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Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

Ya-all remember the traveling barrel project that went around last year.....well let's do it again, only different.

The barrel was a lot of fun, but expensive to ship from location to location. I spent over 20 dollars to sent it to monty!

My idea is to start a banner, oh, say one that's 30"x6' with a heading that i will letter to kick it off. Give me your ideas on what to say in the heading.

I will letter the heading and then add my signature in the signing area....at that point I will sent the banner to the closest one to me and that person will do the same.

Through postings on the board from the people who have it you'll be able to track it and request your turn when it's in your area.

About the signatures, don't be a hog! use a small area. I don't care if you use vinyl letters or paint. Keep it as small as possible for you to be able to do. The less space taken by each the more sigs we can obtain.

You must swear that when you get it you will sign it and have it back on the road within 5 working days or so.

Now..what do we do with it when it's done?
Auction it?
Donate it to the museum?
Let me have it? (hehe!)
You tell me.

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :

How about
"2001 -A Banner Year!
We can then critique you if all the "O's" are not the same.
Happy holidays

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Michael Boone
Sign Painter
5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551
Ontime @localnet.com

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

Oh the barrel, and where is it today?
Does the banner get to visit only certain parts of letterville like the barrel?
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to ya...

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HotLines Joey Madden
Pinstriper and designer of the Inflite'
See it go to work http://www.killerkoncepts.com
learning capabilities http://www.members.tripod.com/Inflite

Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :

Joey -

The Barrel was won at the Letterville auction site by a nice fella from up around your parts for $ 155.

I agree that it would be easier using a banner instead, although The Barrel was fun because you could put stuff in it.

Terry, how about using this thread to start the list. Like this...

1) Terry Teague
2) Michael Boone
3) Joey
4) Me
Etc.

Just an idea...but what the heck do I know ?

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Pat Neve, Jr.
Sign Man, Inc.
4580 N. US 1
Melbourne, FL 32935
321-259-1703
signman@signmaninc.com
Capt. Sign
Letterville Constituent
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Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :

Count me in!!!!

Another neat thing about the barrel was t hand deliver it when possible instead of shipping. I realize some people would have too far to go, but for others it is a great way to meet some new friends.

Troy Haas brought the barrel to my shop(His shop is only 45 miles away), and I delivered it to CJ Allan(about 140 miles). I had never met either of them before, and now think of them both as special friends.

Lez do it.

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Don Hulsey
Strokes by DON signs
Utica, KY
270-275-9552
sbdsigns@aol.com

I've always been crazy... but it's kept me from going insane.

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

brang that banner on "DogBoy"
LOL

mark

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com

"Mark Fair is a Proud Contributor to The Letterhead Site!"

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

Don, that musta been a real nice surprize having Troy deliver the barrel to you and then your delivery to the wildman, CJ Allan.

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HotLines Joey Madden
Pinstriper and designer of the Inflite'
See it go to work http://www.killerkoncepts.com
learning capabilities http://www.members.tripod.com/Inflite

Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :

Yea, an C.J brought the barrel to me. Maybe we can make a relay banner out of this, hand carried by sign crafters accross the country. Surely there is somebody between me and the Birmingham bunch

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George Perkins
Millington,TN.
goatwell@ionictech.com

"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"

http://goatwell.tripod.com

Posted by Greg Gulliford (Member # 170) on :

Even though I am only a "Vinyl Guy" I would love to participate. Maybe we can get one of the suppliers here to donate the banner blank?

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Greg Gulliford
aka MetroDude
Metro Signs and Banners
1403 N. Greene St. #1
Spokane, WA 99202
509-536-9452

mail@metrosignsandbanners.com

Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Terry,

This is a great Idea. Count me in.

Sorry to mention this, but truth is truth, namely, sign people are the worst at procrastination. If they keep the banner 4-5 days it will actually get kept 4 to 5 weeks by one person.

Point is, it has to move much faster or only 30 people will get a chance to sign on it in a year's time!

If it ends up at a letterhead meet, the banner will fill totally up with names. There will be a bunch of dissapointed letterheads who are on the list the banner will never make it to. The whole point of it being sent from shop to shop is because the project is unique. Its not unique anymore if it lands at a meet.

It broke my heart to see the barrel travel just through the midwest and some southern states. It was suppose to go much further.
Time ran out, space ran out. It got lost for 2 months. Others just couldn't think what to put on it so they just stared at it for 3 weeks. Bill gave it to Fred, who left it at his divorced wife's house who wouldn't let him in....that kind of stuff happens.

