussion
  • CD 127 H. Brookes Patent
  • CD 287.2 Brookfield
  • Boston Bottle Works (probably a CD 158.2)
• "Research Division" - Pages 26-30
  • Report of an aqua CD 270
  • Bell Telephone Paperweight - Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  • CD 252 E.E.S. cable No. 401 (I assume this was an E.S.S. cable)
  • Report of a CD 151 peacock blue without NATCO marking
  • Report of CD 145 Lynchburg No. 43
  • Report of CD 128 E-14B in white milkglass
  • Lynchburg picture
• Letter to the editor reporting CD 152 error marking BBOOKFIELD - page 33
• Report of U-188 porcelain dry spot
• Advertisement for the First National show in New Castle, IN - Page 43

February 1970:

• CD 303/310 and CD 104/310 - cover
• Article by Greg Kareofelas "Insulator Types" - pages 3-9
  • Illustration of a CD 187 brown pony and pin
  • CD 180 mine insulator and pin
  • Porcelain knob insulators as well as cleats
  • Cap and pin suspension and porcelain guy wire insulators
• "Research Division" - pages 10-16
  • Report that the Kent Products porcelain item is really part of a coffee percolator 
  • Report of a U-241A Johns Mansville marked brown signal insulator
  • Leon Barrett of Binghamton, NY shows the styles of Hawley and American Insulator Co. insulators he has.
  • Report on CD 162 and 112 star insulators
  • Report of a CD 131 L.G. Tillotson insulator
• "Notes of Interest in the Insulator World" - pages 17-20
  • Discussion on the magazine publishing
  • Request to collectors to catalog all the known carnival styles for a future article
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - page 20
• Book reviews: Pages 21-22
  • Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel's "The Complete Antiques Price List" 
  • Marion C. Wilholland's "Millholands Glass Insulator Reference Book No. 2"
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - pages 23-24
  • Interesting discussion on the inner skirt on Boston Bottle works insulators and the fact that they appear to predate the 1883 patent for that feature.
• Letters to the editor - pages 25-32
  • Picture of different tie wires
  • Report of a CD 109.5 Harloe by Al Perry of Rapid City, SD
  • Picture of Al's collection
  • Discussion on fake dyed or flashed insulators recommending permanent marking
  • Discussion on shipping to Canada with recommendations
  • John I. Myers report on showing his collection at the South Carolina State Fair

March 1970:

• Insulator poem by T. W. Grace - page 2
• Editorial by Dora Harned on the first year of publication - pages 3-6
• Greg Careofelas article "Double Groove Pony" on CD112, CD 113, & CD 114 insulators - pages 7-8
• Directory of subscribers - pages 9-40
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - page 40

April 1970:

• Insulator poem by Claude A. Potter - page 2
• Article by Marvin Collins "More About Those Denvers" - pages 3-5
  • Includes a clipping from the 1902 Denver Times about the factory!
• Show report for the Canyonville Show & Sale - Pages 6-7
  • Chuck Fox display pictured for first place
  • Howard Bank's display shown took second place
• Show report for the Las Vegas Show - Pages 8-9
• Article by Chris Buys on "New Zealand Insulators" - pages10-11
• Reported is a large porcelain radio strain by Ohio Brass - pages 12-13
• Book review of John Laubhan's "The Insulator Pricing Guide, Fall & Winter 1969-1970, Vol. 2, No. 1"
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - pages 14-16
  • Report of a CD 121 Hemingray with a smooth base
  • Discussion on when Carnival insulators were first made
  • Short discussion on porcelain insulators (U-188 and PINCO)
  • Report of a CD 152 Brookfield with SDP
  • List of the known Lynchburg style numbers
• Research Division - pages 17-19
  • Report of a dark amber CD 740 Foster Brothers insulator
  • Report of a CD 153 No. 48-40, a white porcelain CPR beehive, and a CD 126.3 Brookfield
  • Report of a green Hickock's Patent LRI (Lightning Rod Insulator)
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - pages 20-21
• Report of a Cordeaux style porcelain British insulator dated 1954 - page 22
• Report of a CD 378 L'Electro Verre glass multipart insulator from France - page 24
• Report of a CD 106 Birmingham No. 10 in straw - page 25 

April 1970:

