Indianapolis, IN - June 21, 2003 Show & Tell
Original release: July 2003
Brent Sehnert showed a red letter Woody Woodpecker glass from
Mexico, with other various Walter Lantz characters on the glass. The name
was "El Parego Loco". Also he showed a small size McDonald's action series
glass, smaller than the common Libbey glass size, with a 1982 date. Probably
a sample for the embossed bottom set.
Also shown was a Lady and the Tramp set of 5, small multicolor glasses
with Walt Disney Productions on them, from France. A very scarce and
beautiful foreign Disney set.
Fred Stepanian described two sets of 4 from Six Flags that had
Warner Brothers Characters, and also single Superman and Batman glasses.
These are new glasses from the amusement park. Contact Fred if interested in
obtaining these glasses, as he plans on returning before the park
closes for the year.
Carl Sehnert discussed the mystery glass in the auction, Sylvester
Sidewinder.
John Foster discussed the Dairy Cheer Pepsi glasses, and described a
conversation that he had with the owner of the chain. The owner wanted to
have food at the restaurant and bought out the franchise, and changed the
name to Dairy Cheer and added food. He had nine restaurants in Kentucky. The
glass that is supposed to exist, but has not been found, is Catlettsburg,
KY.
Brian Callahan showed several pieces of Arizona Cactus dinnerware,
that
matches the Arizona Cactus frosted ice teas, from Blakely. He also showed a
Twister movie glass from ILM that was discussed in an issue of CGN several
years ago, an Elinor Donahue glass from a regional "Waldo Astoria"
play, a clear Bill Flores variation glass that Brent Sehnert was kind enough
to sell to him, and a Tipper/Gloria glass from the Little Lulu set, that was
on a different lipped jelly glass blank. Also shown was the 2000 box set
of Indianapolis 500/Brickyard 400 car race with two rocks glasses, and a
decanter with stopper. These were given as Christmas presents by the Hulman/George
family who owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and who have distributed the
official Indy 500 glasses over the last 50 years.
Respectfully submitted, Brian Callahan
The next club meeting will be September 26th in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania. Promoting our club should be everyone's business. If you know
anyone that might be interested get their name and address and we will send
them a copy of our newsletter so they know what we are about.
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