FENTON FLYER FOTOS ~ May-June '09 This page is designed to complement The Fenton Flyer.  The Fenton Flyer is printed in black and white, with color highlights on several pages, but without full color photos.  We hope the members of the NFGS enjoy viewing the photos in color, and the visitors to the NFGS website enjoy them and are curious to learn more about the articles they represent.  To learn more about the NFGS or to join, please visit the Membership page by clicking on the title in the panel on the left or on the bottom of this page.                       First prize - Special lamp made  from our NFGS exclusive Ruby Satin Parrot vase.  Second prize - Dave Fetty 11" Chameleon Green vase with Black Hearts and Vines.  Third prize - milk glass satin designer's sample doll done in shades of blue.                                       The American Flint Glass Workers Union archives are now on display at the Museum of American Glass in Weston, West Virginia.                                                               Frank Would Have Loved This..................   by Thomas K Smith Crystal mug with a Blackberry pattern.  It is a typical mug you always see in the Orange Tree pattern but it has a whimsy creamer-type rolled top.                             Inscribed fawn made in memory of Charles Ott.................by Ckris Cord The fawn is decorated with purple irises, the symbol of pancreatic cancer, which claimed his life Nov. 24, 2008.    Glass legend Gary Levi, owner of Levay Distributing  passed away Mar. 18, 2009.   By Millie Coty & Roserita Zeigler      Right:  One of Gary Levi's carnival glass offerings form the 1980's.   Below:  Photos of Gary and Dodie Levi taken at the FFGKC Gala.     Keeping Your Eyes Open........ by John Walk Center:  Attempt at Wild Rose 8" melon vase from 1942.         Right:  Advertisement shows a Rose Pastel cake plate - NIL.   Meet A New Member........................by Ckris Cord  New member Lyn Edwards is from Australia.  Among the favorites in her collection are the "Roses" pieces in Colonial Pink and Provincial Blue Opalescent.       Collector's Corner................                         by Teresa Bonner     Featured are the collections of Carl and Linda Glasgow.  They display their Silvercrest in an old oak store display.  Their collection of Happiness Birds are in a corner curio cabinet.  They have every in-line bird, plus some that weren't in the line.     Another favorite of the Glasgow's are the Fenton Snowpeople, even though we don't have a photo of that collection. Fenton Forecast...............  by A. Fenton Fann                           Rose Blush Punch set, Halloween Kissing Kids, assortment of nine perfume bottles, new doll in Key Lime,  and Frank Workman's Polka Dot vase are in the 2009 Summer offering.  Off eBay Finds.............................................  by Ckris Cord     Right:  On the top shelf is an Autumn Gold Opalescent rib optic ring neck vase.  On the left is a Peach Crest single horn epergne, and next to it is a Mulberry 8" melon vase with Charleton decoration.       Below:  Blue Opalescent 36 inch glass cane.