The meeting was called to order by Bob Obenland, who introduced the board

members , and welcomed new members. The reading of the minutes from the

September meeting were waved.

The Treasurer’s report was given by Bob Obenland in Rebecca Grohall’s

absence, and accepted by the membership. This meeting marked the 11th

birthday of the club. Congratulations were extended to Dolores and Bob

Barton for winning the trip to Department 56 in December.

Dates were taken for Christmas House Tours. The nominating committee was

formed to present the state of officers up for reelection in January. The

nominating committee consists of Vickey Gendron, Peter Gendron and

A display contest was presented by the members with the members voting for

their favorite display, as well as technique demonstrations were given by Bob

Obenland and Jason Wade. A detailed account of the contest, written by

Door Prizes:

-$25 Gift Certificate Warricks – Boots Lippert

-D56 hat – Gene Armeno

-Gingerbread Man Ornament – Josephine Armeno

-D56 Pumpkin Candle – Sumner McDonough, Larry Davis, Betty

Harris, Bill Shields, and Barbara King

-D56 Bat Candle – Larry Davis, Peggy Layton

-Noel Ornament – Sumner McDonough

-Village Chronicle and Poster – Eileen O’Connor and Dottie Winzell

-D56 Key Chain – Jason Wade

Raffle Prizes:

-NCC Under the Umbrella Red-Sandra Sanchez

-Foot Bridge (25th Anniversary)- Regina Clark

-Village Van (25th Anniversary)- Josephine Armeno

–D56 Ornament (25th Anniversary)- John McClain

- DV Tattyeave Knoll- Barbara Strangeway

-Two Deadlock Arms with broken parts (made known to members before hand)

were added to the raffled. Winners: Boots Lippert and Regina Clark.

Display Contest

(by Chris Barrett)

Here we were sitting at the October Board meeting discussing the display

contest to be held at the October meeting, when someone asked Vickey,

thought, “what if”. Two weeks before the meeting is not enough time to add

to or change the meeting’s focal point. Our wonderful members didn’t let us

down. As we were setting up the room for the meeting, one by one, displays

were being brought in – a total of 14 – WOW! An added touch was the

Halloween: Mary Jo Zettle (spooky and fun); Kady Treadwell (loved those

stairs and RIP lights set in around the base); and Bill Shields/George Fells

(how about those muscle shells hanging from the trees).

North Pole: Vickey Gendron (theme based on North Pole Start a Tradition with

creative and fun use of Styrofoam); Gene Armeno ( a mini Reindeer village in

itself - no doubt Reindeers are very important to Santa); and John McClain

(set in a Radio Flyer red wagon).

Easter (Spring has sprung): Diane Rosenbaum (theme based on Verna Mae’s

Boutique Gift Set); Jason Wade (Easter House surrounded by colorful

flowers).

New England: Chet Rosenbaum (Fall theme using Harper’s Farmhouse in an

Literary Classic – Peter Gendron (Sherlock Holmes on a violin cut from

Styrofoam).

Dickens Village: Phil Gold (J. Lytes Coal Merchant in a black as coal, coal

bucket); Larry Treadwell (The Old Royal Observatory in a multilevel vignette,

“Watch the Sky and The Right To See The Stars”, with a comet moving

Snow Village: Sandra/Olga Sanchez (Mexican flavor - bring on those Fajitas -

using Rosita’s Cantina set in a wooden chest).

Congratulations to our First Place ($56) winner, Kady Treadwell, for her

Halloween display and our Second Place ($25) winner, John McClain, for his

North Pole display.

Thanks Vickey for a wonderful idea for a meeting, can’t wait until next

year’s contest.