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![]() The Mayer family was very much involved in the smelting and refining of the gold from the Alaskan Gold Rush. Two of the Mayer brothers went to Dawson City, Alaska in 1898—1901 as gold buyers. They had established their operation in Seattle before the US Government had an assay office here, and handled a large percentage of the gold that was found in Alaska. ![]() Mayer street clocks can be found from Victoria BC to San Francisco, Reno, NV and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. They know of one in Cicero NY and one in Chicago Paul’s group has been able to document most of the early Seattle street clocks, but are still looking for additional details, and hope to publish at least a supplement length article for the NAWCC Bulletin On Sunday, December 4th, about 60 members and friends of NAWCC Chapters 135 & 50, gathered at the La Quinta Inn in Tacoma for a joint Christmas Party and Brunch. ![]() An active Mart period was followed by a very tasty buffet Brunch of ham, bacon strips, sausage links, scrambled eggs with grated cheddar cheese, cheese blintzes with strawberry glaze, country style biscuits, country gravy, fresh fruit, Danish pastries, muffins, bagels and cream cheese. After drawings for a number of door prizes, the Ladies of Chapter 135 presented a "lively" discussion of their (or their husband's) involvement in the horology field. Ellen Wirth MC'd the program and kept things moving ![]() A very enjoyable meeting! Thanks to Chapter 135 for hosting!!! ![]() There were a number of door prizes which were distributed to lucky ticket holders. They included carry bags, caps, books and "mystery" packages. The 50:50 raffle drawing was also held, and the lucky winner received $88.50 in cash! For the program, Chet Ekstrand had a wonderful presentation related to the Railroad Watch and the history of railroads and the development of the Railroad Watch Standards. He also ![]() Railroad Grade watches from his personal collection. A truly significant collection of these wonderful watches! We were also fortunate to have a display of very rare Gruen watches brought by Jack Goldberg. Fun was had by all. If you didn't make it this year, make sure you plan ahead for next year!! The October 14th meeting of Chapter 50 was the 2nd Annual Auction, organized by Ron ![]() A total of 54 items went to bid. Of these, 38 went to new homes, while 16 items were repurchased by the seller. ![]() ![]()
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