------------------------ / MPC Gram News Letter / ----------------------- =========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Vol 7, no 1433 Friday March 3, 2006 Pre Fest Activity by Fred Schwan Fest Thursday was a busy one for Festers and staff. The day started with volunteers carry cases and other equipment to the Camp May. Volunteers were abundant from the many Festers who had arrived before noon. The afternoon was mostly spent chatting, talking, discussing, and otherwise having discourse about notes, notes, notes, and then some notes. The first semi official activity of the Fest weekend is the bourse banquet (term used very liberally) held at a high class joint called Big Boppers. This is the third (or possibly fourth) year that the group has gone there. An excellent meal was had by 36 Festers. It is of particular interest that lake perch was part of the bufet because the Fest staff had had huge perch meals the preceeding two nights at another Port Clinton quisine highlight called Jolly Roger. For the first, but certainly not the last time, the bourse banquet a bowling contest was held. This was suggested by someone a few weeks ago who was trying to get out of the 2 mile swim. Desipte the ill intent, the concept was excellent. Doug Bell and Steve Swoish were the ring leaders of the event and Bill Myers was the (much needed) battalion surgeon. Before the contest started, a new award was unveiled. It is certainly going to be called a Bell something after the creator. Possibly Bell Ball will work. Possibly the jargon will evolve that the winner was Balled. The award with goes to the highest single scorer of the match is a clear 16 pound bowling ball with an uncirculated MPC Series 541 $5 replacement serial number F00000001. Most people were interested in how Doug got the note into the Ball. No one seemed particularly interested in the possiblity that the note might be a fantasy. I figured that I needed to sandbag or posture a bit. In the five minute practice period I staged a marvelous fall where my legs went out from under me on the oily lane, I fell backward, and appeared to hit my head very hard on the lane. I think that everyone was convinced. The doc went along with my ploy pronouncing me injured but fit for, er, well, duty. You should have seen the boss. She smoked he first game. I do not remember the score, but will try to report it later when we get all of the stats. Anyway, I held back as part of my plan started with the hean knock. Between games, Al Glaser and I complainted about the terrible playing conditions. He noted that the pins were very dead and it was unlikely that pros could get striked. I pointed out that the lighting was terrible. Not only was it low, but was lighitng there was created a terrible glare. Then Al pointed out that the footing in the run up was very uneaven with slippery and sticky sports. The house ball (use required by rules of the contest) were terrible. (I think that most of them had the normal three holes, but I am not certain. Since the Boss had crushed both of us, Al and I figured that we needed to save some ego and challenged each other heads up on the second, and last of three scheduled games. I figured that I had him because of all of my acting and holding back in the first game. We settled on a wager of $7 MFC. I quickly found out that he was thinking the same thing. He went to a big lead ripping four strikes in the middle frames. I do not know if he was a better bowler than I, but it looked like he was a better actor, but you intrepid reporter fought back. However, he chocked a bit, but Al finished with a score that looked untouchable to me, something like 148 (final states available later in the Gram or checkyour Friday sports pages). Remarkably, I stuggled into the tenth where a strike would put me in a good position to catch him. Then there was an intervention of some kind. I must have though that it was baseball, because I struck out plucking victory from the jaws of defeat. The throng cheered (well, Judy clapped). The winner of the Bell Ball has not been determined. In the finest tradition of Olympic figure skating judging Doug and Steve have to calcualate the winner. In addition to some innovative (crazy?) scoring called 9-pin no-tap AND a handicap the results require hand tabulating. We will probably make the award on Sunday with the other awards and Doug can claim that the delay in results was part of the plan. *********************************************************** Championship Question Corner Question: suspended until after the Fest Yesterday's questions: The answer is: see below Comments from the field: ========================================== Editorial ========================================== Today