If you want the project to succeed, it needs to be very well organized.

1. people sign up
2. the first one gets the banner, he calls you to ask where to send it to next.
3. When the second letterhead gets the banner, he calls you to see where to send it next.
and so on.....

That way you will get to meet a lot of letterheads by phone, and it is a special treat. Also you will know exactly where the banner is and if you need to get them on the stick to get it done and shipped.

The other problem is that of paint not drying on the banner. It may get rolled up and the paint becomes glue....end of banner.

If you could make a game of it, so we could all see how fast we could get the banner to move across the country, that would be a great deal of fun to watch. Shipping it out the very day you get the banner would be the "bomb", then posting the progress on the BB.

just FYI

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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA
Stop in and visit a while!
309-828-7110
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Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

Great idea Terry! There is already a banner with the new Letterville logo on it that we made when Gail and Devo were here. We all signed it and then it went to England and finally Australia. It was shipped to the Georgia meet in Oct but arrived late and was returned to Oz. Wonder if we could locate it and get it moving again?

Here's another idea. I can't believe nobody has ever come up with a design about our channel or other Letterville craziness. These designs could be offered on aprons, mugs, shirts...you get the idea. We'll help you market your design before you even spend a penny producing the product in mass. If it proves to be a winner, you make the profits and pay us a small percentage.

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/

Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

More about the banner.....

The banner will be a piece of enamel receptive banner cloth. No hems or grommets or rope. Think of it as a canvas. There will be a 2" area around the banner of extra material so that when it reaches its final destination it can be stretched onto a frame for display. The entire background will be painted. If you use paint to sign one day then you should be able to roll up the next. Do not use staples to hang the banner on your easel unless necessary. Use tape.

It is not my intention or desire to organize the hell out of this project although it is my wish that as many people in as many states as possible get the opportunity if they so wish.

Once again if you contain yourself and sign small then there should be no problem in getting 2 to 3 hundred signatures.

Invite other artists in your area to come to your shop to sign or hand deliver to the next person and make a new friend.

So.......Who's the closest to beautiful downtown Reeds Spring, in the southwest corner of Missouri, close to Table Rock Lake and Branson, MO

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

Posted by Robert Davis (Member # 1641) on :

we wanna play pass the banner toooooo....

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Robert Davis
Sticky Sam's Signs
mttropic@dnet.net
The Great Smoky Mountains
Bryson City, N.C.

Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :

Hi Terry!!! Great idea and I guess we Canadians will have to organise our own thing since this is a U.S. project.

quote:
It is not my intention or desire to organize the hell out of this project although it is my wish that as many people in as many "STATES" as
possible get the opportunity if they so wish.

Hey...Maybe we could organise something that works better than a U.S. election!!!!!!!!

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Dave Grundy shop#340
AKA "applicator" on mIRC
"stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!"
in Granton, Ontario, Canada
1-519-225-2634
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www.quadro.net/~shirley
"A PROUD $ supporter of the website"

Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

Oops! Sorry Dave.

This is not just for the STATES, just my ignorance in not saying everything I was thinking.

This banner can travel the world if you want to ship.

Once it leaves my shop it will go on a whirlwind journey.....why not Canada....Australia.....Sweden....etc,etc.

It's up to all of here on the board as to where it goes.

All you have to do is help me keep track of it as it travels. If it disappears the last person known to have had it is responsible to find it.

We keep track of it simply by posting here on the bullboard.

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Count me in!

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Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :

You can COUNT me in...too

I like the idea of a WORLD banner....this should be fun...

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Jackson Smart
Jackson's Signs
Port Angeles, WA
...."The Straits of Juan De Fuca in my front yard and Olympic National Park in my backyard...

"Living on Earth is expensive...but it does include a free trip around the Sun"

Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :

ME!!! ME!!! Just bringer "right down the street" down Hwy. 65 south to the little town of Clinton, Arkansas...about 100 miles from Branson, MO. I wanna do it!!!!

Barry

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Master's Touch Signs & Screenprinting
Clinton AR
5017456246
ICQ 17430008
"Imagine the Possibilities..."

Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :

Hi Terry. I'd like the opportunity to participate in this World-Wide Travelling Banner.

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Ken Henry
Henry & Henry Signs
London, Ontario Canada
(519) 439-1881
e-mail kjmlhenry@home.

Some days you get to be the dog....other days, you get to be the fire hydrant.

