Unusual Club

By Staff
Published on December 1, 1986

6750 Rattalee Lake Road, Clarkston, MI 48016

Several years ago a group of collectors met and decided to form
a club. This club is somewhat unusual because the only ironclad
ground rule is that there be no ground rules! No dues or
don’ts, there is no way to join or run for office you can’t
even quit. Most meetings are well attended with fifty or more
people. Wives are encouraged and many join the men-folk at the
meetings. The emotional haggling that can derail and wreck a
meeting simply does not get a start. All collectors are welcome, no
restrictions.

All this provides very interesting and fun-filled times for us
lucky folks that get together at the Seven Ponds Nature Center the
last Friday of every month. Captain Don ‘Steamboat’ Naish
is at the helm for most meetings. Don acts as the unofficial
facilitator and does a first cabin job of keeping everyone informed
and making absolutely sure the group stays far away from getting
too serious.

‘Heritage Harvest Days’ is a big fund raising show for
the Nature Center. The club members all pitch in and help with the
show by exhibiting their collections of cars, engines, trucks,
tractors, steam engines, saw mills you name it and someone in the
group has one. It’s a way for the club to show appreciation for
the use of the Center during the year.

If all this sounds like your kind of fun, start a group in your
area. Or if you are near Dry den, Michigan, stop in for the next
meeting of Eastern Michigan Collectors. There’s always plenty
of fellowship, collector talk, and coffee, tea and cookies.

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