[Ohio-talk] Fw: braille ashtray

[Colleen Roth]

Hi JW AND List,
I would imagine that someone from Canton could go more info. I remember those ashtrays. They were very heavy.
I think they also sold white cane stick pins. Those might have been made and plastic or some light wood. I am not sure about that.

Having something with Braille was neat bI wasn't thrilled about the ashtray part. Some people used them for those little dinner mints.

ColleenRoth


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Smith" <jwsmithnfb at verizon.net>
To: "NFB OF Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: 2010/03/02 20:03:57
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: braille ashtray

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> Has anyone ever heard of this product?
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> jw
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> Dr. J. Webster Smith
> President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
> Phone Number - 740-592-6326 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Maxine Booth 
> To: jwsmithnfb at verizon.net 
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:28 PM
> Subject: Fw: braille ashtray
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> Dear Dr. Smith,
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> thank you for your persistence and willingness to help me with my research.  I enjoyed talking to you this afternoon.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Maxine Booth
>  
> What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: NFB Community Relations <CommunityRelations at nfb.org>
> To: yayaredmax at yahoo.com
> Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 10:20:31 AM
> Subject: RE: BRAILLE ASHTRAY
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> Dear Maxine:
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> Thank you for your e-mail to the National Federation of the Blind.  I have no further information.
> 
> J. W. Smith is the president of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio.  He can be reached at (740) 592-6326. His e-mail address is jwsmithnfb at verizon.net.
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> Perhaps J. W. can be of help.
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> Sincerely,
> 
> (Mrs.) Patricia A. Maurer
> Director of Reference
> Jacobus tenBroek Library
> Jernigan Institute
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 200 East Wells Street
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2272
> E-mail: communityrelations at nfb.org
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> There is a Braille literacy crisis in America. For the whole story, go to www.Braille.org. 
> You can be part of the solution: 
> Buy the Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar now!
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> From: Maxine Booth [mailto:yayaredmax at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:40 AM
> To: Maurer, Patricia
> Cc: Doug
> Subject: braille ashtray
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> I am hoping you can provide me with a little background information about this small ceramic ashtray with the english and braille alphabets embossed around the rim.
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> My researcfj indicates that it dates from the 1940's/50's, possibly commissioned in bulk by the now defunct Philamatheon Society for the Blind, of Canton, Ohio (according to the Oct. 2000 Monitor online newsletter).  There were two styles available: the seeing eye dog and a cane.
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> If you can clarify or add to this information I would be most grateful.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Maxine Booth
> Jamestown, TN
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