Old Bottle Magazine - 1970

January 1970:

• John Ranch's sales table of insulators at the Colorado show.
• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 35-38
  • Francis Terrill reports teh CD 106 BIRMINGHAM in straw.
  • Nick Budnowski of Greenbush, NY reports a threadless something like a CD 729 in olive amber.
  • Frank Werner of Guys Mills, PA reports a CD 162.5 P.L.W.
  • Bill Kuhar of Bethlehem, PA reports a CD 110 but shows BROOKFIELD on the front and PAT. OCT. 8 1907 on the back!
  • Larry Rogers of Bangor, ME reports a CD 104 New. Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. base embossed National Insulator Co.
  • Doug Parks of Ogallalla, NE reports a large glass bushing with no markings noted.
  • Bob Hickman of Milford, NJ reports a CD 1038 glass cutter insulator.
  • Arlene Harris of Ossian, IN provides information on the First National Show to be held in New Castle, IN.
  • Article by William C. Stauber "The Insulator as a Candle Holder".

May 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill- Pages 15-19
  • Charlie Irons reports a CD 324 carnival Pyrex, , and Chet Handley a CD 190/191 two piece California tramp.
  • Arnold Wight of Lake Grove, OR reports a CD 134 Westinghouse No. 6.
  • Marcia Woods of Durango, CO a CD 181 pluto in light aqua found near Silverton, CO.
  • Ted Routson of Milwalkee, OR reports an Armstrong's Whitall Tatum paper weight with  a CD 155 (The drawing shows the CD 155 upside down).
  • Bob Shields of Escondido reports that he was told by a lineman that many of the CD 139 U.S.L.D. insulators were taken down in 1940 along Highway #1.
  • C.H.Turner - Part three of a book length feature about the development of the pin tyoe insulator "Transmission Line Insulators" including two and a half pages of good information.

June 1970:

• Insulator cartoon - Page 35
• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill- Pages 44-46
  • Bill Caden of Unadilla, NY reports a CD 123.2 Chester and a blue milk glass CD 135 Chicago diamond.
  • Larry Rogers of Bangor, ME reports a 146.4 full of bubbles.
  • Karen Anderson of New Bedford, MA reports a CD 139 Combination Safety.
  • Oliver O'Dell of Highland Falls, NY reports a black glass threadless marked J. S. KEELEY - It is likely this is actually a CD 729.3 J.S. KEELING.
  • Harry Hallam of Upper Darby, PA reports a CD 796 Oakman's Patent threadless.
  • Joe Maurath reports a CD 113 Westinghouse No. 4 in light olive.
  • Doug Bowman (I assume this is Dick Bowman) of Webster, NY reports a CD 126 RD 149959 in cloudy light blue.

July 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill- Pages 10-13
  • Picture of the CD 257 collection owned by Bob Pierce, Ludlowville, NY.
  • A picture of spools and LRIs owned by Phil Mayhew of Collinsville, CT.
  • Dennis Rogers of Ontario, CA reports a CD 263 Oakman Columbia, a CD 244 Purple Pamona, a CD 159 Gregory Patent, a LRI, a CD 140 Oakman Jumbo, a CD 269 Jumbo and a CD 199 Prism.
  • There is a full page dedicated to the various Denver styles and embossings.
  • John Schall of Santa Paula, CA reports a white milk glass CD 164 McLaughlin//No 20 - Francis Terrill indicated that she had received color photographs of this piece and indicated that the McLaughlin had a little bigger dome and was a little shorter than the Maydwell counterpart.

August 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 36-39
  • Karl Thompson reports a fruit jar marked on the bottom BROOKE / MAKER / 86 FULTON ST. / NY - Interesting as it is close to the Brookfield address.
  • Vince Mullenhoff of Des Moines, IA reports a CD 292.5 Knowles 6.
  • Arlene Harris of Ossian, IN reports a gray porcelain marked Fred Locke insulator that just has a dent underneath.  The drawing shows this to most likely to the top shell of a glaze weld piece.
  • David Campbell of Salem, OR reports a U-186 Purkey patent.
  • Jack Kesling of Warner Robbins, GA reports a 158.9 Boston Bottle Works.
  • Harry Clements of Millville, NJ reports that his father worked at the Whitall Tatum & Armstrong factories for fifty years and that a salesman, Earl Duboise, had three types of salesman samples made after Armstrong took over in 1938
  • A full page article on CD 123 EC&M insulator colors and variations.

