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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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