1990
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| 5/13/1990 | Asheville, NC Stamp Show - Saturday, May 19, 10 AM - 6 PM, Sunday, May 20, 10 AM - 4:40 PM, Comfort Suites Hotel, Free Admission, Free Parking, I-26 (Exit #2) and NC Hwy #191 (Brevard Road) beside Biltmore Mall on Brevard Road, Asheville, North Carolina, Sponsored by Asheville Stamp Club. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/13/1991 | Asheville Stamp Club Meeting Planned - Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Jan. 20 in Room 103 Elm Building at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The program topics will be "Discussion of Scott's Catalog Pricing" and Items Brought Down from the Attic." The club meets the third Sunday of each month. Officers are Gill Elliott, president; Harold McCormack, vice president; Louis Blodgett, secretary; Willie Butler, treasurer; Joan Roderick, publicity chairman. Anyone interested in stamp collecting is invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/30/1991 | Community Service - The Asheville Stamp Club will have a show and trade sesscion on April 27 and 28 at the Comfort Suites, 890 Brevard Road. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. All interested philatelists are invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/13/1991 | Asheville Stamp Club will meet on Sunday - Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc, 697-D Haywood Road. Harold McCormick will present a program on "Stamp Printing Methods Indentified and Illustrated." Anyone interested in philately is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/17/1991 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697D Haywood Road. A program from the Smithsonian Institution titled "Trolley Car Mail" will be presented by Harold McCormick. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/14/1991 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697-D Haywood Road. Harold McCormick will present a Smithsonian program, "Mail By the Seat of Their Pants." Officers will be elected. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/26/1991 | Stamp Club Names Leaders - The Asheville Stamp Club has named officers for the 1992 year. They include Dr. Oliver Cope, president; Howard McCormick, vice president; Lewis Blodgett, secretary; Willie Butter, treasurer; Joan Roderick, publicity chairman, and Mac Harris, American Philatelic Society representative. The club provides opportunities for beginning and veteran stamp collectors to meet and engage in the hobby. Meetings feature lecture and slide programs, exchange and purchase of stamps, informal discussions about stamp collecting, auctions, advice, use of the club library and other aspects of collecting. The club sponsors two stamp shown. The group meets on the third Sunday of each month at Greenware Etc., 697-D Haywood Road in West Asheville. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/14/1992 | Stamp Club To Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697D Haywood Road. Those who atten are asked to bring stamps for a stamp auction directed by Harold McCormick. Interested people are invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 2/11/1992 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greeware Etc., 697D Haywood Road. People interested in stamp collecting are invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/12/1992 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697-D Haywood Road. Mac Harris will present the program. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/9/1992 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Clulb will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware, 697D Haywood Road. Newton McKinney will present a program on "The 2 cent Washington." Plans will be made for the Ashepex Stamp Show to be held April 25-26 at the Holiday Inn West. Dealers from North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky will participate. The public is invited to the meeting and the show. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/23/1992 | Stamp Club plans show Saturday - The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual stamp show and bourse Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn West. Dealers from North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/12/1992 | Stamp Club meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greeware Etc., 697D Haywood Road. Lewis Blodgett will discuss his collection. The meeting is open to the public. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/15/1992 | Stamp Club To Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697D Haywood Road, at 3 p.m. The program will feature "Show and Tell". Each member is encouraged to bring an unusual philatelic item. All stamp collectors are welcome. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/17/1992 | Stamp Club to meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at Greenware Etc., 697D Haywood Road. Vernon Stroupe, a published authority on North Carolina postal history, will be speaker. The public is invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/13/1992 | Stamp Club Meeting: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday at the home of Newton McKinney, 29 Davenport Road. Members are asked to present unusual covers from their collections. The group will make plans for Ashepex '92, a Christmas show and bourse to be held Dec. 5-6 at Holiday Inn West. Hours for the two day show are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Exhibits and dealers will be featured. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/4/1992 | Stamp Club Exhibit. The Asheville Stamp Club will hold its annual exhibit and bourse Saturday and Sunday at Holiday Inn West. Hours Saturday are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The club will give gree stamps to beginning collectors. There is no admission charge. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/10/1992 | Robert G. Fortune, recipient of first Sondley Award, dies at 88 Robert Greer Fortune Jr., 88, of 54 Midland Drive, died Tuesday, Dee. 8, in a local hospital. He had been a division manager with CP&L and retired in 1969 after 33 years of service. He was a member of the company’s Pioneer Club. He graduated from North Carolina State College in electrical engineering. He was past president of the American Business Club, past master of Mt. Herman Lodge with 50 years in the Scottish Rite, past president of the Engineers Club of Western North Carolina, past president of the Asheville Stamp Club, and past president of the Board of United SocialServices. He was. a member, former deacon and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church. Fortune was perhaps best known for his presentation, “Ashe ville of Yesteryear”; a slide show full of pictures and facts that recreated the history of Asheville. He had presented his show to various clubs and organizations in the area hundreds of times. He was regarded as the local expert on Asheville and was often consulted for historical purposes. In 1988, he was presented with the first annual Sondley Award by the Historic Resources Commission of Asheville. The award is given to the person who instills the greatest appreciation of history in the community. A lifelong resident of Asheville, he was the son of the late R.G. Fortune and Nellie Boyst. He was married to the late Mildred Patterson who died in 1988. He is survived by two sisters, Gladys Worley of Asheville and Mrs. R.P. Majors of Charlotte. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Riverside Cemetery. Dr. John Hewitt will officiate. Memorials may be made the Children’s Department of First Baptist Church or Eliada Home. Williams Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. |
