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1998 Convention - San Antonio, TX
The 24th Annual
NDGA Convention was held July 10-12 at the Live Oak Civic Center
in Live Oak, a suburb of San Antonio. The show chairman was Kent
Washburn, from San Antonio. The banquet on Saturday night was
held on barges! That's right - there was a dinner cruise in
downtown San Antonio, on the famous "River Walk", and everyone
enjoyed the scenery, food and companionship.
Seminars and Speakers
There were six seminars presented in San Antonio, four on Saturday and two on Sunday. In addition, the Presidents of the Fostoria Glass Society and the National Cambridge Collectors gave short presentations after two of the seminars. Here are the speakers and topics:
- Kelly O'Kane - Tiffin, 1938-1963
- Cliff McNeil - Cambridge, The Glory Years
- Milbra Long & Emily Seate - Fostoria Amber & Orchid
- Dale Mitchell - Tiffin Fuchsia
- Anne Shatrau - Depression Glass on the Internet
- Leonette Walls - Early American Prescut - Oatmeal to Elegance
List of Displays for the 1998 Convention
There were 35 displays set up for the Convention in San Antonio. Click on the thumbnail picture in the table below to see a larger version of the same shot, then use your browser's "BACK" button to return to the list. These photographs were taken by Cadia Los, a long time NDGA member, and the quality is especially nice. We are missing quite a few photographs of displays (listed below, after this table) and would appreciate anyone having the missing photos to send them to the webmaster.
| Name(s) | Hometown | Display Title | Pattern Name | Thumbnail |
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| Trina Bugosh | San Antonio, TX | Gone Fishing | Jadeite Many Companies |
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| Kelly O'Kane | St Paul, MN | Royal Fantasy | Tiffin Modern |
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| Patty & Bill Foti, Kent Washburn |
North Miami, FL | Brunch at Kent's | Cambridge Vernon Kilns Rose Point & Organdie |
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| Milbra Long & Emily Seate | Cleburne, TX | Overlooked Amber | Fostoria amber |
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| Sarah & David van Dalsem | Sand Springs, OK | Fenton Fantasy in Cranberry | Fenton Cranberry Hobnail |
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| Milbra Long & Emily Seate | Cleburne, TX | Forgotten Orchid | Fostoria orchid |
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| Ed Black | Denver, CO | Experimental, Colors from the Morgue |
Fostoria American |
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| Jackie & Les Stewart | Colorado Springs, CO | Springtime in the Rockies | Hocking's Princess |
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| Jackie & Les Stewart | Colorado Springs, CO | Christmas in Colorado | Queen Mary & Forest Green by Anchor Hocking |
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| J. R. Johnston | Broken Arrow, OK | Oklahoma Prairie | Fostoria Coin amber |
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| Nedra & Don Tinney | Richardson, TX | Formal FireKing | Fire King & Fostoria Precedence |
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| Elizabeth Kielpyka | San Antonio, TX | Texas Gold | Candlewick |
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| Fred Eldridge | Forrest City, AR | Tea Time | Tea Cream/Sugar sets |
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| Kelly O'Kane | St Paul, MN | Color Spectrum Spectacular | Tiffin Modern |
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| Terri & Michael Burke | Corpus Christi, TX | Corpus Christi's Golden Sand | Heisey Empress sahara |
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| Dale Mitchell | San Jose, CA | Fuchsia | Tiffin's Fuchsia |
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| Kenneth Gardner | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco Elegance | Fostoria Versailles green |
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| Joyce & Jack Nichols | Ft Walton Beach, FL | Florida's Crimson Bird | Paden City Crow's Foot |
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| Linda & David Adams | San Mateo, CA | The Crowning Touch | Cambridge Crown Tuscan |