Posted by Robert Salyers (Member # 5) on :

Count me in! There is a large gap in letterheads from so Fla to the other states BUT when it gets to me, I'll make sure Nettie and Cheryl Lucas or whoever else wants it, gets it and Pat Neve isn't that far from me either.

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Robert "Bobby" Salyers
Airbrush & Graphics Studio
Clearwater, FL
airbrushnow@email.msn.com

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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in his sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.---Sitting Bull

Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :

Maybe Fed-Ex will sponsor it. They will plaster their name on everything here...from the Washington Redskins to Pandas (neither of which has survived while on public display).

If there is a clear agenda set up like a concert series (you can print t-shirts of the banners world tour and organize meets/parties for it's arrival) you'll know where it's going and who gets it next before you even send it out.

Set a deadline, a schedule and stick to it. That's my take on it.

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Mike Duncan
Lettercraft Signs
Alexandria VA

"Joan of Ark was not Noah's Wife"

Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :

yeah count me in too Terry...I can see you have too much time on yer hands

Good yer stayin busy!

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Monte Jumper
SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.

Posted by CJ Allan (Member # 52) on :

Yeah Terry....
Why don't ya bring it just across the border inta S.Western Ky.like Don did.......

While the barrel was here I took it over to Bruce Ottway.........he's the one that put the hand with the pinstriping and brush on it, then I took it to Steve Estes place, where they took a turn on it.................after all that I took it down to Perkins......probably put on about 400 miles drraggin that thing around,,,,then it disapeared......

Send the banner over here if ya want, or bring it in person if ya ain't afraid.......hahahaha!!!

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CJ Allan
CJs Engraving & Designing
Hazel, Ky.
270-492-6209
cjallan@cjs-engraving.com
www.cjs-engraving.com

A Proud "Professional Guest" of this site!!;)

Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :

Hey Guys
Count me in

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Bill Dirkes
Bethel Hill Signs
Butler, Ky.
Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

Hey, yeah, I'm there.

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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Hey Terry I'm in as well and when you need a full mailing address them Call or E-mail for it!

Raven/2000

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Raven/2000
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

I guess I won't be able to sign the banner as we are not ALLOWED to use push pins,staples,or anything other than tape to hang with.Guess a drawing board that is also a hand perforating background(that tape won't stick to) is a little to ol'timey since the invent of electro pounce!
You would think that with a 2" border for stretching on a frame(going to use glue I guess)wouldn't pass the perfection test than SOMEONE will be preforming on it.
Gosh,thats EXACTLY how I sign my name too!
Oh Yeah it can ONLY be paint or vinyl(I forgot)

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by David Otero (Member # 1645) on :

I'd like to play too!

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David Otero
Ace Signs
Albuquerque, NM

Posted by Cam Bortz (Member # 55) on :

Hey, are all you damn Rebs gonna keep this one to yourselves again? Send it on up here, and I'll make sure a bunch of Yankees sign it too. Great idea, but it's got to KEEP MOVING this time!

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"A wise man concerns himself with the truth, not with what people believe." - Aristotle

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Raoul Duke (Hunter S. Thompson)

Cam
Finest Kind Signs
256 S. Broad St.
Pawcatuck, Ct. 06379
"Award winning Signs since 1988"

Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

Pat.....Read it again, then maybe you'll understand it. I said not to use staples unless necessary.

I won't be the one stretching the banner, whoever ends up with it will or won't as they see fit.

When the banner comes to you, do whatever seems right. I don't care if you put it on the shop floor and scoot around on it with your butt! Just do your thang and send it on to the next person.

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

hey terry, don't give the duckster any ideas!!!!! LOL

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Mark Fair

Mark Fair Signs
http://www.markfair.com

Home of "Sign of the Month
http://www.markfair.com/signomonth.html

2162 Mt. Meigs Road
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
334-262-4449

mark@markfair.com

"Mark Fair is a Proud Contributor to The Letterhead Site!"

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

Did someone mention how big the banner needs to be? I have a 3' by 5' with hems and ropes.
Or a roll of the ready to cut grommeted (2').
I could donate one of those mentioned.
Or should it be bigger? I just skimmed through this post. Please forgive me if I missed something (if it wasn't a photo in color, that is)

back to the grind, Deb

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Deb Fowler
"You may not be able to stop the boat, but you can change the direction of the sails"

Posted by Mike Estep (Member # 318) on :

Terry great idea!!! Would love to be part of this. I had another Idea some what the same. Every one could do a 2'X 2' banner(or any other size) with no gromets ropes etc... and mail it to a designated place and have them all put together like a blanket. you could do the main peice(top), the heading and it would be like one big blanket. Just a thought, keep us informed on what to do.