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| 11/16/1993 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Main Post Office at 591 Brevard Road. Art Lockhart will speak on maps and globes on stamps. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/14/1994 | Obituary - Clarence J. Sumner, Sr. - Clarence J. Sumner Sr., 80, of 26 Montview Drive, died Tuesday, April 12, 1994, in a local health care center. A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late J.S. and Doshie Williams Sumner. He attended Wake Forest University and retired from Railway Express Co. Sumner was a past president of Asheville Stamp Club and was a member of Golden K. Kiwanas Club. He was also past state chairman of the N.C. State Legislative Commitee of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. He was a member and former chairman of the building team at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Kimbirle Sumner; daughter, Ladonna Bowers of Seatle, Wash.; sons, C. J. Sumner Jr. of Candler and Michael Sumner of Asheville; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Clay Morgan and Robert G. Tuttle officiating. Burial will be in Lewis Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.. Thursday at the funeral home. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/14/1994 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Clulb will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the P.E.D.C. room at the Post Office on Brevard Road. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/16/1994 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet in the PEDC room at the Post Office in Brevard Road at 2 p.m. Sunday. There will be a tour of the mail processing center. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/13/1994 | Stamp Club Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brevard Road post office. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/20/1994 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the PEDC room at the Brevard Post Office. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/16/1994 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 20, in the U.S. Post Office, 591 Brevard Road. Officers for the new year will be elected. The program will be provided by Susan Albro of the U.S.P.S. The club will sponsor a stamp show and exhibit on Dec. 3 and 4 at the Comfort Suites Motel near the Biltmore Square Mall. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/30/1994 | Stamp Show - The Asheville Stamp Coub will hold its annual stamp show and sale from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in the Comfort Suites Hotel, Interstate 26 and Brevard Road. The club's evening meeting will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, in the Postal Facility on Brevard Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/12/1995 | Stamp Club Meeting - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Post Office on Brevard Road. The public is invited. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/18/1995 | Asheville Stamp Club To Meet - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, in the Post Office on Brevard Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/16/1996 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 Larchmont Drive. Activities include an auction and attendees may bring up to four items to auction. Call 258-0843 | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 6/14/1996 | Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Dr. Call 277-1518. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/12/1997 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont Road. Public is invited. Call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/17/1997 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/16/1997 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center at Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/11/1997 | Asheville Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center at 227 Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/31/1997 | DR. RUDOLPH S. WILSHER A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Rudy Wllsher, 74, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 1997, at his home In Asheville. He earned his bachelor's degree In chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded his masters and doctorate degrees In organic chemistry from the University of Delaware. He had been a research chemist for 36 years, working primarily In the plastics field. He was best known for his developments in contact lenses and intraocular lenses used as implants for cataract surgeries. He was listed in Who's Who In American Men of Sciences, authored a number of technical papers on plastics, and held several U.S. and foreign patents. Rudy was a decorated veteran of World War II, having served as a bombadler with the 14th U.S. Air Force (Flying Tigers) In China. Since his retirement In 1988, he served as an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at both the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, as well as doing private consulting In the plastics industry. He was a member of the Unitarian Unlversalist Church of Asheville, the American Chemical Society, and the Asheville Stamp Club. He is survived by his wife, Jo Anderson Wilsher; his three children, Leslie Wilsher-Freed, David Wilsher and Alicia Wilsher-Eller; and his three stepchildren, Laura Anderson, Dana Anderson and Daniel Anderson. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Jonathan and Benjamin Wilsher-Freed, Clara Wilsher-Beyer, Nichole Wilsher, James and Josh Eller; and one stepgranddaughter, Arnie Rose Anderson. A memorial service In celebration of Rudy's life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Unitarian Unlversalist Church of Asheville, One Edwin Place, Asheville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Unitarian Unlversalist Church of Asheville, One Edwin Place, Asheville, N.C. 28801, or to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville, N.C. 28802. Penland & Sons Funeral Home, Swannanoa, is In charge of arrangements. |
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| 10/18/1997 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/11/1997 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center at 27 Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/16/1998 | Asheville Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/14/1998 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet a 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont Road. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/18/1998 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont Road | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 5/12/1998 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 27 Larchmont St. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/22/1998 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club meets at 2 p.m. every third Sunday of each month at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Drive. All interested are invited to attend. Call Joan Roderick at 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 10/10/1998 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club meets the third Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. Because of a scheduling conflict this month's meeting will be on Oct. 18 at the East Asheville Community Center, 906 Tunnel Road, Asheville. All interested philatelists are invited to attend. Call Joan Roderick at 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1/16/1999 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 Larchmont Drive. All interested are invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 3/19/1999 | Asheville Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 East Larchmont Drive. The club meets the third Sunday of every month. All interested are invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 4/15/1999 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 East Larchmont Drive. The group meets the third Sunday of each month. The meeting is open to the public. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 7/16/1999 | Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Community Center, 37 E. Larchmont Drive. All interested are invited to attend. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 8/10/1999 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. The club meets the third Sunday of each month. All interested are invited to attend. Call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 9/14/1999 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. The club meets the third Sunday of each month. All interested are invited to attend. For more information, call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 11/16/1999 | Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Nov. 21 at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. All interested are invited to attend. The group meets the third Sunday of each month. For information, call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/14/1999 | Asheville Stamp Club - The Asheville Stamp Club will meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 19 at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. All those interested are invited to attend. The group meets the third Sunday of each month. For details, call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 12/17/1999 | Asheville Stamp Club: The Asheville Stamp Club meets at 2 p.m. Sunday at the North Asheville Recreation Center, 37 E. Larchmont Road. All those interested are invited to attend. The group meets the third Sunday of each month. Call 258-0843. | Asheville Citizen Times |