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12/10/2007 6:39 pm
Steamboating colleagues:
Word came today from Jerry Stuphin, President, S&D of Pioneer Rivermen, that the much-anticipated Fall issue of the REFLECTOR has, indeed, been mailed by the printer and is on the way. Good news for all who eagerly await the fine production work and editing from Capt. David Smith. It promises to be a dandy and many recall the days of eagerly awaiting the U.S. Mail to tear open the envelope and put all else aside to read from cover to cover. Watch your packet boat landings carefully. The first .org poster to receive it let us know. A big SNICKER'S BAR is the 1st prize!
Cheers,
R. Dale Flick
19/10/2007 11:36 am
The fall issue of the S&D REFLECTOR arrived at my landing yesterday. This edition is largely devoted to the ISLAND QUEEN (2nd) with fascinating pictures, news clippings, and other material from the collection of Virginia Bennett, including remembrances of the reaction to the news that the big sidewheeler had exploded and burned at Pittsburgh in 1947. Capt. David Smith is doing an excellent job with the magazine and is to be congratulated on another fine issue! Thanks David!
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19/10/2007 1:31 pm
Hi, Keith:
Thanks for the 'heads up' on the arrival of the Fall S&D REFLECTOR. Should be a goodie as Virginia Bennett has a fine collection on the last ISLAND QUEEN in addition to her own vivid memories. Congrats to Capt. David Smith's fine work. Mine not here yet but 'good things are worth waiting for.' I'm hearing rave reviews already. I'm sure the ISLAND QUEEN coverage will elicit a number of questons and memories on this web. Looking forward to it.
Hope to see you, Keith, 'on deck' at the Howard Museum tomorrow for the Fall MOR meeting in Jeffersonville. Looking forward to Kenny Howe's program and tour of JEFFBOAT. A noon box lunch is planned.
Cheers,
R. Dale Flick
19/10/2007 2:33 pm
Yvonne and I will be "on decK", as usual, to welcome the MOR group to the museum. Looking forward to seeing y'all!
19/10/2007 4:23 pm
Maybe I'll get my September issue for Christmas...
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19/10/2007 4:54 pm
Judy, I think you're right RE: receiving the current REFLECTOR in time for Christmas. Nothing here today in mail. I've always suspected the staff at the local post office several blocks away 'steam' mine open and pass around to read by the water cooler. The mail delivery man today had a sheepish, guilty look on his face.
Cheers,
R. Dale Flick
19/10/2007 5:23 pm
Yes, delays at Richardson are bad enough, but when you rank at the bottom of the USPS delivery system, its ridiculous! And my dad was a letter carrier! Here's hoping things get straightened out for Capt. Smith's future issues, because they certainly are interesting and informative. Here's a query for S&Ders: would anyone else be willing to pay the difference in postage between 3rd class and 1st class mailing with their dues? And Dale, would this screw up the 3rd class deal by dropping the number below a minimum? Back when Fred Way was Editor, he would send an extra copy to anyone who had contributed to that issue, and since he sent it 1st class, it always arrived well before the normal issue. I'd be willing to pay the extra to get the magazine in a more timely fashion...
20/10/2007 4:36 pm
Nutin' out here yet in cloudy Northern California (not to worry, supposed to be sunny and near 80 for most of next week). So, I figure it's just the Post Office's way of building up suspense!
Maybe by Thanksgiving???
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DAvid D.
20/10/2007 6:02 pm
Nothing in northwest Tennessee, either, but I've recently moved, and that might be the problem...
sharon c
20/10/2007 7:24 pm
Judy, I think paying the extra postage would be a great idea - probably mean about a $5.00 or so addition to our dues. The Reflector weighs 4-6 oz per issue - add another ounce for the envelope. First oz. is .41 - additional ozs. are .17 each = grand total for First Class is $1.09 - $1.43 It would be well worth that amount to get it in a more timely way.
20/10/2007 10:37 pm
Sharon, I am sure you are aware, but hope you notified Dick Prater of you raddress change. USPS does not forward 3rd Calss Mail.
22/10/2007 6:19 am
Not that I want to discurage anyone of you.... but the Reflector has arrived at our landing (although the German post office had to transfer it to our new home as it - because we haven´t noticed anyone so far - still had the old address on it).
Carmen
24/10/2007 3:39 pm
Ran Through a Meat Grinder?
My S&D Reflector finally made its appearance at the shipyard, but it looks like it went through a meat grinder or paper shredder before it, or what's left, ended up in the mailbox. A complaint to Unk Sam's Post Office met with a shrug of shoulders and an insincere "I'm Sorry."
I am not sorry, I am peeved. Since Volume II have I awaited each edition with anticipation and this episode is disgusting. Surely the treasured magazine was not mailed in such a deplorable condition and the resulting condition of my Reflector rests squarely upon broader government shoulders.
24/10/2007 9:48 pm
Dale: The US mule finally arrived here on Gunpowder Road on the south shore...yesterday at about noon! The readin' is GOOD!
