Hammer Ins at Haverhill, Iowa, held at the Mathew Edel 
Blacksmith Shop on the following dates:

July 16th, 1995
July 21st-23rd
(Antique Power Show-Waukee)
August 4th-6th, 1995
(Marshall Town Antique Power Show)
September 10th, 1995
September 15th-17th
("Eisenfest," contact Roger Quaintance)
October 8th, 1995

For additional information contact Gene Pippin, (515)752-
2858 or Steve White, (515) 259-3307

Mark Your Calendars!!!!  The next ABANA conference, will be 
held June 27-30, 1996, in Alfred, NY.

The Rocky Mountain Smiths are holding their annual 
conference on August 17th-20th at the Francis Whitaker 
Blacksmithing School in Carbondale, CO..  Demonstrators 
include Mr. Francis Whitaker, Michael Saari, Nana 
Schowalter, Corky Storer, Nol Putnam and Nahum Hersom.  For 
information contact John Hoffmann, (303) 438-0963

 
Every Second Sunday of the month an open house will be held 
at Mike Dominas' shop.  Please call Mike to confirm at (414) 
877-3728 

The Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil chapter of ABANA is having 
their annual Quad-State Round-Up this year on September 23rd 
and 24th.  Demonstrators include: Jim Batson, Peter Sevin, 
Roberta Elliot, Charles Orlando, and Russell O'Dell.  The 
event will be held at the blacksmith shop on the Miami 
County Fairgrounds.  For information contact: Richard Kern 
P.O. Box 284 Xenia, OH 45385

UMBACON 1995

The Upper Midwest Blacksmith Association welcomes Jay 
Burnham-Kidwell as our demonstrator for the 1995 UMBACON in 
Baraboo, WI., the weekend of August 5th and 6th.  Jay is 
from Kingman, AZ, and is currently serving on the ABANA 
board.  He will use hand forging techniques and plans to 
demonstrate furniture design and construction.

The fee is $20 for Saturday and $10 for Sunday.  Camping is 
$8, ($5 for tents). There are showers available on site.  
There will be an informal, open forge, on Friday night.  
Demonstrations Saturday from 9AM to noon and 1:30PM to 
4:30PM.  Jay will give a slide presentation on Saturday 
night and demonstrate again on Sunday from 9:00 AM to noon.  
The Auction will be late Saturday afternoon.