1980
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| 1/18/1980 | Stamp Club Meet: Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Congregational Church on Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/16/1980 | Japan Is Club Theme - Japan will be the theme of a meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of the First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. Slides of Japan will be shown in a addition to a display of Japanese stamps and souvenirs. The group will also discuss plats for "Ashepex '80," the club's annual stamp show and bourse. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/19/1980 | Image - Stamp Club - New aluminum and plexiglass frames for the Asheville Stamp Club's annual exhibition are displayed by Vernon Stroupe, left, Ashepex '80 chairman; and Marion Simons, club secretary. The show, open to the public without charge, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25, in the Holiday Inn West. (Staff Photo by Ewart Ball) | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/19/1980 | Stamp Club To Meet - Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Avenue. The meeting will include an auction of U.S. and foreign stamps. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/11/1980 | May Convention Schedule - 23-25 Asheville Stamp Club - Holiday Inn | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/24/1980 | ASHEPEX ’80 To Open Today ASHEPEX '80, a stamp exhibition and sale sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday In the Holiday Inn West Asheville. Admission is free. Highlights of the show will Include the sale booths of approximately 20 out-of-town dealers, according to Harold McCormick, Asheville Stamp Club vice president. In addition, more than 24 frames of exhibition stamps, owned by collectors from around the country, will be shown and judged. The exhibit will be divided into three categories - Wells Fargo and early mail delivery company stamps. Confederate stamps and envelopes, and U.S. postal history stamps. At 7 p.m. today an Informal dinner meeting will be held in the Holiday Inn West. Jack Williams, U.S. Postal Service coordinator for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, will attend the dinner to hear stamp collectors' suggestions and criticism of the committee's work. He will also discuss the possibilities of the future issuance of stamps commemorating Thomas Wolfe and the Biltmore House. Williams' appearance at the dinner will follow his visit to King's Mountain to coordinate activities for the Issuance of a commemorative postal card for the Battle of King's Mountain. The card, to be issued in October, will be part of the American Bicentennial Series. The theme and cacheted cover (stamped envelope) tor ASHEPEX '80 will be Winter Olympics, USA. The bi-color cachet will feature the stamp commemorating the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in red and the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley in blue. The covers will be franked with a block of four 1980 Winter Olympics. Due to possible copyright infringement, the previously announced pictorial cancel design has been withdrawn and will be replaced with an Ashepex Station non-pictorial cancel. The cachets are available for $1 each. Cachet orders should be addressed to Ashepex '80, P.O. Box 8317, Asheville, N.C. 28814. |
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| 5/25/1980 | May Convention Schedule - 23-25 Asheville Stamp Club - Holiday Inn | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/1/1980 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, North Asheville Community Center. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/20/1980 | Stamp Club To Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Fellowship Hall of the First Congregational Church. 308 Merromon Avenue, Asheville. The program will feature a stamp scavenger hunt and a stamp trading session. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/17/1980 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Avenue. Charles Siddaway will demonstrate the indentification of "tagged" stamps with the use of an ultraviolet lamp. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/10/1980 | Stamp Club Meeting Monday - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, in the U.S. Post Office Sectional Center at 593 Brevard Road. The club will take a tour of the facility and hold a business meeting. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/15/1980 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, U.S. Post Office Sectional Center, 593 Brevard Rd. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/17/1980 | Stamp Club Meets Monday: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of the First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. in Asheivlle. A slide presentation entitled "A Philatelic Quiz" will be shown following a business meeting and a trade and sell session. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/20/1980 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, First Congregational Church, Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/16/1980 | Stamp Club Meeting - Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. in Asheville. Activities include a stamp auction and election of officers. For more information, call Harold McCormick at 252-5467. