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The York Woodworker's Club 2010
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Next Meeting-Feb.1 @ Leake's Antiques
The meeting will go on as planned. REMEMBER,
the ground is very soggy, please exercise caution
when parking!!
Topic-3 month project-Card Table
Reminder-Check out the newsletter page for all up to
date news and events in the club!
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Our Mission
| From the beginning, our mission has always been to share knowledge and help each other with wood working projects and techniques through informal monthly meetings. We strive to have well organized, informative programs and demonstrations on a variety of wood working topics. We welcome input from all members whether they be new to wood working or full-time professional craftsman |
| Some History
The first meeting of the York Woodworker's Club was held on November 14, 1984 at "Ray's Seafood," now known as York Seafood. Ray Humphries, owner of the original meeting site, hosted it. Ray himself had become interested in woodworking as a hobby and had several conversations with Dr. W.D. King, a charter member and longtime woodworker about the possibility of organizing a club.
Ray placed a small ad in the local newspaper for anyone interested in forming a woodworker's club in the York area. Ray's Seafood was closed on Mondays so the club was able to meet in one of the dining rooms. There were about six people there for that first meeting including, John Chason, Wilfred Aheron, Richard Summers, W.D. King and John Leake.
The club continued to meet at Ray's for about a year; most of the time there were only five or six members in attendance, more or less. Not meeting in an actual shop environment, the club found it hard to have live demonstrations and the meetings consisted of "round table" discussions and some "show and tell." Needless to say, the original meetings were pretty dull.
It was finally decided by the members of the fledgling club to begin meeting in various wood shops; that decision was the turning point for the club. Membership and attendance began to grow steadily. Dr. King became the first official secretary-treasurer and started the newsletter which was sent to members each month reminding them the time and place of the next meeting. Doc did this thankless job for five or six years and it was finally decided ti give Doc a break and other members were persuaded to take over putting out the newsletter.
Our Club Today
Since it's inception back in 1984 on a Monday night at Ray's Seafood, we have continued to meet on the first Monday of each month.
We currently have weekend seminars, tool swaps, shop tours, picnics, suppers; lots of fun and fellowship. Today, the meetings are more organized and attended by more people, averaging about 50 members each month. Through word of mouth, the York Woodworker's Club has attracted new members from the surrounding area including Rock Hill, Charlotte, King's Mountain, Gastonia, Sharon, Lake Wylie, Clover, Tega Cay, Fort Mill, Lancaster and Union, South Carolina.
The club is thriving more now than ever thanks to a core group of super dedicated members with out whom the club would not be growing and successful. It possibly would not have survived the last twenty-five years without the efforts of those members. Each member contributes to the success of the club but the core group make things happen- organizing the year's programs, securing door prizes for meetings, generating newsletters, and planning and organizing our social events.
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2009 Officers
| President |
Mac McLaughlin |
803 |
329-2039 |
| Vice- President |
RichardSummers |
803 |
366-5941 |
| Membership Secretary |
Jay Leake |
803 |
684-6338 |
| Name Tag Secretary |
Harold Roddey |
803 |
242-5081 |
| Treasurer |
Pete Eayre |
803 |
328-0988 |
| Newsletter Editor |
Jay Leake |
803 |
684-5651 |
| Refreshments Coordinator |
Bill Vetter |
803 |
324-1901 |
| Publicity Coordinator |
Bill King |
803 |
684-4308 |
| Program Coordinator |
John Leake |
803 |
684-6148 |
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Reminders for Members
Use the Equipment for Sale page to post photos and/or a description of your no longer needed equipment
Also,take advantage of our Projects page to show off your work with photos and text
Consider becoming an officer for the upcoming year. Put your talent to work. Get involved!
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