Lake Country This Month
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AUGUST 2013 FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE LAKE COUNTRY • Page 5A Nothin' but Nets Campaign Scout, church team up to fight malaria PEWAUKEE – Local Boy Scout Theo Johnson of Pewaukee is making a difference in Africa with the help of friends at the First United Methodist Church in Waukesha. Johnson, a Life Scout in Troop 175 from Menomonee Falls, traded patches at the 2010 National Jamboree, and was able to receive a Nothin' but Nets/United Methodist patch because he is United Methodist. When he returned home from his trip, he researched Nothin' but Nets. Nothin' but Nets partners with United Methodist and Boy Scouts of America to send mosquito nets to Africa to reduce malaria. Malaria kills over 2.5 million people a year and affects millions more. Almost all of these cases can be prevented by simply having a mosquito net. After learning that a friend from First United Methodist Church of Waukesha had malaria when he lived in Africa, Theo decided this would be a great outreach program for his church. Theo organized a display to share the message about Nothin' but Nets and the congregation generously contributed $820 to purchase the nets, which was presented to Bishop Sandra Steiner-Ball of West Virginia at the National Jamboree this month. Submitted photo Pewaukee Life Scout Theo Johnson gives a donation from the First United Methodist Church of Waukesha congregation to Bishop Sandra Steiner-Ball of West Virginia to support Nothin' but Nets, a charity aimed at helping people get mosquito-repellent nets in malaria-prone areas. Pottery retains value; chest has fake keyhole Q. In 1898, my mother was born in Kansas. This pottery piece belonged to her. – L.F Oconomowoc ., BARBARA EASH A. Q. I have no history on Antiques Appraised this metal chest that I purchased 20 years ago through a classified ad. The keyhole in front is fake, the real one on top is hidden by a decorative metal disk. – R.H., Pewaukee of vertical hasps holding padlocks was the second This iron strongbox deterrent. Even with padwas designed way before locks cut off, the lid would armored trucks; most were not open. The detailed lockmade around Nuremberg, ing mechanism is fitted to Germany, through the 18th the inside of the lid. century These portable . Unlocking the mechanism safes transported and stored using the top, hidden, keyvaluables on international hole, six deadbolts release shipping routes. Driven by in sync. The immense necessity, craftsmen contin- weight was the final deterrent. Using the oversized ually devised more ingenious and complicated lock- forged handles, often four men were needed to transing systems. The rectangular body surface is mounted port. Your 27-inch x 15-inch x 14-inch strongbox is misswith sheet iron, reinforced broad strap fittings and sys- ing the interior metal panel covering the locking systematic riveting. The irontem. It has been repainted lined interior has a side receptacle with sliding latch and has a working but replaced key $800: Don't . for smaller valuables. The we wish it could talk? front Gothic-design cartouche disguises the false keyhole, where according to Have an item for appraisal? legend, gunpowder was packed and could explode If you have an item you'd from forced entry The pair . A. like to be appraised, mail entries to Waukesha Antique Shop, 1427 E. Racine Ave., Unit E-2, Waukesha, WI 53186. Your entry could be selected. Send sharp, well-lit photos of front, back and underside of your item, and measurements are important. List any known history or even hearsay, length of ownership and all markings, even partial ones. Include your name, address and phone number. 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Lake Country THIS MONTH 229712001 233461012 This rim-molded pattern was made from 19151920 in the pottery district of Zanesville, Ohio. In 1872, a young man named Samuel Augustus Weller started to sell pottery from his small settlement home. Using nearby rich clay deposits and tenacity, success soon followed. Employing creative artisans, adding new patterns, colors and glazes kept Weller Pottery producing through 1948. The naturalistic line included this "Baldin" planter pattern, with rustic colors of green or blue-ground, low-relief molded apples, leaves and branches. Weller used a variety of ID marks and often no mark at all. Your bowl has the impressed block letters, "WELLER," used in middle-production years. For highest value, pieces need to have color brightness, no chips, flawfree glaze and sharp details. $155 for this example. FYI: Forgotten pottery (stored in the basement) often has a higher value than silver or porcelain items.