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/13/1981 | Stamp Club to Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of the First Congregational Church on Merrimon Avenue. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/10/1981 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the First Congregational Church in Asheville. The club metes the third Mounday of every month. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/12/1981 | Stamp Club Meets Monday - Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of First Congregational Church on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/16/1981 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, First Congregational Church, Merrimon Avenue | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/12/1981 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement fellowship hall of First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave in Asheville. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/16/1981 | Stamp Club - Portuguese stamps will be featured at the 7 p.m. April 20 meeting of the Asheville Stamp Club in the First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/20/1981 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, First Congregational Church | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/10/1981 | Stamp Honors S&Ls - Asheville Federal Savings and Loan Association is celebrating the issuance of a commemorative stamp honoring the 150th anniversary of the savings and loan industry by featuring a stamp display furnished by the Asheville Stamp Club. Pictured with the display are Bob Haring, customer service director of the U.S. Postal Service in Asheville; Clarance J. Sumner, president of the Asheville Stamp Club; and Harmon M. Lee chairman of the board of Asheville Federal. The display will be in the main lobby of the association, at 11 Church St., through May 15. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/13/1981 | Stamp Club Show Saturday-Sunday - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual show and bourse Saturday and Sunday in the Holiday Inn West in Asheville. One of the highlights of ASHEPEX '81 will be the release of the club's cacheted cover featuring Cherokee Chief Sequoyah. Plans for the show include a 12-dealer bourse and several hundred pages of exhibits. The U.S. Postal Service sell and cancel its lastest stamps. The Sequoyah envelopes will be franked with the Sequoyah stamp, issued in December 1980. An envelope insert, provided by the Cherokee Tribal Council in Cherokee, will outline the chief's life. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/17/1981 | ASHEPEX '81, the Asheville Stamp Club's annual show and bourse, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Holiday Inn West in Asheville. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/18/1981 | 7:30 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, First Congregational Church, Merrimon Avenue | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/30/1981 | Post Office Open House - In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Service in Asheville will hold an open house from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the general mail facility at 591 Brevard Road. The open house will feature guided tours, a philatelic display by the Asheville Stamp Club and refreshments. The public is invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/22/1981 | Stamp Features Biltmore House By SONDRA J. HARRIS Staff Writer A national postage stamp featuring the Biltmore House is scheduled to be issued on Aug. 28, according to the U.S. Postal Service and Biltmore House officials. The gray 18-cent stamp with red lettering pictures the historical former home of George Vanderbilt as if the viewer were standing to the left of the front of the house and looking right,' said Michael K. Smith, who works in marketing and public relations at Biltmore House. It will be one of four stamps issued in an architectural series. The other stamps in the series depict the Palace of Arts in San Francisco, designed by Bernard Maybeck; the New York University Library in New York, designed by Stanford White; and the Bank, Owatonna, Minn., designed by Louis Sullivan. The Biltmore House is the only privately-owned building in the series. It is owned by the Biltmore Co. The Biltmore House, built over a period from 1890 to 1895. was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the first American to graduate with a degree in architecture from the Ecole of Beaux Arts in Paris. A celebration of the stamp is planned for September at the Biltmore House. The stamp is scheduled to be issued in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, but will not be available in local post offices until Aug. 29. A ceremony will be held at the National Buildings Museum in Washington, D.C., on the day the stamp is issued. The National Buildings Museum sponsored the architectural stamps, recommending the buildings to the U.S. Postal Stamp Development Branch. Smith said local Biltmore House officials plan to attend that ceremony. A special post office will be set up at Biltmore House in August where cachets — envelopes already stamped and decorated with an artist’s drawing of the house — will be available, said Robert Haring, director of customer service for the Oteen Post Office. The Asheville Stamp Club will also have a