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| Leonette & Carl Walls | Garden Dale, AL | Anchor Hocking, the Popular Company | Misc. Anchor-Hocking glass |
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| Jamie & Barry Rubeck | Bedford, TX | Grandma's Tupperware | Glass Kitchenware |
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| Dorothy Fletcher | Little Rock, AR | Top Hats | Glass top hats |
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| Nita Eldridge | Forrest City, AR | Candleglo, Our Children's Inheritance | Candleglo glassware |
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| Kent Washburn | San Antonio, TX | Reflections | Consolidated "Dance of the Nudes" |
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| Carolyn & Michael Yastrumsky | New Braunfels, TX | Orchid | Paden City's Orchid |
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| Kelly O'Kane | St Paul, MN | Decorating Dream | Tiffin Modern glass |
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| Diane & Victor Elliott | Los Alamos, NM | New Mexico Sunset | Iris & Herringbone colors |
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| Lydia & Cliff McNeil | Orange Park, FL | Cambridge, the Glory Years | Cambridge Glass |
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| Donna & Bert Kennedy | Mesquite, TX | Visions of Elegance | Morgantown Glass |
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| Kathy & Buddy Stultz | Glen Allen, VA | Animal Kingdom | Glass Animals |
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| Jane & Jack Carley | San Antonio, TX | A Family Tradition | English Hobnail |
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The following are the displays that were presented at San Antonio, for which we do not have photographs. If anyone can help by sending a photograph to the webmaster, we will move the entry to the table above where the pictures can be viewed by all. We do, however, want to recognize everyone who took the time to display their collections at San Antonio.
| Display Title | Name(s) | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| It Ain't Elegant but it sure is Grand | Edna McCollin | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Bridge to the New Millenium | Sarah & David Van Dalsem | Sand Springs, OK |
| Preservation & Eduucational Projects | Dee Hall | Houston, Tx |
| Pyramid | Aneita Ayers | Camp Verde, AZ |
List of Dealers for the 1998 Convention
Here's a list of the 40 dealers who participated at the San Antonio Convention. You can see they came from all across the country, bringing their best merchandise to Texas.
| Dealer | City & State | Dealer | City & State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barb & Larry Taylor | Indianola, IA | Kathy & Buddy Stoltz | Glen Allen, VA | |
| Sandra & Dennis Boone | Aledo, IL | Jane & John Schleinzer | Aurora, IL | |
| Judy & Bob Schmidgall | Arkadelphia, AR | Jane & Don Rogers | Wentzville, MO | |
| Sharon & Pat Ervin | Sycamore, IL | Joyce & Jack Nichols | Ft Walton Beach, FL | |
| Len & Arlyn Ols | Cleveland, OH | Bessie & BIll Wuertz | Wake Village, TX | |
| Shirley & Art Moore | Tulsa, OK | Linda & Jerry Gordy | Davenport, IA | |
| Ralph Broadstreet & Roy Sykes | Ft Worth, TX | Doris Duke | Novice, TX | |
| Max Miller | Houston, TX | Dorothy Fletcher | Little Rock, AR | |
| Gwyn & Calvin Key | Hazel, KY | Rose & Jim Curnutt | Western Springs, IL | |
| Jean & Lee Spalding | Wichita, KS | Jo & Bill Curtis | Amarillo, TX | |
| Judy & John Bine | St Charles, MO | Myrna & Bob Garrison | Arlington, TX | |
| Florence & Joe Solito | Tolland, CT | Helen & Gene Allen | Overland Park, KS | |
| Lydia & Cliff McNeil | Orange Park, FL | Barbara & Byron Canine | Anderson, IN | |
| Hazel & Bill Daniels | Arnold, MO | Margaret & Jim Davis | Springfield, IL | |
| Donna & Jay Upham | Jamestown, OH | Aleta & Tom Herr | Duncanville, TX | |
| Carol Clary & Gary Pikett | Houston, TX | Thelma Hayes | St Peters, MO | |
| Peggy & John Scott | Springfield, MO | Kent Washburn | San Antonio, TX | |
| Betty & Dale Bass | Caney, KS | Esther & Bob Mitchell | Little Rock, AR | |
| Carol & Julian McEwen | Wichita, KS | Becky & Sam Collings | Brookfield, OH | |
| Diana Charles & Janet Martin | Hagerstown, IN | Betty & Bob Conner | Augusta, KS |