President's Message
The trees think it is spring, but the pile of snow in my yard says not so fast!
The NDPCS board of directors and committee chairs held the Spring Board meeting on Sunday, March 3, 2024 to prepare for our 35th Anniversary Convention and Annual meeting. It will take place at the Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND, June 7-9, 2024. You don’t want to miss this year’s convention!
We got the band back together again with Linda Fiedler and Tara Holt volunteering to be our convention chairs. They have an exciting agenda planned including a trip to Wahpeton where it all began. Thank you to board members and committee chairs for your support of NDPCS.
Hopefully you got your order in for this year’s 35th Anniversary commemorative and thank you to Commemorative Chairs, Don and Rose Ann Goerger. Also, thank you to Linda Bakken, Brad Bird and Sharon Smith and anyone else who is involved with our member auctions. Special thanks to everyone who has volunteered to make our convention a success. Finally, thank you to our Treasurer, Dave Woods, for making sure the bills are paid!
I know I keep saying this but, please register and attend the convention. Please consign auction items to our convention member auction and keep ordering those commemoratives. Please visit the website and please submit articles to Deanna Reynolds, our newsletter editor. Please review the Spring Board meeting minutes and contact board members with your feedback. We will be bringing some bylaw changes to the membership to be voted on during our annual meeting. Please review them in this edition of the newsletter.
One of my favorite memories from the past 35 years was getting my daughter Anna involved with NDPCS. If we are going to continue to be a viable organization for the next 35 years, we need you to get your sons and daughter and granddaughters and grandsons and nieces and nephews to join us. With that in mind, I saved these AK pieces for my daughter!
Happy Hunting,
Michael Kaul
Amendments to NDPCS By-Laws last amended June 9, 2013
Article 4 Section 3:Any society member in good standing who has been a member for at least one (1) year at the time of the election is eligible for nomination. A member is eligible for nomination if they hold a regular paid position in the society but must recuse themself from any discussion or vote concerning their paid position.
Article 6 Section 8:The Board may transact business by holding virtual meetings, telephone polling or by email or postal mail. Action for virtual meetings is to be recorded as Virtual Board Meeting minutes. Other action is to be recorded as minutes of a “meeting by phone” or “meeting by email or “meeting by mail”.
Article 7 Section 1 K: EditorIs responsible for the creation, printing and circulation of three (3) issues of the newsletters per year. Circulation of the newsletter may be in print and/or electronically.
Welcome to Fargo
The 35th ANNUAL NDPCS CONVENTION - FARGO, ND
Can you believe it's April! The weather at the end of March would suggest otherwise! So, let's put our sights to Spring once again!
Our 35th Annual NDPCS Convention is coming together. That being said, won't you please consider joining us on June 7-8-9, 2024? We have some fun things planned this year as we celebrate 35 Years of NDPCS. Thanks to those of you who have already registered, I look forward to seeing you again. Our convention will be at the Holiday Inn.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS @ 701-282-2700
Be sure to mention NDPCS Convention. There will be a block of rooms available. Be sure to specify if you want a room closer to our event rooms when reserving your room.
Remember your membership must be current in order to register and attend our annual convention. As always, we are excited to be celebrating our 35 years of NDPCS! So many to remember, so much to appreciate. I hope you will join us!
As always, we are excited to be planning this 'special years' event and hope you will join us.
I am so looking forward to seeing you all June 7-9, 2024!!
Linda Fiedler, Convention Chair
REMINDER: REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE MAY 18TH!
NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THE DAY OF CONVENTION!
NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THE DAY OF CONVENTION!
2024 Annual NDPCS Convention Tentative Agenda
Holiday Inn
3803 13th Ave S.
Fargo, ND 58103
Friday: June 7, 2024
4:00pm Room Check-in; Holiday Inn
3:30 - 5:00pm Registration Check-in; Commemorative Pickup; East
Entrance Atrium
5:30 - 8:00pm Welcome; Hors D'oeuvre Reception; Open Bar Social with
music provided by Rick Fiedler; Remembering our
NDPCS 'Simple Beginnings'
8:00pm Room Visitations
Saturday: June 8, 2024
8:00am Board of Directors Meeting
9:00am Board Bus for Trip to Wapheton
11:00am Box Lunch Picnic in the Park
1:00pm Auction Set-up; Check-in Items
1:30pm Auction Preview
2:00pm Auction Begins
6:00pm Social; Silent Auction; Banquet
8:00pm Program; Presenting: Sandy Short
9:00pm. Room Visitations
Sunday: June 9, 2024
8:30am Coffee & Rolls
9:00am NDPCS Annual Member Meeting
2024 NDPCS Commemorative
by Don and Rose Ann Goerger
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The convention is just around the corner and for our 35th anniversary, we are looking forward to an exceptional weekend. Also, our commerative is special limited addition for this great event. So, get your orders in early. It looks that this might just be one of the least distributed commerative we have had for a number of years.
Last day to order: April 30, 2024!
