May 2012 Meeting this Saturday at Dan Bump's Forge

Meeting starts at 9:30 am

Forge Item - Dummy Gate Hinge

MEETING LOCATION
5470 Ball Ground Highway
Ball Ground, GA 30107

EVENT DETAILS <== Click here


The Alex Bealer Blacksmith Association has an open invitation to display items and/or photos along with business cards at the Ball Ground Heritage Festival. The festival runs from 11 to 6 on Saturday and 11 to 4 on Sunday about 2 miles from our meeting location.

Anyone who would like to set up and/or man the table at the festival during the meeting - contact Torch Mullins (info in the roster)

2012 Scholarships Winners:
The “Judd Nelson Scholarship”
WINNER: Tom Falkenberry
ALTERNATE 1: Andy Scott
ALTERNATE 2: Phil Laudenslager

The “Floyd Daniel Scholarship”
WINNER: Ben Urbanawiz
ALTERNATE 1: Daniel Floyd
ALTERNATE 2: Greg Thompson

The “Stan Strickland Scholarship”
WINNER: Drew Cash
ALTERNATE 1: Cal Kohler
ALTERNATE 2: Daniel Floyd

The “John C. Campbell Scholarship”
WINNER: Wayne Martens
ALTERNATE 1: John Myers
ALTERNATE 2: Andy Scott

ALL WINNERS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CLASS THEY INTEND TO TAKE - if for some reason a winner cannot take their class, they will need to promptly inform the Secretary so that the scholarship may pass to the next alternate.

We look forward to their demonstrations of the skills they will learn!

Here is the link to Tom Falkenberry's photos from the January 2012 meeting

January 2011 Meeting Gallery

Link to Clay Duda's blog post on the meeting:

ClayDuda.com

Link to more photos by Clay

claydudaphotography.com

The new John C Campbell catalog is out. From past experince I have found out that the more popular, meaning most blacksmith classes, fill up quickly.

https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=classes

2012 Schedule


These locations can change during the year so please
review this listing and the EVENTS/CALENDAR prior to
each meeting date.

Month	Date	Location	Demonstrator	Challenge
January	21	Andrew Crawford	Andrew Crawford	Pair of Shutter Locks
February	18	Wayne Martin	Steven Balliey	Hinge
March	17	Ken Baker	Kevin Daniell	campfire cooking tool
April	21	Jim Guy	John Stein	Rush light
May	19	Dan Bump		Dummy Gate Hinge
June	16	Tom Falkenberry	Jack Wheeler	Grill Tool
July	21	Lance Ziegler		cabinet Handle / drawer pull
August	18	Betty and Loyd Hendricks		Gate Handle
September	15	Tony Bivens		Courting candle
October	20	Hard Labor Creek		Pumpkin/leaf
November	17	Ben Bradshaw		Fork/spatula
December	15	Zieglers		ornament

At the OctoberNovember meeting, officer elections were held. The following officer were elected by unanimous vote for the 2011/2012 service year:

President: Tony Mullins
Vice-President: Cal Kohler
Secretary/Treasurer: Sean O'Shea

Board of Directors position - Drew Cash - Replacing Dan Tull