See ya

Marc & Mike

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Marc & Mike Estep
SignCrafters of London
202 E. 4th St
London Ky
mestep@kih.net
606-862-0003

Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :

you can add me to the list...Cisco

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FranCisco Vargas
aka: Cisco
aka:Traveling Millennium Sign Artist
http://www.franciscovargas.com
Fresno, CA 93703
559 252-0935

"to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98

Posted by Mike Estep (Member # 318) on :

has the idea already dead. Just wondering no new posts.

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Marc & Mike Estep
SignCrafters of London
202 E. 4th St
London Ky
mestep@kih.net
606-862-0003

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

Marc and Mike,

I think it is a wonderful idea to see if a distributor would donate such a banner; we must keep the shipping to a reasonable cost too. I like the idea of passing it along since it is more personal and connected, and also the piece banner sounds practical too.

Deb

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Deb Fowler
"You may not be able to stop the boat, but you can change the direction of the sails"

Posted by Cheryl Lucas (Member # 1656) on :

Count me in!

I've been trying to come up with a reason to hook up with Bobby and Don from the North and I can deliver it to Robert Thomas, just South of here!

Terry, I bet PKing will do the butt-scoot on that banner, just cuz you said so!

Bring it on!
Cher.

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Cheryl Lucas a/k/a "Shag"
Vital Signs & Graphics, Etc.
Cape Coral, Florida
VSignsNgraphics@aol.com

Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

The idea is alive and well...just waiting for me paint the thang.

We don't need any banner company to donate a blank, i'm just gonna cut a piece off of a roll that i have in the shop. Thanks anyway.

I should have the thing done and ready to send to the first person by the first part of january, which looks like it will be tasmus.

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

Right on Terry!

Maybe I can deliver it to a few letterheads in Ohio in the area!
Send it on over when you can!
Do you think every three days will be an average stay? Keep us posted on events so we may have the opportunity to get a multiple signing on occasion. That should speed it up!
(just a thought)

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Deb Fowler
"You may not be able to stop the boat, but you can change the direction of the sails"

Posted by John Deaton (Member # 925) on :

Send it on . I'm ready.

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John Deaton III
Deaton Signs&Grafix
109 N. Cumberland Ave.,Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-573-9101

johnd3rd@kih.net
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/dsigns

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

Bumpin this up to keep it alive!

My address is my home so email me and I'll send it to you.

my email is dfo7503884@aol.com
any stowaways allowed? Let's see, Calif., Australia, Ireland..... ( I do windows!)

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Deb Fowler
"You may not be able to stop the boat, but you can change the direction of the sails"

Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :

yo hiram...

you can add dana and i to the growing list. send it here and i will take it over to some of the canadians near me and they can ship it around from there.

i don't know about that michael boone putting something on there.... he might put a piece of cheese on it or something... hehehehehehehehehehehe!

have a great one!

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Bruce Bowers
DrCAS
Signtech

"how great are His signs..."
Daniel 4:3

i am a proud supporter of this website!

Posted by Ernest Clark (Member # 140) on :

Me too!

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Been there,Done that,Probably do it again.

Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :

Sign me up!

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Steve Barba is the proud owner, president, & sole employee of Sturgis Sign Works.
209 Oak Drive
Sturgis SD 57785
sbarba2616@dtgnet.com

Posted by Larry Elliott (Member # 263) on :

May need more than one banner but if you have room for a Tennessee boy send it on.

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Larry

Elliott Design
McLemoresville, Tn.

If you can't find the time to do it right,
where gonna find the time to do it over?

Posted by SIGNBOY99 on :

Count me in.......

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Mike Murray
Murray Signs
Freeport IL USA
"A business with no sign is a sign of no business"

PROUD supporter of this website!!

Posted by Talisman (Member # 1869) on :

If it reaches the east coast, I'm in!

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Joe Abner
dba Talisman Signs
Middleboro, MA

Posted by jimmy chatham (Member # 525) on :

count me in.

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Jimmy Chatham
Chatham Signs
164 Poplar Rd.
Commerce, Ga 30529
706-335-2348
Fax 706-335-3378
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Posted by Terry Teague (Member # 796) on :

Bumpity-boo

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Terry Teague
James River Signs
Reeds Spring, MO
tlteague@tri-lakes.net

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