was a wonderful day at the Fest and it was only Thursday. There were some travel problems, but they all seemed to work out. After midnight when we got back from bowling, Carlson Chambliss was at the hotel. I had the pleasure of presenting him with the first copy of his new book. He had not seen it before now. He seemed quite pleased. The hit of the day was the hotel keys!? Doug Bell in cooperation with the hotel staff arranged for the hotel magnetic keys to feature pictures of MPC! On top of that, they are all different! Everyone loves them. The major activity Friday during the day is a (sort of) traditional bourse. We have about 10 dealers as mentioned earlier. There are indications of some good attendance by visitors. I have had several calls from people who saw the notice in Bank Note Reporter or Numismatic News. They are always surprised that this is a Friday only bourse. I cannot blame them, but then again, the Fest is not a normal numismatic event. The Fest proper starts Friday night. Hopefully, Joe or someone will pick up with a report tomorrow. I doubt if I will have the energy. ========================================== Mail Call =========================================== Dear Gram, The Master Sergeant Daniel has arrived at the MPC Fest at the Holiday Inn Express and is in room 228. Howard A. Daniel III Dear Gram, Thanks for clearing that up. I'd like to have an MPC fivecenter for every one of those that I've liberated by putting them in the rectangular/round file over the years. I had always assumed that some clerk someplace with time on his hands was trying to justify his existence by punching the holes. We live and learn. Richard@doric Dear Editor, Re: MPCGram 1432 special auction issue.BAD IDEA !! I can't open that file. I'm sure others are with me. David Klinger, Dear Editor, I am sure you are busy with the Fest preparations. I wanted to notify you that the list (attached in Gram 1432) did not come out legibly. Could you sent it out as a pdf file or some other commonly read format? Thanks and wish you a great time at the Fest. Ken Dear Editor, Please enter the following bids in the Fest auction, whenever it is... By the way I know you are not a coin person, but grades like, "very little wear" and "nice" probably don't do it. Bill =========================================== Calendar =========================================== 2006 Feb 9-11, Long Beach, mini fest to be announced Mar 3-5 MPCFest VII John Cheney$$, Harold Kroll, K & D Freeland$$, Roger Urce, Pat Bethe, Karen Jach, Jack Hunter (champ), G. W. Slade$$#, Larry 'Ski' Smulczenski, Steve Swoish, Cuneyd Tolek, Loretta and Dick Freyser, Bob Olson$$, Wendell Wolka, Jane* and Warner Talso, Howard Daniel$$#, George Fitzgerald$, Doug Bell, David Seelye, Bill Haines$, Bill Myers#, Nick S.$$ (smoke), Dave Hunsicker#$, Al Glaser, Gary Hicks, Adolf Witzke (smoke), John Cheney$$, Ron Waddell, Rachel Feller, Ed Beaman$$, Carlson Chambliss, Sam Feeback$$, Jim and Deborah* Crowe#$$, Pia and Ray Bows##$$, Brett Irick$$, Neil Shafer$, James White#$$, George Cuhaj#$$, John Watta#$, anniversary couple Louise and Joe Boling$, Steve Feller, Ian and Bella Marshall, Wes Hardy, Rod Hardy, Jack Lippincott$$, Jack Hobbs, Judy and Fred Schwan Running totals: overall 51; new festers 10. $ paid, $$ paid single, # new Fester, *special services auxiliary. Single occupancy registration is $198, double is $148. Remember, this includes, room board and participation. Payment may be sent to Fred Schwan, 132 E. Second Street, Port Clinton, OH 43452 or you may use PayPal (fredschwan@yahoo.com). Extra nights are a little difficult to explain. The bottom line is that they are $44 per room. It is complicated because roommates do not necessarily arrive and/or depart on the same day. The address for the hotel in case you are using mapquest or something like that is 50 NE Catawba Road, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. Honor Roll: Mike Cummings, Robert Kutcher, Leo May. Fest Training Schedule, version 2 Thursday 2 March 0800-1900 hotel registration individuals Kim 0830-0900 breakfast @ Holiday Inn all personnel Kim 0930-1700 Bourse preparations select personnel david 1900-2100 bourse banquet @ Big Boppers all available Judy, Ken 2100-2300 1st annual bowling championship all available Doug, Steve 2400- bull session/swap meet all available Ski Friday 3 March 0800-1900 hotel registration individuals Kim 0830-0900 breakfast @ Holiday Inn all personnel Kim 0830-1100 bourse set up select personnel David 1050 bourse and Fest registration open all personnel Loretta 1100-1800 bourse all available David auction submission/viewing all interested Ski 1730-1900 new Fester training new Festers Doug, Marcus 1800-1930 chow all