philatelic display. Some cachets will be canceled in Washington, D.C., on the date of issuance, and some will be canceled at the Biltmore Post Office on Aug. 29, the day the stamp is available locally. On the day it is issued, the stamp can be canceled only in Washington, according to law. Smith said the four architectural stamps will be sold together on the same perforated stamp sheet, and that rolls of Biltmore House stamps only will not be available. Last fall, the U.S. Postal Service Stamp Development Branch in Washington notified the Biltmore House that it had been selected for the new stamp and asked for photographs of the exterior of the house. Then postal service artists drew a picture for the stamp. The rectangular stamp measures 1^ inch by 1% inch. The Biltmore House was built in the French Renaissance style of the 16th century known as the Francis I style. It was designed after the three main chateaux (French for “castles”) in the Loire Valley, France: the Chambord, the Chenon-ceaux and the Blois. A poster which advertises the four new stamps features the Biltmore House, Smith said. He said no date has been set for .the September celebration of the Biltmore House stamp. |
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| 10/14/1981 | Mini Post Office At Biltmore Estate - The U.S. Postal Service will operate a mini post office Friday and Saturday at the Biltmore House so the public may buy the special Biltmore House Cancellation." The special activity is being held in observance of National Stamp Collecting Month. The activity is sponsored in cooperation with the Council of Philatelic Organizations. Locally, the Asheville Stamp Club will participate with displays of stamps of special interest to this area. The Biltmore House stamp was issued in August as part of a block of four stamps honoring American architecture. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/18/1981 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, basement hall of the First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Ave. Admission is Free. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/13/1981 | Stamp Club Meeting: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement hall of the First Congregational Churck at 308 Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/16/1981 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, basement of First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Avenue | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/12/1982 | Stamp Club to Meet: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of hall of the First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. A silent auction will be held following the business meeting. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/15/1982 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/16/1982 | Stamp Show Scheduled - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual stamp show and bourse, Ashepex '82, May 22-23 in the Manor Inn on Charlotte Street. The show will include a 10-dealer bourse, offering a selection of stamps and supplies for area collectors. An exhibit of 300 pages of philatelic material will be shown in competition for numerous awards. For more information contact the Ashepex '82 chairman, P.O. Box 8317, Asheville, 28814. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/11/1982 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the fellowship hall of First Congregational Church on Merrimon Avenue. Austin B. Speed will give a slide presentation on the 1893 Columbia Exposition commemorative stamp issue. Visitors are welcome to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/18/1983 | Stamp Club To Meet The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 pm. Monday in the basement of First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Ave. Club members will present a program on catalog usage, mounting stamps, ultra-violet lamps, watermarks and perforations For more information. contact Harold McCormick at 252-5467. |
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| 2/18/1983 | Stamp Club to Meet: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement of the First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. Club members will present a program on catalog usage, mountain stamps, ultra-violet lamps, water-marks and perforations. For more information, contact Harold McCormick at 252-5467. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/21/1983 | 7 p.m. - Asheville Stamp Club, basement of First Congregational Church, Merrimon Avenue | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/15/1983 | Stamp Exhibit - Ashepex '83, the 11th annual exhibit of the Asheville Stamp Club, will be held May 21-22 at the Postal Service Distribution Center, 591 Brevard Road. Exhibit hours will be 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The exhibit will feature the 50th anniversary stamp of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The stamp, showing a rendition of the Norris Dam near Morristown, Tenn., will be issued in Knoxville on May 18. Members of the Asheville Stamp Club will carry the first day covers to Asheville. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/20/1983 | Ashepex, the 11th annual exhibit of the Asheville Stamp Club, 20 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Postal Service Distribution Center, 591 Brevard Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/15/1983 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the basement fellowship hall of First Congregational Church at 308 Merrimon Ave. