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HAPPY NEW YEAR from SHPC January 2011 |
| Next |
Tuesday, January
4th, 2011 at 7:00 PM or meet early at C.B.
Perkins at 5 PM or Five Guys at
6PM
Cobb's Corner, Canton |
Meeting
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| Club Info & Events Details of
the December Meeting Tobacco Yankee Swap Pipe Raffle Tamper Raffle
What? More Members! Suspension of Club Dues  I
would like to take a minute to give special thanks to Rick, Neil
& Ernie for their contributions to the club and newsletter in
2010. Rick has been the treasurer for many years now and does an outstanding job of keeping track of the clubs finances and keeping club members informed. He has also contributed a number of items to the newsletter which is always greatly appreciated (and encouraged). See Rick's write up of the latest NY Pipe show below. 
Neil has sort of become the club's photographer which has
allowed us to bring a little more life to the newsletter on a regular
basis. I would also like to thank Neil for the enthusiasm he brings
to the club each month. He has definitely played a big part in boosting
morale and bringing excitement to many of the club meetings. 
And finally, I can't forget Ernie. Ernie has given
us a look back into the better days of pipes and smoking. His contributions
to this newsletter have undoubtedly made the SHPC Gazette a must
read on many pipe smoker's list. In 2011, Ernie will be bringing
you a new feature we've named Plugs & Dottle. An occasional
piece on pipe and tobacco trivia, history and other tidbits of pipe
and tobacco related information.Kaywoodie Holiday Party & UPCA's Northeast Regional Pipe Smoking Contest  Unfortunately,
time does now allow for a full report of the event in this months
edition of the Gazette but I can assure you it continues to be the
main event of the year. As we did in 2008
and 2009
we hope to have a new video for you in February.This year we were at capacity with club members from the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club of Boston, New York Pipe Club, Hudson Valley Pipe Club, New Jersey Fellowship of Pipesmokers, Christoper Morley Pipe Club of Philadelphia, Chesapeake Pipe Club and the return of the Pocono Intermountain Pipe Enclave. "Is it alright to yell FIRE at a crowded pipes smoking contest?" You damn right it is.... now FIRE up those pipes. |
The infant efforts at TV programming during the late 1940s into the 1950s were fraught with problems from program material to skilled production people. The natural and safe thing to do was transport successful radio shows into the new medium. Perhaps the most successful to make the jump to TV was "Gunsmoke". It was some time before the radio shows were dropped from broadcasting and most ran concurrently for several years. This was one of my favorite shows and I was disappointed, after not watching it for two years while in the Army, to find Gargan had been replaced as Kane. The character was completely different. Have a look at Martin
Kane, PI
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New York Pipe Show – A Reflection by Rick Frederics The December New York Pipe Show has come and gone and I fear that there may not be many December shows left. These shows are a lot about connecting with old pipe smoking friends that we don’t see often enough but reconnect at pipe shows like the New York show. This is what made this show once again special to me. And what has become a tradition is going to the show with Tim Hynick and catching up on a lot of things that we just don’t talk about at our own SHPC meetings. But unfortunately there were not many attendees this time and it is hard to figure out why. The weather was great, it was the Holiday Season and there haven’t been a lot of shows in the area in the last several months. But whatever the reason – not many people came. It could be the economy has not recovered enough to warrant people coming to a show and buying; and going to a show and not buying is hard to do. Maybe pipe smokers feel that at this point in time they have enough pipes to smoke – at least for now. And the fun of going to a pipe show and smoking is a thing of the past. That is a shame, because these shows are for many the only chance to see – to actually feel new pipes that are out there and to talk to the pipe makers and pipe collectors and maybe find that very special pipe as I did. Of course this pipe happened to be made by my friend Tim Hynick, but buying a pipe at the show is what also made this one special to me. I would hate to see these shows become a thing of the past. I plan to be there again in March. Maybe things will be different. I hope so. Do you have any thoughts about Rick's article or pipe shows in general that you'd like to share with our readers? If so, please email us at shpcboston@yahoo.com.
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A
very distinct tobacco. made from white Burley, well matured
in wooden casks. A real smoking pleasure!
A
mellow mixture designed to bridge the gap between aromatic
and english style blends. Comprised of golden and dark brown
Virginia with a sprinkling of black cavendish, this excellent
blend bears a natural fragrance accompanied by subtle notes
of caramel and apricot.
Exhilarating,
elusive, quaint and seductive. Red Rapparee is prepared from
choice Red Virginias and heavily flavored with Orientals
Martin
Kane, Private Eye made its radio debut in 1949 on the Mutual Broadcasting
Co. under the sponsorship of the United States Tobacco Co. Three
weeks after the radio debut NBC introduced the program to television
– both were broadcast live. The series ended in 1954 after
several changes in the lead actor had occurred.
Initially,
William Gargan played the part of Martin Kane on both Radio and
TV. Despite occasional bad camera work, set mishaps and script flubs
the show was popular and successful. A comic book soon appeared
featuring Gargan. 
Kane,
a pipe smoker would wander into Happy Mc Mann's Tobacco Shop, where
little could be seen of tobacco other than the sponsor's products,
to purchase a fresh supply of Old Briar Tobacco and often have discussions
about Kane's current case and the sponsor's other products. Once
in a while another character from the show would show up at the
shop along with Kane. This type of commercial was far less intrusive
and somewhat entertaining.
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