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The Secretary's Desk It is time to renew your annual membership! From now until the end of the year I will be taking renewals - only $25.00. I’ll be taking membership renewals at our last show of the year in Tucson. I hope to see you there. If you are not able to attend please mail in your renewal while you are thinking about it to avoid a late fee and or a lapse in membership. J If you aren’t able to pick up a 2006 show calendar at a show, you can print one on our website www.azarms.com. I think I speak for everyone when I say we had a great Antique Arms Show November 12 & 13th at Mesa Centennial Hall. This premier show turned out some long-time and not often seen club members who showed up and/or exhibited at this show, expressing that they wanted to participate in this special event. Many exhibitors traveled from Texas, California and New Mexico. By show's end it was already 75% sold out for next year... and it promises to be bigger and better yet! Other arms collectors clubs also participated. The Arizona Society of Arms Collectors were there, as well as the Arizona Knife Collectors Association and the Santa Barbara Historical Arms Association. On Saturday, in honor of our Veteran's, a bagpiper was present and played for us all. Member Bob Sachs dressed in vintage 1880's Colonel's uniform carried the American flag. We had 10 arms displays. Cash awards and First, Second, Third Place and "People's Choice" plaque awards were given away. Winners were as follows: Bill Venemon won $50.00 and the 3rd place for his display titled Winchester Classics. 2nd place and the $75.00 prize was given to Bob Sachs for his elaborate Winchester display titled THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST. First place and $100.00 was awarded to Jim Janke for BOY'S SINGLE SHOT RIFLES. Every person who came in the door on Saturday received a ballot to vote for their favorite display - the People's Choice Award. A check for $125.00 and the award went to Bob Sachs for his Winchester display titled THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST! A very close runner up for the People's Choice Award went to Larry Kaufman of the Arizona Society of Arms Collectors for his display titled COLT SINGLE ACTIONS 1874-1938. Of special merit in that display was a .44 rimfire single action Army, serial number 250. All the displays should have won an award. each and every one of them were excellent. A complete list follows: • The Gun that Won the West - Bob & Janis Sachs • Colt Pocket Positive Grip Inspection Jig - Bill Rudich • E. Remington & Sons and American Rimfire Cartridges - Don Sandefur • A Few .22 LR Single Shot Target Pistols (Featuring Colt Camp Perry and Smith & Wesson Single Shot Pistols) - Larry Timmer • COLT SINGLE ACTIONS 1874-1938 - Larry Kaufman • 45 IN Service - Bruce Kaufman • BOY'S SINGLE SHOT RIFLES - Jim Janke • Winchester Classics - Bill Venemon • EARLY DAYS OF LINCOLN COUNTY - Rod Smith • A SAMPLE OF GUNS AS FOUND IN THE OLD WEST - Harry L. Viezens I'd like to express our sincere thanks our 3 judges (all members of the AAA). They told me how hard the job was. From Bill Rudich: I want to thank all the exhibitors of the antique arms show for your participation - you made it a success! To the board for supporting the project - Peggy and Cindy for your hard work, Mark Stewart for his help and patience and all the rest of the show staff/security, headed by Roger King and Tim Proffer Jr.. As promised, the date for the Santa Barbara Historical Arms and Blade show is February 18-19, 2006 at the Earl Warren Fairgrounds. Visit their website at http://www.sbhaa.org/ or call Paul to reserve a table at (661) 299-6436. Wishing our members Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving 1621 The following is a fairly complete list of the foods available to the Pilgrims during the three-day Thanksgiving harvest celebration, although the only foods specifically mentioned by the Pilgrims are: "corn" (wheat, by the Pilgrims usage of the word), Indian corn, barley, peas (if any where spared), "fowl" (Bradford says "waterfowl"), five deer, fish (namely bass and cod), and wild turkey. FISH: cod, bass, herring, shad, bluefish, and lots of eel. SEAFOOD: clams, lobsters, mussels, and very small quantities of oysters BIRDS: wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan, partridge, and other miscellaneous waterfowl; they were also known to have occasionally eaten eagles (which "tasted like mutton" according to Winslow in 1623.) OTHER MEAT: venison (deer), possibly some salt pork or chicken. GRAIN: wheat flour, Indian corn and corn meal; barley (mainly for beer-making). FRUITS: raspberries, strawberries, grapes, plums, cherries, blueberries, gooseberries (these would have been dried, as none would have been in season). VEGETABLES: small quantity of peas, squashes (including pumpkins), beans NUTS: walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, ground nuts HERBS and SEASONINGS: onions, leeks, strawberry leaves, currants, sorrel, yarrow, carvel, brooklime, liverwort, watercress, and flax; from England they brought seeds and probably planted radishes, lettuce, carrots, onions, and cabbage. Olive oil in small quantities may have been brought over. OTHER: maple syrup, honey; small quantities of butter, Holland cheese; and eggs. 2006 Annual Membership Renewal Time! Name Address City State Zip Membership No. Annual Renewal Fee $25.00 Late fee $5.00 (after December 31, 2005) Associate Renewal Fee $5.00 Email Address