September 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 10-13
  • Both the CD 180 Liquid insulator and the CD 180.5 Fluid insulator are shown although Francis makes the statement that he thinks they are identical except for the embossing.  Francis has the Liquid and Gerald & Esta Brown of Two Buttes, CO have the Fluid.  Both were found in Oregon.
  • Bob Pierce reported some on the New Castle, IN show and lists some of the many insulators available for sale.
  • Larry Dively of Friedens, PA reports four different dome embossed Brookfield CD 102 ponies.
  • Greg Everett of Abilene, TX (11 years old) reports a yandell's patent CD 1010
  • A short review of "The Collectors Guide For Glass Insulators" by Cranfill & Kareofelas was provided.
  • C.W. Halbert of Channelview, TX reports a CD 116.5 B.
  • A letter from Fred Champion of Bakersfield, CA said yellow California insulators are being made from SCA by a heating and cooling process (Indicating this practice was going on as early as 1970).  There was also mention of new carnival glass insulators.

October 1970:

• Vivian Jones insulator display at the Iowa Bottle show - Page 9
• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 29-34
  • Frank Jones of Cottontown, TN provided a picture of 14 glass block insulators in different colors.  There is also general information on glass blocks.
  • A new Boston CD is pictured in a drawing (CD 158.1 wavy groove)
  • Broce Davison of Heniker, NH reports a CD 268.5 Standard Glass Insulator Co. cable.
  • Norman Ellis of Winterhaven, FL reports a CD 128 Hemingray E-14B in opalescent.
  • Edward Milner of Columbia, SC reports an unusual S.B.T,&T,Co. spool with a large base.
  • Francis Terrill reports a CD 737 Leffert's threadless.
  • Jim Darby of Manchester, CT reports a CD 245 T-H 9200.
  • James Xiggores reports a CD 211 Brookfield No Leak D.
  • A show report by Dennis Donovan on the First National Insulator Swap Meet held in New Castle, IN.

November 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 30-35
  • Ed Milner of Columbia, SC reports a CD 127 base embossed Homer Brooks.
  • Harry Emery of Schokorie, NY reports a neat bushing marked R5070.
  • Joe Maurath reports locating an additional D 134 Pettingell Andrews as well as a CD 102 Westinghouse No. 3 in a vivid cobalt.  It was noted that N.R. Woodward found some CD 102 Westinghouse No. 3 ponies in Portland that were a vivid blue.
  • Marvin Collins of Eureaka, CA reports CD 123 EC&Ms in  yellow amber, dark aqua, cobalt blue, and olive.  He also reports the  CD 164 unembossed sage that is attributed to California.
  • A short note from Dora Harned, editor of "Crown Jewels of the Wire" - It is noted that Don & Dora's collection has over one thousand different insulators.
  • John Neal reports a Folembray "Ginger Bread Man' and calls it a "bat ears" - In 1970 the nickname for these must not have been established!
  • Bobbie Brown of Fernandina Beach, FL reports a S.B.T.&T. spool in light aqua.
  • There is a two page article on the CD 126, 126.3, and 127 dome embossed Brookfields.

December 1970:

• Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 12-16
  • Brent Mill's provides information on the Boch patent for glaze filling and the R. Thomas & Sons Co. in Ohio and the patent infringement of Fred Locke
  • There is a picture of the CD 304/310 "coolie hat".
  • Gene Bradberry of Memphis, TN reports an emerald green Hemingray/No.9//Patent/May 2 1893 CD 106 with the reverse side of a V nickle making a very clear imprint.
  • N.R. Woodward indicates he thinks the Standard Glass Insulator Co. molds were made by Oakman.  He also indicated that he had taken Hemingray D-510's both with and without metal inserts off of abandoned lines.
  • "Collecting the Colorful California's" by Francis Terrill which includes drawings of the known styles.

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