25/10/2007 10:08 am
Yes, I notified Dick Prater of my address change, but STILL nothing here in N.W.TN...I ordered back issues of the REFLECTOR from Jerry Sutphin, which he shipped on Oct 12...nothing of that, either! The US MULE is correct, Tom.
Sharon
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26/10/2007 1:33 pm
Hi, Steamboating colleagues:
Sorry about the incredibly late delivery of the Fall issue of the S&D REFLECTOR and no fun receiving an issue in a soggy, torn envelope. This matter has been discussed at past S&D business meetings of the Officers/Board of Governors seeking a remedy. As S&D treasurer I have no vote on pending matters. Good suggestion RE: paying the higher postage rate for a more timely delivery. This should be discussed at the spring meeting. 'Richardson Print Co.' in Marietta gets all stuffed, labeled and on the road there. At times I receive letters etc. mailed from Marietta, OH but canceled out of either Zanesville or Columbus, OH. You figure it out.
Keith posted the new S&D website here earlier and I suggest members consult this site to add 'comments' or E=Mail one of the organizational officers with suggestions. Sympathy to Capt. David Smith in the loss of his father this week. David has done an incredible job under pressing family needs, business and getting the copy to the printer on time. I'm sure none of us envy his position. These are all volunteer efforts no Officers/Board of Governor members receive a stipend.
*I still have NO computer due to mine being 'fried' by the bad electrical storm last week. Hope to have my unit repaired [Or a new one] within a few days. At present I use the computer at my club but that's a headache. Again, thanks for the E=Mails I am able to read. More in time.
Cheers,
R. Dale Flick
26/10/2007 2:13 pm
Arrived yesterday safe and sound in Northeast apple country. I agree, great reading!
26/10/2007 5:19 pm
Slow delivery is endemic at the so-called postal service. On a good issue the Waterways Journal manages to get here in 11 to 15 days from St. Louis. 258 miles in a minimal 264 hours. The speed ranges from 0.72 and 0.98 miles per hour! When, oh when, will the USPS learn that it costs money to STORE mail. The most economical thing they could do is deliver it.
The June 23, 2007 issue arrived here on publication date, a true red-letter day. Heads will roll for that!
26/10/2007 5:43 pm
After taking pictures of the envelope, I gave it a couple of light tweeks and what remained of my Reflector tumbled out of the decimated wrapping. And what a landmark edition this was, but the pages have been sheared and soaked (thank you very much Uncle Sam) and I've yet to try to pry the pages apart.
Reckon I will contact the organization and purchase another copy. The cost will be well-spent and I give no blame to the illustrious organization that I have claimed membership therein since the beautiful Miss Sherry Havens graced the front cover aboard her family's houseboat, the MISS B-HAVENS, many sweet summers ago.
27/10/2007 6:03 am
Ah Alan, that is why the postal rates keep going up, the rent on the storage wharehouses for the undelivered mail keeps going up!
S'
David D.
27/10/2007 4:12 pm
Finally got mine today, in pristine condition, by the way Sam!
sharon
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29/10/2007 3:59 pm
Hi, Shipyard and steamboating colleagues:
Sam, again sorry to hear about your Fall REFLECTOR being 'macerated' by our U.s. Postal Service. Go to the new S&D website and click on. Secretary Dick Prater in Florida may be able to get you a new copy. Recently Jeffery Spear at 'Riverview Antiques' in Marietta has been mailing some copies out as a service.
**I'm still high and dry with my computer at home being 'blown out,' but hope to be up and running following repairs by Thursday or Friday. I drive to my club each day to click on the computer here and check. *President Bush to arrive in town today for a campaign boost trip for Rep. Steve Chabot. Traffic will be tied up for sure and big military jets were flying low overhead yesterday practicing their 'security' runs and maneuvers for the President's arrival.
Cheers,
R. Dale Flick
29/10/2007 5:48 pm
It's Grown Dear....
Well, I finally got the pages unglued and read the copy from cover to cover, or what's left of them. What a great issue. By the time I finished, I developed some strange bond of kinship to this particular weather-beaten edition of the Reflector; not unlike I once had for a skinny, one-eyed, mangy dog that used to hang around the boatyard. I wouldn't take anything for my copy, and I can even roll it up and stuff it in my back pocket. Eventually it will be donated to some deserving steamboat museum.
This well-worn magazine will always remain special to me in the same way that Elmer Culp's beat-up JONES BOOK has remained a personal treasure since it was given to me around 1955 by Tex Kitaching, a shantyboat man who decked for Captain Culp on some un-named Union Barge Line steam towboat back before the beginning of time.
30/10/2007 3:47 pm
At least you have ONE, Empty mailbox still here 🙁
S'
David D.
A misty, cloudy morning in the lower half of the Great State of Jefferson.
02/11/2007 2:04 am
Reflector received in Lafayette, IN today.
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