personnel Judy 1900-1930 exhibits installed exhibitors Joe 2000-2030 pay call by company paymasters 2200-2300 March madness round 1& 2 all personnel Wendell 2300-2330 bull session by company 1SGs 2330 exhibits must be removed exhibitors Joe 2331 FPO, px, canteen closed interested personnel Dick, Roger 0045 lights out by company 1SGs Saturday 4 March 0400-0600 10k run, 3k swim (ice permitting) all personnel 1SG 0730-0830 chow all personnel Kim 0830-0845 bn picture mess hall hardies 0845-0915 autograph party all personnel Ski 0915-1100 show n tell all personnel 1SG 1100-1230 March Madness all personnel Wendell 1245-1315 chow all personnel Judy 1315-1630 show n tell all personnel 1SG 1630-1830 show n tell all personnel 1SG 1830-1930 chow all personnel Judy 1830-1930 bond drive IV interested collectors Warner 1930-2030 March Madness finals all personnel Wendell 2030-2100 Texas Holdem training interested personnel brad 2100-2400 RVN poker game reenactment all personnel Nick 2100-2400 auction lot viewing (concurrent) all personnel Ski 2400 snacks, mess hall interested personnel Judy 0045 lights out by company 1SGs Sunday 5 March 0400-0600 10k run, 3k swim (ice permitting) all personnel 1SG 0700-0745 sick call (by appointment) all sickies Drs T&M 0730-0800 chow all personnel Kim 0700-0730 destruction of obsolete MFC select personnel Bill 0730-0830 auction lot viewing optional Ski 0830-0845 awards all personnel 1SGs 0845-1130 auction all personnel Ski 1130-1230 police call and early departures select personnel Sparky 1230-1315 chow all personnel Judy 1315-1500 local field trip interested personnel Fred 1500-1800 break camp and police call volunteers Harold 1830- chow at Crow’s Nest interested personnel Robert Monday 6 March 0700-0730 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim 0730 field trip departure to AF Museum, Dayton, OH select personnel TBA 1845 return from field trip 1900 local poker game (FRNs required) select personnel Tuesday 7 March 0830-0900 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim 0900- R & R Wedenesday 8 Maarch 0830-0900 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim 1000 departure for CPMX Coordinating instructions: Problems etc contact the battalion clerk at 419 732 6683 before March 11; after March 11 call clerk (Schwan) at 419 732 7322 (Holiday Inn), or 419 349 1872 (Schwan cell phone). Arrival/departure coordination: It is critical that Fest HQ know of your transportation plans (note Fest HQ will help with ride coordination but this year will not be responsible for rides]. Please send your transportation plans to MPCGram@yahoo.com. Remarks: Saturday poker game will be a Texas holdem tournament with $25MFC buy in, first place $6000 Fest bond (and championship bracelt with unique silver medal), $600 Fest bond (and unique bronze medal), third place $600 Fest bond. Concurrently will be dealers choice poker tables. Mar 9-12 CPMX, Chicago, http://www.collect.com/shows/article.asp?id=9585 1-2 April 2006, "PaperMoneyFair-Maastricht", in the "Polfermolen" in beautiful Valkenburg. Netherlands. The most important and best attended paper money bourse in Europe if not the world! For more information, go to the show's web site at http://www.papermoney-maastricht.org/ or contact the show organizer, Jos Eijsermans, at apnc.eijsermans@wxs.nl 7-9 April ANA convention, Atlanta The London Paper Money Fair has moved to: Victory Services Club, 63 Seymour Street, off Edgware Road, Marble Arch London and the dates are: May 7, July 2 and Nov 26. see: www.britishnotes.co.uk or www.londonpapermoneyfair.co.uk June 1-3 Long Beach, mini fest to be announced 16-18 June Memphis 1-14 July ANA summer seminar 16-20 August ANA convention, Denver September 14th-16th, Long Beach, mini fest to be annuonced The World Paper Money Fair, organised by the London chapter of the IBNS will be September 30/October 1 at the new venue: Hotel Russell, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London. see: www.ibnslondon.org.uk Oct/Nov Pcda St Louis ========================================== for dealer Hot Contact list, ANA MPC museum holdings and other static information please click this link: http://www.papermoneyworld.net/Gramattichments.htm ========================================== 2006 scholarship fund Donations of cash and numismatic material will be gladly accepted. Generally the numismatic material is auctioned at MPCFest, but might be sold via ebay or other places. Your scholarship donations help the hobby by sending qualified individuals to the ANA summer seminar military money class. Except for unavoidable charges like ebay fees, 100% of your donation goes to scholarships. Donations are now being accepted for the 2006 scholarship fund. Applications are