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 A diverse group of thirteen Scalies from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Texas met at the home of Mary K. on a lovely fall day on October 4 for conversation, sharing and great food.
First up was show and tell. Steve and Kathy B. showed two wonderful, early Benjamin Martin scales that had us all drooling. Steve and Karen B. brought two signed Howard & Davis Boston gold/druggists scales. One Steve had resurrected from its ugly black surface, and the other was still ugly as found, awaiting restoration for next year's gathering.
A German Louis Schopper Leipzig paper scale was presented by Kurt and Ann B. It came stored very efficiently in its purple velvet lined case with all the instructions in German clearly readable.
In addition, Kurt brought a grain scale, most likely Eastern European, in a barrel-shaped lidded wood case complete with weight set and leveling roller.
Richard and Elna H. showed a nicely restored Walla Walla Chewing Gum scale. Their other contribution created quite a stir of excitement. It was a beautiful, boxed U. S. Standard Weight set with the original paint and had not been seen before by any of the other attendees.
Judy and Eric S. brought several scales, including a very unusual scale manufactured by J. R. Pearsall of Rochester, New York. This scale was used to weigh powdered milk made by the Merrell-Soule Company of Syracuse, N.Y., which at one time was the largest U.S. manufacturer of powdered milk. Another one of their showings was a California gold scale in an orange tin box with a weight set nicely marked from 25 cents to 5 dollars.
Then it was time to break for lunch. Besides the assorted nibbles offered earlier in the day, Mary put out a delicious spread of subs, accompanied by the several side salads brought by others, a fruit platter and a large, tempting assortment of cookies, brownies and scones. No one went hungry and several were glad their bathroom scale wasn’t around.
As folks sat around relaxing after such a filling lunch, each collector told the story of their first scale purchase and when they joined ISASC, naming the person who introduced them to the Society. Not surprisingly, our late founder Bob Stein figured into many of their responses. The reminiscing not only helped to recall good memories but also reinforced the bond between us.
After a long satisfying day of scale talk and sharing, everyone packed up what they brought, said good-bye for now and renewed their commitment to meet again next year.
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