1976 Convention - Oklahoma City, OK
The Second Annual NDGA Convention was held in Oklahoma City,
OK, on July 16 - 18, 1976. The Co-Chairman of the Convention were
John and Ginger Jones. The Convention was sponsored by the
Oklahoma Depression Era Club, and the Convention was also the
first glass show sponsored by the club.
The Convention featured a "Get Acquainted Breakfast", hosted
by Joe Brooks of the Oklahoma Depression Era Club, and on
Saturday evening, a Country & Western Dance with "The
Southerners" providing the music.
Seminars and
Speakers
There were four seminars all presented on Saturday. They
were:
- Jewel Tea - Jo Cunningham
- Depression Glass - Fern Angus
- Pre-Depression Glass - Owen Davis
- Opaque McKee - Slide program (no presenter given)
The Convention also featured the following guest authors:
- Nora Koch, Depression Glass Daze
- Norma & Don Weaver, Obsession in Depression
- Fern Angus, NDGA News & Views
- Pat McGrain, National Depression Glass Journal
Glass and Pottery
Displays
The program for the Convention in Oklahoma City does not have
a list of the displays or the folks who presented them. There are
also no photographs that we know of which show the displays at
the Second Annual Convention. If anyone has photographs from this
event, please email the
Webmaster@NDGA.net and we can
arrange to have the photographs scanned into a computer and then
loaded to the web site.
List of Participating
Dealers
There were 34 dealers who set up to sell glass at the Oklahoma
City Convention in 1976. There were dealers from the east coast
(Virginia & Maryland), all the way to Colorado, and from
Michigan to Texas. Here is the list:
| Dealer |
City & State |
|
Dealer |
City & State |
| Tita Campbell |
Beverly, KS |
|
Ruth Parks |
Winnekah, OK |
| Wanda White & Nell Nelson |
Ft. Worth, TX |
|
Ardeth Lowe |
Joplin, MO |
| Arlene Harty |
Barrington, NH |
|
Arlene M. Showalter |
Doylestown, OH |
| Gerald Barnett & Harold Shaw |
Springfield, IL |
|
Iris Slayton |
Groves, TX |
| Richard Kellar |
Dauphin, PA |
|
Nelda Brewer |
Bruleson, TX |
| Bud Jennings |
Kansas City, MO |
|
Kathy & Alan Stultz |
Richmond, VA |
| Elwood Gary |
Wheaton, MD |
|
Trudy Miller |
Dallas, TX |
| Eric Fralick |
Dodge City, KS |
|
A. Atwood |
Kansas City, MO |
| Pat & Sue McGrain |
Spokane, MO |
|
Johana Anderton |
Kansas City, MO |
| Winona Fletcher |
Clinton, TN |
|
Flo Holland |
Kansas City, KS |
| Virginia Collins |
St. Ann, MO |
|
Mildred Jones |
Keller, TX |
| Eileen Kimey |
Houston, TX |
|
Joy Naill |
Pearland, TX |
| W. & L. Cunningham |
O'Fallen, MO |
|
Julian & Carol McEwen |
Wichita, KS |
| Tammy & Joe Brooks |
Oklahoma City, OK |
|
Dominic Donacquista |
Roseville, MI |
| Edna & Bob Hicks |
Oklahoma City, OK |
|
J. G. Allen |
Dallas, TX |
| Shirley Kahut & Sue Lee |
Oklahoma City, OK |
|
Judi Rossi |
Thornton, CO |
Ruth & Russ Singleton and
Bob & Barbara Jones |
Oklahoma City, OK |
|
Shirley & Austin Hartsock |
Mt. Airy, MD |