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/18/1984 | Stamp Exhibition: Ashepex '84, the annual stamp exhibition and dealer show sponsored by the Asheville Stamp Club, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the U.S. Postal Service Center, 591 Brevard Road. Club Members and local school stamp clubs will show stamp exhibitions and there will be six dealer tables. The Postal Service will offer guided tours of the mailing facilities at noon, 2 and 4 p.m. each day. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/19/1984 | Asheville Stamp Club Sets Annual Exhibition "Most everyone who collects stamps,” said Harold McCormick, “is introduced to collecting by someone else." In McCormick's case, his sons introduced him to collecting. "My oldest son began collecting stamps in junior high school 25 years ago,” he said. “When he noticed girls, he quit collecting and gave me his album. It was the same with our younger son, and when he quit collecting and gave me his album, I told my wife I had the beginnings of two good albums and I might as well collect stamps myself." That was several years ago. Now the stamp albums cover eight feet on a shelf in the McCormick home at 65 Ridgelawn, West Asheville Besides being an avid stamp collector, McCormick is president of the Asheville Stamp Club, and as such be will be the major domo at the club's 13th annual stamp show Saturday and Sunday at the U.S. Postal Service's Sectional Center at 591 Brevard Road. The show, called “Ashepex ‘84” (for Asheville Philatelic Exhibit) will be open from 10 am. to 5 p.m. each day and no admission will be charged. Though its membership roll includes only 42 names, the Asheville Stamp Club Is one of the busiest organizations in town. It has been in existence since 1926 except for several years during and after World War II. Its roll includes men, women, and children. It meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the basement of the fellowship hall of First Congregational Church, 308 Merriman Ave. “Our meetings are routine,” McCormick said. “First we spend some time trading stamps, then we have a business meeting, a program, then swap some more stamps.” "Ashepex ’84" will feature stamp exhibits by club members, a dealer’s course given by six stamp dealers, stamp exhibits by Ben Franklin Stamp Club members from Hall Fletcher Middle School and Red Oak Elementary School, and a postal station where one can purchase the latest stamps and philatelic items from the Postal Service. In addition, tours of the postal facility will be offered. Moat members of the Asheville Stamp Club specialize in certain areas of stamp collecting. McCormick’s specialty is Japanese stamps “We had a son in Japan in 1967,” he said. ‘When we went to visit him he introduced me to a Japanese stamp collector who gave me an album. I have been collecting Japanese stamps since and keep a little money in a Japanese bank so this collector sends me the most recent issues.” Other members of the club collect stamps from Austria, West Germany, Switzerland, Europa, Luxembourg, Finland, the British Empire, Western Europe, Iceland. Canada, Korea, Eastern Europe, the British Commonwealth, New Zealand and Australia, Barbados, Russia, and China. Many of these will be displayed at the show this weekend. |
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| 9/17/1984 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the fellowship hall of First Congregational Church, 308 Merrimon Ave. Members will have stamps for sale or trade. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/14/1986 | Philatelist Shares Hobby With Young Collectors That small piece of paper in your hand — the one with a picture on one side and some glue on the other — can do a lot more than get a letter through the mail, from one point to another. The phenomenon of the mail stamp has fascinated millions of people since the beginning of its use. The fascination continues, and values of stamps increase. While the majority of postmarked stamps may sell for a few cents, the One Cent Mauritus — an oH stamp from an obscure island in the South Pacific-fetched W34,«N when It was last auctioned. In the United States alone, the US. Postal Service estimates that there are 22 million stamp coDec-tors. The American Philatelic Society boasts 54,000 members. And locally, the Asheville Stamp Chib has 41 active members. One of those members is Harold McCormick, a resident of West Asheville. Eight feet of his bookshelves at home hold volumes of stamps collected over a quartercentury. And he’s still collecting. “The pot at the end of the rainbow for a stamp collector is to collect them all," he said "But that has not been possible since around 1920. Before then, you could have probably done it, but now every country in the world is producing stamps. Some of them are producing many more stamps than the U.S. is. In fact, stamps are sometimes one of the biggest revenue producers in a few of the smaller countries." McCormick didn’t mean to be- come a philatelist “I thought it would be a good bobby for my oldest boy, about 25 years ago. He was in junior high school then. But he discovered girts and forgot