The Ted-E-Bear Club

Each one of us brings our favorite bear, and they sit at the large round table and look very intelligent as we discuss the world of bears and their feelings about the current happenings of the day.

Last Friday, Arthur Weininger, brought his 4 foot tall polar bear named Whiteout, to our party. Whiteout really looked beautiful making his entrance to our party.
He sat next to Laura L.'s bear, Tiny, and all was going well until Whiteout fell over and sent Tiny flying. Tiny almost went into Marsha Evans' tea cup. I must add that tiny was sitting on the table next to the scones. Tiny is only three inches tall, and you know that the shock of that can send a small bear across the room. Everyone calmed down after a while, and we finished our scones, marmalade, and tea.
While we wer having our tea Sonia A. told us about how her bear Squishy Squashy drowned in a swimming pool in Texas. She had left him by the edge of the pool while she went for a drink, and when she came back he was gone. According to some witnesses, Squishy rolled into the pool (it was a very hot day) and just was gone. Mr. Peterson dived in to save Squishy, but due to the murkey water Squishy could nt be found. Sonia reported that she cried, and we all were sad. Sonia now has a gorilla named Gorilla, and she promised to bring Gorilla to the next meeting which will be this coming Monday.

Mrs. Nielsen, our sponsor, is also a bear collector with over 3,500 bears and animals in her hug. Her collection is so huge that it is displayed in a warehouse somewhere in the area. Recently we went there to see her collection, but we had to wear blindfolds, and be sworn to not tell anyone where her extensive collection is located. Once we were inside the building, and our blindfolds were removed we really saw a sight. Bears EVERYWHERE - they were beautiful. We didn't know which one to hold. They were all so cute. One of her bears stands over 11 feet tall and weighs over 300 pounds. That truly is her largest bear, and the largest I have ever seen. In contrast, her smallest bear has to be viewed with a scanning electron microscope. It was quite a sight. I think that she said the bear was measured in angstrom units (whatever they are), but I can tell you it was quite a sight. That particular bear was handmade by Dr. Alan Nishioaka in a labratory in the Sillycone Valley, and was presented to her when she successfully repaired Dr. Nishioakas 1929 Steif bear that had been run over by a small boy wildly driving a large red wagon.

At our latest gathering of the hugs - We honered Stacy and Heather Stanley (juniors at AHS) and long time members of the club. They featured a beautiful 15 inch brown mohair bear that they had just finished making. His name was Baby Pukey.
Baby Pukey was unique because he could be "fed" using a baby bottle filled with baby food diluted with milk.
Stacy (who made the bear) fed Pukey with almost the full baby bottle of the mixture, and when she put Pukey over her shoulder to burp him - sure enough - Pukey "threw up" all over the towel she had placed there.
Well, needless to say, Pukey's introduction to our club was met with mixed feelings. Pat Moore thought it was "GROSS" while Sue Arnott and her sister Victoria said it was really true to life. Of course Stacy and Heather thought it was cute, while Cindy Glickman said it reminded her of a doll her older sister had that, when you fed it a bottle filled with water, it wet its pants. Several others laughed and thought it was very funny while a few shook their heads in disgust.
Arthur summed it up saying that was what his little borther always did after a meal. In fact Arthur said that, at times, his brother still does it! (too gross Arthrr).
We all had tea and biscuits, and concluded that it was truly a unique meeting of the club. Needless to say Pukey was not given any tea or biscuits.
At the end of the meeting Heather and Stacey gave us the news that the family was moving to South Fulton TN. - We will miss both of you a great deal. You two have brought much fun to our meetings.

Truly collecting and loving teddy bears is a noble calling.

Submitted by Kristin R. Kirkvold (Ted-E-Bear Club Secretary)

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