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[Alex Bell]

Mary Lou,

How'd you dig up the press clip? Interesting that you could find it.

Greenville is only an hour away from our place. Fall is hurricane 
season, so you might want to come in the spring for best weather.  You 
might want to extend the next stay and find your way south and force us 
to go sailing one day. I've got that standing offer to Rummy, but he's 
been a no show. I guess he's not interested in going up on my roof like 
I think I got him to promise?? He's been here once and told me he'd 
bring his wife with him, but I guess he's too busy sailing down in SC.

Nice to see you're still on the list and Fred is "retiredK", so you can 
come and go as you please...... like we used to be.

Alex
Kizmet
Blewdaze
Noname Five
two windsurfers
Avon Dingyy..................................I have just got to sell 
some things off, getting as bad as Rummy in collecting boats and stuff.



Mary Lou Troy wrote:

> Well, well, well......once a Rhodies always a Rhodie <grin> and I see 
> you still have Blewdaze <double grin>
>
> Glad to see you back. Fred and I were wondering how goes everything, 
> especially last fall when we were down in NC for a really brief visit 
> to my daughter in Greenville. Sounds like the canvas biz is keeping 
> you busy and out of trouble but be carefull how you define success 
> (hint: more money and more work isn't necessarily it!) though the 
> award must have been very gratifying. Here's a quote for all the other 
> Rhodies here:
>
> "Mariner Canvas Company wins award Mariner Canvas Company, of New 
> Bern, received an award from the Virginia-Carolinas Canvas Products 
> Association of the Industrial Fabrics Association International.
>
> Alex Bell and Pamela Vana received a first-place award for their entry 
> in the Marine Exterior Canvas category of the Professional Work Photo 
> Contest at it annual convention in Virginia Beach, Va.
>
> The award was given for their work on a 34-foot sailboat and was given 
> in recognition of workmanship, creativity, design, functionality and 
> style."
>
>  from the New Bern Sun Journal.
>
> Congratulations!! I'd love to see your winning photo (s).
>
> Fred's retired from the 40 hr/week job and into a new career booking 
> music for a local theater. The business expenses are a bonus as I 
> expect they are in the sailing industry. Hope you really do find time 
> for sailing. A 6-month backlog doesn't sound too bad - one of the 
> local canvas guys to Rock Hall was up close to a year a while back.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Mary Lou (and Fred)
> 1991 Rhodes 22  Fretless
> Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD
>
>
>
> At 12:24 AM 1/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Anne, Rik, Steve,
>>
>> Yep, alive and well. Pamela and I are still doing the canvas biz, and 
>> it's become all consuming. We won several awards this year for our work
>> The business has a 6 month backlog of business, and we'll be making 
>> money any day now.
>>
>> Pamela had the flu in late Nov and it lasted about 10 days, With that 
>> behind her, we're now back to normal. We're looking forward to a 
>> short winter and early spring so we can go sailing. Mater of fact, at 
>> 73 and sunny, today was a good one for that but we had some other 
>> things to do. As usual. Looks like we will have a week of 
>> unseasonably warm weather before winter comes back. Rummy's probably 
>> sailing these days in SC. We haven't heard from him lately. My cell 
>> phone went missing, and after we found it, it doesn't work. That is a 
>> problem cause all the phone numbers are gone...
>>
>> See ya later,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>
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