• Announcement of a Crown Jewels Ribbon for insulator displays at shows - page 2
• Article by Marvin Collins "The Californias" - pages 3-7
• Show report on the Second Midwest Swap & Sell Meet in Denison, IA - pages 8-14
  • Dick Bell, Chick Atkinson, & Gwen Lindahl pictured
  • Tom Wolfe and Dorothy Anderson pictured
  • Warren Olson, Don Clement, and Tel Feddersen pictured
  • Ray Bryan and Sam Wright pictured
  • Clarence Lindahl and Joyce & Smiley Auld pictured
  • Louis Miller and Ethel Higgason pictured
  • Mrs. Ron Finstad and Mrs. W.L. Strangland pictured
  • Dean Perry, Jon Shea, and Curt Christensen pictured
  • Fred Sillik and family pictured
  • Mr. & Mrs. Don Shinner and Jerry Winn pictured
  • Marie Boozel and Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Sexaner pictures
  • Harold Meyers, Mr. & Mrs. Si Pellow and Tiffany Pellow
• Article by John I. Myers "Something Clear - Something Borrowed - Something Queer" - pages 15-17
  • CD 718 and CD 735 Threadless
  • CD 162 Lynchburg No. 36-190 and CD 162 Hawley
  • CD 1052 Hemingray Spool
  • Pyrex neon sign insulator
• Article by Irma Conrad "Terms and Abbreviations and Trades" - pages 20-21
• Report from Dick Augustyn on the Cutter Tree Insulator including an early advertisement reprint - Pages 22-23
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - pages 24-26
  • Report of the CD 143.5 T-H.E. Beehive 
  • Discussion on the June 17, 1890 Oakman patent
  • Discussion on the CD 288 R.D. Mershon insulators made in Denver, CO
  • Report of a Standard Glass Insulator Co. CD 145 Beehive
• Research Division - pages 27-29
  • Report of the rare CD 796 Oakman's Patent threadless insulator
  • Report of a piano insulator marked "Bennet Piano Insulator Pat Appld for"
  • Report of a CD 729.3 J.S. Keeling threadless insulator

June 1970:

• Show report for the Chico Bottle Show and Sale - pages 3-12
  • Includes picture of a CD 130.1 Cobalt Cal. Elect. Works
  • Dora Harned pictured
  • Pat Conrad, Doreen Harned Conrad, and Irma Conrad pictured
  • Bob Giarratana, Steve Shaffer, and Duane Giarratana pictured
  • Cliff and Alice Martin
  • Walt and Helen Taylor
  • Chuck Fox, Jeanne and Ray Robinson
  • Greg Kareofelas, Gary Cranfill, and Gordon Marsh
  • Bob and Jayne Wilson's sales table
  • Russ Gardner, Bob Bowers, Floyd Audette, and Greg Bickford
  • Donald Harned's insulator display
  • George Dubuc and insulator display
  • Educational display by Greg Kareofelas and Gary Cranfill
  • Display by Dora Harned
• Show report for the Boise Bottle Show & Sale - page 13
• Book review of N.R. Woodward's "The Glass Insulator in America, 1969 Report" - page 14
• Another report on the Las Vegas show - page 15
• Update on the report of a CD 378 L'Electro Verre glass multipart insulator from France - page 17
• Report of a CD 105 American Insulator Co. insulator - pages 18-19
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - pages 20-21
• Discussion on the CD 288 R.D. Mershon insulators and their connections to Denver - pages 24-25
• Discussion on the connection between Brookfield and B.G.M.Co. - page 25
• Report of a CD 260 Hawley Helmet - page 26
• Ad reprint describing the U-188 Dryspot insulator - pages 28-29

July 1970:

• Announcement of a glass coin commemorative token "insulator collecting 1970" - page 2
• Warren Olson article "The Lynchburg Line" - pages 3-9
• Advertisement reprints and discussion on the CD 100 Surge insulators - pages 10-12
• Show report for the Southern California Insulator Show & Sale - pages 13-18
  • Display by Dennis Roger of rare glass
  • Display by Bruce Evans
  • Carnival and cobalt display by Jim Sanders
  • Barbed wire display by Roger Benson
  • James Page and Phil Balken
  • John Schall, Wes Hill, and Mrs. Roger Benson
  • Bob Bowers, Dick Whiteman, Dennis Byrne, Doug Vogel & sister Nancy Vogel
• Book Review of "The Collector's Guide for Glass Insulators - Book II" by Gary Cranfill and Greg Kareofelas - page 19-20
• Insulator cartoon by Minta Jones - page 20
• Article by Chris Buys "Variations of an Unthreaded Insulator: Mulforg & Biddle" - page 21
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - pages 22-23
• Research Division
  • Report of a CD 740.8 Telegrafo de Jalisco threadless insulator
  • Report of a composition cable insulator
  • Report of what appears to be a CD 120 H. Brookes in yellow green
  • Report of a CD 164 K.C.G.W.
• Early picture of William Brookfield and report of CD 199 Prism - pages 31-32
• Report of a CD 123.2 Chester, N.Y. insulator - pages 34-35
• Report of Fred M. Locke's 1930 Obituary - page 36

August 1970:

• Report on the first national insulator meet - pages 2-15
  • See National history link for more information
• Report on the Woodland meet No. 3 - pages 15-21
  • Greg and Judy Bickford pictured
  • Jay and Helen Lambert
  • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Rogers and Mr. & Mrs Roy Gollihugh
  • Mel Huston, Fred Champion, Chuck Fox, Howard Banks, Jim Kiser, and Cliff Martin
  • Alice Martin, Oliver Smith, and Barbara & Russ Gardner
  • Doug Campbell and Jim Sanders
• Report on the second BS Enterprises Swap Meet - pages 23-27
  • W.J. Cook, Pat & Jack Salvagin, Charlie Breiner, and Iris Gonzalez
  • Hope Bowers, Dale Millspaugh, Grant Barnes, Brian Meier, and Josh Salvagin
  • Bill Kuhar and Mrs. Bill Cosner pictured
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - page 28
• Report on the Miami Show & Sale - page 29
  • Don & Ruby Bryant's display
  • Ed Pont's display
• Report of an S.B.T.& T. Co. No. 5 spool
• Report of a CD 306 Lynchburg 181

September 1970:

• Short article by Claude A. Potter "Disappearing Insulators" - page 2
  • Information from the P.G.& E. monthly progress report for 1970
• Article by Greg Kareofelas "Top Tie Communication Insulator" - pages 3-4
• Show report by Dave Campbell
  • CD 162 Westinghouse at the show
  • CD 140.5 cobalt blue was at the show
  • Cecil Vinson, Bob Finney, C.B. Handley, and Irv Terrill pictured
  • Duane and Bob Giaratana, Elroy Johnson, and Paul Smith pictured
  • Terry McDonald, Scott Odgers, Harold Otke pictured
  • Francis and Irv Terrill, Mrs. Bob Finney, and Bill Hungate pictured
  • James Xiggores, Ray & David Richter pictured
• Report of an early telegraph line in Missouri and Arkansas called the "Old Wire Road" or the "Telegraph Road" - pages 11-14
• Report on the Mid State Antique Bottle Show & Sale - pages 15-16
  • Ruby & Don Bryant display shown
  • Mr. & Mrs. Bill Driggers display shown
• Insulator poem "Searching" by Claude A. Potter
• Two newspaper reports of insulator collectors dying retrieving insulators and commentary - pages 17-19
  • David Lee Snow and Howard Willard Neitzey were the victims
• Report on the Insulator Meet at North Platte, NE - pages 19-20
• "Tips on Cleaning Insulators" by Bill & Irma Conrad - page 21
• Insulator cartoon by W. Gene Sake - page 22
• Book review of "Identification for Glass Insulators, Single Petticoat Threaded Tie Styles" by David Butler - page 23
• Research Division - pages 24-27
  • Report of the light purple "bottle style" in line Dry Spot insulator
  • Report of an unusual telephone wire safety cut out
• Article by Dora Harned 'Yellow Colored Californias (Fake or Real?)" - pages 29-30
• Report of a CD 728.4 Brookfield threadless insulator

October 1970:

