May
RAILMAIL
President, Donnie
Shirey
918-371-8216 donniewshirey@mbcsi.com
Vice.
Pres. Vernon Guess
918-361-6084 vg3616084@aol.com
Treasurer, Kathy
Klawitter
918-382-9924 mjkjn6789@sbcglobal.net
Secretary, Nadine
Hodge
918-742-1743 nh2640@sbcglobal.net
Editor, Jim Martin
918-756-3324 nitram1933@sbcglobal.net
C/o
Banner
Photo
This
month’s banner photo is from Bob and Sheila Buttram’s
RR.
Got
a favorite photo of your railroad? Send it to me at nitram1933@sbcglobal.net .
Upcoming
Shows and Exhibits 2008
June
5&6,
June
14,
June
20-22, KC MO – Heart of
This is the second time for this new show, crowds
were thin last year but the exhibits were good. Info @ www.hagrs.com
June
27-28,
June
28, Dewey OK- Mainline Train Show at
August
8th, Claremore OK- RC Trade Show
The
models,
cars, planes, and trains with vendor booths and operating displays. Still looking for more info.
TGRRC
Saturday, May 31st, your hosts are Bob Gardine (Chouteau) Bill Black, Sky
Sharp, Bob Buttram, Joe Salamon
(
Jenks
Herb Festival
Donnie Shirey, Vern & Vernon Guess, Nadine
Hodge, Sky Sharp, Skip & Suzanne Honeyman, Cindy Whitton, Mike Klawitter and Bill
Reeder made up the crew in Jenks.
Stan Morris, Harry Wolohan,
Sky Sharp, Nadine Hodge and Bill Reeder were on hand to set up and man the
trains.
Tommy
Taking Shape
While not complete, the model of the Okmulgee
Northern RR “Tommy” was on display at Okmulgee Bloom festival along with
several other items built by yours truly.
Tommy was kit-bashed from a “Buddy L” 2-6-2 Prairie, into a 2-8-0
Consolidation.
Ouch
Joe Salamon is at home recovering
from shoulder surgery. You can send him
a card or an email at salamon7@cox.net
Minutes, April 2008
The
meeting was called to order by President Donnie Shirey. Returning visitors James and Sonya Bennett
were welcomed. The minutes were
approved. No Treasurer’s report was
given since the Treasurer was not able to make the meeting.
Old Business
Bixby Train Show – With approval of the
membership, Vernon Guess borrowed the club’s track to use at the Bixby
show. Volunteers laid four tracks
(Thomas and three mainlines) and handed out lots of flyers advertising our
annual tour.
Jenks Herb Fest, April 26 –
Okmulgee in Bloom, May 3 -- Bill Reeder
volunteered to haul the ground track to
HO sales – Jim has taken a large
selection of Skip’s HO items to both the Bixby show and the NMRA meeting and
made over $500 in sales.
Organization of module
trailer –
Bob Gardine is at Nationals. We will ask for a progress report next month.
Ground track trailer – No luck yet in finding a
small trailer for the ground track. We
will continue to look.
Annual tour, May 31 –
Open House – Bob Gardine
will host an Open House on Memorial Weekend (Saturday May 24 and Monday May 26
only; closed on Sunday). Vernon Guess
also hopes to have an Open House on Sat May 24. If you are a tour host, this is your chance
to see other layouts that will be on the tour.
Dues are due – If you have not yet paid
dues for 2008, please do so.
Caps and canvas carry bags – Hopefully, we will have
TGRRC caps and tote bags available for purchase at the next meeting.
Name badges – We will be placing an
order soon for name badges. If you need
a name badge, please contact Nadine.
Website – Our website is still not
up and running. We are waiting for the
backup CDs from Sam Kimery. Our new domain name will be www.tulsagardenrailroadclub.org
. We would like to have our tour flyer
available online as soon as possible.
Model contest – We need to set a date
for the model contest. August was
suggested. No decision was made.
New Business
Dewey, June 28 – We have an
opportunity to set up on Saturday, June 28 in Dewey (north of
Woodward Hobby Shop in OKC – The hobby shop is
closing. They have already sold all
their LGB. They have Aristocraft
and a good selection of figures left.
Submitted
by Nadine Hodge, Club Secretary
UP No. 844 Heading for its next stop
Our
Next Stop…. 6:45pm, Thursday, May 29th at the