1 February 2016 Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club Club Motto: Dig For Fun, Restore When Done Honoring Our Presidents Show & Tell - Scavenger Hunt Inside this issue: Finds of the Month 2 Birthdays & Anniversaries 3 Amazon.com 3 Dues Reminder 3 Broken Arrow Neighbors 4 February Program 4 Broken Arrow Neighbors Christmas Card Scavenger Hunt, Chili Supper & Bingo Party Attendance Drawing 6 Upcoming Events 7 ITTHC Message Forum 7 5 6 Monthly Meeting Saturday - February 13th 7:30 p.m. Owasso Community Center 301 S Cedar Street Owasso, OK -------------------------------------------- Board Meeting Thursday - February 25th 6:30 p.m. Corporate Place Bldg. 5800 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK North Door ------------------------------------------- Feb 20th - Scavenger Hunt Chili Supper Bingo Party (Details on page 6) -------------------------------------------- February Program Member Displays Find of the Year 2015 and Show & Tell (Details on page 4) **************************************************************************************** Club Hunt Feb 28th info at later date. **************************************************************************************** Cookie Volunteers Lloyd Coke Bill Harris Cody Reese (Thanks in advance!) Other Club Hunts April 30-May 1 30th National Open Treasure Hunt 3 Forks Treasure Hunters Club Creek County Fairgrounds
2 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 2 Check out the find of the month pictures on our web site each month at: www.itthc.com Find of the Month January Meeting CATEGORY PLACE --NAME DESCRIPTION Valuable Coin 1 Ken Fanning 1941 Walking Liberty Half 2 John Freeman 1914-D Barber Dime 3 Greg Wicks 1936-D Mercury Dime Oldest Coin 1 Cody Reese 1899 Barber Dime 2 John Freeman 1905-V Nickle 3 Ken Fanning 1910-V Nickle Oldest Cent 1 Cody Reese 1859 Indian Head Cent 2 John Freeman 1902 Indian Head Cent 3 Jim Nobles 1905 Indian Head Cent Valuable Cent 1 John Freeman 1915-D Wheat Cent 2 Ralph McLendon 1929-D Wheat Cent 3 (tie) 3 (tie) Greg Wicks Wally Dick 1946 Wheat Cent 1946-D Wheat Cent Relic 1 Jim Nobles Vassar Chocolates Advertisement 2 Ken Fanning Sterling Silver Thimble 3 John Hamilton Boy Scout Neck Scarf Slide Jewelry 1 John Freeman Sweetheart Brooch made from an 1854 Seated Liberty Quarter 2 John Hamilton Mans 14K Gold Band 3 Lloyd Coke Silver Ring w/ Heart Shaped Stone Military Relic 1 (tie) Kim Hauger Multi Ring Sharps Bullet 2 John Hamilton Virginia State Seal Button 3 John Freeman Nice.69 cal. 2 Ring Muskatoon bullet Display 1 John Freeman #5 2 Lloyd Coke #3 3 Kim Hauger #8 Display Drawing Winner: Ken Fanning Remember to bring your finds each month to enter!
3 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 3Page 4 February Birthdays Happy Birthday 03 John Hayworth 08 Stephanie Schlup 11 Tim Schlup 23 Rachel Eaton 25 Mac Adams February Anniversaries AMAZON.COM Well Christmas is over and the New Year is hear and I hope that you had a good holiday. However, there are birthdays and anniversaries coming up and you can still order presents from Amazon.com. What is cool is that sometimes shipping is free and best of all you can have it delivered to your doorstep. If you want some of this money that you spent to go to the club you can do so by going to the main page of the ITTHC web site at www.itthc.com and click on the Amazon icon at the bottom of the page. 14 Dale & Nona Carpenter 14 Jack & Shirley Cooper 2016 Officers This will take you to Amazon.com where you can order anything that you desire. By doing this Amazon will give the club 4% of your purchase if it comes from Amazon and 3% if it comes from elsewhere. TERRY REPORTED THAT IN DECEMBER AMAZON DEPOSITED $163.00 INTO OUR ACCOUNT. YEA!!KEEP UP THE ORDERING. President: Cody Reese Vice President: Roger Eaton Secretary: Rachel Hayworth Treasurer: Terry Humphries Parliamentarian: John Freeman Sr. Board: Greg Wicks John Hayworth John Hamilton Jim Nobles Bill Watkins Remember to pay your dues for this year. $25/year Dues will need to be paid in order for you to participate in this month s scavenger hunt, chili supper, bingo party.
