3510 Brooklake Rd., N.E. Brooks, Oregon 97303
Now on to the state of the iron. The National is continuing to
grow and at present we have about 6500 members throughout the
United States, and are continuing to grow. More people are coming
into the hobby each year, and we are trying to get as many of the
younger ones involved as possible. After all, who will carry on for
us when we are gone? We are only caretakers of this iron, someone
else owned before us, and we are just taking care of it until it
comes to the point where we let go and pass it on to someone else.
We hope that they will enjoy it and take care of it for the next
generation.
Being in business for myself, I get a little concerned about
what the economy is doing. It seems that every time the paper comes
out with an article about how slow things are, my business slows
down.
This last year being an election year, things got real slow for
awhile. I own a retail business dealing in farm and construction
toys. I own an auction company and we deal in antique farm
equipment and engines and old toys. We just had an auction and
after the sale I cannot believe that we are in a recession.
Everyone who attended came to spend money, and that they did. Most
of the items brought quite a bit more than value. In the toy store
the only things that have fallen off are the medium price items.
The high dollar things still sell well, and the low dollar items
even better. Maybe after we get the political scene settled down,
we can get back to business and start to enjoy ourselves again.
The harvest season is over at the time of this offering, and I
hope that everyone has had a bountiful harvest. Here in the West
all the crops were in abundance and the farmers had a great
harvest.
Now the equipment has been put away, and we’ve started a new
year.
I hope Santa Claus brought that elusive magneto or a wonderful
hobby trinket. Until next time.