about stamps. You girls have ruined a lot of good stamp collections," he added with a laugh. "Then I started my second son on stamp collecting and he too discovered girls. So .. I was left with two unfinished stamp books, and I took it up myself." McCormick has enjoyed the hobby for 25 years, concentrating on U.S. and Japanese stamps. McCormick, who is retired from Ford Motor Company, has shared his stamp expertise with young people, encouraging them to take up the bobby and its satisfaction. "Young people are capable of much more than we think," he said. “If we give them a chance and some encouragement, they'D surprise you The trick is to show them what fun it is but avoid telling them they'D learn anything But they do learn. If you get a stamp and it's attractive and got a fella’s picture on it, you'll find yourself looking him up to find out who he is. Then you’D remember that information, and you’ve learned something.” McCormick works with two Ben Franklin chibs for young stamp collectors. They are at Christ School in Arden and Red Oak School near Weaverville. The Red Oak club includes students in grades four through seven, The 51 students involved take the shoe boxes of stamps that McCormick brings them and develop their own collections. The dub at Christ School is for high school students. McCormick said the AsheviDe Stamp Chib invites the public to its big annual show, “Ashepex 84" which will be held May 17-18 at the National Guard Armory on Brevard Road. Stamp enthusiasts from various backgrounds and careers wiD be showing their coDections. Red Oak School’s stamp club will be among the participants. The AsheviDe Stamp Club meets the third Monday of each month at the First Congregational Church in Asheville and welcomes new collectors, said McCormick. "There’s no special kind of person who collects stamps," he said. “It depends on the person, like Rosie Greer enjoying needlepoint. You can’t stereotype people with hobbies.” |
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| 5/16/1986 | Asheville Stamp Club Ashepex '86' Stamp Show and Bourse May 17th & 18th, 10 am to 5:00 pm. *U.S. Postal Service Booth *Stamp Collection Displays *15 Stamp Dealers *Statue of Liberty Cachet. North Carolina National Guard Amory Brevard Road, Hwy. 191 at I-240. Free admission & parking | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/28/1986 | Young Stamp Collectors Win Awards - Red Oak Elementary School's Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club won honors in the junior division of the Asheville Stamp Club's recent show at the National Guard Armory. Red Oak students won the three top prizes in the judging of entries by young stamp collectors. Darrell Lunsford won first place for his four sets of stamps on American architecture. Second place went to Jolene Fox for her commemorative stamps of 1976. The third place winner was Judy Marier, who collected old stamped post cards from the early 1900s. Marilyn Campbell is the faculty advisor for Red Oak's stamp club, which had 40 pages of displays in the show, representing the efforts of 37 students. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/14/1987 | Asheville Stamp Club Announces…ASHEPEX - 1987 Innsbruck Mall-(Old Hallmark Restaurant) Saturday 9 am - 6 pm - May 16, 1987, Sunday 9 am - 5 pm - May 17, 1987. Free Admission to public…Bourse for collectors, displays, frames, games, Stamp Bingo, Electronic Quiz Games. MORE MORE MORE ! | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/15/1987 | Free Stamps (10) & Free Baseball Cards (2) to all boys & girls 15 and under at Innsbruck Mall - 2nd Floor May 16 & 17. Stop at H.H.H. Stamp Company's Tables on Sat. & Sun. 9-5 each day. This stamp show sponsored by Asheville Stamp Club. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/16/1987 | Stamp Club Sets Expo - The Asheville Stamp Club will sponsor its annual Asheville Philatelic Expo Saturday and Sunday at the upper level of the Insbruck Mall. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. | Asheville Citizen Times |
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| 6/7/1988 | School's Stamp Club Attends Ceremony In South Carolina - Members of Red Oak School's Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club attended the First Day of Issue ceremony of the South Carolina Statehood Commemorative Stamp recently in Columbia, S.C. The cermonies were held in the House of Representatives Chamber of the South Carolina Statehouse. This is the first 1988 commemorative stamp issued with the new First-Class postage rate. The members of Red Oak's stamp club had been working on their philatelic ratings all year in anticipation of attending the ceremony. The students enjoyed the festivities accompanying the ceremony. Robert Fisher, postmaster of Columbia, presided. Remarkd were made by S.C. Governor Carroll A. Campbell, and the students were delighted to be able to get the autograph of the designer of the stamp, North Carolina artist Bob Timberlake. The Red Oak Stamp Club is the only active Benjamin Franklin Club in Western North Carolina. Its members traditionally enter stamp displays in ASHEPEX, the Asheville Stamp Club's annual stamp shown in Asheville. This year, the 16 fifth-graders entered more than 45 pages of displays. The following Red Oak students won awards: first place Rhonda Parker for her display of first day covers; second place, Scott McCarthy for a display of space stamps; third place, Candy Roberts for a display on stamps of the Orient; fourth place, Jay Kanekoa for an orchid stamp display. Marilyn Campbell serves as faculty adviser for the Red Oak Stamp Club. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/8/1988 | School’s Stamp Club Attends Ceremony In South Carolina Members of Red Oak School's Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club attended the First Day of Issue ceremony of the South Carolina Statehood Commemorative Stamp recently in Columbia, S.C. The ceremonies were held in the House of Representatives Chamber of the South Carolina Statehouse. This is the first 1988 commemorative stamp issued with the new First-Class postage rate. The members of Red Oak’s stamp club had been working on their philatelic ratings all year in anticipation of attending the ceremony. The students enjoyed the festivities accompanying the ceremony. Robert Fisher, postmaster of Columbia, presided. Remarks were made by S.C. Governor Carroll A. Campbell, and the students were delighted to be able to get the autograph of the designer of the stamp, North Carolina artist Bob Timberlake. The Red Oak Stamp Club is the only active Benjamin Franklin Club in Western North Carolina. Its members traditionally enter stamp displays in ASHEPEX, the Asheville Stamp Club's annual stamp show in Asheville. This year, the 16 fifth-graders entered more than 45 pages of displays. The following Red Oak students won awards: first place, Rhonda Parker for her display of first day covers; second place, Scott McCarthy for a display of space stamps; third place, Candy Roberts for a display on stamps of the Orient; fourth place, Jay Kanekoa for an orchid stamp display. Marilyn Campbell serves as faculty adviser for the Red Oak Stamp Club. |
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| 10/3/1988 | ROBERT J. HOLT, SR. ROBERT J. HOLT, SR 68, died Thursday night in an Asheville hospital. A native of Staten Inland, New York, he was the son of the late Ralph O. and May Fay Holt. He was a resident of Buncombe County for the past 26 years, and a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. During World War II, he served as an aerial photographer for the U.S. Army Air Force. He was former chief of the USDA Eastern Aerial Photography laboratory, retiring in 1975. In the Asheville community, he was active with the United Way, past president of Asheville Federal Executive Association, past president Board of Directors for the AFE Federal Credit Union, and past president Asheville USDA Club. After retiring he served as an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau, a member of Asheville Stamp Club, and president of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Asheville Chapter 156. He is a member of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the SAR, Mayflower Society, OBCGS, N.E.G. H.S., and Essex Society of Genealogists. Surviving are his wife, Glady M. Holt; a son, Robert J. Holt, Jr.; a daughter, Barbara Allison; and two granddaughters, Beth and Mary Kate Allison. |
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| 10/17/1988 | Stamp Club to Meet - The Ashville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Botanical Gardens Building, 151 Weaver Boulevard, Asheville. The fall membership drive will be officially announced and a slate of officers will be presented. The public is invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/19/1989 | Asheville Stamp Club To Meet At Gardens - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the UNCA Botanical Gardens. A program on geography and stamps will be given after a trading period. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/28/1989 | 10,000 Baseball Cards Free - To be given away with purchase of selected sets, boxes, packs & singles. Where: Holiday Inn Airport. When: Sunday, May 28 10:00 - 4:30. Who: HHH Stamp Co. This show sponsored by Asheville Stamp Club *Free Admission* | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/30/1989 | Stamp Display - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its 18th annual Asheville Stamp Exhibit, known as ASHPEX, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Holiday Inn Airport. For more information call Carl W. Greene at 254-3317. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/13/1989 | Stamp Club Wins Awards - Red Oak School's Benjamin Franklin Stamp Club entered 42 pages of stamp displays for competition at ASHEPEX, the Asheville Stamp Club's annual stamp show. Al of the student's collected the stamps for each display, identified the stamps and country of origin, arranged the stamps on a display sheet and enhanced the page with original artwork and graphics. The displays were judged by members of the Asheville Stamp Club and the post office. Nicholas Cutshall won first place for his three-page display on U.S. air mail stamps. Second place went to Michael Webb forhis page of stamps from the Soviet Union. The third place winner was Jason Coman for his collection of special delivery stamps. There was a tie for fourth place between Tim Rice for his display of flowers of Poland stamps and Brandon Rice for his sports stamps from Czechoslovakia. Red Oak's stamp club was composed of fifth-graders. The faculty sponsor was Marilyn Campbell, media coordinator. | Asheville Citizen Times |