also being accepted for the 2006 scholarships. Contact me at: "Marcus Turner" mail to: maturner@indy.rr.com Checks should be made out to the "Military Numismatists Scholarship." or Marcus Turner Marcus Turner PO Box 191 Danville, Indiana 46122 USA Contributors to the 2005 scholarship were: Ed Hoffman, Warner Talso, RA Medina, John & Nancy Wilson, Keith & Sue Bauman, Dan Freeland, Tom Koch, Doug Bell, Cuneyd Tolek, David Seelye, Brian Giese, Larry Smulczenski, Joe Boling, Dick & Loretta Freyser, Mark Watson, John Cheney, Roger Urce, Harold Kroll, Al Glaser. (also Memphis Belle note purchasers and summer seminar participants. irie Harris, Robert Connell, William Benton, Ed Beaman, Frank Clark, Howard A. Daniel III, Dick and Loretta Freyser, Dan and Kathy Freeland, Jack Hunter, Harld Kroll, Tim Kyzivat, Leo May, Robbie Robinson, Joel Shafer, Neil Shafer, Larry Smulczenski, Steve Swoish, Roger Urce, Ron Waddell, Pam West, John and Nancy Wilson, Adolf Witzke, Wendell Wolka. IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION Additional information can be found at the link below. We encourage everyone to print copies of this information and distribute it to those who might be interested. Further you are encouraged to e-mail the pdf document to anyone you see fit. Thank you http://www.papermoneyworld.net/news/Military Numismatists Scholarship Fund 2003.pdf Scholarships from the ANA: See the following location for an application for financial aid to the summer seminar: http://www.money.org/sumsemfin.html ========================================= POST / BASE EXCHANGE(PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale, purchase or trade will be run here for free. Send your ads to the gram. This service is for everyone, most humble dealer or most advanced collector. The point is to make the gram more interesting. In all cases confirm your order via email first. We are pleased to offer the following WWII items. Contact: melsteinberg@mindspring.com FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA 5 Francs, 1941 Free French issue P6 AU-UNC, tiny spot 95.00 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, Duval sign. P15a UNC 135.00 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, without serial numbers P15c AU-UNC 135.00 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, prefix D P15g AU-UNC 185.00 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, Duval sign. P16a AU 250.00 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, Postal-Vinay sign. P16c AU-UNC 300.00 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, prefix A P16d AU-UNC 325.00 20 Francs, 2.2.1944, Postal-Vinay sign. P17b choice EF-AU 325.00 FRENCH WEST AFRICA 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, wide V P28a UNC 30.00 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, narrow V P28b AU-UNC 37.50 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, without serial numbers P28c UNC 150.00 10 Francs, 2.1.1943 P29 AU-UNC, 3 small pinholes 250.00 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, block letters F or L P30a UNC 85.00 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, French style serial numbers P30b UNC 175.00 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, w/o serial no. or block letter P30c1 UNC 300.00 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, block letter P, w/o SN. P30c2 AU 275.00 100 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright P31a AU-UNC 250.00 100 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, w/o serial no. or block letter P31b EF-AU 475.00 1000 Francs, 14.12.1942, ships, trains, best we have seen P32 choice EF 1750.00 50 Centimes, (1944) P33 AU-UNC 25.00 50 Centimes, (1944), unlisted brown color P33 G 15.00 1 Franc, (1944) P34b EF 17.50 2 Francs, (1944) P35 AU-UNC 500.00 WANTED SECTION: Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. Dealers and collectors who have these items, are then encouraged to list them for sale in the above section as a reply. Wanted listings will run for a period of 1 month. ============================================= MPC Gram Staff: Publisher, editor: Fred Schwan fred@papermoneyworld.net; Subscription Manager:Doug Bell- doug@papermoneyworld.net Tuesday Columnist : JoeBoling- JoeBoling@aol.com Friday Columnist: Warner Talso: wtalso@aol.com Fest Auctioneer: Larry "Ski"Smulczenski - skitex@cox.net, Critic:Harold Kroll - HARBONS@aol.com Scholarship Coordinator: Marcus Turner- marucs@papermoneyworld.net; Webmaster and Technical Advisors:Doug Bell "Wiz" - doug@papermoneyworld.net Russ Walsh - russ.walsh@gte.net Fact Checker: Warner Talso -Calendar Coordinator: John and Nancy Wilson -The Boss: Judy Schwan

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