• Article by Sue Curtis Ducro "The Handy Dandy (amateur) Insulator Collector's Collecting Kit" - pages 3-6
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - page 7
  • Question on the transition from SDP to RDP by Hemingray
  • Question on the timeframe of the Barclay patent insulator manufacture
• Article by Ira G. Groff "The E.I.V. French Insulator" - pages 8-9
• Ten sure ways to kill your club - page 10
• Picture of a display of colorful glass by Byron Bollinger - page 10
• Book Review of "Rare Insulators With Prices" by Francis Terrill - page 11
• Insulator cartoon by Ruth Sake - page 12
• Research Division - pages 13-18
  • Report of a CD 153 Brookfield
  • Report of a CD 252 E.S.S. Co. No. 401
  • Report of a large glass bushing marked R5050
  • Report of a CD 735 SO EX CO, Chester NY threadless
  • Report of the CD 211 No Leak D with insert and rubber washer
  • Report of a CD 299.1 Knowles "PRISM" insulator
• Article by Robert Winkler "Power Insulators" - pages 19-22
  • Includes numerous drawings of porcelain insulators & hardware
• Insulator poem "The Bug" by Sue Curtis Ducro
• Great picture of lineman on top of a pole - pages 24-25
• Picture of an insulator pyramid by Floyd Barnes - page 26

November 1970:

• Article by Robert Winkler "Communication and Power Line Construction" - pages 3-5
• Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward - pages 6-9
  • Question on the CD 327 Pyrex 441 power insulator
  • Question on the two dates on the dome MLOD CD 102 pony
  • Question on the CD 164 marked No. 38-20
  • Report of an H.K. Porter plastic insulator
• Insulator Cartoon by Ruth Sake
• Report on the Fort Wayne Bottle Show pages 11-12
  • Picture of Arlene and Ralph Harris's display
  • Picture of Brenda Harris's junior display
• Insulator poem "Lost and Found" by Sue Curtis Ducro - pages 12-13
• Research Division - pages 14-21
  • Report of a green Hickock's patent LRI (Lightning Rod Insulator)
  • Report of a CD 106 only embossed No. 9
  • Report of two wade threadless insulators including a wooden cover
  • Report of a CD 1000 glass block insulator
  • Report of an unusual gray clay beehive insulator
  • Report of what appears to be a CD 701 threadless
  • Report of a clear glass McMahan 7500V neon sign insulator
• Report on the Cosner Insulator meet in New Hope, PA - page 28
• Letter from Ralph and Terry Kovel - page 29
• Insulator poem "Stingy?" by Claude A. Potter - page 30

December 1970:

• Show report on the Third Insulator Swap Meet in Middletown, NY - pages 3-8
  • Newspaper article on the show from the Times Herald Record
  • Insulator display by Karen & Jarl Anderson
  • Jack Salvagin, Arch H. Poeppel, Tim and Floyd Hill pictured
  • Eileen & Ross Sayer, Brad & Nancy Cook, and Charlie Irons pictured
  • Roger Wallace, Phil Harding, and Mr. & Mrs. Gilman Feild pictured
• Insulator poem "Insulators: Sole Cause" by Ruth B. Schumacher - page 9
• Insulator related bracket patent #3,474,995 and picture of it in use - pages 10-11
• Insulator cartoon - page 12
• Report on the Utah Antique Bottle Club Show - page 13-16
  • Con Steed with his winning display "Colored Jewels"
  • Arch & Rae Stanger, John Taylor, and Rosemary Torsak pictured
  • Arch Stanger and display "Groovy Cables"
  • Dean Palmer's display "Gold & White"
  • Bob Taylor, George Jones, and Wayne Dilworth pictured
  • Rae Stanger's display "Colors From the Line"
• Early telegraph information reprint (CJ did not know the source) - pages 17-21
  • Shows early construction with blocks, bureau knobs, threadless, etc.
• Research Division - pages 22-34
  • Slag glass car ashtray
  • Ceramic item embossed 'The Gamewell F.A. Tel. Co.  29 Barclay St., NY'
  • Drawings of four different variations of CD 131 insulators
  • Report of a CD 187 brown pony insulator
  • An interesting letter from the Ohio Brass Co. describing the composition of Dirigo compound and how it has changed over the years
  • Also an Ohio Brass blueprint for a metal and composition cable top insulator 
  • Report by Grant Barnes of what is probably a third rail insulator
  • Report of a CD 110 Brookfield
• Reprint of an interesting clipping from the Denison (TX) Daily News in 1874
  • Described 13,200 lbs of insulators to support up to 600 miles of telegraph arriving

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