4 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 4 Community Service February Program February Meeting For over twelve years, ITTHC has chosen to assist the Broken Arrow Neighbors Association (BAN) as the focus of our club s community service project. BAN is a nonprofit organization and is celebrating its 32 nd year of serving the needs of less fortunate citizens in our local community. To read more about BAN, check out their website at: http://www.baneighbors.org/ Again this year, we will continue to support BAN with the following two main projects: Back-to-School and Christmas. In addition, throughout the year, we will continue to collect items from BAN s Needs List to help stock their pantries and supplies. There is always a high demand for items such as canned goods, boxed food items, and toiletries. We will be happy to deliver items club members bring to any of our meetings and/or outings. Check out the Current Needs List in this month s newsletter and try to contribute if you can. Thank you for helping this very worthy cause! Jean Dick and Marge Wierzchowski Show & Tell Bring displays of anything you have ever found in your entire lifetime. Those bringing displays will be eligible for winning a silver eagle to 1st place and a silver dollar to 2nd & 3rd place. Find of the Year You may enter one object found after last year s January 2015 meeting through this year s January 9th meeting 2016. Club members will vote on entries and a silver eagle will be awarded to 1st place and a silver dollar to 2nd & 3rd place. February Needs List Spaghetti Sauce (most needed) Boxed Meals Can Meat (other than tuna) Box/Bag Instant Potatoes Can Fruit, Box Pudding Box Jello, Manwich Muffin Mix, Pork & Beans Can Navy & Pinto Beans Chicken Noodle Soup Cream Soups Dry Beans Rice Mac-N-Cheese
5 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 5 BROKEN ARROW NEIGHBORS CHRISTMAS CARD
6 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 6 Scavenger Hunt - Feb 20th Scavenger Hunt Start your day by hunting where ever you want, collect everything you find & arrive at the Creek County Fairgrounds (back bldg) no later than 4:00 pm to check-in your entries. We will sort our finds and then draw from a list of various categories. Silver dimes will be awarded as prizes. Bring newspapers, box lids, etc to help sort your finds and be ready for a really fun day! Remember, this is a time when the pull-tabs you ve dug for the day could win over a gold ring! Here s a sample of categories: Bottle caps, bullets, car parts, dog tags, foreign coins, iron, jewelry, keys, marbles, mills, silver coins, tokens, tools, toys, wire. The club has allocated $100.00 in Silver Dimes for this hunt. Chairmen: Roger Eaton & John Hayworth Attendance Drawing Attendance Drawing January 9, 2016 Meeting Winner Terry Humphries Names drawn before the winner Bill & Morine Barnes Chuck Marcum You should have been there - you would have won 10 / $1.00 gold coins. Chili Supper - 6 pm Time to Eat Following the day s scavenger hunt, it will feel good to warm up with some chili! What a fun time this is! There s always a great variety of chili ranging from mild to hot and hotter. There will be a sign-up sheet at the February meeting for volunteers to bring their own style of chili. All members should bring side dishes, fixing s, and/or desserts to compliment the dinner. (don t miss this) THERE WILL ALSO BE THE 50/50 RAFFLE Bingo Party - 7 pm Following the chili supper, we will have B-I-N-G-O. The club has allocated $200 for prizes. Be sure and bring your own daubers to mark the paper bingo cards. Also, bring prize donations to help make the evening s activities even more fun!
7 I.T.T.H.C. Treasure News Page 7 UPCOMING EVENTS February 13: -ITTHC General Meeting - Show & Tell - 2015 find of the Year. February 20: -Scavenger Hunt & Chili Supper - Bingo Party - Creek County Fairgrounds. February 25: -ITTHC Board Meeting - Corporate Place Building - 6:30 PM April 31-May 1: -Three Forks Treasure Hunters Club 30th National Open Treasure Hunt. and then click on NATIONAL HUNT. http://www.threeforkstreasurehunters.org/ May 28-29: - ITTHC 45th Annual National Treasure Hunt - Creek County Fairgrounds. And don't forget that the ITTHC "Message Forum" is up and running again for posting finds, questions, & research information. It can be accessed on the ITTHC website at the below link: ITTHC Message Forum ITTHC MESSAGE FORUM http://www.itthc.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl
8 The ITTHC Treasure News is published by The Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club, Inc. P.O. Box 580961 Tulsa, OK 74158-0961 Editor: Bill Watkins editor@itthc.com Webmaster: Bob Freeman webmaster@itthc.com The general meeting of ITTHC is held the second Saturday of every month at the Owasso Community Center, 301 South Cedar Street, Owasso, OK at 7:30 p.m. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! Membership dues are: $25.00/year Indian Territory Treasure Hunters Club P.O. Box 580961 Tulsa, OK 74158-0961 FIRST CLASS MAIL We re on the web! www.itthc.com