The 1997 National Insulator Convention Awards (Photographs courtesy of Crown Jewels of the Wire)

Personal Recognition:

NIA

• 1997 Outstanding Service Award - Bill Meier

Non-NIA

• Crown Jewels of the Wire Award - Bob Stahr and Rick Soller
• N.R. Woodward Literary Award - Paul M. Plunkett
• Lon C. Holy Memorial Award - Ed Peters

NIA Display Categories

• Threadless
• Color
• Foreign
• General
• Go-Withs
• Porcelain
• Specialty
• Threaded Glass
• Lightning Rod Insulators
• Junior
• Milholland Educational Award

Non-NIA

• Capital District Insulator Club Award, Best Exhibit using Eastern Insulators
• Bob & Phoebe Adams Showmanship Award
• Triple Ridge Insulator Club Award, Best Exhibit using Denver glass
• Central Florida Insulator Collectors Club Award, Best First Time Display at a National
• Dixie Jewels Insulator Club Award, Best Use of CD's, in memory of Jim Overstreet
• Central/Southern Counties Insulator Club Award, Best Exhibit using Southern California Insulators
• Nor-Cal Insulator Club Award, Best Exhibit using Western Insulators
• Greater Chicago Insulator Club Award, Best Exhibit using Power Insulators

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Last updated Saturday, October 4, 1997