The First Decade

The highlights of the 1970's included:

• A yearly Glendale show with lectures and demonstrations

• Yearly participation in the Broad Ripple Village Fair - displays and demonstrations

• 1970 - President - Dr. David Silbert

  • George Hull gave slide program and lecture at Glendale show

  • Meetings were changed to evenings to accommodate many people who could not meet in the daytime

• 1971 - President - Dr. David Silbert

  • E. Felton Jones workshops

• 1972 - President - Max Mendel

  • Tashio Kawamoto from Japan - lecture, demonstration and workshop on Saikei

• 1973 - President - John Ward

  • Participation in Park Tudor Garden Club with Bonsai display at the school 

  • Members of the I.B.C. participated in a 1/2 hour television program, "A Bonsai Workshop", on Channel 20 with Bev Oliver moderating

• 1974 - President - Joan Wurzman

  • Keith Scott of Cleveland workshops

  • John Naka workshops

• 1975 - President - Joan Wurzman

  • Castleton Mall display

  • John Naka workshops

• 1976 - President - Bob Mogle

  • John Naka workshops

  • Bev Oliver, the club's founder, passed away in February.  

  • At the March meeting of the I.B.C., the membership voted to adopt the silhouette of Bev's first, and perhaps most prized Bonsai as the Club logo.  The tree is a procumbens juniper and appears on our club newsletter as well as on club stationery, and this web site.  Bev's juniper has also appeared on the cover of B.C.I. magazine

• 1977 - President - Bob Mogle

  • John Naka workshops

  • E. Felton Jones lecture, demonstration, and workshops

• 1978 - President - Wanda Farr

  • John Naka workshops

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