Our first meeting

The London Potters Guild members met for the first time in the new building. Many had never seen the space, and there was a lot of excited talk about how the space will be used. The extraordinary success of the Seize the Clay campaign over the past 6 months was highlighted by Seize the Clay chair Darlene Pratt. Six months ago, we had no building, and only the $80,000 we had raised within the Guild. Now, we had a beautiful building and were halfway to our $900,000 goal.

New President Marilyn Barbe welcomed the Guild members to their new building. Later in the month, Marilyn and her husband Gerald decided that the monthly fee we were paying for a 20 year old water heater that we weren't even using was just not to be tolerated. They went into the spooky basement of the building, disconnected the water heater, and started to move it up the stairs. Unfortunately, the heater was still full of water, and there were no drains in the basement.

Step after agonizing step, Marilyn and Gerald inched the water heater up. They were nearly at the top when their strength almost failed them. Marilyn thought it might be the end for both of them. Fortunately, they mustered up the strength to finish the job. The got the water heater out of the building, tipped it over, and easily loaded it into their van and delivered the worthless water heater to the depot. We are grateful that our new President has lived to see another day.

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