Please send form information and dues to:
Arizona Arms Association Cindy Hale - Secretary P.O. Box 11057 Glendale, AZ 85318-1057 11/05
Cowboy Humor Walking through
Tombstone, a cowboy sees a
building with the sign, "Hans Olaffsen's Chinese
Laundry." Quote: "In England...A large proportion of the most valuable of the provisions in Magna Charta, and the bill of rights in 1688, consists of a solemn recognition, of limitations upon the power of parliament; that is, a declaration, that parliament ought not to abolish, or restrict those rights. Such are the right of trial by jury; the right to personal liberty and private property according to the law of the land; that the subjects ought to have a right to bear arms... " Joseph Story, Dane Professor of Law in Harvard University, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833), Book III at 718, § 1858 . . |
Club News The Arizona Arms Association welcomes the following new members to the club! Michelle Garcia - El Paso, TX Edward Hutchinson - Carefree, AZ Larry Jennings - Tucson, AZ Dan Meigs - Tucson, AZ Jonathan Mott - Gilbert, AZ Jo H. Rhodes - Elgin, AZ Garrett Roberts - Camp Verde, AZ Ralph Shepard - Sierra Vista, AZ Mrs. Ron Shipman - Surprise, AZ Larry Silva - Prescott Valley, AZ Bill Skibbe - Tucson, AZ Harry Viezens - Payson, AZ Scott Zike - Peoria, AZ And WELCOME BACK to the members who have re-joined. ? Our next general membership meeting will be held Saturday December 10, 2005 at Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson. All members are invited to attend. ? Our next mailed newsletter will be January 2006. ? Call Walt for table reservations for our annual Christmas Gun & Knife show to be held December 11-12th at Pima Co. fairgrounds in Tucson. Wild Turkey
Adult males, known as toms, or gobblers, normally weigh between 16 and 24 pounds. Females, known as hens, are smaller than males and usually weigh between 8 and ten pounds. (Females feathers are) drab, usually brown or gray. They make great camouflage and hide the hens when they sit on their nests. The largest wild turkey on record weighed 37 pounds. Wild turkey tails are usually 12 to 15 inches long and are banded at their tips. The color of the bands in the tail varies by subspecies. Male wild turkeys fan their tails when displaying to attract a mate. Visit the National Wild Turkey Federation at http://www.nwtf.org/
In the News recently µ Attention
Arizonans, From NRA-ILA: µ Yuma police begin
accessing eTrace, a database established by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). "It's an excellent
investigative tool," Nicolette said. µ S.B. 357, The bill that protects Firearm Manufacturers from Junk Lawsuits has finally passed and is on it's way to the President's Desk where he has said he will sign it. Thanks in big part to the NRA and all the voting gun owners who contacted their Congressmen and Senators - this bill will stop cities from blaming Firearm Manfacturers from being sued over the wrongful deeds of others, such as the criminal use of firearms. It puts the responsibility back on the criminal or individual where it belongs. It will not shield companies from making a bad or defective product.
2005/2006 arizona GUN SHOWS Please be sure to confirm show with designated show director before traveling!
November 19-20 Arizona Knife Collectors (AKCA) Mesa - 480 948-2961
November 19-20 Murphy’s Kingman - 208 324-9644
November 26-27 Roadrunner Phoenix Shrine - 602 843-5303
December 2-3-4 Crossroads of the West Phoenix - 801 544-9125
December 10-11 Arizona Arms Assoc. Pima County Fairgrounds - Tucson Show Director: Walt - 520 298-0422
December 17-18 Firing Pin Ent. Casa Grande - 602 275-1623
2006
January 7-8 Murphy’s Yuma - 208 324-9644
January 14-15 Crossroads of the West Tucson - 801 544-9125
January 28-29 Firing Pin Ent. Lake Havasu - 602 275-1623
February 4-5 Arizona Arms Assoc. Pima County Fairgrounds - Tucson Show Director: Walt - 520 298-0422
February 11-12 Pioneer Country Kingman - 928 692-0937
February 11-12 Roadrunner Glendale - 602 843-5303
February 18-19 Douglas Rifle & Pistol Douglas - 520 642-3761
February 18-19 Roadrunner Tucson - 602 843-5303
February 25-26 Crossroads of the West Tucson - 801 544-91250
February 25-26 Gun Trader Wickenburg - 928 684-2149
Reserve your tables now! The Arizona Arms Association is holding the next two shows at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson. Our annual Christmas show is December 10-11, 2005. A general membership meeting and dinner will immediately follow our show on Saturday. Our annual February 4-5, 2006 gun and knife show coincides with the International Gem and Mineral Show and we always have a big crowd at this event. You need to reserve hotel rooms early! Call Walt for information and table reservations for these shows 520 298-0422. |
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Pima County Gun & Knife Shows
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