Ordering Now Closed
2024 Convention Auctions
2024 Annual Auction 2:00 PM June 8th, 2024
Our annual auction brings in funds for members selling items and for our club. Please consider registering some of your items for this special 35th year! Members may submit up to 10 items. Auction registration deadline is April 30, 2024. Thank you!
Auction Registration Now Closed
Silent Auction 6:00 PM June 8th, 2024
A Silent Auction will be held during the social hour before the banquet program Saturday evening.1. Members who have put at least one item in the Saturday afternoon auction may submit one item for the Silent Auction. Item to be registered with the Auction Catalog Chair on the form (click blue button below for form).2. There will be a limit of ten items in the Silent Auction. The first 10 items submitted will be accepted.3. Items must meet the same criteria as those in the Saturday afternoon auction. No duplicate items will be accepted.4. The owner may set a reserve which will be kept secret until the end of the auction. Items must have a reserve of at least $100 as bidding will begin at that amount. Bids must be in $10 increments.5. Silent Auction items must be delivered to the banquet room at 4:45 PM for check-in.6. Bidding will begin at 5 PM and close at 6 PM.7. NDPCS members who are registered for the convention may place bids.8. If the reserve is met, the item is sold. If not, the high bidder will be told the reserve and offered the opportunity to meet it. If the item is not sold, the owner may reclaim it at no cost to the owner.9. Winning bids will be announced during the program following dinner.10. The winner will write the check to the NDPCS. 90% of the selling price will be paid to the owner and the NDPCS will retain 10%.
My Grandmother and UND Pottery
by Mary Sand
My grandmother, Inger Reinertson (nee Hasle), was a student of Margaret Cable from 1935 - 1946, during the years also known as the Cable Years. Like many married women at that time, she listed her name in the UND Cable Years directory as Mrs. J.C. Reinertson. As was customary among the students, they sometimes used initials instead of writing their last name on the bottom of a piece of pottery. In the directory, she listed JCR as her initials, which were my grandfather’s initials. In all of her pottery pieces that I have seen, I have not seen JCR engraved, only her last name of Reinertson.
She was the oldest of 7 children, raised in Park River, ND; the daughter of Ole Hasle and Sarah Aamot.
I grew up surrounded by her UND pottery, which decorated my parent’s home. As a child, I was always told to not touch the pottery, that it was almost sacred, that it was fragile, that it would break easily. When I got older, one of my many jobs was to dust the living room, which included the pottery, always being very careful. I loved seeing her name carved into the bottom of each piece, along with the year and the UND pottery stamp, placing my hands where hers once were, imagining her sitting by a potter’s wheel, molding and shaping the clay. One day, my dad would say, this will go to you kids.
After he died, we split up the pottery, each taking pieces we wanted. Not all of the pieces were pristine, they aged as we all do, with cracks and chips here and there, with blemishes and tiny fractures. But many of the pieces are elegant, vibrant in color, many in excellent condition.
I never met my grandma, as she died in 1957, 2 years before I was born. When people are asked, if you could meet one per-son in this world, who would that be; I always say my grandma Inger. She was an artist, along with her sister Thora, my great aunt, who studied painting in Paris and Europe, had an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, and whose paintings I have scattered throughout my home. Although I’ve never studied painting in Europe like my great aunt, or created pottery like my grandma, I paint in my basement she-shed, enter various art shows throughout the year, enjoy writing, have had several stories published, illustrated a children’s book, and crochet hats and scarfs and afghans, I often wonder if some of that came from them.
I grew up in the house that my dad grew up in, where my grandma Inger raised her own children. When my dad died and the house was sold, I walked through those rooms, now quiet and empty, and thought of her - tending house, doing laundry, entertaining guests, working in her kitchen - and I thought of the pottery she made at UND and brought into the house, displaying her wares, being proud of her accomplishments. I’d love to ask her about her art, what her inspirations were, how she picked her style, her colors, her layout, her theme, her design.
My dad often told me of visiting with Margaret Cable, while he waited for my grandma to finish class. My dad fought in WWII for almost three years, and when he notified my grandpa that he was on his way home, my grandpa went to UND, where my grandma was in class, told her that her son was coming home, and she burst into tears.
Being a librarian for 36 years, now retired, I am a genealogist at heart. I did not meet my grandma in person but I have met her through the pictures I have of her, seeing her as a young child, as a young woman in her crisp starched white blouse and petticoats, as a young bride on her honeymoon, as a mother with 3 children, as a grandmother, and as an artist. Now, every spring, I tend her grave, along with other family members, who rest with her. At times, I feel like I’ve always known her.
Included with this article are pictures of some of her pieces, which are scattered between my siblings and my cousins. I’d like to think that she’d be proud that these items have been passed down.
Left: Inger, at the top of the picture, with her siblings.
Above: The blue vase was made by Julia Mattson. The brown deer lid and bowl, and the yellow candlestick were made by Margaret Cable. The candlestick was a gift from my grandma.
Below: This little pot was a reject that Margaret Cable made and gave to my dad. We used it my entire childhood for syrup.
Left: The blue with orange flowers and birds, was made by grandma's friend, Minnie Peterson, whom she took UND pottery classes with.
